Sunday Edition: August 30th, 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 community talking this week...
The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday
This week's most popular stories
Folk-punker Frank Turner caught our attention with some comments on illegal music downloading. Among his thoughts was the opinion "the idea that by stealing music from the internet you're somehow crusading for justice against the big bad record labels is absolute fucking bullshit... Britney Spears and David Geffen aren't going to downsize their condo's because you didn't pay for a Fugazi album."
Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump was arrested in Los Angeles last Tuesday being picked up for a two-year-old warrant for driving without a license. He was released on Wednesday after posting $15,000 bail.
The Lawrence Arms are planning a
new EP for October 27th titled Buttsweat and Tears. They'll support the release with a 10th Anniversary show in their hometown of Chicago and a week of west coast dates in November.
Strung Out unveiled the new track
"Black Crosses" this week from their upcoming 20th anniversary full length Agents of the Underground.
AFI has announced a bonus edition of Crash Love that will feature
six bonus tracks.
Sum 41 posted an update on their new record. The pop punk act is
now writing and recording demos.
Fellow canucks Tegan and Sara have
detailed their new record Sainthood.
Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba is hitting the studio to record a
solo album this month.
Red Scare has announced that it will be reissuing the back catalogue from 90s-era pop-punk outfit Sicko.
Defunct pop punk act Fenix Tx is no longer defunct and has a
Hellcat Records has signed Canadian psychobilly act the Creepshow.
This week saw the new Fake Problems video for
"Diamond Rings" and a DVD trailer for the Get Up Kids'
Something To Write Home About.
The Bouncing Souls announced tour dates with Bayside and Broadway Calls.
The full lineup of
Fun Fun Fun Fest was unveiled and it includes bands like
Danzig, Mission of Burma, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth Brigade and Fucked Up.
This week we said goodbye to Adam Goldstein, popularly known as DJ AM (1973-2009).
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
This week we spoke with
Spike Slawson of Re-Volts (not to mention Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters and Filthy Thieving Bastards) (interview),
Sam Johnson of Virgins and the now defunct New Mexican Disaster Squad (interview).
vocalist Devin Peralta of Cobra Skulls (interview),
and Dan Whitesides of The Used (interview).
As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including
the Fat Wreck debut from Minneapolis, MN's Banner Pilot,
and
an audio book chapter from Frank Portman of The Mr. T Experience's new book Andromeda Klein.
So what's coming up this week?
Look for new releases from
and
with tours kicking off from
Nakatomi Plaza (farewell tour),
Have Heart with Crime in Stereo, Cruel Hand, End of a Year, Foundation (US),
and
Devon Williams (US).
Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music, social networking links and more.
Radio Free Punknews
Streaming music
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including
the new full length from Seattle's The Spits,
the new record from New York street punks The Casualties,
San Francisco, CA's Heartsounds,
Punknews community-spawned monstrosity the Sandwiches,
the new 7 inch from Long Island's This Is Hell,
the new split between Adam's Dagger and Scars and Stripes,
the new 12 inch EP from Doylestown, PA's Balance and Composure,
the new 7-song EP from Boston's Ringers,
Frank Turner's new album Love, Ire and Song.
the new 7-inch from Scranton, PA-based Tigers Jaw,
American Rubicon, the new full length from Cobra Skulls,
the new full length from Anaheim, CA-based the Scarred,
the new full length by The Takers from Gainesville, FL,
a new track from Beverly, MA-based Caspian.
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
To celebrate the release of their upcoming debut for Fat Wreck Chords, Banner Pilot and the label have put together a nice set of prizes to coincide with the release of Collapser on September 1, 2009.
Win tickets to see the Suburban Home 14th Anniversary shows
On September 11th and September 12th, Suburban Home Records will celebrate their 14th Anniversary with two nights of shows featuring Joey Cape,
Jon Snodgrass,
Austin Lucas,
Josh Small,
Jr. Juggernaut,
In the Red,
Look Mexico and
on the first night and Tim Barry,
Two Cow Garage,
Chad Price,
Ninja Gun,
Mike Hale,
The Revenge and
The Takers on the second. We've got tickets to give away for the shows.
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%
Staff blogs and side projects
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Make sure to check out
videographer Chris Moran's collection of recordings online at Vimeo,
news editor Justin August's blog JustinAugust.org,
news editor Adam White's blog AdamWhite.org,
news editor Bryne Yancey's podcast What We Hate,
copy editor Jesse Raub's short fiction webzine Bitter Press,
and reviews editor Brian Shultz' blogs Over Looked and Witness.
Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @adamwhite, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley and @bryneyancey's every move at Twitter.
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