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…
We couldn’t hope to sneak an Alkaline Trio story by, as even a brief mention that a new album is in the works whipped their fans into a frenzy of album ranking and hand wringing. Albuquerque’s Scared Of Chaka will reunite along with the Gain at an upcoming Sticker Guy anniversary weekend. Mike McColgan’s Street Dogs completed a circle of sorts and signed to his old home at Hellcat Records. Jawbreaker has unveiled more information on their upcoming reissue of Unfun. Pennywise previewed a new song and the track listing to their upcoming and freely-downloadable LP Reason to Believe. Whole Wheat Bread is finally whole again with the addition of their new bassist. They discussed their new full length as well. Actress Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits cover album is taking shape. With the announcement of a Bowie guest appearance this may become the definitive cultural document of our time. On the same note, Good Charlotte star Joel Madden announced a number of TV and movie roles of his own. Our best wishes go out to Bob Nanna as the Braid / Hey Mercedes frontman is again fighting lymphoma. Bob’s current act The City On Film will be playing the final show of Punknews Records act Somerset.
There were plenty of tour announcements this past week. The Asian Man Records Tour, featuring the Queers, Lemuria and others, kicks off soon. We had confirmation on the first handful of dates. The second leg of the Fat Wreck Chords Tour was announced. It’ll feature American Steel joining NOFX and No Use For A Name. Fellow Fat act Dead To Me has dates scheduled in the US and Europe. Look for Teenage Bottlerocket and the Copyrights on the road as well. This week saw an acoustic, live video of Against Me!‘s “The Ocean,” a track from Paint It Black‘s new record and a cover of Dillinger Four from Leatherface frontman Frankie Stubbs.
So, anyone see the Simpsons do Sid & Nancy tonight?
This week one of our contributors sat down for a chat with vocalist Rody Walker of Ontario’s Protest The Hero (interview). The twenty ninth edition of Vinyl File featured a look at some of the vinyl highlights from ska-punk mainstays Less Than Jake.
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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…
We couldn’t hope to sneak an Alkaline Trio story by, as even a brief mention that a new album is in the works whipped their fans into a frenzy of album ranking and hand wringing. Albuquerque’s Scared Of Chaka will reunite along with the Gain at an upcoming Sticker Guy anniversary weekend. Mike McColgan’s Street Dogs completed a circle of sorts and signed to his old home at Hellcat Records. Jawbreaker has unveiled more information on their upcoming reissue of Unfun. Pennywise previewed a new song and the track listing to their upcoming and freely-downloadable LP Reason to Believe. Whole Wheat Bread is finally whole again with the addition of their new bassist. They discussed their new full length as well. Actress Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits cover album is taking shape. With the announcement of a Bowie guest appearance this may become the definitive cultural document of our time. On the same note, Good Charlotte star Joel Madden announced a number of TV and movie roles of his own. Our best wishes go out to Bob Nanna as the Braid / Hey Mercedes frontman is again fighting lymphoma. Bob’s current act The City On Film will be playing the final show of Punknews Records act Somerset.
There were plenty of tour announcements this past week. The Asian Man Records Tour, featuring the Queers, Lemuria and others, kicks off soon. We had confirmation on the first handful of dates. The second leg of the Fat Wreck Chords Tour was announced. It’ll feature American Steel joining NOFX and No Use For A Name. Fellow Fat act Dead To Me has dates scheduled in the US and Europe. Look for Teenage Bottlerocket and the Copyrights on the road as well. This week saw an acoustic, live video of Against Me!‘s “The Ocean,” a track from Paint It Black‘s new record and a cover of Dillinger Four from Leatherface frontman Frankie Stubbs.
So, anyone see the Simpsons do Sid & Nancy tonight?
This week one of our contributors sat down for a chat with vocalist Rody Walker of Ontario’s Protest The Hero (interview). The twenty ninth edition of Vinyl File featured a look at some of the vinyl highlights from ska-punk mainstays Less Than Jake.
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