April 12th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Fat Wreck Chords has signed Minneapolis-based Banner Pilot. The band will record at the Terrarium in their hometown next week for a fall release. Berkeley, CA's Rancid have made the song "Last One To Die" available online. The track appears on the upcoming full length Let the Dominoes Fall. That album will also be available in a 3 disk expanded edition including an acoustic disc and a DVD. This week Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced legislation to target ticket scalping as well as ticket resellers like TicketNow. The bill would require a two-day waiting period from when tickets go on sale before a reseller can buy those tickets to put on the secondary market. Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is urging musicians to go independent. He stated "Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact - no idea." Spinnerette, the project featuring Brody Dalle and Tony Bevilacqua of the Distillers, has detailed their upcoming debut. NOFX has hinted at an upcoming 10 inch cover album of songs from old hardcore bands. Richmond, VA's Landmines have posted of cover of the Clash classic "Guns of Brixton". 311 unveiled the first single "Hey You" from their forthcoming album Uplifter. Beastie Boys have posted the special features from their Check Your Head reissue including audio commentary, nine music videos, a Flash game and more. Gaslight Anthem has been performing acoustic and discussed a more "rock sound" for their 2010 album. The Lawrence Arms are planning their 10th anniversary show. The Dead Milkmen have been added to Insubordination Fest featuring bands like Pansy Division, Teenage Bottlerocket, Squirtgun, Dillinger Four, the Copyrights and more. The Casualties and Leftover Crack will be co-headlining a tour together beginning June 11th. The Bamboozle spinoff Hoodwink has announced new sets from bands covering their influence. Look for Anti-Flag tackling the Clash, the Ataris covering the Misfits, and Cartel tracking New Found Glory. Finally it's been announced that Blink-182 have tapped Weezer for their summer reunion tour I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to continue publishing road journals from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike has some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and now Episode 7 of For Those Still Standing. Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass and Chad Rex (Episode 1, Episode 2). This week we spoke with guitarist / vocalist Mark Ryan and bassist Joe Ayoub of the Marked Men (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Los Angeles, CA's Black President, and Golden City, the new project from Eric Richter of emo/punk pioneers Christie Front Drive. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from After The Fall, As I Lay Dying, Bullet Treatment and Attack In Black / Baby Eagle (split) with tours kicking off from Pennywise / Pepper (US), Westbound Train (US / Canada), Catch 22 (Europe), Propagandhi (UK), Senses Fail (Europe), Alkaline Trio / Saves the Day (US), My Bloody Valentine (US), NOFX / the Flatliners / Snuff (Europe) and Ninja Gun / Mike Hale (US / Canada).

April 5th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Anti-Flag has finished their major label experiment and has returned to the indie world by signing to SideOneDummy. The band will release The People or the Gun on the label on June 9th. Rancid has titled their new full length Let The Dominoes Fall. The record, their first since 2003, will arrive on June 2nd. The band further detailed the track listing this week as well. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong discussed their ambitions for their new record 21st Century Breakdown. The band also discussed the musical based on American Idiot that's currently in the works. Boston Hardcore act, Death Before Dishonor has re-signed to Bridge Nine Records and is working on completing their next full length. Jimmy Eat World have plans to digitally release a live album recorded at the Tempe, Arizona date of the recent Clarity Tour. While plenty of bands have upcoming releases, the Aquabats are struggling with their future. Having been released from Nitro Records the band mused that "its time we all roll up our sleeves and decide to either pack it up and call it quits, OR by some miracle of hard work and perseverance …we … persevere!"

The Bouncing Souls recently had a little bit of tour trouble, having come up against an erupting volcano the form of Mount Redoubt. Greg Graffin of Bad Religion was interviewed on his upcoming mainstream book that discusses religion and naturalism. Blink-182's Travis Barker is working with rapper Busta Rhymes on a song for the upcoming Transformers film. Tom Gabel of Against Me! had a revealing interview with Chris Hannah of Propagandhi. The Beastie Boys streamed their upcoming remaster of Check Your Head this week.

This week we said goodbye to Little Type Mailorder co-owner Erika Hynes. I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Our annual April Fools prank involved the unveiling of Punknews.com, a website straight out of 1996 with MIDI music, animated gifs and scrolling text.

