Sunday Edition: October 18th, 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
Popular political punks Anti-Flag have announced a series of shows in London, Berlin, and Vienna that will see the Pittsburg-based act performing Clash covers.
The Misfits are set to return with their first new studio material since 2003 with their Land of the Dead 12" .
Blink-182's much loved Enema of the State full length is set to receive a
vinyl release a decade after the fact via Mightier Than Sword Records.
Apple this week countered rumours that had been swirling about their new iTunes LP format. The company has confirmed that the format will be open to both major and indie labels and that the enhanced digital releases would carry not production fee.
Weezer launched a new subscription iTunes pass for their upcoming album, providing a
Clash cover as part of the bonus content. Frontman Rivers Cuomo also announced plans to collaborate with Katy Perry.
Panic Records has signed a pair of new bands, including
Hartford, CT's Hostage Calm and Syracuse, NY's Another Breath.
The Riot Before released a new
acoustic EP for free download.
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp plans to cover the
entirety of Screeching Weasel's My Brain Hurts on their new LP.
Tom Waits announced plans to release a two-disc live album in November.
Japan and Malaysia will soon witness the
MxPx All-Stars featuring MxPx singer/bassist Mike Herrera backed by The Ataris' frontman Kris Roe on guitar and the Summer Obsession's Chris Wilson on drums.
Against Me!, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent will tour
Canada.
No Use For A Name are headed to
Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Japan.
Less Than Jake has
a number of upcoming shows with bands like the Swellers, Fishbone, and Casualties.
NOFX is headed south to
Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica.
This week saw video of a Dillinger Four
house show in Tempe, AZ.
Rancid unveiled their clip for
"Up To No Good."
New Found Glory also posted
"Don't Let Her Pull You Down."
This week we said goodbye to Brendan Mullen (1949-2009), founder of historic Hollywood punk club The Masque.
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
This week we spoke with
Jeff Dean of The Bomb (interview),
singer Ty Vaughn of Broadway Calls (interview),
bassist Ryan of Defiance, Ohio (interview),
and
Matt Tobey, Ginger Alford and Mike Harpring Jr. of Good Luck (interview).
Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured British singer-songwriter Mike Scott, currently on tour with Kevin Seconds (Episode 3).
As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including
the new full length from Scranton, PA's Captain, We're Sinking,
new music from Pittsburgh's American Armada,
and
10 songs from new Red Scare act the Reaganomics.
So what's coming up this week?
Look for new releases from
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine,
the Slits,
the Reaganomics
and many others.
We'll also see a number of tours kick off this week. Look for upcoming shows from
Bouncing Souls with Bayside and Broadway Calls (US),
Propagandhi with The Rebel Spell (Canada),
Bad Brains (US),
and
Thrice with The Dear Hunter and Polar Bear Club (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 Buffalo's Failures' Union,
the sophomore LP from Nothington titled Roads, Bridges and Ruins,
the Cherry Poppin' Daddies re-release of Susquehanna,
the new full length from Baltimore, Maryland's Ruiner,
new material from London-based Apologies, I Have None,
the new 7" from Washington, DC-based Lion of Judah,
the new full length from Teenage Bottlerocket,
Slackers frontman Vic Ruggiero's new solo project,
a 7" from Newark, NJ-based Troublemaker,
a preview of a new song from AFI,
the new album Phoenix from Los Angeles' Orange,
and
the latest from Rochester, NY's Such Gold.
It's Funny, I Don't Feel Like a Winner
Contests
Win tickets to every stop on the Bridge 9 Tour
In a week, Bridge Nine Records will be kicking off their eponymous tour with Strike Anywhere, Crime In Stereo, Polar Bear Club and Ruiner. To celebrate, the label has hooked us up with a set of two tickets for each date on the tour. All you have to do is fill out the form linked here and pick your preferred city.
Win a bunch of stuff from Teenage Bottlerocket
To celebrate the release of their Fat Wreck Chords debut, They Came from the Shadows, Teenage Bottlerocket have hooked us up with a prize package featuring a kick drum head, a limited 7-inch and more.
Win gear, music and more from Revolution Mother
We've got a prize package from Revolution Mother for one lucky winner. Along with a copy of the band's new Ferret Records release, Rollin' with That Mutha, we've got an Affliction hat, a ton of Monster Energy Drink, a skate deck, an apparel pack from Active and a pair of Von Zipper sunglasses.
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
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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