Sunday Edition: October 28th, 2007

It's Sunday, October 28th, 2007.

It's deeply touching to know that I can take a few weeks off and my absence will cause all manner of chaos. There's nothing better for one's ego, I can assure you. Fear not my children, I've cleaned up the debris, we're having the blood steamed out of the carpet, and the long road to recovery begins.

Mighty Mighty Bosstones' reunion shows just has us giddy. Those Hometown Throwdown tickets are selling for exorbitant prices, resulting in an additional New Years show to be planned. However the good news didn't end with the shows, it looks like the band will also record a few new songs for upcoming collection. It wasn't all reunions this week, as we've seen both the Blood Brothers and Some Girls removed from play. The Brothers are calling it a hiatus for now, at least until the end of the year. Some Girls split sounds a little more concrete though.

As the underground file trading scene reeled from the shut down of Bittorrent site OINK we continued to hear arguments and hand wringing from all sides of the downloading debate. New releases are on the way next year form everyone from prog monsters the Mars Volta (keep an eye out in January) to pop idols Fall Out Boy (and they're promising that it'll be bizarre). Popular act Finch is back together for a show this November as well. We had videos from Streetlight Manifesto, who unveiled the animated "We Will Fall Together" and Against Me!, who rocked the montage with "Up The Cuts." Slightly more interesting than that band's photo essay was the recent police response to someone playing a "Baby I'm An Anarchist" cover. This week also saw tour dates announced for the Evens. Look for Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina to hit the road this November.

This week saw the passing of Paul Fox (1951–2007), guitarist for influential reggae punk act the Ruts, following a battle with lung cancer. The scene also continued to mourn the loss of J Church frontman Lance Hahn (1967–2007).

The Fest may be wrapping up in Gainesville but the The Fest 6: A Free Compilation is still available for download. The collection of 25 songs comes courtesy of Punknews.org & No Idea Records.

Video of the Week featured... ––>

The fourteenth edition of Vinyl File featured a second look at the vinyl history of NOFX.

We also streamed music from

the full length Never Suspend Disbelief by New Jersey's One Win Choice,

rock'n'hardcore act The Revenge, featuring former members of Stereotyperider,

and

the new EP from Intro5pect featuring Stza of Leftover Crack

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

Radio Free Punknews

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,

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,

and

the entirety of Andrew Jackson Jihad's new folk-punk debut for Asian Man.

It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner

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.

Staff Side-Projects

Your trusty Punknews staffers and reviewers have all sorts of projects on the go, everything from poorly spelled and oft neglected blogs to big official world domination schemes.

Make sure to check out
editor and videographer Chris Moran collection of recordings online at Vimeo,

editor Justin August's blog Kinder Words,

editor Adam White's blog 2:59,

and

staff reviewer Jesse Raub's webzineBitter Press.

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