Some of the new releases out this week.

• Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee
• Classics of Love - Classics of Love
• The Explosion - Bury Me Standing

You can find the full list of releases this week (and album covers) right here

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:

• The Phoenix compiled a list of the 100 best emo songs according to their staff.
• Metallica announced the lineup for their festival, Orion Music and More, which features acts such as The Gaslight Anthem, Fucked Up, Lucero, Best Coast, and many more.
• Live footage of The Gaslight Anthem performing The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" has surfaced.
• Joey Cape of Lagwagon discussed upcoming tour plans with an adorable interviewer who will hopefully conduct interviews for Punknews one day.
• Bomb the Music Industry! announced the dates for their upcoming tour.
• We talked with Damian Abraham of Fucked Up.
• We posted an exclusive stream of The Sidekicks' new record, Awkward Breeds.

With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves, spin some tracks in the Navel Gazing turntable.fm room and we'll see you Monday morning.

In the past few weeks we've spoken with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews

• Patrick Kindlon of Self Defense Family and End of a Year
• Damian Abraham of Fucked Up
• Randy Yost of Weekend Nachos
• Ampere
• Jesse Michaels of Classics of Love
• Uriah Thomas of Dead End Path

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Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: Do you think a main stream band that is not really punk rock, along the lines of System of a Down, will ever be number 1# for a top list at punknews? Do you think that people are too hip and want to pick a band that they just heard about?


A: System of A Down's "Toxicity" was the #1 album of the year for Punknews. I think it was 2003 maybe. Also Brand New's major label debut (which wasn't really punk) was number 1.

I understand why you might think we wouldn't pick a mainstream artist given recent year's selections but for the editorial staff, it is much more about the music than the label or level of popularity. We all have different tastes, Adam White loves Neil Young, I have a soft spot for pop music, I'm pretty sure Kira listens to nothing but powerviolence (okay, I can't confirm that). The point is, that we always try to rate music based on merit and not if it fits the definition of "punk rock". Hopefully we can maintain that low standard we've set.

-Rich

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Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The latest full length from Cleveland, OH's The Sidekicks
• The latest full length from Haifa, Israel's Useless ID
• The new split from Japan's Gleam Garden, Browntrout, The Because, and Your Pest Band
• The new EP from Austin, TX's Shit Creek

Also, don't forget to check out the new EP from New Jersey's Caseracer, the latest full length from Montreal, QC's Sonic Avenues, the new 7-inch from Keene, NH's Burning Bridges, and the latest full length from Mesa, AZ's Authority Zero.

We've also expanded our podcast empire to something that will eventually resemble a network. Be sure to check out the original Punknews Podcast (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Jesse and Goodrich's metal/hardcore/jokes bonanza The Wizard's Beard (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Bryne Yancey's Florida music podcast Overheated (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), First World Problems, hosted by Ray Harkins (peta2/Sound & Fury, ex-Taken, Mikoto, Century Media), Joey Cahill (6131 Records/Sound & Fury) and Scott Arnold (subscribe via RSS or iTunes)., and Matt and Mondo's Punk Rock Power Hour.

Bad Brains: Band in DC documentary, directed by Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan, is set to premiere at the SXSW 2012 Film festival next month. We first noted the project in 2010 and participants confirmed at the time included Henry Rollins, Ric Ocasek, Ian MacKaye, Adam Yauch, Don Letts.

The producerds have posted this synopsis:

Bad Brains are one of the most important and influential American bands still working today. They melded punk and reggae into an innovative style that has yet to be copied. Their impact and influence can be heard in groups like Beastie Boys, No Doubt, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction and countless more. Despite the troubles of an eccentric front man they have stayed together for 30 years without ever reaching the level of success so many think they deserve. Using rare archival footage and original comic illustrations the film re-constructs Bad Brains' rich and complicated history.

You can check out a teaser with footage from the film here.

Screening times and details can be found here.

Break Anchor, the new project from Jay Navarro of The Suicide Machines, have premiered a new song, "A Failure of Epic Proportions." You can stream the song over on Spinner, and read an explanation of the song from Navarro, here.

The song is set to be released on the band's debut 7", Black Hearts and Blackouts due out March 20th on Paper and Plastick.

The line up for this year's Crash Doubt Fest has been announced, with more bands to follow in the coming weeks. As it stands, there are sixty bands on the list, for the two day punk, hardcore, and metal festival. Crash Doubt Fest is returning to The Showroom in Lincoln UK, across Saturday the 2nd of June and Sunday the 3rd.

The organisers invite you to keep track of developments via Tumblr or the Facebook event. You can get hold of tickets (£22.50 a day, or £40 for the weekend) here.

Please note that the order of the list as it stands has no bearing on the stages or running order of the event itself. You can click Read More for the absurdly long list.

Our stream today comes from Cleveland, OH-based The Sidekicks. We've got a stream of the band's new full length, Awkward Breeds.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile

Blink 182 has added a number of additional dates to their upcoming European tour. Before that, a recent interview also suggests that the band will be hitting the studio to work on new material to follow up last year's Neighborhoods.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Bomb the Music Industry! will be hitting the road in the US this spring, following the band's previously announced shows in Australia. They continue to support last year's Vacation.

Vacation was your #1 record of 2011, and the Punknews staff's #3 record of 2011.

Andrew W.K. has released a new song to coincide with the kick off of the World Snowboarding Championship today in Oslo, Norway. Andrew was named the official "rock 'n' roll ambassador" for the event. Other musicians at the event include Turbonegro, Dropkick Murphys and Kvelertak.

Check out the new song here.

The Swellers have announced a European tour in May, where they'll be joined by Deaf Havana. The band is supporting their latest full-length, Good for Me which they released last summer.

You can click Read More for the dates.

The Devil Wears Prada have posted their video for "Dead Throne." The song comes from the 2011 album of the same name.

You can click Read More for the video.

Two years after calling it quits, North Lincoln have released the recording of their final show, which took place on January 16th, 2010 at Mulligan's Pub in Grand Rapids, MI. The band's complete 22 song set is available via Tapes Not Bombs, and you can check that out here.