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…
Jason Shevchuk stole the show this week with the seemingly tumultuous demise of his band LaGrecia and the resurrection of his earlier act None More Black. With the announcement that the former Kid Dynamite frontman would be playing shows again with None More Black, disappointed members of LaGrecia confirmed that they were done. Jason later responded. Jello Biafra may be gearing up to celebrate his big five-O, but before that had to address a controversial use of the Dead Kennedys‘ music by conservative radio mouthpiece Michael Savage. Savage used “California Über Alles” to insult to Senator Ted Kennedy, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Across the pond fans of My Chemical Romance marched against the Daily Mail newspaper, which had earlier blamed the band for a teenage suicide. Canadian hardcore act Cursed threw in the towel this week following a robbery in Europe which cost the band their equipment, money and passports. This lively week of Punknews also saw Victory act Aiden lose a guitarist, Paint It Black rail against “punk rock conservatism”, and digital music store Napster go DRM-free.
We had word on a number of upcoming releases this week. Rise Against spoke about their plans for a new record with KROQ. Underoath discussed their “proggy” new material that reportedly carries some Nine Inch Nials influences. Sonic Youth also detailed their celebrity curated hits compilation. This week saw a full album stream of the new H2O record and the first release of music from The Hold Steady‘s next record. Weezer paid tribute to the YouTube phenomenon with a viral video influenced clip for “Pork & Beans.” New Found Glory unveiled a new video as well. On the touring front look for a North American tour from MxPx, Lagwagon, TAT and Only Crime. Finally, for the punk who has everything: Bad Brains shoes and apparel.
This week we spoke with Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles, who are in the midst of a busy year supporting Station (interview). This week’s Vinyl File featured an interview and contest with Toronto’s Fucked Up. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Vicenza, Italy’s Sun Eats Hours.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from H2O, Shai Hulud and Underoath with tours kicking off from Alkaline Trio (US), The Weakerthans (Europe), The Swellers (Canada) and shoegaze act Swervedriver (US).
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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…
Jason Shevchuk stole the show this week with the seemingly tumultuous demise of his band LaGrecia and the resurrection of his earlier act None More Black. With the announcement that the former Kid Dynamite frontman would be playing shows again with None More Black, disappointed members of LaGrecia confirmed that they were done. Jason later responded. Jello Biafra may be gearing up to celebrate his big five-O, but before that had to address a controversial use of the Dead Kennedys‘ music by conservative radio mouthpiece Michael Savage. Savage used “California Über Alles” to insult to Senator Ted Kennedy, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Across the pond fans of My Chemical Romance marched against the Daily Mail newspaper, which had earlier blamed the band for a teenage suicide. Canadian hardcore act Cursed threw in the towel this week following a robbery in Europe which cost the band their equipment, money and passports. This lively week of Punknews also saw Victory act Aiden lose a guitarist, Paint It Black rail against “punk rock conservatism”, and digital music store Napster go DRM-free.
We had word on a number of upcoming releases this week. Rise Against spoke about their plans for a new record with KROQ. Underoath discussed their “proggy” new material that reportedly carries some Nine Inch Nials influences. Sonic Youth also detailed their celebrity curated hits compilation. This week saw a full album stream of the new H2O record and the first release of music from The Hold Steady‘s next record. Weezer paid tribute to the YouTube phenomenon with a viral video influenced clip for “Pork & Beans.” New Found Glory unveiled a new video as well. On the touring front look for a North American tour from MxPx, Lagwagon, TAT and Only Crime. Finally, for the punk who has everything: Bad Brains shoes and apparel.
This week we spoke with Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles, who are in the midst of a busy year supporting Station (interview). This week’s Vinyl File featured an interview and contest with Toronto’s Fucked Up. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Vicenza, Italy’s Sun Eats Hours.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from H2O, Shai Hulud and Underoath with tours kicking off from Alkaline Trio (US), The Weakerthans (Europe), The Swellers (Canada) and shoegaze act Swervedriver (US).
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