The Bouncing Souls have teamed up with legendary punk artist Atruro Vega to create a 20th anniversary logo. The band says

This adaptation of our original logo was a collaboration between Bryan Kienlen and the great artist and original punk rocker Arturo Vega. Arturo is a dear friend of the Souls and we thought it would be great to bring his artistic vision into the fold as one more special facet of this great anniversary celebration. Thanks for the birth of all things punk and cool Arturo, it’s an honor to call you brother!

Vega is best known for developing the classic Ramones logo.
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Kevin Nunn of North Lincoln has teamed up with Jeff and Alex from the recently defunct Traffic and Weather to form Wormburner. The band has posted six new songs on their MySpace page, four of which will be released on a 7″ through Salinas Records.
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P.O.S. has released the second new track from his forthcoming album. The record is titled Never Better and is due out February 3, 2009.

You can find “Drumroll” on his myspace page.
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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…

This week Los Angeles, based radio station Indie 103.1 shutdown their FM broadcast and moved to an internet only format. The station is notable for employing such punk personalities as Henry Rollins of Black Flag, Joe Sib of SideOneDummy and Joe Escalante of the Vandals among others. Tucson-based punk act Awful Truth caused some controversy by using the photo of slain officer on their album cover. Some major festivals are announcing their line ups, with bands like the Black Lips. the Queers, Rival Schools and Teenage Bottlerocket playing SXSW and the Bouncing Souls, Night Marchers, Strike Anywhere and Propagandhi at Harvest of Hope. There was also word this week that the landmark Time Square Virgin Megastore in New York City is set to close.

This week’s big release news focused on Propagandhi and their new full length Supporting Caste. Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus is planning a solo album. Gallows will title their next record Grey Britain. Every Time I Die is at work on their Epitaph debut. Red Scare will release the next Menzingers album. Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba will collaborate with electronic/dance artist and internet celebrity Jeffree Star. Zao has detailed their forthcoming release as well. A number of Warner Bros acts, including Against Me!, Black Keys and the Flaming Lips are set to cover some of the label’s classic bands. On the video front we saw Morrissey‘s “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” and Rise Against‘s “Audience of One.” Look for the Bouncing Souls to hit the road soon with Dillinger Four and the AKAs. This week we said goodbye to Nekromantix drummer Andrew Martinez (1983-2009).

This week we spoke with Kyle O’Neil of Detroit’s Fireworks (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Brooklyn, NY-based Lymbyc Systym, and New Haven CT’s Blackened. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers, Bomb The Music Industry, Reel Big Fish, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Whole Wheat Bread with tours kicking off from Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Matt Pryor of Get Up Kids, Chris Conley of Saves The Day and Anthony Raneri of Bayside (USA), Alkaline Trio, Broadway Calls and the Audition (Europe), TSOL and Black President (USA), the Adolescents (USA), Static Thought (Europe) and Ska Is Dead IV featuring the Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Mustard Plug, Buck-O-Nine.
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Zao has posted more information regarding their new album.

The album, Awake?, was produced by Daniel and Tim Lambesis and features 11 tracks, 10 of which being brand new. Awake? is currently slated for release this spring.
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Cattle Decapitation has posted a full stream of their forthcoming, Jan. 20 release The Harvest Floor.

You can check out the stream through Buzzgrinder here.
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Seattle, WA’s Muder City Devils have announced that they will be releasing a vinyl box set titled Feather Bed Whiskey Blanket that will contain their three full length albums and the Thelema EP. Says the band on their website:

Bundled in a custom made package with a button and string closure, each set will be hand-numbered and contain one of a kind photos, stencils, posters and other pieces unique to each set. Who knows, you might end up with rare promo photos, press stickers, outtake / live photos, studio notes, sketches, old set lists, old backstage passes, Gabe’s electric bill … anything from the massive MCD archives that can fit into a flat 12″ box. Each package will have the four 12″ records on exclusive white vinyl, a totally unique set of bonus items, be hand-numbered and shrink wrapped air tight so nobody but nobody will know what’s in there until you get it home and open it up. (We’ll know, and we’ll be keeping track.)

The band recently announced their reunion tour dates and announced reissues of their past full lengths.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Goldfinger – Hello Destiny
• Doomriders / Disfear – Split [7 Inch]
• Gatorface – Sick and Stupid [10 inch]
• Landmine Marathon – Rusted Eyes Awake
• Sleeping in the Aviary – Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel
• The Girls – Yes No Yes No Yes No
• Troublemaker – Troublemaker [7 inch]
• Gravehaven – Calico
• Pendulum – In Silico
• Capsule – Blue [12 inch]

You can check out any of our 7968 reviews right here
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Members from notable Canadian punk acts Choke, Fordirelifesake and The Fullblast have set a release date for their forthcoming debut as Passenger Action. The band recorded their debut with Greg Dawson (Moneen, The End) and the self-titled album is due out February 10, 2009.

You can check out a track from the album on their myspace page.
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According to the latest report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 95% of all music downloads online are illegal. This despite the growing popularity of legal digital music downloads.

John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, said:

There is a momentous debate going on about the environment on which our business, and all the people working in it, depends. Governments are beginning to accept that, in the debate over ‘free content’ and engaging ISPs in protecting intellectual property rights, doing nothing is not an option if there is to be a future for commercial digital content.

Rights advocates like Jim Killock of the Open Rights Group, responds:

We are worried by the recording industry’s desire to clamp down on illicit file sharers. We need to see how much better these companies do by getting their services right before governments start pushing drastic and draconian laws forward.

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Sacramento, CA’s Trash Talk have announced a few dates in Japan as well as some big dates in California with Fucked Up and Pig Destroyer and an appearance at the Scion Rock Fest with Mastodon, Neurosis, High On Fire, Converge, Torche and more.

The band released Trash Talk in 2008 on their own label.
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Blake Schwarzenbach is planning an spoken word/reading performance in Brooklyn this Saturday. According to this report, the January 17th performance will also feature readings from Zack Lipez, Minju Pak, Cristy C. Road and Ryan Dodge.

Music will be provided by Golden Bones and Tim Adams (of The Teenage Prayers). You can find some more details here.
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