It's Sunday April 29th, 2007. So because everyone loves to swap the correlation and causality, the news was jumping up and down trying to blame the collapse of bee colonies on the increasing use of cell phones. I started making a list of additional things that happened as the bee populations decreased, and then I figured it out: Against Me signed to Warner. The timeframes match up, so it's gotta be true. Who's going to pollinate the crops now Tom?
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday
Wentz! Wentz! Wentz! We haven't had this much fun with a mainstream punk celebrity since Tom Delonge got all creepy before his last record. First the Fall Out Boy mouthpiece announced plans to open a bar in the East Village, then topped off the week by being named one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People". Punk rock! So what's Cartel up to? Oh how about recording live in a giant transparent bubble sponsored by Dr. Pepper. You better believe it's a reality show too. If you think that's sounds a tad absurd then Bob Lefsetz agrees. My Chemical Romance didn't do anything to stir up controversy, but they are minus a bassist, at least temporarily. Of course if we're confusing you feel free to check MSN / Channel 4 for a mom-friendly explanation of the "emo" thing.
Yikes. What a paragraph. Let's try and regain some cred with some Crass news. Steve Ignorant is planning a live performance at the "Feeding of the 5000" event. Bad Religion's revised the track listing for their upcoming record New Maps of Hell. Crime In Stereo signed up with Bridge 9 Records while their former Nitro bandmates Much The Same called it quits. HORSE the Band claimed that mainstream rock act Snow Patrol ripped off their "Birdo" video. We got a look at the art for the new Against Me! record. Canuck pop-punks Sum 41 released a new song. There are plans to release a new song from Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong each Tuesday. Controversial professor, Ward Churchill, spoke in Winnipeg this weekend. The Foo Fighters are recording with Pixies producer Gil Norton, and the band will appear alongside Spinal Tap at Al Gore's "Live Earth."
Our Editors Picks for the week included music from Heroes Die and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip. We brought you streaming music every day, featuring Limbeck, Cardiff UK's The Automatic Automatic, Test Your Reflex, Deathkiller, and longstanding ska act the Toasters. On the interview front we spoke with Nikola Sarcevic (interview), the Thermals (interview), the Reason (interview), Mêlée (interview), and producers of the film American Hardcore.
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Radio Free Punknews
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including a new track from the Chariot, a preview of the upcoming debut from Clementon, NJ-based Apple of Discord, Brooklyn's Nakatomi Plaza, Matt Pryor's new act the Terrible Twos, ex-I Hate Myself Gainesville act Die Hoffnung, a pair of songs from Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic, and Red Scare upstarts The Copyrights.
Suntans are for Winners Murder By Death: 7-foot gatefold vinyl
The CD may be dying but vinyl is alive and well, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the pretty awesome treatment received by Murder by Death's In Bocca al Lupo. The release features red double 10" records dipped in gold ink with a quadruple gatefold cover. All told it ends up being 7 feet long when extended and only 1000 are in existence. It's so big that it you could put it next to your CD collection and watch the record taunt the helpless CDs before devouring them whole. It's that big. There may be only a thousand available but we've got a copy to give away for free
Get me into the Inquisiton reunion!
Bummed that the upcoming Inquisition reunion shows are sold out? Well, do we have a sweet deal for you. Rob and Thomas from the band have graciously offered to place one lucky Punknews reader and a friend on their guestlist for night one on May 18 with support from Ensign and Channel 43. Another winner and a pal will be headed to night two on May 19 with the Draft and New Mexican Disaster Squad. How do you win? Well, first of all, if you are planning on entering just to try to and make a buck of on eBay or Craig's List, don't bother. Only the winnining name will be able to get into the show with their guest. And we've decided to make this contest a little more involved than just radomly picking somename from a list of emails.
William Tell
William Tell, former guitarist from Something Corporate, recently released his first solo record, You Can Hold Me Down and so we're giving away five signed CDs and posters. You can also check out his new video: ""Fairfax (You're Still the Same)" (Windows) Murder By Death: 7-foot gatefold vinyl
The CD may be dying but vinyl is alive and well, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the pretty awesome treatment received by Murder by Death's In Bocca al Lupo. The release features red double 10" records dipped in gold ink with a quadruple gatefold cover. All told it ends up being 7 feet long when extended and only 1000 are in existence. It's so big that it you could put it next to your CD collection and watch the record taunt the helpless CDs before devouring them whole. It's that big. There may be only a thousand available but we've got a copy to give away for free.
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 Adam White at 2:59, while Chris Moran's all over the place with content rocking both MySpace and Flickr. Reviewer Jesse Raub posts short fiction and web comics to Things That Go Bump In My Head.
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