Several Punknews.org staff members had the privilege of attending The Fest 8 in Gainesville, FL this past weekend. We were able to capture a lot of great video and over the next several days, we'll be sharing the results of our exploits with all of you.

Tonight's video comes from Broadway Calls, who took a day off from their West Coast tour with Bayside and The Bouncing Souls to fly into Gainesville and play a Sunday matinee set at The Fest. The sizable crowd, hardly weary from two previous days of Festing, displayed their appreciation in the form of repeated stage dives.

In the video the band performs one song from each of their full-lengths: "Midnight Hour" from this year's Good Views, Bad News and "Van Rides and High Tides" from their 2007 self-titled full-length. You can click Read More to check it out.

Undoubtedly the most popular hardcore band based Korea, The Geeks should be one of the first coming to mind when you think of Asian hardcore. Among the “K-Pop” permeating the entire country – Rain, Big Bang, Wondergirls– the substantial hardcore scene causes a great sigh of relief. Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, The Geeks sit tight on both Korea’s Townhall Records and Florida-based Think Fast! Records. Their brand of positive melodic hardcore does well in both hemispheres. While they rarely get a chance to visit the West, their LP Every Time We Fall is available for your listening pleasure on their Punknews profile page, and they are currently working on a new EP. Recent Korea resident Stephanie Thornton talked with lead singer Ki Seok So about The Geeks’ reputation, the hardcore scene in Korea, and cultural differences playing into the same international scene.

You can click Read More for the interview.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced Hometown Throwdown #12, their annual series of Holiday shows in Boston, MA. The band is promising shows on December 26, 27, & 28 at the House of Blues in Boston, MA. Tickets are $25 and went on sale this weekend at the Orpheum Theater Box Office (One Hamilton Place, Boston) and through Ticketmaster.

While a full lineup has not yet been announced, Darkbuster has revealed their involvement and Bosstones note:

This year's Throwdown is shaping up to be something special as we'll be joined by past Throwdown heroes and hometown zeros alike.

The Bosstones will release Pin Points and Gin Joints and is due out November 30, 2009.

On November 10, 2009, PJ Bond will release his album, You Didn't Know I Was Alphabetical. To celebrate, we've got some coloured vinyl to give away.

You can click Read More for the details.

In a recent interview, Propagandhi bassist Todd Kowalski said that they were working on some new songs for their follow up to 2009's Supporting Caste:

We’ve got twelve songs, pieces of twelve songs going already; like pretty far into them.

He also talked about some hopes for future touring destinations in support of Supporting Caste:

We might go to China, we’re not sure yet. We’ve been wanting to go to Mexico, China, South Africa and Eastern Europe – like Croatia and those places.

Check out the interview here.

Future of the Left have posted the video for "Arming Eritrea" from their 4.5/5 star reviewed album, Travels with Myself and Another.

You can click Read More for the video.

Ben Weasel has posted an update on plans for the next album from Riverdales. According to his blog:

We're doing our final demos next week and recording the album in December for Recess Records. We'll be heading down the home stretch on the mix by the time of the 1/23 show so we'll probably play a couple of the new tunes.

As reported earlier, Dan Vapid has resumed bass duties and Simon Lamb is now a full fledged member of the band and second guitarist.

With new releases from Nirvana coming out this week, the only living member who participated both in Bleach and Live and Reading has been doing some interviews but as both interviewer and subject. In Seattle Weekly, bassist Krist Novoselic spoke to Dale Crover of Melvins who recorded the first demos for Bleach before Chad Channing recorded the drum tracks which finally appeared on the record.

Krist and Dale talk here and Krist and Chad's conversation is here.

Polar Bear Club have begun announcing dates for a European tour with Shook Ones and Title Fight. The run will kick off in February 2010.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred) and Andy Jackson (Hot Rod Circuit, Death in the Park) have started a new band called Initials. The band came into existence when Mascherino decided he wanted to do a full-band again as opposed to his current solo endeavour in The Color Fred.

Mascherino made the following statement in an AP interview:

We're just working on those one-by-one and trying to get the record done and out. If we can do a tour before then, we're going to. We've already gotten offers, but we're looking to go out and open for one of our friends just to get the word out. I'd say we won't have a record until Spring."

The band currently has several shows booked, and a demo song on their MySpace.

A handful of visual Weezer updates today. First, the band will be appearing in bug-styled regalia on the beloved children's program, Yo Gabba Gabba. The show is a project co-developed by Aquabats' MC Bat Commander and you can see the performance here.

The band also recently performed their single, "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" with Gossip Girl star, Leighton Meester. Meester previously collaborated with Cobra Starship. Video of that performance is on YouTube.

