It's Sunday March 25th, 2007. So yes, the picture this week has absolutely nothing to do with the article, which is how things used to be and was quite frankly easier. Random irreverence is a thin veil for laziness.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
Point: Upcoming records. Venerable ska-punk act Less Than Jake are writing their follow up to In with the Out Crowd, and unlike that full length they promise "you will like" this one. There's more good will to go around for the Weakerthans, as the celebrated Winnipeg act is recording their anticipated follow-up to Reconstruction Site. Point: Band conflicts. The Dead Kennedys have responded to Jello Biafra's criticism of their licensing of "Too Drunk to Fuck" for a questionable scene in Grindhouse. Meanwhile another artist has accused pop-punk stars Fall Out Boy of lifting lyrics (this part of an apparent torrent of FOB updates this week). Point: Musician activism. Ted Leo has spoken out endorsing veganism in a new PETA2 feature. Across the pond, the Gossip's Beth Ditto has refused to perform at Topshop due to their lack of plus-sized gear.
Fast facts from the week of March 25th: Guitarist Matt Sherwood has amicably left Strike Anywhere. Pacific Northwest punks the Briefs have dropped off the pending Warped Tour for undisclosed reasons. Boots Riley of hip hop act the Coup has launched an initiative to send songs to Iraq. Long running Swedish punk act Satanic Surfers have called it quits. No Use For A Name have set a July 10th release date for their greatest hits release date. Modest Mouse has set North American tour dates in support of We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Finally your pals in the RIAA has published an editorial justifying why they're eating babies in service of their dark lord cracking down on university students.
Our MP3 Of The Week featured Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids performing as the Terrible Twos while our Video Of The Week featured Modern Life Ifs War performing in Virginia Beach, VA. We brought you a few interviews this week, including chats with Sundowner -- that's Chris McCaughan of the Lawrence Arms -- (interview) and guitarist Michael Weiss of mewithoutYou (interview). On the streaming music front, this week brought you music from Prescott, Arizona's Hour Of The Wolf, Clementon, NJ-based Apple of Discord and Brooklyn's Nakatomi Plaza .
Click Read More to see this week's streaming music, contests, 2 comics from resident madman Jesse and more.
Radio Free Punknews
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the new full length from Ottawa punk bands the Riptides and Million Dollar Marxists, ex-Tsunami Bomb band Nothington, Sudbury power-pop act Statues, the split between Reel Big Fish and Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer, BÃ¥stad, Sweden's Sounds Like Violence, the new full length from Saw Wheel, an exclusive live acoustic song from the North Atlantic, a preview of the upcoming debut from Sparta-related act Glos and a bunch of short music for short people from Short Attention Suntans are for Winners Bouncing Souls invade Canada with Strike Anywhere and the Loved Ones
This April Jersey's finest the Bouncing Souls will cross Canada with Strike Anywhere, the Loved Ones and Static Radio NJ. In celebration Epitaph Records is giving away a huge prize pack, including pairs of tickets to the tour and swag from each and every band involved. The Souls are of course supporting their 2006 opus The Gold Record. Strike Anywhere and the Loved Ones are supporting Dead FM and Keep Your Heart respectively.
Fall Out Boy: Honda Civic Tour
Tickets are on-sale now for The 7th Annual Honda Civic Tour featuring multi-platinum artists Fall Out Boy with supporting acts Plus 44, Academy Is., Paul Wall, and Cobra Starship. The tour kicks off on April 18th in Charlotte, NC at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. While at the show fans can also check out a tricked out Honda Civic Hybrid created and autographed by Fall Out Boy, and one lucky fan will drive away in it. While we're not giving away the car, we are giving away some pretty cool merchandise from the band and the tour. One winner will receive a copy of the band's new album, Infinity on High, as well as a copy of the 12-inch picture disc, a 7-inch vinyl single and a package of buttons. A runner up will win a copy of the album.
Take Action! Tour 2007 contest: Etnies, Hot Topic, lots of music
We're happy to bring you a special contest from Punknews.org and the Take Action! Tour. Winners will receive a whole mess of good stuff including a $150.00 Hot Topic gift card, $150.00 from Etnies, $50 from Downloadpunk.com, an Alternative Press subscription, Chord Magazine subscription, a tour prize pack with T-Shirt, poster and comp and a big pile of merch from every band on the tour.
Samsung phone, new discs from AFI, Brand New, more
Once again, Fanscape is stepping in to offer serious goods in exchange for a little information on your part and some additional fine print. One lucky grand prize winner will stretch their mailbox's capacity with a Samsung SGH-t809 phone, $100 in cash, a Samsung accessory pack, portable multimedia speakers, and three albums from either AFI, Brand New, Motion City Soundtrack, All-American Rejects or the Used. A first prize winner will get the phone, accessory pack and compact discs.
Staff Blogs
When not writing about music on the internet, many members of the Punknews staff find time to write about music on the internet. You can check out the depraved musings of Adam White at 2:59, while Chris Moran's all over the place with content rocking both MySpace and Flickr. Reviewer Jesse Raub posts short fiction and web comics to Things That Go Bump In My Head.
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It's really closer to DK2 than Dark Knight if you think about it…
Yes, Jesse's gone mad with power… and a scanner.