Punknews.org is proud to continue publishing road journals from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike has some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and now Episode 6 of For Those Still Standing. Our Video of the Week featured footage of a Minor Threat cover band that included members of the Riverboat Gamblers, Rise Against, Gallows, and MxPx. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Long Beach, CA-based Adam's Dagger, the new EP from Vancouver's Living with Lions, a new record from Albany's After the Fall, and Volume 2 from Mike Hale of Gunmoll's latest band In The Red. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Beastie Boys (reissue), Bob Mould, Jimmy Eat World (live), Left Alone, the Thermals and the Hold Steady (live) with tours kicking off from World/Inferno Friendship Society (US / Canada), Neko Case (US / Canada), Atmosphere / Attracted to Gods / POS (US / Canada), Bridge and Tunnel (Europe), X (US), Napalm Death / Toxic Holocaust / Trap Them (US), Flogging Molly / Street Dogs / Civet (Japan), Thursday (Europe), and Against Me! / Off With Their Heads (US).

March 29th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories The line up for the 2009 edition of the long running Warped Tour has been announced. The summer trek will feature the likes of Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, the Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, NOFX, Gallows, and the Ataris. Two members of Blackheart Records' indie/punk outfit Girl in a Coma were arrested in Houston after an altercation with police. Musician John Mellencamp contributed his voice to the chorus of commentators discussing the sorry State of the Music Business. His lengthy article appeared on the Huffington Post earlier this week.

NOFX has released a new song from their upcoming record, putting "The Quitter" online for preview. Dinosaur Jr. detailed their new record, the album is titled Farm and is due out June 23rd. A 39 song Kid Dynamite tribute is set for release and will feature the Ergs, No Trigger and This Is Hell. Green Day discussed their new record with Rolling Stone as well. Universal Records subsidiary, Original Recordings has commissioned Bernie Grubman to remaster Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged in New York for reissue on 180 gram vinyl. The Offspring has announced a tour of the US and Canada that will feature Alkaline Trio, Street Dogs, Shiny Toy Guns, Sum 41, Pennywise and the Dropkick Murphys. Propagandhi have added more US dates with Bridge and Tunnel this May. No Use For A Name have an upcoming tour of South America. The first batch of bands have been confirmed for the Sound and Fury Festival 2009 in Oxnard, CA. Look for Betrayed, Ceremony, Cold World and Trash Talk among the bands performing. Metallica have a tour of North America on the way. This week the band also described Guitar Hero as "new model for the music industry." Speaking of the popular video game, there was word this week that it would see expansions featuring the Pixies, Nirvana, and Motorhead. Richmond, VA's the Riot Before have released their video for "We Are Wild Stallions." A live recording surfaced of the Gaslight Anthem performing the Replacements classic "Left of the Dial." Blink-182 also teased their summer tour in a new video.

This week we said goodbye to the Cute Lepers guitarist Travis Criscola (1985-2009). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4 and now Episode 5 of For Those Still Standing. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including San Jose, CA's pop-punk outfit Pillowfights, Richmond-based Foundation (the latest work from Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta and Inquisition), Detroit's Fireworks, and the new EP from Hartford, CT-based Make Do and Mend. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from In The Red, Big Business, Pansy Division, Pulling Teeth, Silverstein, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Strung Out with tours kicking off from Agnostic Front / Ruiner (US), Fall Out Boy / All Time Low / Cobra Starship (US / Canada), Have Heart / Shook Ones (US west coast), Death By Stereo (Europe), Riverboat Gamblers / Fake Problems / William Elliott Whitmore (US), No Use For A Name (South America), and Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls and Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers (US east coast).

March 22nd, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Blink-182 is currently rehearsing for their upcoming reunion. Mark Hoppus recently revealed that songs such as "M&Ms," "Apple Shampoo," "Man Overboard," "Anthem, Pt.2," "Dammit" and "Down" are among those being practiced. According to a recent Guardian report, the fourth "scariest word" for parents in the UK is "emo." The paranoia stems from recent media coverage of suicides in the country. Screeching Weasel is apparently playing shows again. Ben Weasel revealed as much in a recent Asian Man newsletter. Details on the line up and extent of the reunion are a little fuzzy right now. While they're not a band that falls into our usual umbrella, it was notable this week that the Counting Crows go label free. They join other former major label acts who recently cut ties with the media conglomerates.

