Happy New Year everyone! Hope you aren't too hungover. Welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. What a way to start off 2017! I'm Ricky Frankel 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 and review is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting a story, feel free to submit a review or if you are a photographer continue reading below. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:
- Check out the Punknews Editors' Best Of 2016 Lists.
- Check out the Punknews Staff's Best Of 2016 Lists.
- Take a look at the Punkews Year In Review
- We took some time to remember the artists we lost in 2016.
- Read some of 2016's Best Zingers .
- Punknews premiered DFL's new video
- Natterers announced some tour dates and are working on new material.
- The Melvins, Red Kross and OFF! are releasing a split 10-inch.
- Never Get Tired: The Bomb the Music Industry! Story was made available to stream.
- Beach Slang announced a tour.
And so ends another wonderful week for the Punknews community. Tonight let’s just kick back, maybe break out the drinks, gather around the digital bonfire and talk. Maybe you saw (or will see) an awesome show, found a great new band, or chat about anything else you would like. We leave it to you, the always respectful and courteous readers and commenters. See you way too bright and early on Monday morning.
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