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…
Each year’s Warped Tour brings about a predictable chorus of criticism, but there were two this week that grabbed your attention. Broadway Calls discussed their vehicle troubles and took a few swipes at the genres represented on the tour, while webzine Somethingawful set their guns on just about everyone. In the video game realm heavy metal giants Metallica announced that they’d debut their next album with Guitar Hero while the next Rock Band game will feature bands like AFI, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and the Talking Heads. Anarcho-punk label Profane Existence is shutting down, although their magazine and distro will remain intact. Face To Face has recruited drummer Danny Thompson (of The Uprising) to fill in for Pete Parada while he tours with the Offspring. Philadelphia legends the Dead Milkmen will reunite to perform at Fun Fun Fun Fest In Austin, TX.
Rise Against have announced the release of their new album Appeal To Reason and tour plans with Alkaline Trio, Thrice, and Gaslight Anthem. We heard details on Fall Out Boy‘s writing process, I Set My Friends On Fire‘s Epitaph debut, the timeline for the next Bad Religion album, and Rhino’s second round of Replacements reissues. Ann Beretta announced their final show plans for Richmond and Gainesville. Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy/Common Rider and Jeff Ott of Crimpshrine/Fifteen have pair up for some acoustic shows. Riot Fest will feature bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ALL, TSOL, and Reagan Youth. The Ska Is Dead Tour is presenting a pair of shows this year dubbed Skankgsiving ’08 featuring acts like the Pietasters, and the Toasters. On the video front Dragonforce launched the clip for “Heroes of Our Time” while the Aquabats! posted clips from the The Aquabats! Super Show pilot. Finally we had the first audio from One Day As A Lion, featuring Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and drummer Jon Theodore, formerly of the Mars Volta.
This week we spoke with vocalist Nick Babeu the Trigger Effect (interview), guitarist/vocalist Chuck Ragan and bassist Jason Black of Hot Water Music (interview), and Fred Mascherino of The Color Fred (interview) This week’s edition of Vinyl File featured a look at upcoming releases and a contest to win an Off With Their Heads test pressing. This week also brought new Streaming Music from, Austin’s The Dirty Hearts, the full length East/West from Bridge and Tunnel, Connecticut-based atmospheric hardcore act They and The Children, and Montreal-based skate punks The Real Deal.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Off With Their Heads, Misery Signals and Pinhead Gunpowder with tours kicking off from Cobra Skulls (USA), and Rise And Fall (USA).
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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…
Each year’s Warped Tour brings about a predictable chorus of criticism, but there were two this week that grabbed your attention. Broadway Calls discussed their vehicle troubles and took a few swipes at the genres represented on the tour, while webzine Somethingawful set their guns on just about everyone. In the video game realm heavy metal giants Metallica announced that they’d debut their next album with Guitar Hero while the next Rock Band game will feature bands like AFI, Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth, and the Talking Heads. Anarcho-punk label Profane Existence is shutting down, although their magazine and distro will remain intact. Face To Face has recruited drummer Danny Thompson (of The Uprising) to fill in for Pete Parada while he tours with the Offspring. Philadelphia legends the Dead Milkmen will reunite to perform at Fun Fun Fun Fest In Austin, TX.
Rise Against have announced the release of their new album Appeal To Reason and tour plans with Alkaline Trio, Thrice, and Gaslight Anthem. We heard details on Fall Out Boy‘s writing process, I Set My Friends On Fire‘s Epitaph debut, the timeline for the next Bad Religion album, and Rhino’s second round of Replacements reissues. Ann Beretta announced their final show plans for Richmond and Gainesville. Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy/Common Rider and Jeff Ott of Crimpshrine/Fifteen have pair up for some acoustic shows. Riot Fest will feature bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ALL, TSOL, and Reagan Youth. The Ska Is Dead Tour is presenting a pair of shows this year dubbed Skankgsiving ’08 featuring acts like the Pietasters, and the Toasters. On the video front Dragonforce launched the clip for “Heroes of Our Time” while the Aquabats! posted clips from the The Aquabats! Super Show pilot. Finally we had the first audio from One Day As A Lion, featuring Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine and drummer Jon Theodore, formerly of the Mars Volta.
This week we spoke with vocalist Nick Babeu the Trigger Effect (interview), guitarist/vocalist Chuck Ragan and bassist Jason Black of Hot Water Music (interview), and Fred Mascherino of The Color Fred (interview) This week’s edition of Vinyl File featured a look at upcoming releases and a contest to win an Off With Their Heads test pressing. This week also brought new Streaming Music from, Austin’s The Dirty Hearts, the full length East/West from Bridge and Tunnel, Connecticut-based atmospheric hardcore act They and The Children, and Montreal-based skate punks The Real Deal.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Off With Their Heads, Misery Signals and Pinhead Gunpowder with tours kicking off from Cobra Skulls (USA), and Rise And Fall (USA).
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