Green Day's recently announced vinyl reissues will soon encompass the band's entire catalogue. 39/Smooth and Kerplunk are due out next week, with Dookie to follow in April along with a singles boxed set. Compton, California's Pour Habit has signed to Fat Wreck Chords and will re-issue their 2007 full length Suiticide this summer. The Paper Chase are planning a Kill Rock Stars release this Spring. Rapper 50 Cent will be sharing the stage with Fall Out Boy for five dates of their Believers Never Die tour this summer. The lineup has been announced for the 2009 BNB Bowl / Superbowl of Hardcore. It will feature Cro-Mags, Discipline, Earth Crisis, Indecision, Murphy's Law and Walls of Jericho among others. More shows have been added to the Alkaline Trio / Saves The Day tour. The Trio has also launched a remix contest. Chicago supergroup the Falcon will appear at the Windy City Soundclash event and will re-issue their LP Unicornography. Other bands on the road soon include 311 with Ziggy Marley. Footage was released this week of Propagandhi performing live in Sydney. Finally Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem unveiled the song "Tin Pan Alley." I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 and now Episode 4 of For Those Still Standing. Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Philadelphia's the Menzingers (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4) and Lansing, MI's Cheap Girls (Episode 1, Episode 2).

This week we spoke with Darius Koski of the Swingin Utters, also of the Filthy Thieving Bastards and the Re-Volts (interviews). This week's Editors' Picks recommended music from Pennsylvania's Daylight. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Mastodon, Radiohead (reissues), Green Day (reissues), Vanna, the Queers, and the Decemberists with tours kicking off from The Bronx (US), Converge with Ceremony / Rise and Fall / Coliseum / Pulling Teeth (USA), Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains (USA / Canada), New Found Glory / Bayside / Verse / Set Your Goals (USA), and Joey Cape / Jon Snodgrass (Europe).

March 15th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Dan Schafer of Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales and the Methadones has joined Neil Hennessy of the Lawrence Arms, the Falcon and the Smoking Popes has formed Noise By Numbers. This week also saw the debut of The Dead Weather, featuring Jack White of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. Alison Mosshart of the Kills and Discount, Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita. The comic series Satanika by Misfits frontman Glenn Danzig is being adapted into a film by director Thomas Mignone. Radiohead, Billy Bragg and others have come out strongly against the relationship between their record labels and video site YouTube. At a recent gig at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane broke his collar bone after stage diving into the crowd. The band had to cancel their tour due to the injury. This week saw another unauthorized use of Minor Threat's imagery. The band's logo from Out of Step apperned on a shirt at retailer Forever 21.

Polar Bear Club are set to begin recording their Bridge 9 debut with producer Matt Bayles. The Atticus IV compilation has been announced and will feature bands like Thursday, Unearth, and Cancer Bats. The John Roecker directed Green Day documentary, Heart Like a Hand Grenade, is set to premiere in Los Angeles on March 25th. There were plenty of tours announced this week. Shoegaze stars My Bloody Valentine are headed to the US. The Alkaline Trio and Saves The Day are hitting the road together. Against Me! and Off With Their Heads have a US tour in the works as well. Sing It Loud is heading out on the "Guys Guys Guys" tour with the Friday Night Boys, the Morning Light, Artist vs Poet and the Summer Set. Russian Circles, Sweet Cobra and Lichens will also tour. Sick Of It All are headed to Europe for a festival tour. Brand New will also be in the region touring the UK. The Bamboozle festival has added more bands including Young Love, Haste The Day, Patent Pending, Rookie of the Year, the Sounds and This Providence. This week also saw the debut of New Found Glory's video for "Listen To Your Friends." This week we said goodbye to Code Of Honor's Johnithin Christ (1958-2009). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1 and Episode 2 and new this week Episode 3 of For Those Still Standing.

