Ah, it’s that time of year again. The weather is cooling down in most locales, the leaves are turning shades of red, yellow and orange, and one can seemingly get any food or drink infused with the flavor of pumpkin. More importantly, The Fest 9 is upon us! This weekend, around 250 bands and thousands of people will converge upon Gainesville, FL to compare beards and defy simple science by living off of Five Star Pizza and PBR tallboys for three straight days.

To celebrate, we’re teaming up with the festival’s organizers to give away a gargantuan prize pack to one lucky Fest attendee. To reiterate, you must be coming to The Fest 9 to enter. No one will be shipping all this crap to your house except you or perhaps a very understanding friend.

This is just the first of our Fest-related happenings this week; stay tuned for another big surprise later this afternoon.
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The Futureheads recently stopped by Dirty Laundry. In the interview, the band talks about meeting Dennis Hopper as well as their upcoming a capella album, among other things.

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Scranton, PA outfit Captain, We’re Sinking have posted some new music right here. Three of the songs are for a new 7″ for Evil Weevil Records while the other two will eventually appear on a split 7″ with Timeshares for Kiss of Death.

The band will be performing at The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL this weekend.
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Mixtapes and Direct Hit! have posted a collaborative video for “Werewolf Shame.” The song is a Direct Hit! original which will appear, along with Mixtapes’ cover of it, on their upcoming split 7″ for Kind Of Like Records.

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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:

• Velvet Underground‘s Maureen Tucker talks about the Tea Party movement in the US
• Bad Religion unveiled their amazing (and Into The Unknown including) 30th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set
• Kiss frontman and cranky old loudmouth Gene Simmons went to war with the internet vigilantes collectively known as Anonymous
• The Flatliners released their video for “Monumental”
• Five employees of DC9 were arrested in the beating death which took place outside a recent Agnostic Front show. Roger Miret weighed in on the incident as well.
• Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion was posted for download
• Jay Weinberg responded to his recent departure from Madball

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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In our continuing series of Fest interviews Punknews is proud to present Brian Frost and John Marullo (of Protagonist) interviewing Strike Anywhere. The boys had this to say,

Since their inception in 1999, Strike Anywhere have really made their mark on the punk and hardcore scene, both nationally and internationally. With a handful of releases on labels like Jade Tree, No Idea, Chunksaah, Red Leader, Fat and most recently Bridge Nine, they have given us countless anthems as well as no excuse to have never heard of them. I still remember the first time I heard the song “Cassandratic Equation” on mix-cassette tape in my best friend’s car back in 2001, and I’ve been a fan ever since. I was privileged enough to ask them a few questions and am looking forward to catching their set this year at The Fest.

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Equal Vision Records‘ This Time Next Year have announced a short run of tour dates next month. The bulk of the shows will feature support from The Story So Far and Matt Foster (of First to Leave)

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Vancouver, BC-based pop-punk heroes The McRackins have released the video for their song, “Candy.” It comes from the band’s new full length, It Ain’t Over Easy.

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Our stream today comes from North Coast, Ireland’s Under Stars and Gutters in the form of their new EP, Soundtrack To This City. The band is not to be confused with Oklahomans Over Stars and Gutters, who hopefully aren’t seething too much right now.

Listen to the EP on their Punknews.org Profile. It’s available for free download from Death to False Hope Records.
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Youth Brigade have announced a trip to Europe set to kick off in November and feature shows in The Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Along with the shows, the band will be bringing their film Let Them Know: The Story Of Youth Brigade and BYO Records.

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Anchorless Records‘ The Sainte Catherines have posted a video wherein they talk about their upcoming new album, Fire Works. The record is due out October 26, 2010 and follows 2006’s Dancing for Decadence as well as their 2008 CD+DVD, The Soda Machine.

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The Flatliners have released their video for “Monumental.”

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Bad Religion recorded a live session with Spinner’s Interface. The veteran band performed “Suffer,” “American Jesus,” “Infected,” “Sorrow”, “The Devil in Stitches” and “Wrong Way Kids.” The feature also includes a brief interview.

Check out the session here.
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