Weezer has posted a video for their World Cup song, “Represent.” The track is also a free download via iTunes.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Bigwig: “Ashtray Monument (Jawbreaker)”
Bigwig have (re-)posted another rare track. The new addition is the band’s take on the Jawbreaker classic, “Ashtray Monument.” The song comes from Jawbreaker’s last independent release, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy which was released in 1994. Bigwig’s cover of the song previously appeared on the 2003 Dying Wish Records compilation, Bad Scene, Everyone’s Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute. That compilation also includes Face to Face, Fall Out Boy, Sparta, Kill Your Idols, Nerf Herder and many others.
The reason for the re-posting is so that Bigwig could announce plans to release a remastered version of the song as part of a remastered b-sides compilation expected on vinyl and digital download later in 2010.
Check out the cover on their MySpace page.
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Tours: The Dwarves / Turbo ACs
The Dwarves have announced their summer touring schedule. The long running band is planning a run of US dates with the The Turbo A.C.’s followed by a set of shows in the UK and one in Norway.
Barsuk celebrates Spring with free sampler
Barsuk Records has launched a Spring sampler featuring new music from Maps & Atlases, Pearly Gate Music, Ramona Falls, Rocky Votolato, The Wooden Birds, Starlight Mints, Blunt Mechanic, David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) and Viva Voce.
Check it out for free via Amazon MP3.
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Navel Gazing for June 13th, 2010
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:
- A report in Billboard noted that album sales have hit rock bottom with the week ending May 30th bringing in the lowest music sales numbers since data began to be collected in `94.
- Max Bemis of Say Anything sat down on video to chat with the Lawrence Arms‘ Brendan Kelly and Red Scare Records’ Toby Jeg. Topics strange, slow and old were touched upon.
- Tour head honcho Kevin Lyman made a number of comments on the 2010 Warped Tour. As usual the question of what bands and genres are showcased dominated the discussion.
- The Gaslight Anthem is streaming their new album American Slang
- Vocalist/guitarist Dan Vapid stated in a recent interview that The Methadones will call it a day by year’s end.
- Frank Turner has returned from Israel and defended his decision to play dates there.
- The Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba released the new solo song “S.O.S.”
With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we’ve see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we’ll see you Monday…
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Protest The Hero plan recording for August
Metal/punk act Protest The Hero are aiming to hit the studio in August to record the follow up to 2008’s Fortress. They posted this update:
We made a little video of some of the stuff we have been working at in the space for the past few months. As it looks right now, we will be starting the actual recording process in August.
The band has also posted a video showing some of the pre-production process and rehearsals for the record. Since the release of their last full length, the Toronto-based band released the live album, Gallop Meets the Earth in 2009.
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Devo: “Something for Everybody”
New wave and punk pioneers Devo have posted a stream of their upcoming album. The band took an unusual route for the album, by launching an Official Song Study. The band posted portions of each of the tracks they recorded for the album and asked fans to rank and vote about which songs would appear on the final full length. Of the sixteen songs shown in this way, fans and study participants selected the 12 that will appear on the album itself. The record is titled Something For Everybody and is due out June 15, 2010 via Warner. It’s their first since 1990’s Smooth Noodle Maps.
The album is streaming on the Colbert Nation site. (Check the Flash widget on the right side of the page)
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Operation MD (Sum 41, H2O) plan second album
Operation MD have announced plans to release a new album. The group is the side project from Sum 41 bassist Jason “Cone” McCaslin and H2O‘s Todd Morse. According to a Chart Attack report, the album “ is more of a garage record, borrowing heavily from acts like The Hives and Violent Femmes. ”
Along with Cone and Todd, the album features contributions by Billy Talent guitarist Ian D’Sa and Sum 41 bandmate Deryck Whibley. D’Sa produced lead single “Buried At Sea,” and Whibley mixed “Sick And Twisted.”
“Buried at Sea” is currently streaming on the band’s MySpace page. The record is titled Birds + Bee Stings and is due out digitally on June 29, 2010.
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Tours: Authority Zero / Whole Wheat Bread / Lionize / Chase Long Beach
Authority Zero have finalized the dates for their upcoming tour. The band is hitting the road later this month with Whole Wheat Bread, Lionize and Chase Long Beach. The bands will head across the US as Authority Zero kicks off support for their upcoming album, Stories of Survival which is due out June 22, 2010. The record is the first release for Viking Funeral Records (the imprint founded by Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge, Ken Seaton of Hardline Entertainment and Suburban Noize Records).
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Tours: Bane / Trapped Under Ice / Cruel Hand / Alpha & Omega
After the finish up their Canadian tour with Strike Anywhere, Bane will embark on another run of North American shows, with these headlining and supported by Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand and Alpha & Omega.
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WEEK 8
Room For One, Everything Must Go, Favorite Weapon Class
New Mutation
Room For One
Only room for one survivor in this rescue vehicle.
You need to work together only long enough until you can survive on your own. First person to the rescue vehicle wins!
This Mutation is available for Campaign Finales Only.
Everything Must Go
Last week’s poll results for the question; If you could remove one item from the Survivors in Versus, what would it be?
PC Results
23% Nothing
19% Medkits
19% Defibs
18% Grenade Launcher
14% Explosive Ammo
7% Incendiary Ammo
Xbox 360 Results
27% Nothing
21% Medkits
18% Defibs
16% Grenade Launcher
11% Explosive Ammo
7% Incendiary Ammo
Overall:
In this kind of Poll we don’t consider “Nothing” the winner, as nothing to anything loses in both polls. What it does say is there are many things that people feel strongly about, maybe not strong enough to remove but strong enough that we should make some adjustments. So we are going to be making adjustments.
Favorite Weapon
This week’s in-game blog poll is; what is your favorite weapon class?
On the PC this week we are testing increased self-inflicted friendly fire damage for the Grenade Launcher. Will this change balance the Grenade Launcher? Time will tell. We will continue to experiment with changes on both platforms through this process.
Favorite Weapon
This week’s in-game blog poll is: what is your favorite weapon class?
Next Week’s Mutation: Headshot!
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Max Bemis talks to Brendan Kelly and Toby Jeg about us (and other stuff)
Max Bemis, one of the most controversial figures here on Punknews.org, recently spoke to Brendan Kelly of Lawrence Arms and Tobias Jeg of Red Scare about, well, Punknews.org and other things. Even though they mispronounce “Bemis,” Max is candid about his band, lyrical topics and also speaks honestly about why 5% of Punknews.org commenters are dicks (not his words).
Check out the video here (segment at 7:00 or so)
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Nightmares for a Week join Academy Fight Song Records
Nightmares for a Week have signed to Academy Fight Song. The band is compared to Jawbreaker, The Hold Steady and The Get Up Kids and the band just wrapped up recording their debut full-length later this Fall after recording with John Naclerio (Polar Bear Club, My Chemical Romance, Just Surrender.) They released their debut EP, A Flood Tomorrow, via Broken English Records.
Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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