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 this week...
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This week's most popular stories
Fans were shocked this week to see a break in the ranks of popular punk act Against Me!. Drummer Warren Oakes has left the band, in a decision he called "mutual" and "amicable" to run a Mexican restaurant in the band's hometown of Gainesville, FL. Recent comments from Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala have hinted that members of At The Drive-In may have reconciled their differences, however Jim Ward, who moved on to play in Sparta and Sleepercar seemed less than enthusiastic about addressing reunion talk. The Fest, which has become one of the most important punk rock events of the year, is set to return for it's 8th year from October 30th to November 1st. More than 200 bands are expected to participate. Punknews favourites Paint It Black have announced that Fat Wreck Chords will release the band's second 7" of the summer in August. The group previewed the song "Salem" from the first disc, set for release next week on Bridge Nine.

The Casualties have set a release date for their eighth album We Are All We Have. Drummer Mark Eggers called it the band's "most diverse album" yet. Pinhead Gunpowder detailed their upcoming greatest hits compilation "Kick Over The Traces." Victory Records will release the next record from Iowa based Destrophy. A tribute to Atom And His Package has been announced, with bands like Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, MC Chris, and MC Lars involved. Gaslight Anthem confirmed dates for their headlining tour. The group will be joined by Murder By Death on all shows and will feature the Loved Ones, Frank Turner, Jesse Malin and Broadway Calls on select dates. Rx Bandits and Dredg also announced a portion of their summer tour. The Get Up Kids detailed their retunion tour, which includes shows in Europe and the UK in August and September, followed by shows in the US in September and October. This week you could preview "Carry the Torch: A Tribute to Kid Dynamite" featuring songs from the Ergs, Static Radio NJ, This Is Hell and No Trigger among others. Brody Dalle's new band Spinnerette also debuted their new single "Baptized By Fire" Finally this week saw more video of Blink-182 reunion performances. The popular three piece performed "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again?" on Jimmy Kimmel and "The Rock Show " live on the Daily Habit.
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New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
Punknews.org will be represented this year at the 2009 San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 19th. The current team features Punknews readers, staff from Fat Wreck Chords and our pal Mike Park of Asian Man Records. You can register here or make a general donation here.

This week we spoke with solo artist Matt Pryor (of the Get Up Kids / New Amsterdams) and Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy / Common Rider on his new band Classics Of Love (interview). This week's Editors' Picks recommended music from Greater Visions. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Philadelphia, PA's Lighten Up, and Orlando, FL's No Friends. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Pixies (box set), Bedouin Soundclash, Paint It Black Pinhead Gunpowder and Time Again with tours kicking off from Social Distortion / Gaslight Anthem (Germany), Limp Wrist (Europe), Propagandhi / Strike Anywhere (US), Bouncing Souls (US / Europe), Circle Jerks (California), Silverstein / Poison The Well / The Sleeping / Oceana (Canada / US), Bedouin Soundclash (US / Canada), the Misfits (US / Europe), Lower Class Brats / Vice Squad (US), and the Swellers & friends (US).

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Radio Free Punknews
Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including Akron, OH's post rock outfit If These Trees Could Talk, the new full length from Kalamazoo, MI-based the Reptilian, the new full length from Sweden's Smalltown, Winnipeg's Sights and Sounds (members of Comeback Kid, Sick City and Figure Four), the new full length from Orebro, Sweden's Let Me Out, Montreal's Yesterday's Ring (features members of The Sainte Catherines and Fifth Hour Hero), a new record from Grand Rapids, MI's North Lincoln, the new digital EP/7-inch from Scranton, PA's the Menzingers, the new album from Kent, OH-based Annabel, Asbury Park, NJ's Detournement (members of Bigwig, Ensign, Lifetime, Plan A Project and Worthless United), and Crusade by Long Island, NY-based Incendiary.
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
Shook Ones: European Quiz-O-Rama
Bellingham, WA's Shook Ones recently made a trip across the pond to Europe and compiled a collection of video footage which has been edited into a trivia contest. The first entry involves one of the biggest action movie stars. I'll give you a hint: he pulls his pants up high to not look so short. The band is preparing to release their new LP, The Unquotable A.M.H., via Paper+Plastick.

Win 10 releases from 10 bands on the "10 for $10 tour"
In just over a month, ten hardcore bands will be headed out on the 10 for $10 tour. The bill will feature Bane, Crime In Stereo, Death Before Dishonor, Poison The Well, Vision of Disorder, War of Ages, This Is Hell, Trapped Under Ice, The Mongoloids, The Ghost Inside, Madball and Terror. To celebrate the run, we've got a package of music featuring all ten bands to give away to one lucky winner.

Sound and Fury Festival, Contest Package 1
We're launching the first in a series of contests around the forthcoming Sound and Fury Festival in Oxnard, California. The hardcore fest includes a huge list of bands including Blacklisted, Defeater, Ceremony, Shook Ones, Shai Hulud and many more.
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%
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