It's Sunday January 28th, 2007. So last weekend most of the Punknews proved to the world (once again) that when disparate people converge once a year in the desert and drink a lot --- they can't bowl very well. Congrats to Epitaph for taking home the big prize. We did get to see Paddy's penis twice in a 24 hour period, so that made up for it.
Punknews.org hit a bit of a milestone this week as we published our 6000th review. Thanks to all the contributors and review staff who've volunteered their time and writing over the years. Want to get in on the fun? Get writing!
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
Our readers can sense Propagandhi news just like dogs can sense earthquakes: Their ears perk up, they get nervous and they bark at seemingly random objects. Well the Winnipeg radicals are hard at work writing a new record, which given their track record should be ready by 2011. Speaking of bands referenced in recent NOFX songs, Rage Against The Machine confirmed their reunion at this year's Coachella, where they'll appear alongside Against Me!, Jesus and Mary Chain and more. Locals of Washington DC were shocked to hear that the city may ban minors from all clubs, not that the kids would be able to sit at home and listen to music on internet radio, since the government wants to squelch that too. For one thing they wouldn't be able to catch Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake when the late 90s ska-punk bands roll through the capital. At least they'd get Warped Tour since it's outside, this year featuring Pepper and Pennnywise among others.
Epitaph's Brett Gurewitz spoke out about his label and the industry, putting those words into action by joining a coalition of indies set to take on the majors in the digital realm. The post-Blink-182 bands had some action this week, as Travis Barker was sidelined due to injury on the +44 tour and Angels and Airwaves hit the hit the studio. Also in the studio? Strung Out. Rounding out the week with some media we saw a stream of Alkaline Trio's b-sides record Remains, video of Against Me! discussing their past, present and future and video of Fucked Up destroying MTV Canada
This week we brought you new album streams from both the Queers and Only Crime. The Queers have a new record out to celebrate their 25th anniversary dubbed Munki Brain. Only Crime, which features members of Good Riddance, Descendents and several thousand other bands, has released their sophomore record Virulence on Fat Wreck.
Finally we bid farewell this week to Brent Liles (1963-2007), a veteran of a number of incredible bands including Social Distortion and Agent Orange.
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Radio Free Punknews
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the new Fake Problems collection Spokes and Spurs / Bulls > Matador and Tera Melos' new full length Drugs To the Dear Youth.
Suntans are for Winners 'The Ultimate Band Rig' from MxPx MxPx is testing the limits of discography categorization this year with both a compilation and a reissue of an eight-year-old compilation. Fanscape wants to help celebrate the latter's release by giving one extremely lucky fan a mind-blowing band rig that includes ::deep breath:: an Ernie Ball guitar, an Ernie Ball bass, a Truth Drums snare drum, Samson Wireless Technology full personal setup, a…oh forget it, you can check out the entire prize lineup by clicking to this handy contest entry form.
Staff Blogs
When not writing about music on the internet, many members of the Punknews staff find time to write about music on the internet. You can check out the depraved musings of Justin August at Kinder Words and Adam White at 2:59. Chris Moran's all over the place with content rocking both MySpace and Flickr.
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