It's Sunday February 25th, 2007. Now, some may call it lazy to just take the squid from last week's article and Photoshop in something blatantly obvious, but I'll have you know it was the result of intense debate and scrutiny over here. Well… it was the result of my girlfriend and I sitting on the couch and watching TV. That's sort of the same thing.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday Rise Against has lost yet another guitarist as Chris Chasse has left the popular Chicago punk band. Replacing him is Zach Blair of Only Crime. So Rage Against The Machine's one-off reunion is set to last a little bit longer, as the group is set to play three shows with Wu-Tang Clan. Speaking of reunions, albeit little bit lower profile reunions, Inquisition has added a second show. We had a report from the road that Reggie and the Full Effect's James DeWees is performing with pop stars My Chemical Romance on their current tour. All these tours better be careful at the 49th, as the Canada-US border is posing more trouble for bands on the road.
On the subject of tours, we've got dates for NOFX's April Asian tour and even more Warped Tour confirmations. Look for bands like Flogging Molly, the Briefs and Hawthorne Heights this year. One show that's got everyone buzzing is an upcoming Naked Raygun gig with Dillinger Four and the Bollweevils. On the media front this week brought a Fall Out Boy remix by Kanye West, a new Against Me! track debuted via a live video, and news of an upcoming Pulley DVD
We brought you a couple of new streams this week, including the new full length from Smoke Or Fire and the split between Boston ska act Big D & The Kids Table and Beijing punks Brain Failure. Our MP3 Of The Week featured music from Chicago's the Ponys and inblackandwhite.
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Radio Free Punknews
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including Ottawa punk bands the Riptides and Million Dollar Marxists, ex-Tsunami Bomb band Nothington, Sudbury power-pop act Statues, the split between Reel Big Fish and Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer, BÃ¥stad, Sweden's Sounds Like Violence, The Queers' 25th anniversary album Munki Brain and Only Crime's sophomore record Virulence.
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.
Win a Nintedo Wii from Night Kills The Day and Score Records
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.
Samsung phone, new discs from AFI, Brand New, more
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 Adam White at 2:59, while Chris Moran's all over the place with content rocking both MySpace and Flickr. Reviewer Jesse Raub posts short fiction and web comics to Things That Go Bump In My Head.
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