Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. 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: Photo Credit: Vans Warped Tour
- The limited mixtape for the Punknews Holiday Spectacular was announced.
- Dead To Me gave an update about their next full-length. The band also announced some tour dates.
- A Vulture Wake signed to Bird Attack Records and announced a new album.
- Brendan Kelly And The Wandering Birds announced that they are working on a new album.
- The Riptides announced that they are releasing their own beer.
- Photographer Stephen McGill took some pictures at Shamir's recent show.
- Kississippi signed to Side One Dummy Records and released a new single.
- Photographer Stephen McGill took some pictures at Alexisonfire's recent show.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its 2018 inductees.
- Flatfoot 56 released a new video.
- Great Collapse released a new song.
- The Lillingtons announced some tour dates.
- Lemuria released a surprise album.
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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