.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 community talking this week… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories This week brought news that the major labels are preparing a new digital album format. Tentatively titled CMX the proposed format would include songs, lyrics, videos, liner notes, artwork and other bonus content. The news comes on the heels of rumours that Apple is working on an alternative called Cocktail. CNN put the spotlight on Muslim punk bands this week, focusing on Boston's The Kominas along with the novel Taqwacore. Strung Out are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new album. The record is titled Agents of the Underground and is due out September 29th. The band swill support with a tour in October.
Lucero detailed their new full length titled 1372 Overton Park. The new record is due on October 6th. Bridge Nine has announced plans to reissue material from Agnostic Front. Andrew W.K. has announced plans to tour with the Calder Quartet, a classical string quartet. The Gaslight Anthem has announced more dates on their tour with Murder By Death. New labelmates Paramore and the Swellers will soon hit the road with the Paper Route. Brand New posted their new song "At the Bottom," taken from their upcoming full length Daisy. The Star Fucking Hipsters also posted a new song, "3000 Miles Away" from their upcoming Alternative Tentacles full length. Punknews community regular TahoeJeff graced us with ukulele versions of classic punk songs. On the video front we saw Big D and The Kids Table's "Fluent in Stroll"along with Paramore's "Ignorance."
This week we said goodbye legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul (1915-2009). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives This week we spoke with Jamie Morrison of the Arteries (interview), and Brett Adams of The Riot Before (interview). Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured Episode 3 of our Sakes Alive!! video updates. This week's Editors' Picks recommended music from Boost. So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Broadway Calls, Jay Reatard, Mission of Burma, Paint It Black, Pissed Jeans, This Is Hell and Rehasher with tours kicking off from Modest Mouse (US / Canada), Poison The Well with Vanna and This Time Next Year (US), the Get Up Kids (Germany), None More Black (US), Bleeding Through (US), A Wilhelm Scream (Europe), and Nine Inch Nails (Final Tour).
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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the new 7 inch from Long Island's This Is Hell, the new split between Adam's Dagger and Scars and Stripes, the new 12 inch EP from Doylestown, PA's Balance and Composure, the new 7-song EP from Boston's Ringers, Frank Turner's new album Love, Ire and Song. the new 7-inch from Scranton, PA-based Tigers Jaw, American Rubicon, the new full length from Cobra Skulls, the new full length from Anaheim, CA-based the Scarred, the new full length by The Takers from Gainesville, FL, a new track from Beverly, MA-based Caspian.
Win rare vinyl from City of Ships Sound Study Recordings recently put out the vinyl for City of Ships new album, Look What God Did To Us. We've got a test press and maroon haze vinyl copy to give away.
Win an Achilles test pressing Farewell Party Records is giving the wax treatment to Hospice, the sophomore full-length from Rochester, NY's Achilles which was originally released on CD via Hex Records in 2007. Hospice was lauded by our very own Brian Shultz, who remarked in his review that "Hospice is assuredly a step up from the also excellent The Dark Horse, which combined some of the best aspects from heavy but ambitious acts like Botch and Breather Resist. Achilles seem to forge their own territory here, diversifying their sound and concentrating less on atmospherics and more on a heavy base, mixed up tempos and interchanging riffs." The band features members of Soul Control and Polar Bear Club. Two lucky winners will receive a test pressing of Hospice, used only for the record release show and limited to 60 copies.
Beastie Boys: 'Ill Communication' vinyl/CD reissue Beastie Boys reissued and remastered their popular 1994 full-length, Ill Communication, earlier this month for both CD and vinyl formats. Punknews.org is celebrating by giving one lucky winner copies of both, which includes an 180-gram double LP and an ecopack double-disc CD set with plenty of bonus goodies.
Win rare vinyl from Averkiou Sound Study Recordings recently put out the vinyl for Averkiou's new 7-inch. We've got a test press and clear vinyl copy to give away.
Win music from No Harm Done No Harm Done are on the road right now supporting their 2008 Think Fast! Records album, Escape We've got five copies of the album to give away.
Win tickets to see the Suburban Home 14th Anniversary shows
On September 11th and September 12th, Suburban Home Records will celebrate their 14th Anniversary with two nights of shows featuring Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Josh Small, Jr. Juggernaut, In the Red, Look Mexico and on the first night and Tim Barry, Two Cow Garage, Chad Price, Ninja Gun, Mike Hale, The Revenge and The Takers on the second. We've got tickets to give away for the shows.
Win a copy of Off With Their Heads: Live At the Atlantic 2 Sound Study Recordings recently put out the vinyl for Off With Their Heads' new live record, Live At the Atlantic, Volume 2. We've got a test press and white vinyl copy to give away.
Win autographed stuff from Revolution Mother
We've got some cool stuff to give away from Ferret Records act, Revolution Mother. The band is fronted by Pro Skateboarder Mike Vallely and includes past members of Mean Season and Outspoken. The band's new album was produced by Fred Archambault (Avenged Sevenfold, Valiant Thorr) and is titled Rollin' With Tha Mutha. Win Fall of Troy vinyl and more
On October 6, 2009, The Fall Of Troy will be releasing their next album In the Unlikely Event. In the lead up to that release, the band has provided us with some cool stuff from their prior EP, Phantom on the Horizon.
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