Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:
- Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace criticized the Arcade Fire video.
- We hosted a live Q&A with Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners.
- Western Addiction created a Spotify playlist for Punk Rock Bowling.
- Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying was sentenced to 6 years in prison for hiring a hitman to kill his wife.
- Brody Dalle revealed new tour dates.
- New Found Glory signed to Hopeless Records for their new album.
Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. You'll also find our new weekly Q&A and where you can find the Punknews staff to yell at on Twitter. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.
Radio Free Punknews
Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:
- The latest release from Chicago, IL's The Fur Coats
The People Must Have Something Good To Read
In the past few weeks we've spoken with a number of bands and artists. Don't miss out on these interviews:
- Adam Alive of It's Alive Records
- We'll Do It Live with Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners
- Mike Haliechuk of Fucked Up
- Eric Solomon of Tiny Empires
- Pentimento
- Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad