Navel Gazing for October 26, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I am recovering from the Red Scare 10 Year Anniversary show from last night. 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:

• We hosted a live Q&A with Bill Stevenson
• Rancid streamed their new album Honor Is All We Know.
• Dead To Me reunited with original member Jack Dalrymple and also revealed plans for a new album.
• We had a chat with Jade Puget of XTRMST and AFI
• We also had a chat with Chris Farren of Antarctigo Vespucci and Fake Problems.
• Dropkick Murphys announced the dates for the Celtic Punk Invasion Tour.
• Ex Friends called it a day.
• Sleater-Kinney reunited and announced a new album.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

Navel Gazing for October 19, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I might see Guttermouth tonight. 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:

• Black Flag's Greg Ginn was accused of child abuse by his ex wife.
• We hosted a live Q&A with Tony Weinbender.
• Jawbreaker released the 20th anniversary edition of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy .
• Worlds Scariest Police Chases called it a day.
• Propagandhi announced a tour with RVIVR and War On Women.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

Navel Gazing for October 5, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer. 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:

• Joyce Manor spoke out against stage diving sparking a lot of debate within the community.
• Rancid released three new songs from their upcoming record Honor Is All We Know.
• We streamed the new album from Bracket.
• Mastodon released a music video for "The Motherload".
• The Ataris and Teenage Kicks announced the dates for a US / Canada tour.
• Jeff Rosenstock released a new song from his Side One Dummy Records 7-inch.
• Pulley announced plans to play 2004's Matters in its entirety for a Music For Cancer show in Montreal, Canada.
• XTRMST released the details for their debut album.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

Navel Gazing for September 28, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer. 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:

• Red Scare Industries' Toby Jeg wrote a track by track for the 10 Years of Your Dumb Bullshit compilation.
• Red Scare also released the schedule for their 10 year anniversary weekend.
• Good Riddance began recording a new album.
• We had a chat with Nick Oliveri.
• Lagwagon released a new song.
• Rancid released the art work and track list for their upcoming album Honor Is All We Know.
• Meghan O'Neil left Punch.
• We had a chat with Cory Branan.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

Navel Gazing for September 21, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I saw The Descendents last night! 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:

• Guided By Voices broke up and cancelled their future shows.
• GWAR introduced us to their new vocalist, Vulvatron.
• In good Mineral news lead singer, Chris Simpson, released a new song. In bad Mineral news, their van was broken into on tour.
• Mixtapes revealed the dates for their last tour for the foreseeable future.
• Fall Out Boy performed "Centuries" on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
• Tim Barry released the details for new album and also the dates for his upcoming UK tour.
• Raymond Pettibon teamed up with the Supereme clothing line for a capsule collection.
• The Dismemberment Plan revealed plans to reissue their 2001 release, Change, on vinyl.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

Navel Gazing for September 14, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I discovered Cleo the Corgi this week. 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:

• New Found Glory released a music video for "Ready and Willing" showing off their young side… in a way.
• The Dead Milkmen also released a music video. Theirs was for the song "Pretty Music For Pretty People".
• Weezer released the new song "Cleopatra" from their upcoming album Everything Will Be Alright in the End.
• Leftover Crack revealed the dates for the Cracktober Fest tour with Potato Pirates, Juicy Karkass, and Rats in the Wall tagging along.
• Many of our readers are currently attending Riot Fest Chicago and we hope our guide to the underground bands playing has helped.
• We finally got a chance to listen to the impressive line up of bands on the Red Scare: 10 Years of Your Dumb Bullshit compilation.
• The Murderburgers were unfortunately forced to leave their tour early due to being robbed. You can help them out by buying something here. It's not entirely a sad story though because they did hint at plans for something neat with the US in the future.
• We were very excited to host Bad Canoes' new show MTV 12 where they share a handful of videos from artists such as Cayetana, Big Eyes, and many more.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

September 7, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I can't stop listening to the new Copyrights record. 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:

