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…

This week started with rumours that indie music distributor Lumberjack Mordam was shutting down and ended with confirmation from CEO Dirk Hemsath. The distributor worked with a vast set of labels including Asian MAn, Thick, Springman, the Union Label Group, Chunksaah, Doghouse, Lookout, Jump Start, and Red Scare. AFI has completed their new record Crash Love and has set a September 29th release date. Brand New excited fans with the announcement of a performance alongside Glassjaw this November. They also apparently changed the name of their new record to Daisy. Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor gave some advice to unsigned artists, suggesting they give away high-quality DRM-free MP3s, collect email addresses in exchange for downloads, then offer a variety of premium packages for sale.

Drummer Jon Reilly of Big D and the Kids Table left the band. The group is currently preparing their new record Fluent in Stroll. Former Bayside member Andrew Elderbaum has a new project with the fate-tempting name of Victory Records, which he may just rename Victory Rex if the label gets litigious. The Aquabats posted an update on their new record. They also discussed the controversy surrounding a recent Denver ska festival. Labelmates Strike Anywhere, Crime in Stereo, Polar Bear Club and Ruiner will tour together soon. Look for Dillinger Four, the Riverboat Gamblers and the Arrivals as well Kinda Like A Fest 5 will feature Dead To Me, Broadway Calls and many others in Half Moon Bay, CA. This week brought a fan-shot live video of Rise Against performing “Savior” and the Gaslight Anthem performing live-to-air on BBC Live Lounge. This week also saw Mean Magazine’s Cinemash recreate a scene from the 1986 Gary Oldman / Chloe Webb film Sid & Nancy. In this version Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt appear as the infamous Sex Pistols member and his equally storied partner.

Punknews.org will be represented this year at the 2009 San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 19th. The current team features Punknews readers, staff from Fat Wreck Chords and our pal Mike Park of Asian Man Records. You can register here or make a general donation here.

Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured Episode 13 of Mike Hale‘s For Those Still Standing and the second Warped Tour Journal from our own Ben Conoley.

This week we spoke with Jesse Michaels of Classics of Love (interviews), Dan Swartz and Tim Arnold of Good Old War (interview), Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice (interview), and drummer Penny Rimbaud of the legendary Crass (interview). Our Video of the Week featured Carbondale, IL’s the Copyrights performing three songs. As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including American Rubicon, the new full length from Cobra Skulls, and the new full length from Anaheim, CA-based the Scarred. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Billy Talent, Cobra Skulls, Beastie Boys (Ill Communication deluxe), and Bad Religion (Stranger Than Fiction vinyl reissue) with tours kicking off from Set Your Goals / Four Year Strong / Fireworks (US), Chixdiggit / Kepi Ghoulie (California), Mad Caddies (California, Europe), ALL / Big Drill Car (California), the Weakerthans / Jason Collett (US), the Adolescents (Europe), Shai Hulud / Reign Supreme / The Carrier (US).

Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music, social networking links and more.
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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…

This week started with rumours that indie music distributor Lumberjack Mordam was shutting down and ended with confirmation from CEO Dirk Hemsath. The distributor worked with a vast set of labels including Asian MAn, Thick, Springman, the Union Label Group, Chunksaah, Doghouse, Lookout, Jump Start, and Red Scare. AFI has completed their new record Crash Love and has set a September 29th release date. Brand New excited fans with the announcement of a performance alongside Glassjaw this November. They also apparently changed the name of their new record to Daisy. Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor gave some advice to unsigned artists, suggesting they give away high-quality DRM-free MP3s, collect email addresses in exchange for downloads, then offer a variety of premium packages for sale.

Drummer Jon Reilly of Big D and the Kids Table left the band. The group is currently preparing their new record Fluent in Stroll. Former Bayside member Andrew Elderbaum has a new project with the fate-tempting name of Victory Records, which he may just rename Victory Rex if the label gets litigious. The Aquabats posted an update on their new record. They also discussed the controversy surrounding a recent Denver ska festival. Labelmates Strike Anywhere, Crime in Stereo, Polar Bear Club and Ruiner will tour together soon. Look for Dillinger Four, the Riverboat Gamblers and the Arrivals as well Kinda Like A Fest 5 will feature Dead To Me, Broadway Calls and many others in Half Moon Bay, CA. This week brought a fan-shot live video of Rise Against performing “Savior” and the Gaslight Anthem performing live-to-air on BBC Live Lounge. This week also saw Mean Magazine’s Cinemash recreate a scene from the 1986 Gary Oldman / Chloe Webb film Sid & Nancy. In this version Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt appear as the infamous Sex Pistols member and his equally storied partner.

Punknews.org will be represented this year at the 2009 San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 19th. The current team features Punknews readers, staff from Fat Wreck Chords and our pal Mike Park of Asian Man Records. You can register here or make a general donation here.

Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured Episode 13 of Mike Hale‘s For Those Still Standing and the second Warped Tour Journal from our own Ben Conoley.

This week we spoke with Jesse Michaels of Classics of Love (interviews), Dan Swartz and Tim Arnold of Good Old War (interview), Justice Tripp of Trapped Under Ice (interview), and drummer Penny Rimbaud of the legendary Crass (interview). Our Video of the Week featured Carbondale, IL’s the Copyrights performing three songs. As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including American Rubicon, the new full length from Cobra Skulls, and the new full length from Anaheim, CA-based the Scarred. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Billy Talent, Cobra Skulls, Beastie Boys (Ill Communication deluxe), and Bad Religion (Stranger Than Fiction vinyl reissue) with tours kicking off from Set Your Goals / Four Year Strong / Fireworks (US), Chixdiggit / Kepi Ghoulie (California), Mad Caddies (California, Europe), ALL / Big Drill Car (California), the Weakerthans / Jason Collett (US), the Adolescents (Europe), Shai Hulud / Reign Supreme / The Carrier (US).

Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music, social networking links and more.
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