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: When were you upset the most about a band member leaving, and why? A: When Nate Albert left the Bosstones during the recording of "Pay Attention" it broke my heart. The band had been through a lot after their fairly meteoric rise. Nate had long been a primary songwriter and his guitar riffs and tone really anchored the band, regardless of where they were at at a particular time. After hearing Pay Attention it sounded like a band falling apart and running on steam. Even though Lawrence Katz is an amazing guitarist, nothing sounds quite like Nate ripping through the opening chords of "Devil's Night Out" or his freakishly clean upstroke in"The Impression That I Get." -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, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music. 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.

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

• The new full-length from Pittsburgh, PA's Run, Forever
• The new 7-inch from Willimantic, CT's The World Is A Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
• The new split 7-inch from The Best of the Worst and Tomahawk Chop
• A sampler of nearly every band performing at next month's DTFH Fest
• The latest full-length from German melodic hardcore outfit Red Tape Parade

Also don't forget to check out the new full-length from Kingston, NY's Nightmares For A Week, a demo from Bergen County, NJ's Dead Ringer, the first new material from No Trigger in nearly five years, and the new split 7-inch from Mixtapes and Direct Hit!. 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.

December 12, 2010

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 first five bands for next summer's Vans Warped Tour have been announced. Get your tickets now!
• Against Me! have detailed their first post-major label release, a two song, acoustic 7-inch for Sabot Productions. Get your spacers ready.
• Speaking of popular bands and 7-inch vinyl, Hot Water Music and The Bouncing Souls have covered each other's songs for a new release. Flippers, fear the potential ire of Jack White.
• Polarizing Say Anything frontman Max Bemis announced a run of solo dates for February. Try not to get offended.
• Iconic DC hardcore outfit Government Issue played a one-off reunion this past weekend to help raise funds for local DJ Stereo Faith's medical bills. Is it wrong to hope for something bad to happen so Fugazi can reunite?
• Rise Records continued their foray into punk rock acts, signing UK-based outfit SHARKS.

  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:

• A band on band interview from The Dopamines and Municipal Waste
• The Max Levine Ensemble
• Samiam
• The first part of our Red Tape Parade feature, with questions from Joey Cape and End of A Year frontman Patrick Kindlon

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: In hip hop, it seems that the originators such as Kool Moe D, Busy B, and Kool Herc are revered. But in punk rock, it seems originators such as Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra, and Glenn Danzig are constantly subjected to ridicule and disdain. How come? A: To be fair I think it's a subjective view. Artists like The Roots even have songs noting, "MCs, never showed loyalty yet/ Kool Herc ain't never get a royalty check." But beyond that, I'd say the main reason is because early era hip-hop (and even present form) aren't as morality and politically laden as punk. Kool Moe D didn't rap about breaking down the music system, Busy B never performed outside of the Democratic National Convention (this isn't to say they weren't political in nature, just by doing what they were doing but that's a whole discussion that is too long of Formspring).

Punk rock is believed to hold a sort of ethical code that is imposed upon a lot of people, even if they never claimed to follow it (Say like Johnny Rotten) and when that code is breached it brings a great deal of ire form the people who notice those things. But that isn't to say punk rock doesn't have originators or founders who are still loved. A great deal of people hold respect for Henry Rollins, Joe Strummer, Iggy Pop and a slew of others and even the people who dislike artists like Danzig are not likely to deny his influence and even his importance at the time. It's just that of the people you listed (and many of the ones who still draw criticism) are very active still today and the more things you do, the more likely you are to draw criticism. Say what you will, but you can't tarnish a legacy if no one cares what you've done in the last 20 years. -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, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music. 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 new split 7-inch from The Best of the Worst and Tomahawk Chop
• A sampler of nearly every band performing at next month's DTFH Fest
• The latest full-length from Nuremberg, Germany's Red Tape Parade

Also don't forget to check out the new full-length from Kingston, NY's Nightmares For A Week, a demo from Bergen County, NJ's Dead Ringer, the first new material from No Trigger in nearly five years, and the new split 7-inch from Mixtapes and Direct Hit!. 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.

December 5, 2010

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! have left Sire/Warner after five years and two full-lengths. In an unrelated story, major label enthusiasts across North America have mobilized to slash the tires of the band's tour bus.
• Decaydance supergroup D.R.U.G.S. released a controversial video for "If You Think This Song Is About You, It Probably Is." Why not just abbreviate the song title as well?
• Blink 182 drummer and reality television star Travis Barker will be helping H2O frontman Toby Morse through his charity, One Life One Chance.
• Jack White of The White Stripes lashed out at profit-seeking record flippers. In other news, a Hoarders marathon was highly-viewed and well-received over the weekend.
• Red Scare announced the signing of Fort Collins, CO's Elway. We've also just received word that Fat Wreck Chords signed them in 2014.
• Arcade Fire, Paramore, Gorillaz, Black Keys, Muse, Slayer were the among Grammy Nominees announced this past week. Tracy Jordan's quest for the elusive EGOT will have to wait another agonizing year.

  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:

• The Max Levine Ensemble
• Samiam
• The first part of our Red Tape Parade feature, with questions from Joey Cape and End of A Year frontman Patrick Kindlon

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: Why do people get mad at you for things commenters say? A: Punknews' image seems to be crafted by what people read on the site. For a while the stories had some editorial comments and jokes but as the site grew the stories became more factual, less commentary. As a result, it seems a large portion of people's perceptions of the site are crafted by the comments as they are the most frequently updated and largest part of the site. It seems a fair amount of people lose perspective between the people who comment and the people who actually run the site and the dredges of the comments (the sexist, racist, or otherwise ignorant remarks) are the ones that become branded to the site.

We work hard to demonstrate that those fringe opinions are not the ones held by the people who run the site, or even a majority of the readers, but it's not always easy. That said, I think the podcast has helped people hate us for things we've actually said and not things other people have said. -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, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music. 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 new full-length from Kingston, NY's Nightmares For A Week
• A demo from Bergen County, NJ's Dead Ringer
• The first new material from No Trigger in nearly five years
• The new split 7-inch from Mixtapes and Direct Hit!

Also don't forget to check out the new full-length from Gainesville, FL's Savage Brewtality, the latest LP from Buffalo, NY's Rust Belt Lights, the new 7-inch from New Brunswick, NJ's Mirrors and Wires, and the new full-length from Grand Rapids, MI's Shores. 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.