• RVIVR released the details for their new EP Bicker and Breathe.
• The schedule for Fest 13 was released resulting in excitement and many people pulling their hair out due to frustration and conflicts.
• In other festival news, Riot Fest Chicago announced that a Pussy Riot panel will be taking place with Greg Graffin of Bad Religion, Tim McIlrath of Rise Against, feminist writer Marcelle Karp, Riot Fest founder Michael Petryshyn participating and moderated by Henry Rollins.
• We tallied your favorite records from August with The Gaslight Anthem's Get Hurt leading the pack.
• Say Anything and Saves The Day announced a co-headlining tour with each act playing their popular albums, Say Anything's …Is a Real Boy and Saves The Day's Through Being Cool, in their entirety.
• The Misfits' Michael Graves unveiled the details for his new 2-disc release, Zombies Unite. It will be accompanied by a small tour of the eastern US.
• Lagwagon announced a tour of US and Canada with Swingin' Utters and This Legend. They will be touring in support of their upcoming release Hang.
• Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace released the trailer for her new AOL web series, True Trans, where she shares the stories of other transgender men and women.

  Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.

August 31, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Britt Reiser, the other Britt on staff, filling in for Brittany Strummer this week (she's busy trying to convince y'all she has better things to do than hang out on the internet) 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 y'all talkin' this week:

• Henry Rollins wrote a follow up piece for getting a lot of people riled up.
• Swinging Utters announced details for the upcoming LP titled Fistful of Hollow.
• Morrissey continues his… well, Morrissey antics and announced a European tour.
• Against Me! cancels a grip of their European tour dates and appears on 'What's in my Bag?'
• Don Giovanni Records Records owner asks labels to drop The Queers and Screeching Weasel and contributes to the ongoing internet drama saga, then takes it back.
• Lagwagon release

August 24, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm John G filling in for Brittany Strummer this week (she's busy finishing her book of "Yo momma" jokes) 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:

• Henry Rollins got a lot of people all riled up
• Mike Park debuted a new single featuring Jesse Michaels. It's great
• Your favorite band, Hot Water Music is going on tour.
• Anti-Flag reacted to the shooting of Michael Brown
• Melviiiiiiiiiinssss!!!!!
• We bid a final goodbye to The greatest alien ever. Screw you, ET.

  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.

August 17, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm John G filling in for Brittany Strummer this week (she told me that she is "too punx to fool with the internet" this week) 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:

• Fugazi is putting out their demo tape. Pffft. Hipsters. Amirite?
• We debuted the new single by Sick of it all and it is AWESOME.
• Against Me! is putting out a live album, a documentary, a book, and some sort of salad shooter.
• Oh, Morrissey! You scoundrel!
• Somehow, the new Rancid tribute LP has more bands on it then there are Rancid songs.
• We reviewed a bunch of records from 1994!

  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.

August 10, 2014

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm John G filling in for Brittany Strummer this week (she's out protesting the new Ninja Turtles movie) 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:

• We reviewed the new Gaslight Anthem album, Get Hurt.
• Famed freaky funker Blowfly is trying to save his house.
• Music is back, but in tape form!
• Everyone's favorite pop-punker, Mikey Erg further delayed his solo LP by announcing a new split release.
• Devo went hardcore.
• Run, Forever, decided, to, sign, to No, sleep, r,e,c,o,r,d,s.

  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.

August 3, 2014

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:

• The Interrupters streamed their new album in its entirety.
• Portland musician, Kasey Anderson, was sentenced for his West Memphis Three scam.
• The Gaslight Anthem released a video for "Rollin' and Tumblin'".
• We streamed the latest release from The Dwarves.
• Morrissey's bodyguard is suing him.
• Bangers announced they will write a new album in only two days.

Click below to check out this past week's collection of new streaming music, features and interviews. You'll also find where you can find the Punknews staff to yell at on Twitter. Talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday morning.