.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 There are plenty of notable new records on the way this month, in particular the new full length from celebrated and innovative Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up. The band is celebrating the release of The Chemistry Of Common Life with a marathon 12-hour show for Tuesday. Popular post-hardcore act Thursday has a new home at Epitaph Records. The band is also headed out on tour with Rise Against and Sage Francis. Radio shock jock Howard Stern is planning to remake Rock'n'Roll High School, which famously featured the Ramones in it's original incarnation. The mainstream media hit a few punk notes this week, with the Village Voice taking a look at Stza of Leftover Crack's "Donut Social" and the L.A. Times took a look at Rancid and pushed for an Operation Ivy reunion. More important than all that? Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols is in a new, epic, butter commercial.
On the new release front Fall Out Boy have detailed their new record Folie A Deux. Against Me! and the Offspring will have songs featured in the next Rock Band video game. Electronic artist Moby has also apparently formed a new punk band. Against Me!'s Tom Gabel posted two new videos supporting his solo recordings. You can check out "100 Years of War" and "Random Hearts" now. Drag The River also launched a new video for "Rangement." Rise Against is streaming their new record Appeal to Reason and Paramore their new track "Decode." Look for a tour soon featuring Suicidal Tendencies, Whole Wheat Bread and Madball.
We at the Org also think you should register to vote. I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives This week we spoke with Justin Sane of Anti-Flag (interview) and Brett Powell of the Human Abstract (interview) Our Video of the Week featured footage of Avail performing live at the Fest 6. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Swedish emotional hardcore band When We Fall, Stza's new act the Star Fucking Hipsters, a full album stream from California's Madison Bloodbath, North Carolina's Auxes, which features Dave Laney of Challenger and Milemarker, and Poughkeepsie, New York's Paper the Operator.
So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Fucked Up, Rised Against, These Arms Are Snakes and Jay Reatard and a live album from the Clash with tours kicking off from Comeback Kid / Bane / Misery Signals / Shai Hulud (Canada), The Casualties / Municipal Waste (US), Streetlight Manifesto / the Swellers / the AKAs (US) and Bayside / the Matches / Valencia (US).
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the new rarities compilation from The Measure [SA] , 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,
Win a special copy of the Envy / Thursday split
To celebrate the highly anticipated split between Envy and Thursday, Temporary Residence have provided us with three exclusive versions of the album. The label, who is releasing the vinyl+CD combination, has provided a rare test press, as well as one copy of the split on gold vinyl and one one silver.
Win an iPod, vinyl and more from Rise Against
Today we've got a new contest for the upcoming new full length from Rise Against. The band is gearing up for the release of their brand new album, The record is titled Appeal To Reason and is due out October 7, 2008. The grand prize includes a 160GB iPod, signed posters, a vinyl single and assorted swag. Two Runner ups will win a limited 7-inch, a poster and more swag.
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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