.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Popular political punks Anti-Flag have announced a series of shows in London, Berlin, and Viennathat will see the Pittsburg-based act performing Clash covers. The Misfits are set to return with their first new studio material since 2003 with their Land of the Dead 12". Blink-182's much loved Enema of the State full length is set to receive a vinyl release a decade after the fact via Mightier Than Sword Records. Apple this week countered rumours that had been swirling about their new iTunes LP format. The company has confirmed that the format will be open to both major and indie labels and that the enhanced digital releases would carry not production fee.
Weezer launched a new subscription iTunes pass for their upcoming album, providing a Clash cover as part of the bonus content. Frontman Rivers Cuomo also announced plans to collaborate with Katy Perry. Panic Records has signed a pair of new bands, including Hartford, CT's Hostage Calm and Syracuse, NY's Another Breath. The Riot Before released a new acoustic EP for free download. Jon Cougar Concentration Camp plans to cover the entirety of Screeching Weasel's My Brain Hurts on their new LP. Tom Waits announced plans to release a two-disc live album in November. Japan and Malaysia will soon witness the MxPx All-Stars featuring MxPx singer/bassist Mike Herrera backed by The Ataris' frontman Kris Roe on guitar and the Summer Obsession's Chris Wilson on drums. Against Me!, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent will tour Canada. No Use For A Name are headed to Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Japan. Less Than Jake has a number of upcoming shows with bands like the Swellers, Fishbone, and Casualties. NOFX is headed south to Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica. This week saw video of a Dillinger Four house show in Tempe, AZ. Rancid unveiled their clip for "Up To No Good." New Found Glory also posted "Don't Let Her Pull You Down."
This week we said goodbye to Brendan Mullen (1949-2009), founder of historic Hollywood punk club The Masque. I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives This week we spoke with Jeff Dean of The Bomb (interview), singer Ty Vaughn of Broadway Calls (interview), bassist Ryan of Defiance, Ohio (interview), and Matt Tobey, Ginger Alford and Mike Harpring Jr. of Good Luck (interview).
Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured British singer-songwriter Mike Scott, currently on tour with Kevin Seconds (Episode 3). As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including the new full length from Scranton, PA's Captain, We're Sinking, new music from Pittsburgh's American Armada, and 10 songs from new Red Scare act the Reaganomics.
So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Chad Price, Converge, Failure's Union, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Star Fucking Hipsters, the Slits, the Reaganomics and many others. We'll also see a number of tours kick off this week. Look for upcoming shows from Green Day (UK), Bouncing Souls with Bayside and Broadway Calls (US), the Damned (US), Propagandhi with The Rebel Spell (Canada), Bad Brains (US), and Thrice with The Dear Hunter and Polar Bear Club (US).
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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the new full length from Buffalo's Failures' Union, the sophomore LP from Nothington titled Roads, Bridges and Ruins, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies re-release of Susquehanna, the new full length from Baltimore, Maryland's Ruiner, new material from London-based Apologies, I Have None, the new 7" from Washington, DC-based Lion of Judah, the new full length from Teenage Bottlerocket, Slackers frontman Vic Ruggiero's new solo project, a 7" from Newark, NJ-based Troublemaker, a preview of a new song from AFI, the new album Phoenix from Los Angeles' Orange, and the latest from Rochester, NY's Such Gold.
Win tickets to every stop on the Bridge 9 Tour
In a week, Bridge Nine Records will be kicking off their eponymous tour with Strike Anywhere, Crime In Stereo, Polar Bear Club and Ruiner. To celebrate, the label has hooked us up with a set of two tickets for each date on the tour. All you have to do is fill out the form linked here and pick your preferred city.
Win a bunch of stuff from Teenage Bottlerocket
To celebrate the release of their Fat Wreck Chords debut, They Came from the Shadows, Teenage Bottlerocket have hooked us up with a prize package featuring a kick drum head, a limited 7-inch and more.
Win gear, music and more from Revolution Mother
We've got a prize package from Revolution Mother for one lucky winner. Along with a copy of the band's new Ferret Records release, Rollin' with That Mutha, we've got an Affliction hat, a ton of Monster Energy Drink, a skate deck, an apparel pack from Active and a pair of Von Zipper sunglasses.
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