Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Justin 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…
Controversy seemed to be a topical theme this year, with Be Your Own Pet talking about song censorship and being forced to play Warped Tour. Reminder for new bands: always check the fine print. The always even-keeled Angels and Airwaves talked about the recent My Chemical Romance suicide controversy. Additional headlines were made by the former singer of Escape The Fate running from the law.
This week saw new tracks from a few old favorites. The list included Rancid (“L.A. River” live), Less Than Jake (“Abandon Ship”) and Alkaline Trio (“Help Me”) stepped up to the plate. This week saw full album streams from veterans The Offspring (Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace) and critical darlings The Hold Steady (Stay Positive).
New releases? We got two: a 2009 release from the Ataris and a 7″ from San Francisco’s Cobra Skulls. Regulars to the site were stoked when they heard about a Dillinger Four tour with NOFX on the East Coast and the long awaited Hot Water Music San Francisco show with Dead To Me and Strike Anywhere. Europeans are going to be flooding the stores looking for basketball jerseys and camo shorts because Madball is coming. New school hardcore kids are also stoked across the pond since Have Heart, Verse and Shipwreck AD are headed there as well.
We also said goodbye to two bands this week. Relatively new hardcore act Ambitions said goodbye while From Autumn To Ashes also said adios.
To top off the week, we had CNN reported on the growth of Vinyl and the falling sales of CDs. Virgil is stoked.
This week we spoke with Fear Before The March of Flames. Our Video of the Week featured extinct Fat Wreck outfit Western Addiction. This week’s Editors’ Picks featured Carpenter and Eli “Paperboy” Reed.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Terror, Throw Rag, Mouthbreather and that hits collection from Sonic Youth with tours kicking off from Rancid (North America), Rival Schools (UK), and a Canadian tour featuring Strike Anywhere, the Flatliners and Hostage Life.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Justin 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…
Controversy seemed to be a topical theme this year, with Be Your Own Pet talking about song censorship and being forced to play Warped Tour. Reminder for new bands: always check the fine print. The always even-keeled Angels and Airwaves talked about the recent My Chemical Romance suicide controversy. Additional headlines were made by the former singer of Escape The Fate running from the law.
This week saw new tracks from a few old favorites. The list included Rancid (“L.A. River” live), Less Than Jake (“Abandon Ship”) and Alkaline Trio (“Help Me”) stepped up to the plate. This week saw full album streams from veterans The Offspring (Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace) and critical darlings The Hold Steady (Stay Positive).
New releases? We got two: a 2009 release from the Ataris and a 7″ from San Francisco’s Cobra Skulls. Regulars to the site were stoked when they heard about a Dillinger Four tour with NOFX on the East Coast and the long awaited Hot Water Music San Francisco show with Dead To Me and Strike Anywhere. Europeans are going to be flooding the stores looking for basketball jerseys and camo shorts because Madball is coming. New school hardcore kids are also stoked across the pond since Have Heart, Verse and Shipwreck AD are headed there as well.
We also said goodbye to two bands this week. Relatively new hardcore act Ambitions said goodbye while From Autumn To Ashes also said adios.
To top off the week, we had CNN reported on the growth of Vinyl and the falling sales of CDs. Virgil is stoked.
This week we spoke with Fear Before The March of Flames. Our Video of the Week featured extinct Fat Wreck outfit Western Addiction. This week’s Editors’ Picks featured Carpenter and Eli “Paperboy” Reed.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Terror, Throw Rag, Mouthbreather and that hits collection from Sonic Youth with tours kicking off from Rancid (North America), Rival Schools (UK), and a Canadian tour featuring Strike Anywhere, the Flatliners and Hostage Life.
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