News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker has released the first single from his upcoming solo album. The track, “Jump Down,” features indie hip hop outfit The Cool Kids.
Grab the song here.
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It’s Monday, aka new Rancid video day. The band has debuted the video for “Leicester Square” from their 1998 album, Life Won’t Wait.
Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has written an essay for Index on Censorship about the changing world of music, particularly the decline of distinctive labels like 90s-era EMI and music journalists like John Peel. He explained also why the band went direct for In Rainbows:
This desire to use the technology was driven by distrust and frustration with trying to broadcast our music via traditional media, such as radio and television. Music on television is scarce, and hard to do well. Radio has such regulated playlists that disc jockeys are lucky to have one free play per show. Why go exclusively through such straitened formats when you could broadcast directly to people who are interested in you, in that moment?
We have yet to decide how to release our next record, but I hope these partial impressions will help give some idea of the conversations we’ve been having. Traditional marketplaces and media are feeling stale – supermarkets account for around 70 per cent of CDs sold in the UK, the charts are dominated by TV talent-show acts – and we are trying to find ways to put out our music that feel as good as the music itself.
As far as the band’s longtime label, EMI:
I understand that we have become our own broadcasters and distributors, but I miss the editorialisation of music, the curatorial influences of people like John Peel or a good record label. I liked being on a record label that had us on it, along with Blur, the Beastie Boys and the Beatles.
Check out the editorial here.
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Brick Gun Records will be releasing Dead To Me‘s new 7-inch, Wait For It in the United States this year. While the North American version will feature the same track listing, Brick Gun is promising new artwork as well as a 20 page book with tour/rare photos, art from the band. The label is launching pre-sales this week on their webstore and planning a full release for October 30th at Fest.
Last week, the band posted he title track from the 7-inch. The band and their a retooled lineup began lengthy tour of Europe this month as well.
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Fake Problems teamed up with Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem to cover the Blink 182 track “Dammit” while performing live in Vancouver earlier this month.
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Darryl Jenifer, bassist of the legendary Bad Brains, has posted two tracks from his upcoming solo album, In Search of Black Judas. Due out October 26, 2010, the album reunites Jenifer with Roir who released the Brains’ 1982 debut, Bad Brains. With regards to the sound of the album, you can expect:
Hardcore riffs and monstrous grooves, delivered with classic Bad Brains fire and fury and the quickness to shift into downtempo reggae passages. It’s a heady and intoxicating mix of sounds that continues a quest for innovation and soulful vibes, anchored by Jenifer’s rock steady lines.
Check out the songs here.
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According to the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Social Distortion will be releasing their Epitaph Records debut, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes on November 23, 2010.
The album is their first since Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll which was released in 2004. The band released a Greatest Hits album in 2007 and will be touring next month.
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Thrasher Magazine is hosting a new video from OFF!. The band is the new project from Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coates (Burning Brides), Steven Shane McDonald (Redd Kross) and Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt, Hot Snakes). The video itself is for “Upside Down” and unlike most music videos, is a live recording and performance.
The group’s first EP is slated for a October 12, 2010 release, with a box set of four new EPs planned for November 23, 2010.
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Rochester, NY’s Such Gold have rolled out a video for “Four Superbowls, No Rings.” The track comes from the group’s 2009 EP, Stand Tall.
The band recently posted their latest release, Pedestals, for stream and digital download.
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Philadelphia, PA’s Giving Chase have posted a new EP entitled Iron Men in Iron Lungs as a pay-what-you-want download. It’s available at their Bandcamp page.
The EP serves as a sort of preface for the band’s next full-length, which is expected out in October and will be the band’s first since 2007’s A Cheap Print of a Masterpiece.
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Portland, OR’s Red Fang have joined Relapse Records. The band recently wrapped recording on their sophomore full-length with producer Chris Funk, with an early 2011 release planned.
Once out, the new album will follow up the group’s 2009 eponymous debut, released by Sargent House.
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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:
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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The Republic of Wolves have detailed their upcoming debut full-length, Varuna.
Varuna is due to be self-released by the band November 30, with a followup EP, The Cartographer, already planned for a January 1, 2011 release as well.
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