Sunday Edition: October 26th, 2008
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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 strange, slow, old people in the community talking...
The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday
This week's most popular stories
We could really launch an entire Against Me! sub-site given the volume of news they generate. The band was involved in a
bus crash earlier this week, but walked away with no serious injuries. Frontman Tom Gabel commented on the accident, and also streamed his
new solo LP Heart Burns. The band itself will
begin to work on their next album soon, and has laid out plans for writing early next year. Popular act Fall Out Boy
is aiming to set a record for the
most radio interviews in a day on Halloween. The group is doing the press in support of their upcoming album Folie à Deux.
The massively influential band Jawbreaker is planning a reissue of their
Unfun album. They'll also be the subject of an upcoming documentary. To top it all off, Frontman Blake Schwarzenbach also revealed that he's making music again with an as-yet-unnamed group.
3rd wave ska survivors Reel Big Fish are planning a
covers album. A tribute to Kid Dynamite is set for release
in the spring and will feature interpretations of the band's work from acts like the Ergs, This Is Hell, and Broadway Calls. There'll be plenty of punk bands in upcoming video games. Looks for the Clash, TSOL, Teenage Bottlerocket and One Man Army in Skate 2 while Between the Buried and Me, Underoath, and Authority Zero will head to
Rock Band 2. This week we checked out MxPx's version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
and an acoustic session from the Gaslight Anthem. Look for Bomb The Music Industry on tour this fall with bands like Shinobu and Mustard Plug. We end the week with some videos, including Simple Plan's "Save You" and the Offspring's
"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid."
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
This week we spoke with Brett Adams of Richmond, Virginia's the Riot Before (interview) and artist Heather Gabel, who's done artwork for the Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, AFI and the Lawrence Arms (interview).
Our Video of the Week featured New Brunswick, NJ's Let Me Run.
As always we brought you new Streaming Music including
the song "Six Days a Week" from the Bronx,
the new album from Israeli punk outfit Useless ID,
the new charity-benefiting compilation All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash,
the new solo album from Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape,
Columbus, Ohio's Two Cow Garage,
and
the new full length from Los Angeles-based Roll the Tanks.
So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from
the Damned,
the Tossers
and Tom Gabel
with tours kicking off from
No Use For A Name / Pulley (US West Coast),
Pelican / Kayo Dot / Stove Bredsky / Zozobra (US),
Beastie Boys (Get Out And Vote tour,
Slayer / Mastodon / Trivium (Europe),
and
The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) (US).
Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music, social networking links, a special review, and more.
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Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including
Dillinger Four's long-awaited new record C I V I L W A R,
the debut full length debut from Shorebirds, featuring Matt Canino of Latterman and Jawbreaker's Chris Bauermeister,
Orlando's How Dare You, featuring former members of As Friends Rust and Hand to Hand,
the sole LP from now-defunct RVA melodic hardcore act Resonance,
the new EP from San Francisco's Shuteye Unison,
an EP from Long Beach, CA's Joshua Lanes,
Boca Raton, FL hardcore outfit Fallen From The Sky,
Swedish emotional hardcore band When We Fall,
Stza's new act the Star Fucking Hipsters,
a full album stream from California's Madison Bloodbath,
North Carolina's Auxes, which features Dave Laney of Challenger and Milemarker,
Poughkeepsie, New York's Paper the Operator,
the new rarities compilation from The Measure [SA] ,
a few tracks from the new split between Thursday and Envy,
the new full length from Monikers,
the return of Dirtnap power pop act The Girls,
the new EP from Bridge 9 melodic hardcore act Energy,
and
new music from Gainesville-based duo Liquid Limbs.
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
Win a special copy of the Envy / Thursday split
To celebrate the highly anticipated split between Envy and Thursday, Temporary Residence have provided us with three exclusive versions of the album. The label, who is releasing the vinyl+CD combination, has provided a rare test press, as well as one copy of the split on gold vinyl and one one silver.
Dillinger Four: C I V I L W A R
Minneapolis, MN's infamous Dillinger Four recently unleashed their new LP; which has been in the works for 6 years and has been aptly titled C I V I L W A R. Even though many have already "acquired" the record prior to its official release, our friends at Fat Wreck Chords are giving a few more freeloaders a chance to get the album and some other schwag.
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%
Staff blogs and 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
editor Jesse Raub's short fiction webzine Bitter Press.
Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow Adam White, Jesse Raub and Justin August's every move at Twitter.
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