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
This week the Alkaline Trio announced that they had formed a new label dubbed Heart & Skull that would co-release their new album with Epitaph Records. The band discussed the sound of the new full length, stating "This record is a rock record but our punk rock upbringing definitely shines through, more so than our last few records." The band also discussed the formation of the new label. Matt Skiba commented "Taking control of our own label situation was something we always wanted to do but never thought was possible, but now thanks to Brett Gurewitz and the fine folks at Epitaph, it is." NOFX posted a stream of their upcoming Cokie the Clown EP, along with a video featuring cameo appearances from Matt Skiba, Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms. Seattle-based hardcore outfit Furious Styles stoked controversy with a new shirt honoring the alleged killer of a police officer as a hero. The band's former members spoke out against the shirt, blaming vocalist Mike Torres for the its creation. Former Ten Foot Pole and current Pulley singer Scott Radinsky was named the bullpen coach of the Cleveland Indians. The King Khan and BBQ Show's tour resumed after a drug arrest. The band's tour manager entered a guilty plea to second degree possession of a controlled substance in Christian County, Kentucky. The band's rental vehicle was randomly stopped at a safety checkpoint and officers discovered contraband in the cab. Under KY law a driver of a vehicle is responsible for its contents.

Trash Talk has completed recording for their next release. Blink-182's much loved Dude Ranch record is coming out on vinyl soon. Screeching Weasel announced a Chicago show. John Lydon stirred his supporters and critics by announcing that the upcoming Public Image Ltd tour would be funded by his appearances in Country Life Butter commercials. Fast food chain Taco Bell announced that they will provide free food and marketing to 100 bands including the Bouncing Souls, Fake Problems, Less Than Jake and Broadway Calls. Rise Against appeared in a new anti-Animal Testing ad. This week saw videos of forgetters and the Bomb at Generation Records We saw a look at straight edge from My Fox Boston. This week also gave the Nirvana camp more reason to be outraged, as videos from the "Band Hero" video game appeared that featured the Kurt Cobain joining the late Johnny Cash to sing the disco hit "YMCA."
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This week we spoke with vocalist and guitarist Nat Rufus of the Blacklist Royals (interview), guitarist and music producer Kurt Ballou of Converge (interview), and and singer Chuck Robertson of the Mad Caddies (interview).

As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including the new full length from Fulton, NY-based Another Breath.

So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from NOFX, Tom Waits, Black Diamond Heavies, Jawbox (reissue) and many others. We'll also see a number of tours kick off this week. Look for upcoming shows from Strike Anywhere with Dead to Me (Europe), Hot Water Music (Germany), Cursive (US), Moneen (Canada), Fucked Up (Europe), and the European Taste Of Chaos tour featuring In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Every Time I Die, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and Dead by April.

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Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including new material from Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Sleepless Nights, an EP from Detroit, MI-based A-Gang, Dead To Me's new full length African Elephants, a new record from Richmond, VA-based Snacktruck, the new full length from Cloak/Dagger, new material from Durham, NC-based Red Collar, the new digital EP from Foundation, a new track from Landmines new EP, former ALL and current Drag the River member Chad Price's first solo album, the new self-recorded, self-produced, self-released sophomore album from the Braces, Brooklyn, NY-based Laura Stevenson and the Cans, a brand new song from Indianapolis, IN-based Native, the new full length from Scranton, PA's Captain, We're Sinking, new music from Pittsburgh's American Armada, 10 songs from new Red Scare act the Reaganomics, the new full length from Buffalo's Failures' Union, the sophomore LP from Nothington titled Roads, Bridges and Ruins, and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies re-release of Susquehanna.
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