Our Video of the Week featured footage of the Menzingers performing their new song "They Speak of My Drinking But Never of My Thirst." Remember to keep hammering on the Punknews.org 5.0 Beta. Let's work the kinks out now and ensure your best future Org experience (That sounds dirty doesn't it?). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Coheed and Cambria (Box set), Kylesa, NOFX (DVD), Sum 41 and Ultimate Power Duo with tours kicking off from Gaslight Anthem / Heartless Bastards / Good Old War (Europe, US, Canada), the Thermals (US), the Weakerthans / the Constantines on the Rolling Tundra Revue (Canada), Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer / Pink Spiders (USA), Have Heart / Polar Bear Club (USA), and Silverstein / Norma Jean / Bless The Fall / Before Their Eyes (USA).

March 8th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories The Chicago event promoter ordinance is back before that city's License and Consumer Protection Committee. The current version of the legislation would still require promoters to obtain $300,000 in liability insurance on top of paying fees ranging from $500 to $2,000. Promoters are worried that could make DIY shows all but impossible. Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh have reunited Sublime on a Nevada stage a new a singer by the name of Rome. Montreal punk band Reset has also reformed with their No Worries era line up. Two members of the band now play in popular act Simple Plan. The Runaways movie is progressing, with news this week that actresses Dakota Fanning and Kristin Stewart will appear in the movie.

NOFX have unveiled the 12 song track listing for their upcoming alubm Coaster. American Steel have announced their new record, due in June. The band is asking fans to submit pictures of their American Steel tattoos for use in the album artwork. Broadway Calls will record with producer Bill Stevenson at the Blasting Room later this year. This week saw new audio from MxPx covering the Descendents "Suburban Home." We had full album streams of Propagandhi's Supporting Caste, New Found Glory's Epitaph debut Listen To Your Friends, and the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation featuring Silverstein, A Static Lullaby, and Bayside. This week also saw streams of tracks from Frank Turner and Austin Lucas' Under The Influence entry. To our bemusement and ultimate horror, the anime-goes-punk compilation was also previewed. Social Distortion will head to Europe this year for festivals in Switzerland, Italy and Sweden. The Bouncing Souls also graced us with a video this week, showcasing their new track "Airport Security." I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1 and Episode 2 of For Those Still Standing.

Remember to keep hammering on the Punknews.org 5.0 Beta. Let's work the kinks out now and ensure your best future Org experience (That sounds dirty doesn't it?). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new record from Winnipeg teen heartthrobs Propagandhi, Saskatchewan-based three piece garage punk act Ultimate Power Duo, Riverside, CA's No Bragging Rights, and Sackville, New Brunswick's lo-fi singer / songwriter Shotgun Jimmie. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Attack In Black, Austin Lucas, Cursive, Propagandhi, New Found Glory, Shotgun Jimmie, and the Riverboat Gamblers with tours kicking off from Street Dogs / Swingin Utters / Shot Baker (US), Bouncing Souls / Dillinger Four / The AKAs (US), Cursive (US), Dropkick Murphys (St. Patrick's Day shows), This Is Hell / Dead Swans / the Blackout Argument (Europe), and the Phenomenauts (US).

March 1st, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories This week brought word of major layoffs taking place at the RIAA. Some are describing the job losses at the controversial and much reviled music industry group as a bloodbath. Robert Smith of the Cure criticized the concept of "pay what you want" albums. Smith stated that he violently disagrees with the idea, which had been popularized by acts like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails and is utilized by punk labels like Quote Unquote Records. Once wonders what he'd think of Cursive's new album, which went on sale for $1 today, with the price to increase a dollar each day until March 10th. Influential act Faith No More recently announced a reunion tour. Screw 32 are also planning to get back together.

NOFX is promising their new record Coaster for later this year. Paper + Plastick has signed Lansing, Michigan's Cheap Girls, with a new album set for mid 2009. The Gaslight Anthem talked to MTV and unvieled their video for "Great Expectations." We also saw a video for MC Lars' "Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn't Make You Slash)." Thursday announced plans to perform their fan-favourite full length Full Collapse in it's entirety tomorrow on the Providence, RI date of the Rock Star Taste of Chaos tour. No Doubt has announced tour dates with Paramore, Bedouin Soundclash, the Sounds and Janelle Monae. Nine Inch Nails will play what may be their final tour this year with Jane's Addiction. MxPx also unveiled their cover of Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl."

