It's Sunday February 11th, 2007. Well what a crazy week for the US east coast. Between accusations of scary scene violence, youth curfews at shows and the long overdue war on listening while walking around, there's simply a ton of drama in the EST. So whacha got West Coast? A new No Doubt album? That's it? That's all you're bringing to the table? Weak.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
The death at Asbury Park's Club Deep is in the news again, as a paper ties the incident to hardcore "crew" FSU. Meanwhile over in Boston, city officials have imposed an 11pm curfew for people under 21 at shows and clubs in an effort to stamp out "noise and disruption." To to be outdone, a New York state senator has proposed banning walking while listening, more or less. Chicago had no weird city / scene drama, just updates from its ever popular crop of bands. The Lawrence Arms posted a status update detailing some future plans, while the Alkaline Trio are recording, label or no label. The music may not be your thing, but it's quite a sea change so see a festival of Ozzfest's size go free. Still, while on the surface good for consumers critics say the move will screw artists. Underoath is safe at least, since they just signed up for Warped.
So were you a fan of alt-rock in the 90s? If so this was your week. No Doubt announced plans for a new record, while the Smashing Pumpkins will return with "Zeitgeist" in July. That Prince cover of the Foo Fighters at the Superbowl raised a few questions, since there's an apparent rivalry between the two. Over in our corner, we had more Lifetime updates from Dr. Dan Yemin, a new album in the works from Whole Wheat Bread, and an Anti-Flag tour cancellation.
Our Video Of The Week featured archival footage of Richmond, VA's Ann Beretta from all the way back in 2003. Our MP3 Of The Week introduced you to Oakland's The Time Flys and Long Island's Ghost of Lester Bangs.
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Radio Free Punknews
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including Million Dollar Marxists' new LP Zero Culture, The Queers' 25th anniversary album Munki Brain, Only Crime's sophomore record Virulence and Tera Melos' new full length Drugs To the Dear Youth.
Suntans are for Winners Win a prize pack from Bayside every day Bayside's new record, The Walking Wounded is available now. To celebrate the release, the band is giving away a prize package of signed merchandise every day for the next two weeks. Besides finding it up in stores, the record is also being made available via the newly launched Textango service which allows you to pick up the record directly using your cellphone. Just text Bayside4 to 23333* to purchase the full album, bill it your cell phone bill and get it on your computer.
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.
Free Shows & Schwag: The Early November
Ok, time for another contest kids. This time around it's fair game to anyone in the continental U.S.. Drive Thru Records act The Early November are about to embark on a nation-wide tour in support of their new release, The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path. One lucky winner will receive two tickets to any show on the tour. Plus, Drive Thru will also be sending the winner a copy of The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path and some stickers. Interested? Well, you can make sure there's a date near you by checking out the tourdates here.
Samsung phone, new discs from AFI, Brand New, more
It's critically acclaimed, impossible to find and people get pretty enthusiastic about it. Of course, we're talking about the Nintendo Wii. You can wait in line and drop $250.00 on one, or you can simply fill out a form and win one, courtesy of Punknews.org, Night Kills The Day and Score Records. Along the Wii, one grand prize winner will win some nice Night Kills The Day merch and one runner up winner will take home a shirt and a sampler.
Win a Nintedo Wii from Night Kills The Day and Score Records
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 Justin August at Kinder Words and Adam White at 2:59. Chris Moran's all over the place with content rocking both MySpace and Flickr.
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