September 2nd, 2007

September 2nd, 2007
by Sunday Edition

It's Sunday September 2nd, 2007. Well this is called Navel Gazing, so let's talk Punknews. After literally years of debating the issue we finally took the plunge this weekend and disabled anonymous commenting. From here on, only registered users can post comments. You can find the full explanation and initial reaction in our announcement. A lot of you have asked if this was the result of any one single band complaining to us, and it wasn't. It's more an effort to pull our staff from the brink of going mad like Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. That's just bad for productivity. The people must have something good to read on a Sunday Yet another piece of punk history was lost this week, as Hilly Kristal of legendary scene-fostering New York City venue CBGB died at age 75. His club of course helped launch the careers of the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith and many others. To add to the retrospective mood, Time Magazine launched a multimedia feature celebrating the 30th Anniversary Of Punk. Against Me! continues to support the New Wave juggernaut, performing "Stop" live on the Late Show, releasing a digital EP and announcing the rest of their fall tour. Now the Gainesville act has some nutty fans, but hopefully they're less sensitive than those of Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance. The guyliner was flying when both acts missed out on Kerrang! awards. There was a different type of drama in the I Am Ghost camp, as the band revealed the religious conflicts that lead to their recent lineup shift.

There were lots of news on the touring front this week. The Bouncing Souls announced a handful of fall tour dates while Less Than Jake charted out a globe trotting few months in the UK, Japan and Australia. Hellogoodbye, Say Anything and Japan's Polysics will soon embark on the Myspace Tour. Out on the mainstream pop punk front you'll find Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's and Cute is What We Aim For. How about some new music? American Steel continued their triumphant return with the killer Sons of Avarice" while Jimmy Eat World previewed their new full length Chase the Light and Angels & Airwaves teased "Everything's Magic." Every Time I Die also unveiled their video for "We'rewolf." Our Video of the Week featured Dead To Me performing at last year's edition of The Fest. The sixth edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with No Idea Records head Var Thelin and previewed lots of upcoming wax. We also streamed new music from Arsonists Get All The Girls latest full length The Game of Life, Young Livers, which features members of Glass and Ashes, Fiya and Towers of Hanoi, and half of the new full length from Toronto ska-punks the Flatliners.

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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including longstanding DC ska act the Pietasters with the full album All Day, a new track from third wave ska mainstays Mustard Plug, the new full length from Philadelphia's Jena Berlin, the new record from Toronto's reggae-influenced three piece Bedouin Soundclash. Asian Man band The Hot Toddies, The Riot Before's upcoming EP, the return full length from 3rd wave ska act Buck-O-Nine, three songs from celebrated hardcore band Modern Life Is War, Dear Tonight's debut We're Not Men, UK based melodic hardcore act called the Steal, and songs from Cobra Skulls' new Red Scare full-length Sitting Army. It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner New Found Glory: From the Screen to Your Stereo, Part 2
In a few weeks New Found Glory will be marking their return to the independent world with the release of From The Screen To Your Stereo, Part 2. The album is a "sequel" to the band's popular 2000 release, From the Screen to Your Stereo. To mark this occasion, the band has provided us with a pile of commemorative swag and since our swag coffers are currently overflowing with major label payola as well as free Bentleys, we've decided to give it to you instead. Besides a copy of the new record, the band has provided some drumsticks used in the recording session, two vinyl records and more. Staff Blogs

Many of your trusty Punknews staffers and reviewers maintain blogs and other poorly spelled outlets for their depraved throughts and musings. This week saw the following updates:

Editor Adam White's 2:59:

Editor Justin August's Kinder Words:

Staff reviewer Jesse Raub's webzine Bitter Press:

You can find more photos and live band videos via editor and videographer Chris Moran's MySpace and Flickr. Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery

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