Sunday Edition: April 1st, 2007

It's Sunday April 1st, 2007. Lots happened this week, and since our April Fools joke used up my over-verbose rambling quota today, we'll get right to it.

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

By the time Monday rolled along it was revealed that Tony Lovato, frontman of defunct pop-punk band Mest, was arrested on charges of murder. A few days later, surprisingly soon after the initial arrest, the authorities declared the fatal stabbing self-defense and Lovato was released. Amidst all of this news that another musician was arrested, as Love Equals Death / Tsunami Bomb bassist Dominic Davi was held on charges stemming from an alleged rape. After those bombshells, everything else seemed kind of trivial.

We had news on a number of upcoming releases this week. Tim Armstrong's solo record, once simply planned as a download, has been upgraded to a proper album. The release will include a video for each song, including "Into Action" which features Skye Sweetnam and the Aggrolites. The New Wave will have to wait a little while longer, as Against Me! has delayed their new record until the summer. Bad Religion continues to reveal information on New Maps Of Hell, with frontman Greg Graffin speaking about the record in a new UCLA piece. Propagandhi's planning to pick up the pace on their next one as well, but we'll wait and see on that one.

What else went on in the final week of March? Rise Against announced a tour with Silverstein and Comeback Kid. The Bouncing Souls posted a video for "Lean on Sheena." Quebec's Fifth Hour Hero sadly called it quits after nearly 8 years together. Finally Island Records and Thursday parted ways.

Our MP3 Of The Week selections included Soophie Nun Squad, Mouthbreather and Reunion while our Video Of The Week featured Planes Mistaken For Stars. We spoke with 108 (interview) regarding their new full length, while on the streaming music front we brought you a new track from the Chariot.

Click Read More to see this week's streaming music, contests, and more.

Radio Free Punknews

Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including a preview of the upcoming debut from Sparta-related act Glos, a bunch of short music for short people from Short Attention, Prescott, Arizona's Hour Of The Wolf, Clementon, NJ-based Apple of Discord and Brooklyn's Nakatomi Plaza.

Suntans are for Winners

Bouncing Souls invade Canada with Strike Anywhere and the Loved Ones

This April Jersey's finest the Bouncing Souls will cross Canada with Strike Anywhere, the Loved Ones and Static Radio NJ. In celebration Epitaph Records is giving away a huge prize pack, including pairs of tickets to the tour and swag from each and every band involved. The Souls are of course supporting their 2006 opus The Gold Record. Strike Anywhere and the Loved Ones are supporting Dead FM and Keep Your Heart respectively.

31 Knots: The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere

Portland's experimental post-hardcore outfit 31 Knots just released their second full length for Polyvinyl Records. The album is the follow up to 2005's Talk Like Blood and is titled The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere. Since we're the celebratin' kind. We talked the nice people at Polyvinyl into providing some swag®, and we're hoping to give it to one of you.

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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