Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White Justin (because it’s Adam’s Birthday) 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 we had a calvacade of interesting news. At the top of the list comes the disturbing news that “Emos” were the target of violence south of the border in Mexico. We’ll continue to keep you posted as this bizarre backlash occurs. On the flipside of the coin, we had a debate about the return of “bro-core,” perhaps heralded by the success of Pennywise‘s new album.

In an entirely shocking turn of events the ludicrous notion of FallOutBoy playing a show in Antarctica was thrown out citing “global warming” effects. Whatever Pete, just keep those Nordstrom exclusive DVDs coming my way. I’m sure none of this was just to drum up publicity for the obnoxiously titled ****. FOB’s former Island labelmates Thursday have begun the writing and recording process for their next one and in other major label new Be Your Own Pet was censored by Universal for “violent lyrics.” While they may have a point I think we could take a journey through their label back catalog to find some more objectionable material. I-Empire anyone?

In the slightly more credible scene, we had Paint it Black blow people’s minds with tourmates like Leatherface, Cloak/Dagger and New Mexican Disaster Squad. Crime in Stereo threw out some new tracks and the Offspring are headed to Europe. The Bad Brains also announced some sweet vinyl for fans and we gave away a test pressing of that new Hot Water Music jam. Oh yeah, and Anti-Flag is gearing up for their new album with a stream and a video shoot. They were also hella stoked to hear that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence was overturned.

The Dead Kennedys kept it classy this week, grabbing the vocalist of the Winona Ryders. Speaking of lawsuits and royalties, Billy and the Pumpkins are suing Virgin for something. Hearing millionaires cry is painful. Speaking of, Warner Brothers is braving new waters and asking for a mandatory Internet tax. Weird.

Congratulations to Hawthorne Heights for being able to bounce back and begin performing again this week after the passing of their guitar player.

This week we spoke with the boys from the Loved Ones about their new album and tour. Check it out here. Our Video of the Week helped us say goodbye to the beloved band Planes Mistaken For Stars. Check it out here. The thirty secondish edition of Vinyl File featured updates on the vinyl goings on and gave away some rad stuff. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Pegasuses XL. Get rad.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White Justin (because it’s Adam’s Birthday) 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 we had a calvacade of interesting news. At the top of the list comes the disturbing news that “Emos” were the target of violence south of the border in Mexico. We’ll continue to keep you posted as this bizarre backlash occurs. On the flipside of the coin, we had a debate about the return of “bro-core,” perhaps heralded by the success of Pennywise‘s new album.

In an entirely shocking turn of events the ludicrous notion of FallOutBoy playing a show in Antarctica was thrown out citing “global warming” effects. Whatever Pete, just keep those Nordstrom exclusive DVDs coming my way. I’m sure none of this was just to drum up publicity for the obnoxiously titled ****. FOB’s former Island labelmates Thursday have begun the writing and recording process for their next one and in other major label new Be Your Own Pet was censored by Universal for “violent lyrics.” While they may have a point I think we could take a journey through their label back catalog to find some more objectionable material. I-Empire anyone?

In the slightly more credible scene, we had Paint it Black blow people’s minds with tourmates like Leatherface, Cloak/Dagger and New Mexican Disaster Squad. Crime in Stereo threw out some new tracks and the Offspring are headed to Europe. The Bad Brains also announced some sweet vinyl for fans and we gave away a test pressing of that new Hot Water Music jam. Oh yeah, and Anti-Flag is gearing up for their new album with a stream and a video shoot. They were also hella stoked to hear that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence was overturned.

The Dead Kennedys kept it classy this week, grabbing the vocalist of the Winona Ryders. Speaking of lawsuits and royalties, Billy and the Pumpkins are suing Virgin for something. Hearing millionaires cry is painful. Speaking of, Warner Brothers is braving new waters and asking for a mandatory Internet tax. Weird.

Congratulations to Hawthorne Heights for being able to bounce back and begin performing again this week after the passing of their guitar player.

This week we spoke with the boys from the Loved Ones about their new album and tour. Check it out here. Our Video of the Week helped us say goodbye to the beloved band Planes Mistaken For Stars. Check it out here. The thirty secondish edition of Vinyl File featured updates on the vinyl goings on and gave away some rad stuff. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Pegasuses XL. Get rad.
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