Balance and Composure stream acoustic songs, Smiths cover

The SmithsBalance and Composure have posted a full stream of the digital reissue of their debut EP, I Just Want to Be Pure. The release notably includes three bonus/previously unreleased acoustic tracks: new arrangements of “Only Boundaries” and “I Can’t Do This Alone” (the originals of which appeared on last year’s Only Boundaries EP) and a cover of the Smiths’ “Bigmouth Strikes Again” (the original of which appears on 1986’s The Queen Is Dead).

You can check out the stream at their Bandcamp page.
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Navel Gazing for July 11th, 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:

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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Saturday, July 10 2010

I wasn’t really home yesterday or the day before, so this came together pretty last minute. Past last minute, obviously. But here ya go.

You can check out any of our 9437 reviews right here.
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DCS: Black Shark Now Available

DCS: Black Shark is a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter and is the first simulation module of the Digital Combat Simulator series by The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics.

DCS: Black Shark can be played as the most realistic combat helicopter simulation ever created for the PC with authentic flight dynamics and systems modeling. Black Shark may also be played as a console-style arcade game for the casual gamer.

A detailed and accurate 330,000 sq km depiction of the western Caucasus region serves as the battlefield and includes a broad array of eastern and western air, land and sea units.

Powerful and easy to use Mission and Campaign Editors are provided to allow creation of user-created missions and campaigns. Non-linear campaigns are provided with unlimited replay-ability. Multiplayer game play is provided to include both cooperative play using the Ka-50 data link and head-to-head. Multiplayer supports up to 16 players.
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Energy begin recording new EP

EnergyEnergy have hit the studio to begin work on their new EP for Bridge Nine Records. The melodic hardcore band is planning a departure from the sound of their last full length, Invasions of the Mind in 2008.

Vocalist Jason Tankerley said this:

These songs are a step in a whole new direction, one that Mike and I have been messing around with for quite some time now. He and I have a side project called ‘Children Of The Night’ that has been really creating a pretty unique sound. We started doing that about 6 years ago, before Energy was a band. Mike recently joined Energy and we’ve been creating a lot of music with the COTN feel to it ever since. We feel as if with every album so far we’ve been reinventing the band’s sound and this EP will be no exception. With a lot of bands that release albums, you know what the whole thing is going to sound like within the first song or 2. One of our many goals is to have each song really stand out in it’s own way. We don’t want a batch of songs that all sound uniform, we want a wide array of melody and feeling that will keep listeners (and us) interested

To that end, the band is promising “catchy choruses, melodic vocals and keyboards” one what they are calling the Walk Into The Fire EP.
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Alpha & Omega: “Life Swallower”

Hardcore outfit Alpha and Omega have kicked off a stream of their new full length on 6131 Records. It’s due out July 13, 2010. The album features pre-production contributions from Andrew Kline of Strife, Nick Jett of Terror and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.

Find the album on their MySpace page.

Next month the band will be hitting the road on tour with Bane, Trapped Under Ice and Cruel Hand.
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WEEK 12

Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse, What is your favorite finale? What is your favorite Melee Weapon?

Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse

Four Swords against plenty of apocalypse!

Armed with only swords the survivors face near continuous streams of Special Infected ready to be sliced and diced.

What is your favorite finale?

Last week we asked, what is your favorite finale? The answer is in and The Parish: Bridge and Dark Carnival: Concert are the winners. In parenthesis is the ranking and percentage the overall campaign had in our favorite campaign poll.

Here are the votes by platform.

Xbox 360

40% Dark Carnival: Concert (1/33%)

26% The Parish: Bridge (3/17%)

11% The Passing: Port (2/21%)

 9% Swamp Fever: Plantation (6/5%)

 7% Dead Center: Atrium (5/12%)

 7% Hard Rain: Escape (4/13%)

PC

32% Dark Carnival: Concert (1/27%)

32% The Parish: Bridge (2/21%)

10% The Passing: Port (5/15%)

10% Dead Center: Atrium (3/16%)

 9% Swamp Fever: Plantation (3/16%)

 7% Hard Rain: Escape (6/5%)

What is your favorite melee weapon?

This week’s mutation limits you to the sword, but if you could pick any melee weapon which one is your favorite?

To vote enter the game, view the in-game blog, and click to vote.

Next week’s mutation: Hard Eight

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Banquets to release ‘Nothing Is F*cked Here’ 12″

Banquets Banquets (ex-Let Me Run) have detailed a European-only 12″ release. Titled Nothing Is Fucked Here and due out August 1, 2010 via German label Coffeebreath And Heartache, the six-song set will include the band’s recent EP for Black Numbers This is Our Concern, Dude. as well as two previously unreleased cuts. The one-sided LP will include a hand-screened B-side and is limited to 200 copies.

Speaking of This is Our Concern, Dude., that release is currently streaming at Banquets’ Punknews.org page.
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