Hawthorne Heights have tapped The Audition and The Story Changes for their upcoming tour.

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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 community talking this week:

• Against Me!‘s Tom Gabel discussed the song “I Was a Teenage Anarchist”
• Game development studio Harmonix discussed why they created Rock Band: Green Day after the Beatles
• Bigwig is returning to action
• Weezer posted a cover of the Monkees’ 1966 hit “I’m a Believer”
• The Damned Things, which features members of Fall Out Boy, Anthrax, and Every Time I Die have signed to Island
• Bad Religion released their 30 Years Live digital live album
• The Gaslight Anthem posted the song “Boxer” from their upcoming record.

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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No Sleep Records has signed Iowa’s Former Thieves. The band, who formed in 2009, are compared to Botch and fellow Iowans, Modern Life is War. The band released a 12-inch EP via Mayfly Records and are currently writing for their No Sleep Records debut, with plans for a 2011 debut.

Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Iron Chic are wrapping up recording for their upcoming full-length LP on Dead Broke Rekerds titled Not Like This. The album will feature 8 completely new songs and two previously released demos that were re-recorded. The record is expected in the summer.

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Iron Chic are wrapping up recording for their upcoming full-length LP on Dead Broke Rekerds titled Not Like This. The album will feature 8 completely new songs and two previously released demos that were re-recorded. The record is expected in the summer.

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Vampire Weekend have booked a headlining tour in support of their album, Contra, from 2010. The bill will feature support from Beach House and Dum Dum Girls.

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New wave and punk pioneers Devo have posted the track listing for 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.

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The lineup has been announced for the 2010 Las Vegas Showdown. The bill will include The Zeros, The Mau Maus, The Rip Offs, Nekromantix, The Guana Batz, The Humpers, New Bomb Turks, Zodiac Killers, The Dragons, Electric Frankenstein, The Lords of Altamont, The Hangmen, The Chop Tops, The Belmont Playboys, Three Blue Teardrops, The Henchmen, Thee Fine Lines, The Woolly Bandits, Flexx Bronco and The Bourbon Saints.

The event will feature and art show by Leviathan and burlesque performances by Kitten DeVille, Victoria Vengeance and others. It will all take place Friday, August 13th, Saturday, August 14th & Sunday, August 15th, 2010. Find more details here.
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Off with Their Heads have booked another month of dates this summer. The band will be releasing their Epitaph Records debut, In Desolation, on June 8, 2010. The upcoming dates feature shows with In Defense, White Night, Paint It Black, The Arrivals, Toys That Kill, Negative Approach and more.

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Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory has posted a cover of the Buddy Holly classic, “Everyday.” While the song was a hit when first released in 1957, it has been frequently covered and featured prominently in movies, like 1986’s Stand By Me which brought renewed attention to the track. Chad explained why he covered the song:

Heavily themed soundtracks have inspired me just as much as some of my favorite band’s records. The place I remember first hearing Buddy Holly was on the STAND BY ME soundtrack. Please see this movie ASAP if you haven’t already. The soundtrack to that movie was filled with many classic oldie tunes, but for some reason Buddy Holly’s “EVERYDAY” stuck with me the most. I know this song has been covered a couple times before, but I still wanted to do it since it has special meaning to me. It reminds me of laying on my floor in the 80’s too close to the T.V. enjoying Corey Feldman and River Pheonix in their finest roles and me cracking up every time the junkyard owner told his dog Chopper to “Sick Balls”.

Check it out here.
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Mike Dirnt, bassist of Green Day, has designed his second vegan shoe with Macbeth. The new show is the black/white synthetic patent leather Schubert high-top. This design features a custom water-based synthetic adhesive and promises “increased ankle support and a low profile vulcanized outsole with advanced vegan materials for an unique and comfortable sneaker great for on and off stage.

Check out the details here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Four Year Strong – Enemy of the World
• The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
• Brian Fallon / Dave Hause – live in New Brunswick
• Paul Baribeau – Unbearable
• Weatherbox – Christpuncher EP
• Batusis – Batusis EP
• Sweet Empire – The Flood 7″ EP
• MDC/The Restarts/Phobia/Embrace the Kill – Human 7″ EP
• Crookedhook – Breathe Pollution EP
• Light This City – Facing the Thousand

You can check out any of our 9296 reviews right here.
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Darker My Love have posted a new track from an upcoming album on Dangerbird Records. The record is titled Alive As You Are and is due out August 17, 2010. They previously released 2 on the label. The group features members of The Nerve Agents and The Distillers but are described as “psych-gaze” with stoner and shoegaze elements.

Check out the song here.
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