Finally, the band hit the Late Show with David Letterman to perform their song, "I'm Your Daddy," while decked out in full snuggies. Check that one out here.

The first batch of bands have been confirmed for the 2010 Harvest of Hope Festival. Set to take place March 12th, 13th and 14th at St.Johns County Fairgrounds in St.Augustine, FL, the event will benefit and raise awareness for the Harvest of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides financial, educational, and medical aid to migrant farmworkers all over the country.

The current lineup includes A Death In The Family, American Cheeseburger, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Anti-Flag, Asshole Parade, Capsule, Cobra Skulls, Dead To Me, Fin Fang Foom, Holopaw, The Itchy Hearts, Leatherface, Lemuria, Mercury Program, Off With Their Heads, Dan Padilla, The Riot Before, Shellshag, Small Brown Bike, Tiltwheel, Torche and Worn In Red.

The organizers promise that more than 100 bands will be performing over the three days.

Bellingham, WA's Shook Ones have posted a teaser for their new upcoming video for "Silverfish," a track off their latest album, The Unquotable A.M.H..

The teaser can be viewed here, and depicts slow-motion snippets of the video set to the mellow, baby-makin' grooves of Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby." The submitter adds: "I wish I was kidding."

The Bouncing Souls have posted their November song-of-the-month. The latest is "Big Eyes" and the band commented on the track:

The lyrics to "Big Eyes" was a classic Souls collaboration. When we collaborate on lyrics it can make the song meaning a bit vague because the original inspirations came from different heads. Somehow we follow a musical/lyrical thread that makes sense in some indescribable way and they fit together. I was gone for a couple of days from the writing session and when I came back the guys had created the chorus lyrics and music to this song.

After hearing what the guys had written with Ted, I imagined a girl of about twenty moving to a big city to start a life on her own. I saw Los Angeles in my mind, with its high aspirations and troubled dark side. The verse music came next and the verse lyrics evolved over time. To me, the song is not exactly about anything. Maybe its talking about wanting a friend. Maybe its about the search for a real friend.

Check it out for purchase here. A stream usually appears on their Facebook Profile but hasn't yet.

John Lydon of Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited spoke to The Guardian about some of his favorite records. Among them are albums from The Kinks, Roxy Music, The Raincoats, Can, Kate Bush and Talvin Singh. He also takes a moment to share more of his thoughts on Green Day saying:

The blancmange that is Green Day, where you have a Johnny Rotten first verse, a Billy Idol chorus and a Sham 69 second verse. Preposterous!

Check out the full column here.

The trailer for the film "Love," directed by William Eubank, has been posted on apple.com's movie trailers site. The film depicts "[a]stronaut Lee Miller (played by Gunner Wright) as he loses contact with Earth becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship."

Most notably, the film will feature music by Blink-182 vocalist/guitarist Tom Delonge's project, Angels and Airwaves. The trailer can be viewed here.

The upcoming tour with Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, Meg and Dia, Never Shout Never and The Single File has been cancelled due to family reasons. Dashboard Confessional had the following statenent:

Due to a family situation that is beyond our control, we have to cancel our upcoming tour with New Found Glory, Never Shout Never, Meg & Dia and Single File (we are still playing with the Louisville Orchestra on November 7th). We don't take this lightly but family has to come first. As this is a last minute development, we are still figuring out what we will do- as soon as we know, you will know. We apologize to everyone who planned on coming to the shows. We will find a way to make it up to you.

The band's next album, Alter the Ending is due out November 10, 2009.

Rx Bandits have been tapped to open for Glassjaw on three California dates. The band is promises a full hour set and they will support their 2009 album, Mandala.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Thorp Records has signed New England based metal/hardcore act Hell Within. The label will release their new full length in May of 2010. Thorp co-founder Duane Miller commented

Hell Within plays a killer blend of metal, thrash and hardcore that is a natural extension of the more aggressive albums we’ve released over the last ten years. Plus, as Thorp Records is the home of HARD WORKING MUSIC, we have tremendous respect for the tireless work ethic J.J., Tony, Derek, Isaias and Derek have demonstrated, playing hundreds of shows every year.

The band is currently writing and plans to enter Damaged Studios in January of 2010 with producer Pete Rutcho (Bury Your Dead, Seamless, Unearth). You can check out a video of the band commenting on the signing below.
Condemning the Bloodline" online for a free download.

Some of the new releases out this week.

• Slayer - World Painted Blood
• The King Khan and BBQ Show - Invisible Girl
• Weezer - Raditude
• Morrissey - Swords
• Cloak/Dagger - Lost Art
• Nirvana - Live at Reading
• Nirvana - Bleach [Deluxe]
• Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits
• Say Anything - Say Anything

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