This week we, after much delay, opened the Punknews.org 5.0 Beta to the public. Check it out, put it throught its paces, and help us get it ready for prime time. I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to literally living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1 of For Those Still Standing. Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Propagandhi (Episode 2, Episode 3), the Bouncing Souls (Episode 2, Episode 3), O Pioneers!!! (Episode 1).

This week we spoke with Ryan Murphy and Tony Weinbender, organizers of Harvest Of Hope (interview). We also spoke to Chris Cresswell of Toronto's Flatliners (interview). Our Video of the Week featured footage of Richmond, VA's Landmines at Atlas Studios recording their new EP for Paper & Plastick. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new full length from Fort Collins, CO's Drag the River, the new full length from Jon Snodgrass, six songs from Oakland's Druglords of the Avenues (members of Filthy Thieving Bastards, Swingin' Utters and others), the new record from Louisville, KY-based Mansions. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Drag the River, Jon Snodgrass, Neko Case and Mansions with tours kicking off from Millencolin (Canada, US, Europe), Circle Jerks (South America), Propagandhi / Paint It Black (US), Brand New (US), Poison The Well / 36 Crazyfists (Europe), Fear Before / Alesana / Drop Dead Gorgeous (US), and Less Than Jake / the Expendables (US).

February 22nd, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories A sticker featuring folk-punk act This Bike is a Pipe Bomb has again caused a bomb scare. This time a bicycle adorned with the band's logo caused the evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee airport terminal. The bike turned out to be, in fact, a bike. The Gaslight Anthem were robbed in Gothenburg while on tour. They didn't lose anything essential but the paperwork holdup with the Swedish police caused them to miss a show. The Arizona Star newspaper launched a lawsuit against Tucson-based punk band Awful Truth. The band has controversially used a Star photo of a recently slain police officer on an album cover. Finally the punk world is on the edge of its collective seat awaiting the release of the "Punk Rock Activity Book". Soon you can partake in word searches and drawing games such as "help Siouxsie Sioux apply her makeup", "draw Henry Rollins' tattoos" and "colour Iggy Pop."

My Chemical Romance has claimed that they're going back-to-basics on their new record and won't be "hiding behind a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore." UK based hardcore/punk outfit the Ghost of a Thousand has signed to Epitaph Records. Tom Delonge has discussed Blink-182's 2009 plans, claiming that there won't be much touring but they will take place in a big event this summer. Rise Against and Rancid have announced their tour dates in the US and Canada with support from the Riverboat Gamblers and Billy Talent. Flogging Molly, Street Dogs and Civet will hit the road in Japan. The Bouncing Souls are also touring with the Loved Ones and Black President. Bad Religion have dates scheduled prior to Warped Tour as well. This week Bridge and Tunnel have unveiled the new song "Loss Leaders" and post-Distillers act Spinnerette released their new single "Sex Bomb." Off With Their Heads will appear on University of Minnesota's Radio K Monday to play play live on the air. Look for Jimmy Eat World and Neko Case to show up in Rock Band 2. Our friends at Marvel Comics chatted with Thursday's Geoff Rickly about his favourite caped heroes. Finally this week the BBC discussed the science of selling out.

I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Propagandhi (Episode 1) as the band explores Australia and New Zealand. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new full length from Boston, MA's Defeater, the new record from Phoenix, AZ-based Stereotyperider, a 7" from Moncton, New Brunswick's Varsity Weirdos, and new music from Edmonton, AB's Passenger Action (members of Choke, Fordirelifesake and the Fullblast). So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from the Black Lips, Stereotyperider, Lamb of God and Hatebreed with tours kicking off from Jimmy Eat World] performing Clarity (US), Senses Fail / Haste The Day (US), the Human Abstract / Protest the Hero / the Chariot (Europe), Tim Barry / Ausin Lucas / Josh Small (US), Failures Union / Cheap Girls (US), and Street Dogs / Swingin Utters / Shot Baker (US / Canada).

