It's Sunday, December 9th, 2007. Welcome to Navel Gazing, your look back at this week in Punknews. cut their streaming music to 90 second clips, a remarkably short sighted move that could go on to affect bands like AFI, Brand New, Angels and Airwaves. The Songwriters Association of Canada is demanding a $5 tax on all internet users to compensate for piracy. That's not the only dire news for Canuck music fans, as DMCA style legislation is being introduced in the country that's even more restrictive then its reviled US counterpart. There's been controversy over Rolling Stone's recent "Indie Rock Universe" feature with observers claiming that it was just one big tobacco ad.
We had word on a number of upcoming releases. The Bouncing Souls shocked some fans by planning a digital release for 2008 claiming "It doesn't make sense to release a CD because nobody really buys them anymore." Justin Sane discussed an expanded instrumental pallet to be found on the new Anti–Flag record. Rancid has plans to release a B Sides and C Sides collection via their merch store. Dillinger Four is also still dropping hints on their long–awaited album. We had word that the Bronx, Every Time I Die, Reel Big Fish, Street Dogs and the Briggs would be among the bands performing on the 2008 Warped Tour. Foo Fighters are taking Against Me! ou ton a stadium tour, perhaps the latter band's biggest gig to date. Smoke Or Fire and Fake Problems are also planning a February trek. This week saw Fall Out Boy comment on their Grammy nominations, the Locust robbed in St. Louis, and members of Green Day performing in Foxboro Hot Tubs. Fat Wreck Chords also gave fans a holiday treat in the form of their Hanuk–Comp. The twentieth edition of Vinyl File featured a conversation with Kyle Gebhart of Doghouse Records. Our Editors' Picks of the week featured music from Connecticut's Hostage Calm.
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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the lead track off This Is Hell's new 7" Cripplers, six songs from NOFX's upcoming live album They've Actually Gotten Worse Live. all six cuts from the Briggs acoustic Westlake Sessions, and the new record from Joey Cape's new band the Playing Favorites. It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner Help Akimbo figure out "Navigating the Bronze" Alternative Tentacles is throwing a contest in celebration of Akimbo's new full length Navigating the Bronze. "Dude, I totally navigated the bronze last night!" --- What does that sentence mean to you? This elusive phrase has not been explicitly defined by Akimbo, the band who created this mysterious album title. Many theories have been informally offered, none to our satisfaction. However, we want to make "Navigating the Bronze" as ubiquitous as "Ghostriding the Whip" or "Oh no you dih-ent!" in the youth lexicon.We leave it up to you, the creative AT fan, to fill in semiotic gap left wide by our well-coiffed Seattle trio. Staff Side-Projects
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