.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 Fans were shocked this month as after 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows, vocalist Jim Lindberg left Pennywise. The band will however continue on, with the remaining three members in search of a new singer. Former Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach has put a fork in his new band Thorns of Life. The short lived and much buzzed about act leaves behind no studio work, but they do have a successor. Schwarzenbach's new band is forgetters, a band which apparently includes former Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon. AFI has unveiled the track listing and cover art for Crash Love. The album's due on September 29th and is the band's first since 2006's Decemberunderground. Nirvana was in the news a few times this week. The band's debut full length Bleach is headed for a deluxe reissueon Sub Pop. A plaque in honor of late frontman Kurt Cobain also stirred controversy in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. Town officials aren't happy with the language in the engraved "drugs are bad for you, they will fuck you up" quote.
The Lawrence Arms] have titled their upcoming 7-inch Buttsweat and Tears. Converge detailed their upcoming full length Axe to Fall, due on October 20th. Banner Pilot has posted another song from their Fat Wreck debut Collapser, titled "Skeleton Key." Broadway Calls streamed their new full length "Midnight Hour." Weezer has unveiled their first single from their new album, dubbed "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To." Scranton, PA's Captain, We're Sinking! posted a free download of their new demo online. This week also brought new music from Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. The lineup for Riot Fest Westincludes bands like Screeching Weasel, Dead Milkmen, Adolescents, and Naked Raygun. Fun Fun Fun Fest adds Fucked Up, and D.R.I. among others. Have Heart also detailed their final show with Bane, and Shipwreck a.d..
This week we said goodbye to Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger (1970-2009). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives This week we spoke with Jake Kolatis of The Casualties (interview), Aaron Scott of Attica! Attica! (interview), Frank Turner (interview part 2), and Eric Solomon of O Pioneers!!! (interview).
Our Food Not Songs series of punk rock recipies featured John Peck of American Steel's Squash Blossoms Rangoon. This week's Editors' Picks recommended music from Sainthood Reps and The Republic of Wolves. As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including the new full length from Seattle's The Spits, the new record from New York street punks The Casualties, San Francisco, CA's Heartsounds, and Punknews community-spawned monstrosity the Sandwiches.
So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from Intro5pect, Municipal Waste, Shonen Knife, Soul Control, The Casualties, and The Methadones with tours kicking off from the Mars Volta (US), Earth Crisis with many others (Europe) Motorhead (A Href="http://www.punknews.org/article/34135">US / Canada), Fake Problems (Europe), Four Year Strong with Crime in Stereo, Fireworks and A Loss for Words (US), and The Static Age (Europe).
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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 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.
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 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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