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…

Given the line-up each year it’s not too hard to see why The Fest has become one of the most important US punk festivals of the year. The official line up hasn’t been unveiled by the organizers yet, but flyers are appearing online revealing that bands like Leatherface, None More Black, Less Than Jake, Atom and his Package, Bouncing Souls and Dillinger Four will be among the 250 slated to converge on Gainesville this Halloween. Not to be overshadowed (well, maybe), Liskfest in Irvine, CA will feature bands like Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits, Strung Out and the Vandals this October. We saw an interesting article this week discussing life without labels for indie bands empowered by the new digital landscape. It’s fitting that this came out the same week that Pulley revealed that they were going it alone and parting ways with Epitaph for their next record. I’m sure 30 Seconds To Mars would love to be in that situation, given that their label Virgin is suing them for $30 million.

We had a number of bands speaking out on political issues this week. Anti-Flag‘s Justin Sane and Chris #2 spoke out on the US elections and music industry. The band also launched a clothing drive with Atticus for their UK shows. Rage Against The Machine announced their free Tent State Music Festival to End the War to coincide with the DNC Convention. Saul Williams spoke his mind on everything from presidential politics to animal cruelty and more in a letter as well. Maybe everyone would just get along better if we vote in Agnostic Front‘s Vinnie Stigma for President.

This week saw new tour dates from Bad Religion (Europe, Canada, US), Death Cab for Cutie (US), and the Sword (supporting Metallica). The CMJ music marathon will see appearances from bands like Broken Social Scene, Jay Reatard, Minus the Bear and Parts & Labor. The Mad Caddies talked about their plans for upcoming releases while Of Montreal detaled their new album’s unusual packaging. On the audio front we saw country legend Glen Campbell covering Green Day and a full album stream of The Gaslight Anthem‘s The ’59 Sound. Paint It Black also confounded fans with a link to a high production value video, of sorts for the track “We Will Not.”

This week ended on a sad note with the death of the Skatalites‘ Johnny Moore (1938-2008). We also had troubling news that Jerry Finn has been taken off life support. The producer is currently in hospital following a severe brain hemorrhage last month.

This week we spoke with John Joseph McGowan of Cro-Mags (interview) and Jonathan Cummins of Bionic (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including, a full album stream from Boston’s Deadly Sins, and Resignation Day from Minneapolis’ Banner Pilot.

So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Gaslight Anthem, Lagwagon, The Academy Is…, and Bridge and Tunnel with tours kicking off from As Friends Rust (Gainesville, Europe), Reggie and the Full Effect (Final Tour), and Authority Zero / Architects (US).
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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…

Given the line-up each year it’s not too hard to see why The Fest has become one of the most important US punk festivals of the year. The official line up hasn’t been unveiled by the organizers yet, but flyers are appearing online revealing that bands like Leatherface, None More Black, Less Than Jake, Atom and his Package, Bouncing Souls and Dillinger Four will be among the 250 slated to converge on Gainesville this Halloween. Not to be overshadowed (well, maybe), Liskfest in Irvine, CA will feature bands like Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits, Strung Out and the Vandals this October. We saw an interesting article this week discussing life without labels for indie bands empowered by the new digital landscape. It’s fitting that this came out the same week that Pulley revealed that they were going it alone and parting ways with Epitaph for their next record. I’m sure 30 Seconds To Mars would love to be in that situation, given that their label Virgin is suing them for $30 million.

We had a number of bands speaking out on political issues this week. Anti-Flag‘s Justin Sane and Chris #2 spoke out on the US elections and music industry. The band also launched a clothing drive with Atticus for their UK shows. Rage Against The Machine announced their free Tent State Music Festival to End the War to coincide with the DNC Convention. Saul Williams spoke his mind on everything from presidential politics to animal cruelty and more in a letter as well. Maybe everyone would just get along better if we vote in Agnostic Front‘s Vinnie Stigma for President.

This week saw new tour dates from Bad Religion (Europe, Canada, US), Death Cab for Cutie (US), and the Sword (supporting Metallica). The CMJ music marathon will see appearances from bands like Broken Social Scene, Jay Reatard, Minus the Bear and Parts & Labor. The Mad Caddies talked about their plans for upcoming releases while Of Montreal detaled their new album’s unusual packaging. On the audio front we saw country legend Glen Campbell covering Green Day and a full album stream of The Gaslight Anthem‘s The ’59 Sound. Paint It Black also confounded fans with a link to a high production value video, of sorts for the track “We Will Not.”

This week ended on a sad note with the death of the Skatalites‘ Johnny Moore (1938-2008). We also had troubling news that Jerry Finn has been taken off life support. The producer is currently in hospital following a severe brain hemorrhage last month.

This week we spoke with John Joseph McGowan of Cro-Mags (interview) and Jonathan Cummins of Bionic (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including, a full album stream from Boston’s Deadly Sins, and Resignation Day from Minneapolis’ Banner Pilot.

So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Gaslight Anthem, Lagwagon, The Academy Is…, and Bridge and Tunnel with tours kicking off from As Friends Rust (Gainesville, Europe), Reggie and the Full Effect (Final Tour), and Authority Zero / Architects (US).
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