February 15th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Our attention turned to the mainstream pop punk world this week. The long coming reunion of Blink-182 is most certainly happening. The band is planning a summer album and will doubtlessly be back on the road soon. Tom Delonge has also confirmed that his post-Blink act Angels and Airwaves will continue as well. Green Day broke the news that their new record would be titled 21st Century Breakdown. The band unveiled the art and began discussing the record, making several bold statements to Rolling Stone on the album's ambitious direction. Outside the spotlight but no less newsworthy `round here, Punknews favourites Teenage Bottlerocket announced that they had signed to Fat Wreck.

This week also the Lower Class Brats comment on a shooting at a recent show in San Antonio, TX. Propagandhi has offered two advance songs from their new record in exchange for charitable donations. Revelaton Records is working on an anniversary compilation featurin bands like Sick of It All, Terror, Ignite, and Death By Stereo. Mirroring a recent April Fools joke we made, the Gaslight Anthem will be opening for their hero Bruce Springsteen at the UK's Hard Rock Calling 2009. Pennywise and Pepper will also hit the road together. This busy week also saw the breakup of Verse, the pending bankruptcy of Sirius XM satellite radio, and our buddy Fat Mike of NOFX visit Pancake Mountain.

I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Fake Problems (Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3), Bomb The Music Industry (Episode 5, Episode 6), and the Bouncing Souls (Episode 1). This week we spoke with Chris Hannah of Propagandhi (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new full length from Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves (Chris of course having played in Hot Water Music and the Draft), and the new EP from Tom's River, NJ-based One Win Choice. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, the Appleseed Cast, Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves, Fake Problems, Morrissey, and Thursday with tours kicking off from Dropkick Murphys / H2O (US), These Arms Are Snakes (US), and Pennywise (US).

February 8th, 2009

.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories This week brought us a further progress report on Rancid's upcoming album. Epitaph head and Bad Religion guitarist / songwriter Brett Gurewitz has finished mixing the release and it's set for a spring release. Blink-182's road to an inevitable reunion continues, as the three members of the pop-punk act share the stage as Grammy presenters. Winnipeg's Propagandhi unveiled the new song "Dear Coach's Corner" this week on BBC Radio 1. In a recent interview Say Anything head Max Bemis commented on his ongoing (and really amusing) tiff with the Punknews.org readership. My Chemical Romance unveiled their video for "Desolation Row". The popular band produced the Bob Dylan cover for the soundtrack of the upcoming Watchmen film. The band also discussed their upcoming fourth album.

Fat Mike of NOFX discussed the upcoming DVD release of the Backstage Passport series. He also took the opportunity to rip into Avenged Sevenfold for good measure. 311 posted an update on their next record, as did mewithoutYou who confirmed their confirm title and release date. We had news that Have Heart and Polar Bear Club would hit the road soon. The Bamboozle has unveiled their lineup, which will feature Fall Out Boy, No Doubt, Taking Back Sunday and Rise Against. The Deftones will also play the event, notable in light of the car accident that's sidelined bassist Chi Cheng. Bonnaroo will feature a diverse roster including Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, the Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails and Neko Case. This week saw new audio from In The Hollows, featuring former and current members of Champion, Pulling Teeth and Ruiner. We also heard music from Jazzbreaker, a jazz / big band tribute to Jawbreaker. This week saw a number of tributes to Bruce Springsteen, including videos from Ted Leo And The Pharmacists and Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem as well as Against Me!'s Tom Gabel.

This week we said goodbye legendary Cramps frontman Lux Interior (1948-2009). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives There's a new version of Punknews.org coming and we want your help testing it. Keep those bug reports coming in.

Our Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured Alex of Gatorface and Sam from Virgins] (Episode 3). This week we spoke with Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new album Neon Creeps from Spring, TX-based O Pioneers!!!, and South Wales based Attack! Attack!. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from New Found Glory, O Pioneers!!!, and Napalm Death with tours kicking off from Murder City Devils (US West Coast), Cute Is What We Aim For headlined Take Action Tour, Propagandhi (Australia), Kevin Seconds / Kepi Ghoulie / Vic Ruggiero (US), and Flogging Molly (US / Canada).