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…

Continuing with the general lack of subtly and grace that accompanies all Dead Kennedys happenings, fill-in vocalist number two is out with a vengeance. Jeff Penalty quit the group this week and had some harsh words for his former band mates. Not that anyone should be surprised, but the cultural parasite known as American Idol gorged itself on the Clash this week by creating a Ford commercial out of an insipid cover of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go.” On a similar note, we now have Kurt Cobain shoes that are decorated with writings that the late Nirvana frontman probably didn’t want released anyways, let alone adorning the feet of the nation. There were some updates for the mall crowd this week, as Fall Out Boy plans to break some seemingly arbitrary record on an upcoming tour. Also, various rumors about Paramore may or may not be true. Or something. Whatever. The guys in Every Time I Die discussed an apparent fracas with security at a show in Houston. See, that’s just the type of bad behavior that keeps people away from concerts. When George W. Bush turns down the Eels‘ invite you know who to blame.

We’ve got lots of releases in the pipe for this year. Vinnie Fiorello’s new label Paper and Plastick will release the final Explosion full length and the upcoming Landmines record. The legendary Elvis Costello is done with CDs, planning to only release vinyl and digital copies of his new record. The folks at Bridge Nine discussed new albums from H2O, Have Heart and Ceremony. The Green Day related Foxboro Hot Tubs will release a physical album in April as well. The Receiving End of Sirens called it a day this week after five years together. New music landed on our desks from Goldfinger, with the song “Get Up,” and Death Cab For Cutie, with their new single “I Will Possess Your Heart.” Between a full album stream from Panic at the Disco and Katy Perry’s new video “Ur So Gay” we’ve got all the makings of a party. Or maybe not.

On a more somber note this week we said goodbye to Mikey Dread (1954-2008), dub reggae legend and Clash collaborator.

This week we spoke with George from Blacklisted to discuss the band’s forthcoming release Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (interview. Our Video of the Week featured part two of an interview / performance from the Gaslight Anthem. The thirty first edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with Matt Flood of Asbestos Records and a look at a number of upcoming releases. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Engineer Records‘ upcoming three-way split between Elemae, Memorial and Soon (stream).
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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…

Continuing with the general lack of subtly and grace that accompanies all Dead Kennedys happenings, fill-in vocalist number two is out with a vengeance. Jeff Penalty quit the group this week and had some harsh words for his former band mates. Not that anyone should be surprised, but the cultural parasite known as American Idol gorged itself on the Clash this week by creating a Ford commercial out of an insipid cover of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go.” On a similar note, we now have Kurt Cobain shoes that are decorated with writings that the late Nirvana frontman probably didn’t want released anyways, let alone adorning the feet of the nation. There were some updates for the mall crowd this week, as Fall Out Boy plans to break some seemingly arbitrary record on an upcoming tour. Also, various rumors about Paramore may or may not be true. Or something. Whatever. The guys in Every Time I Die discussed an apparent fracas with security at a show in Houston. See, that’s just the type of bad behavior that keeps people away from concerts. When George W. Bush turns down the Eels‘ invite you know who to blame.

We’ve got lots of releases in the pipe for this year. Vinnie Fiorello’s new label Paper and Plastick will release the final Explosion full length and the upcoming Landmines record. The legendary Elvis Costello is done with CDs, planning to only release vinyl and digital copies of his new record. The folks at Bridge Nine discussed new albums from H2O, Have Heart and Ceremony. The Green Day related Foxboro Hot Tubs will release a physical album in April as well. The Receiving End of Sirens called it a day this week after five years together. New music landed on our desks from Goldfinger, with the song “Get Up,” and Death Cab For Cutie, with their new single “I Will Possess Your Heart.” Between a full album stream from Panic at the Disco and Katy Perry’s new video “Ur So Gay” we’ve got all the makings of a party. Or maybe not.

On a more somber note this week we said goodbye to Mikey Dread (1954-2008), dub reggae legend and Clash collaborator.

This week we spoke with George from Blacklisted to discuss the band’s forthcoming release Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (interview. Our Video of the Week featured part two of an interview / performance from the Gaslight Anthem. The thirty first edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with Matt Flood of Asbestos Records and a look at a number of upcoming releases. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Engineer Records‘ upcoming three-way split between Elemae, Memorial and Soon (stream).
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