On Episode 284 of the Punknews Podcast John Gentile, Adam White and Tom Crandle discuss the mighty Night Birds, who came out on top with the Punknews record of the year for 2015. We also discuss the future of Teenage Bottlerocket, new music from the Ship Thieves and Weezer, and we address the Sex Pistols-branded Chucks you can now purchase with your Sex Pistols-branded credit card. This week we also bid farewell to Blowfly.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott review the live album of Bloomington, IN band husband&wife's last show, as well as chat about Minneapolis band The Stereo's classic 1999 pop rock album Three Hundred.
On Episode 283 of the Punknews Podcast we chat about the life and impact of David Bowie. Hosts Adam White, John Gentile and Ricky Frankel also discuss the passing of Iron Chic's Robert McAllister, the Offspring selling their music rights, ACxDC releasing an EP on floppy disks, the possiblity of new Constantines songs, and new live performance videos from The Dirty Nil and War on Women.
On the first Punknews Podcast of 2016, John Gentile, Adam White and Greg Simpson convene to chat about all the big stories from late December that we ignored so we could record year end specials, Clash worship and holiday nonsense. We talk about Rancid, the Vandals and the Damned playing Coachella, the latest Rock Hall inductees, the end of Plan-it-X Records, CBGB's future as an airport restaurant, the planned vinyl revival of Columbia House, and more.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott chat about things you may have missed from 2015. They review Break Anchor (Detroit), Thee Fine Lines (Springfield, MO) and Grant Gilman and Truckerspeed (Indianapolis).
2015 has come to a close and with it, the Punknews Podcast looks back on the year in punk music and a year of changes for Punknews.org. We discuss some of our successes, challenges and failures and look forward to what we're going to do in 2016. We also pay tribute to the great Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead.
This episode features music from Break Anchor, Poison Idea, S.N.A.F.U., The Melvins, Screaming Females, The Hollywood Vampires, HSY, Soupcans, B.A. Johnston, PEARS, Violent Reaction and Civil War Rust.
There's chaos behind the scenes of the first annual Punknews Christmas pageant as the big name headliner booked by John Gentile is a no-show (and is also dead). Behind the scenes Adam White, Tom Trauma and Ricky Frankel try their best to keep the show on the rails, with a little help from special guests Chris Urban of Crazy and the Brains, Jade from Posers, and Kate Jacobi of Tsunami Bomb.
We've long joked about recording a podcast episode that was exclusively devoted to The Clash's 1980 triple LP Sandinista!, and for whatever reason it's something listeners have repeatedly asked us to do. Well, it's December and news is slow so here it is: on Episode 279 of the Punknews Podcast, hosts Adam White, Tom Trauma and John Gentile talk Sandinista!. It's also the record's 35th anniversary this month, but to even point that out implies far more planning than we can admit to.
Episode 278 of the Punknews Podcast finds Adam White, Ricky Frankel and John Gentile chatting about the big Punk Rock Bowling lineup announcement (and second city!), the landmark sale of the first numbered copy of the White Album, Peter Hook suing New Order, Steve Ignorant's new tune, that trove of 80s underground tapes and more.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott talk about their favorite Midwest releases and shows from 2015.
On Episode 277 of the Punknews Podcast, Adam White tries in vain to explain the appeal of Turbonegro to Tom Crandle and John Gentile, proving himself perhaps not the right person to head up the Punknews Turbojugend. We also chat about the 2016 edition of the Pouzza fest, that unheard Wu-Tang Clan record selling for millions, Jello Biafra and a host of other artists endorsing Bernie Sanders, David Johansen in the Bill Murray Christmas special, and Shane MacGowan's infamous teeth (or lack thereof).