October 21, 2007

Who's steering this thing? I have no clue. Since Adam is on vacation carousing around the East Coast of both Canadia and the People's Republic of America we're lost without a rudder. A car without a steering wheel. A bike without a stem!

He's obviously the wittiest of us editors, so we'll just skip to the wrapup. Sorry about that folks.

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

As always, anything about the clean and narrow lifestyle known as Straight Edge brings out people's debating fingers and this year's wish of Happy Edge Day was no different. Coming from the opposite direction, tricksters NOFX released a song from their upcoming live album without all their blabbing. Thanks Mike. Blender took some shots at punk icons like Greg Graffin, Henry Rollins and…Panic at the Disco in their "Worst Lyricists EVAR!" article. Some other well known folks joined forces to form The Innocent while on the other end of the "cred spetrum" Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz to open Clandestine store in Chicago The much loved Latterman made it o–fficial this week, they are no longer alive. As a band. All the guys are doing just fine. On the other hand, there's a Kurt Cobain biopic in the works. Looking to record in another country? Better mail that home, since Homeland Security seems to be confiscating solo projects.

This week's Vinyl File looked at Rarities and upcoming releases. Oh, and there was some hubbub about a detailed schedule of THE FEST being posted. Whatever that is.

ps: The Mohawk Toupée? Almost as ridicuous as Universal's plan to sell singles on USB drives(FOR TEN DOLLARS!).

We got a little Hot Water Music love (cough) and a new video from the Weakerthans.

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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including American Steel, who came back after a long hiatus to release a critically acclaimed new album. The Great Deceiver which includes the former vocalist of metal legends At the Gates and the highly anticipated new split from Bomb the Music Industry! and O Pioneers!!!. Teddy Duchamp's Army, a Pittsburgh, PA-based band that saw members go on to form/join Anti-Flag, Don Caballero and Voice in the Wire, a full album scream from Killing California, the new album from Tyler Read, some Discharge styled hardcore from Brooklyn's Disnihil, former Marathon frontman Aaron Scott's new act Attica! Attica!, the new full length Doublecross from Vancouver's Riff Randells, the entirety of Andrew Jackson Jihad's new folk-punk debut for Asian Man, Young Livers, featuring members of Glass and Ashes, Fiya and Towers of Hanoi, 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. It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner Win a guitar from The Spill Canvas
With their new record titled No Really, I'm Fine due out October 02, 2007, The Spill Canvas has decided to give away a new electric guitar. The album is the follow up to One Fell Swoop and is their first release on Sire Records. You can check out the rules and enter the contest right here.

Win an iPod Classic from Armor for Sleep
On October 09, 2007, Armor For Sleep will be releasing their major label debut, Smile For Them. To celebrate, the band has decided to give one lucky winner with an 80GB iPod Classic engraved with the band’s logo. To take your shot at the prize, just visit this page.

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