Sunday Edition: February 17th, 2008
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The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday
This week's most popular stories
We couldn't hope to sneak an Alkaline Trio story by, as even a brief mention that a new album is in the works whipped their fans into a frenzy of album ranking and hand wringing. Albuquerque's Scared Of Chaka will reunite along with the Gain at an upcoming Sticker Guy anniversary weekend. Mike McColgan's Street Dogs completed a circle of sorts and signed to his old home at Hellcat Records. Jawbreaker has unveiled more information on their upcoming reissue of Unfun. Pennywise previewed a new song and the
track listing to their upcoming and freely–downloadable LP Reason to Believe. Whole Wheat Bread is finally whole again with the addition of their new bassist. They discussed their new full length as well. Actress Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits cover album is taking shape. With the announcement of a Bowie guest appearance this may become the definitive cultural document of our time. On the same note, Good Charlotte star Joel Madden announced a number of TV and movie roles of his own. Our best wishes go out to Bob Nanna as the Braid / Hey Mercedes frontman is again fighting lymphoma. Bob's current act The City On Film will be playing the final show of Punknews Records act Somerset.
There were plenty of tour announcements this past week. The Asian Man Records Tour, featuring the Queers, Lemuria and others, kicks off soon. We had confirmation on the first handful of dates. The second leg of the
Fat Wreck Chords Tour was announced. It'll feature American Steel joining NOFX and No Use For A Name. Fellow Fat act Dead To Me has dates scheduled in the US and Europe. Look for Teenage Bottlerocket and the Copyrights
on the road as well. This week saw an
acoustic, live video of Against Me!'s "The Ocean," a track from Paint It Black's new record and a cover of Dillinger Four from Leatherface frontman Frankie Stubbs.
So, anyone see the Simpsons do Sid & Nancy tonight?
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
This week one of our contributors sat down for a chat with vocalist Rody Walker of Ontario's Protest The Hero (interview).
The twenty ninth edition of Vinyl File featured a look at some of the vinyl highlights from ska–punk mainstays Less Than Jake.
Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music and more.
Radio Free Punknews
Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including
three upcoming 7" releases from Toronto power-pop act Marvelous Darlings, featuring Ben Cook of Fucked Up and No Warning,
the reissue of Broadway Calls' self titled debut,
alt-country act Drag The River's final album You Can't Live That Way,
new material from former ALL vocalist Scott Reynolds (and the Steaming Beast),
and
the new full length Get Better by Lemuria.
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
In February, This Is Hell will be releasing their highly anticipated new full length for Trustkill. How anticipated? Well, Brian loves them and he's a hard guy to impress. The record is titled Misfortunes and is due out February 19, 2008. To win a copy of the album you can visit this page and get your name in the running.
Win an Asus Eee PC from Enter Shikari
Heard of those Asus Eee PCs? They're these little laptops that run Linux and weigh about as much as a hardcover book. They're pretty popular right now, and so when Enter Shikari offered one to give away to one of you, we figured it'd be something worth checking out. Want to win one yourself? Then visit this page.
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%
Staff blogs and side projects
Your trusty Punknews staffers and reviewers have all sorts of projects on the go, everything from poorly spelled and oft neglected blogs to big official world domination schemes.
Make sure to check out
editor and videographer Chris Moran collection of recordings online at Vimeo,
editor Justin August's blog Kinder Words,
editor Adam White's blog 2:59,
and
editor Jesse Raub's webzine Bitter Press.
Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery
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