Radio Free Punknews

Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The recent demo from Richmond, VA's The Haverchucks
• The new EP from Blacksburg, VA's The Two Funerals
• The latest from Chicago, IL's Gunner's Daughter
• The new full-length from San Pedro, CA's The Underground Railroad To Candyland
• The latest from Las Vegas, NV's Holding on to Sound
• The new EP from Orange County, CA's Chaser

Also don't forget to check out the new split from Xerxes and Midnight Soul, the new album from Nijmegen, Netherlands-based Brat Pack, exclusive new tracks from Protagonist and Have Nots, the latest EP from Los Angeles, CA's The Sheds, the new EP from Boston, MA's Daybreaker, and the brand new full-length from Haddon Heights, NJ's By Surprise. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

April 17, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Bryne Yancey and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:

• Another round of the sexism debate was had as Mariel Loveland (Candy Hearts) voiced her opinion on the issue
• Long-running ska-turned-progressive outfit RX Bandits called it a day after sixteen years together
• Off With Their Heads, Riverboat Gamblers and Dead To Me announced a summer tour
• We exclusively revealed the details regarding the upcoming Red Scare debut from Elway, Delusions
• NOFX was added to the Bonnaroo lineup
• Spraynard unveiled their new album, Funtitled
• San Francisco announced plans to push a draconian new data collection law at venues.

With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we've spoken with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Sheena Ozzella of Lemuria
• Lauren Denitzio of The Measure [SA]
• Mikey Erg
• Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes
• Jordan Mancino of As I Lay Dying
• Chuck Ragan

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to virtually every social media hub on the internet, and we take pride in providing unique content and communications on each. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google Buzz and MySpace. Add your photos to our Flickr Pool and they'll appear in the sidebar here on Punknews. Join our Last.fm group and contribute your listening habits to our weekly charts. All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo.

Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: do you think some bands need a republican president so that they can write material? A: No bands worth listening to. Jello Biafra made a name for himself hating on a Republican President but he's managed to keep making inflammatory material through two Clinton and an Obama administration. True agitators can always find good material.

-Rich

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favor and pay a visit to Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Ben Conoley's Canadian music site The Can Con, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music and his tumblog bryneyancey.org. Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey's every move at Twitter.

Where else are you online? Share your links below and keep connected with the Punknews community.

Radio Free Punknews

Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The latest from Las Vegas, NV's Holding on to Sound
• The new EP from Orange County, CA's Chaser
• The new split from Xerxes and Midnight Soul
• The new album from Nijmegen, Netherlands-based Brat Pack
• Exclusive new tracks from Protagonist and Have Nots
• The latest EP from Los Angeles, CA's The Sheds

Also don't forget to check out the new EP from Boston, MA's Daybreaker, the brand new full-length from Haddon Heights, NJ's By Surprise, the new collection from UK-based SHARKS, the upcoming LP from Minneapolis, MN's The Gateway District, the latest full-length from Bay Area, CA-based Why I Hate, and the new LP from Montreal, QC's The City Streets. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

April 10, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Bryne Yancey and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:

• Against Me! has a new EP in the can, and also announced a tour with Lemuria and Screaming Females
• We asked out readers to give us their thoughts on bands using Kickstarter
• Joie de Vivre announced their breakup
• The long-awaited Lawrence Arms DVD is finally being released, or so it would appear
• Iron Chic has two new 7-inches, and a European tour coming up
• Bad Religion performed on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we've spoken with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Mikey Erg
• Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes
• Jordan Mancino of As I Lay Dying
• Chuck Ragan
• Ross Farrar of Ceremony
• Steve Ignorant of Crass

  We've got some great interviews in the pipeline for this week, so stay tuned.

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to virtually every social media hub on the internet, and we take pride in providing unique content and communications on each. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google Buzz and MySpace. Add your photos to our Flickr Pool and they'll appear in the sidebar here on Punknews. Join our Last.fm group and contribute your listening habits to our weekly charts. All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo.

Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: How do you sift through the vast amounts of news and media being created every day while staying on top of the trends and topics that are important to you? A: The submissions queue at the site helps a ton--we get sent a lot of worthwhile content that way that we'd never get from a press release.

Of course, social media is important too; I'm perpetually combing my twitter feed (and to a lesser extent, Facebook) looking for stuff to post.

-Bryne

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favor and pay a visit to Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Ben Conoley's Canadian music site The Can Con, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music and his tumblog bryneyancey.org. Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey's every move at Twitter.

Where else are you online? Share your links below and keep connected with the Punknews community.

Radio Free Punknews

Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• Exclusive new tracks from Protagonist and Have Nots
• The latest EP from Los Angeles, CA's The Sheds
• The new EP from Boston, MA's Daybreaker
• The brand new full-length from Haddon Heights, NJ's By Surprise
• The new collection from UK-based SHARKS
• The upcoming LP from Minneapolis, MN's The Gateway District

Also don't forget to check out the latest full-length from Bay Area, CA-based Why I Hate, the new LP from Montreal, QC's The City Streets, the new EP from Meriden, CT's Bust It!, the new full-length from Providence, RI's Sharks Come Cruisin', the latest from St. Catharines, ON's Elk, and the new EP from Atlanta, GA'a Campaign. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

April 3, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Bryne Yancey and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:

• John Joseph of Cro-Mags had an interesting take on the recent Japan earthquake/tsunami
• Baltimore, MD's Trapped Under Ice was involved in an altercation in Germany
• To the surprise of no one, Weasel Fest was canceled
• In better Chicago-related news, Descendents were confirmed for Riot Fest
• Mixtapes unveiled a new song, "Hope Is For People"
• We had some fun on April Fool's Day with The Dopamines. You can check out the hijinks here, here, here, here and here. After that, check out our reviews of the band's LP Expect The Worst here.

With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.