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 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
• The new EP from Atlanta, GA'a Campaign
• The new demo from Cleveland / Akron, OH's Worship This!
• A new track from Brooklyn, NY's I Hate Our Freedom

Also don't forget to check out the latest EP from Lyon, France's The Traders, the upcoming full-length from Chicago, IL's Smoking Popes, the debut EP from New Brunswick, NJ's Gates, a new track from Tulsa, OK's John Moreland and The Black Gold Band, the new album from Phoenix, AZ's Run With The Hunted, and the latest from Worcester, MA's Mountain Man. 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.

March 13, 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:

• Screeching Weasel unveiled a stream of their first new album in 11 years, First World Manifesto
• Face To Face announced that their long-awaited new album, Laugh Now, Laugh Later, will be released in May. The group also detailed a tour in support of the album alongside Strung Out.
• No Sleep Records unveiled a slew of 2011 subscription packages.
• Elgin James of Righteous Jams was sentenced to a year in prison for an extortion scheme against Mest.
• Rise Against unveiled another new song from Endgame, "Satellite"
• Hot Water Music announced two more American dates in Milwaukee and Detroit.

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:

• Steve Ignorant of Crass
• James Carroll of Make Do And Mend
• Dave Hause
• Joey Garibaldi of Old Man Markley and Youth Brigade
• Ygarr Yggarrist of Zolar X
• Emily Whitehurst of The Action Design

  With that said, I'm pretty sure we'll actually have some new interviews this week. 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: Out of curiosity, did any of you publish zines or play in any bands in the 90s? A: Aubin did a very short zine called Anti-Manifesto. Rich sang in a band called One-Eyed Hoagie. Yes you read that right. Justin played trumpet in a ska band that only practiced once and could play a horrible cover of "Mr. Smiley" by Mustard Plug. Similarly, Brian sang for a pop-punk band called Exit to Your Right who too only practiced once and did a pretty iffy "Dammit" cover, although this may have been more around 2000/2001.

I'm sure there are equally embarrassing stories from everyone else.

-Justin

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 Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, 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 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
• The new EP from Atlanta, GA'a Campaign
• The new demo from Cleveland / Akron, OH's Worship This!
• A new track from Brooklyn, NY's I Hate Our Freedom

Also don't forget to check out the latest EP from Lyon, France's The Traders, the upcoming full-length from Chicago, IL's Smoking Popes, the debut EP from New Brunswick, NJ's Gates, a new track from Tulsa, OK's John Moreland and The Black Gold Band, the new album from Phoenix, AZ's Run With The Hunted, and the latest from Worcester, MA's Mountain Man. 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.

March 6, 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:

• The Gaslight Anthem debuted a new song entitled "Biloxi Parish" in Australia.
• Blink-182 drummer/ex-Aquabat/former reality television star Travis Barker unveiled a new song from his upcoming solo album, "Saturday Night"
• NOFX announced a full Canadian tour alongside Teenage Bottlerocket and Old Man Markley.
• Dropkick Murphys previewed their new album, Going Out In Style.
• We debuted the new video from Smoking Popes for "Punk Band"
• The Holy Mess signed to Red Scare, and the label announced plans to reissue the group's discography.

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:

• Steve Ignorant of Crass
• James Carroll of Make Do And Mend
• Dave Hause
• Joey Garibaldi of Old Man Markley and Youth Brigade
• Ygarr Yggarrist of Zolar X
• Emily Whitehurst of The Action Design

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: What band, or if you can narrow it down, album, has had the biggest impact on you? Is there a specific meaning to why this band/album/artist means so much, or did you just really identify with the music? A: Not to be corny but Minor Threat's discography, for sure. Not that it was (or is) my favorite album but because it was the first real, raw, underproduced (is that a word?) and angry punk I ever really heard and I hated it at first. It took me about two whole listens before I shelved it for about three months. But, after listening to it bands like AFI (early AFI), Good Riddance and others started to make more sense and seem down right overly melodic. After three months I went back and was amazed at how much I enjoyed the album. It was sort of the stepping stone to realizing that good music didn't need to be crisp and smooth.

-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 Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, 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 St. Catharines, ON's Elk
• The new EP from Atlanta, GA'a Campaign
• The new demo from Cleveland / Akron, OH's Worship This!
• A new track from Brooklyn, NY's I Hate Our Freedom
• The latest EP from Lyon, France's The Traders
• The upcoming full-length from Chicago, IL's Smoking Popes

Also don't forget to check out the the debut EP from New Brunswick, NJ's Gates, a new track from Tulsa, OK's John Moreland and The Black Gold Band, the new album from Phoenix, AZ's Run With The Hunted, the latest from Worcester, MA's Mountain Man, the new EP from Chixdiggit! and the latest 7" from The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. 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.

February 27, 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:

• Alkaline Trio is aiming to "re-imagine" old favorites for their latest project. We're all officially old.
• Hot Water Music, Lifetime and Against Me! were among the bands confirmed for Fest 10, sending the community into a tizzy.
• Title Fight detailed their first-ever headlining tour, which will feature support from Touché Amoré, The Menzingers and Dead End Path.
• Speaking of The Menzingers, they were one of the latest bands to be added to Warped Tour 2011.
• Green Day debuted what has got to be the eighth or ninth iteration of "Cigarettes and Valentines".
• Dear Landlord announced some North American tour dates. Still no word on whether or not the group will be appearing at this year's Gathering of the Juggalos.

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.