Sunday Edition: March 8th, 2009
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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...
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This week's most popular stories
The Chicago event promoter ordinance is back before that city's License and Consumer Protection Committee. The current version of the legislation would still require promoters to obtain $300,000 in liability insurance on top of paying fees ranging from $500 to $2,000. Promoters are worried that could make DIY shows all but impossible.
Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh have reunited Sublime on a Nevada stage a new a singer by the name of Rome.
Montreal punk band Reset has also reformed with their No Worries era line up. Two members of the band now play in popular act Simple Plan.
The Runaways movie is progressing, with news this week that actresses Dakota Fanning and Kristin Stewart will appear in the movie.
NOFX have unveiled the
12 song track listing for their upcoming alubm Coaster.
American Steel have announced their
new record, due in June. The band is asking fans to submit pictures of their American Steel tattoos for use in the album artwork.
Broadway Calls will record with producer
Bill Stevenson at the Blasting Room later this year.
This week saw new audio from MxPx covering the Descendents
"Suburban Home." We had full album streams of Propagandhi's
Supporting Caste, New Found Glory's Epitaph debut Listen To Your Friends, and the Punk Goes Pop 2 compilation featuring Silverstein, A Static Lullaby, and Bayside.
This week also saw streams of tracks from Frank Turner and Austin Lucas'
Under The Influence entry.
To our bemusement and ultimate horror, the
anime-goes-punk compilation was also previewed.
Social Distortion will head to Europe this year for festivals in Switzerland, Italy and Sweden.
The Bouncing Souls also graced us with a video this week, showcasing their new track
"Airport Security."
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New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1 and Episode 2 of For Those Still Standing.
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As always we brought you new Streaming Music including
the new record from Winnipeg teen heartthrobs Propagandhi,
Saskatchewan-based three piece garage punk act Ultimate Power Duo,
Riverside, CA's No Bragging Rights,
and
Sackville, New Brunswick's lo-fi singer / songwriter Shotgun Jimmie.
So what's coming up this week?
Look for new releases from
and
with tours kicking off from
Street Dogs / Swingin Utters / Shot Baker (US),
Bouncing Souls / Dillinger Four / The AKAs (US),
Dropkick Murphys (St. Patrick's Day shows),
This Is Hell / Dead Swans / the Blackout Argument (Europe),
and
the Phenomenauts (US).
Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music, social networking links and more.
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Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including
the new full length from Fort Collins, CO's Drag the River,
the new full length from Jon Snodgrass,
six songs from Oakland's Druglords of the Avenues (members of Filthy Thieving Bastards, Swingin' Utters and others),
the new record from Louisville, KY-based Mansions,
the new full length from Boston, MA's Defeater,
the new record from Phoenix, AZ-based Stereotyperider,
a 7" from Moncton, New Brunswick's Varsity Weirdos,
from Edmonton, AB's Passenger Action (members of Choke, Fordirelifesake and the Fullblast).
the new full length from Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves (Chris of course having played in Hot Water Music and the Draft),
the new EP from Tom's River, NJ-based One Win Choice,
the new album Neon Creeps from Spring, TX-based O Pioneers!!!,
South Wales based Attack! Attack!,
a full album from Long Island's Agent,
and
Athens, GA-based Pegasuses-XL (featuring members of Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches).
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
Celebrate five years of Rockstar/Taste of Chaos
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Rockstar Taste of Chaos tour, we've got some exclusive merch from Hurley and Dinglife.com.
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Staff blogs and side projects
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Make sure to check out
editor and videographer Chris Moran collection of recordings online at Vimeo,
editor Justin August's blogs Kinder Words and JustinAugust.org,
editor Adam White's blogs 2:59 and AdamWhite.org,
editor Jesse Raub's short fiction webzine Bitter Press,
and reviews editor Brian Shultz' blog Over Looked.
Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @adamwhite, @jesseraub and @justinaugust's every move at Twitter.
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