.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } 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… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Dillinger Four's hotly anticipated new album C I V I L W A R leaked onto the internet a few weeks back, and the resulting drama has people taking in music magazines, web comics, blogs and elsewhere. We collected statements from some of the involved parties and commentators together for you to check out. We had further updates on Travis Barker's condition. The Blink-182 / Plus 44 drummer, who was in a jet crash last week and severly burned, is headed for a recovery. The nominees for the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame were announced this week, and the group includes bands like Metallica, Run D.M.C. and the Stooges. This week saw the launch of MySpace Music, and lingering questions on the services' relationship with indie labels. The music industry is also still struggling with the fact that it's not 1992 anymore, as evidenced by laments that iTunes has killed the album. Boo hoo.
Sub Pop has signed Orbits, a band featuring Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes. Derek Grant of the Alkaline Trio has released a free solo album. The Hope Conspiracy are set to hit the studio soon to record a new EP with Kurt Ballou of Converge. The Bouncing Souls unveiled their cover of Johnny Cash's "Man In Black." North Lincoln is streaming a quartet of new songs. The Ergs are not long for this world, so treat each new song as an event. On the moving pictures front this week we saw a free full length documentary from Michael Moore. Against Me! unveiled their clip for "Borne on the FM Airwaves of the Heart." Rise Against released "Re-Education (Through Labor)," Jimmy Eat World "Beautiful Day" from Yo Gabba Gabba, and Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care." The aforementioned Rise Against has plans to tour Germany with Strike Anywhere, while Face To Face will hit Australia in 2009. I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives Punknews' own Ben Conoley is on the road now with Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish and the Flatliners. He'll be sending in pictures, set lists, tour journals and videos from the trek. This week we had updates from Regina, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and more.
This week we spoke with Daniel Sioui of Smallman farmcore act Carpenter (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new rarities compilation from The Measure [SA] .
So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Bleeding Through, Star Fucking Hipsters, Unwritten Law and Bayside with tours kicking off from the Futureheads (Australia), Wire (Canada / US), Tegan & Sara / City & Colour (USA), and Against Me! / Ted Leo & the Pharmacists / Future Of The Left (USA)
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including a few tracks from the new split between Thursday and Envy, the new full length from Monikers, the return of Dirtnap power pop act The Girls, the new EP from Bridge 9 melodic hardcore act Energy, new music from Gainesville-based duo Liquid Limbs, the new full length from Richmond, VA's The Riot Before. a full album stream from "femme fatale punk rock" act Civet, the new record from Leeds, UK-based Forward Russia, the split between the East Bay's Wolves & Thieves and Sacramento's Bastards of Young, the brand new record from Suicide Note, California melodic punk/hardcore band Radio Suicide, Pygmy Lush, which features members of City Of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, malady and pg.99, a full album stream from Boston's Deadly Sins, and Resignation Day from Minneapolis' Banner Pilot.
Win a copy of Death in the Park's (ex-Hot Rod Circuit) new EP
In Spring 2009 the case of the Death In The Park will begin…an ominous beginning to band formed from the death of another entity. Andy Jackson (long time frontman for Hot Rod Circuit) and Joe Ballaro's (bassist of Hot Rod Circuit) new band is releasing a full-length on End Sounds in the spring, but in the meantime they are releasing a teaser Self-Titled CD EP (also on End) that is not available in stores. The EP features 3 songs from the forthcoming album and 2 acoustic songs. Hayley Williams from Paramore makes a guest vocal appearance of the acoustic version of "Fallen" that appears on the EP as well as on being part of the case squad on the full-length.
Win a Baja: Edge of Control / Rise Against prize package
With Rise Against about to drop their new album, comes the release of PS3 game, Baja: Edge of Control which will feature a new song from the band on its soundtrack. To celebrate, the makers of the game have provided us with a copy of the game itself as well as an exclusive new Rise Against 7-inch to give away. You can find more on the game via the developer diaries here.
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