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Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The new release from Oakland, CA's Acid Fast

Also, don't forget to check out a new song from Michigan's South Bay Bessie, the new album from PIttsburgh, PA's World's Scariest Police Chases, a cover from Samiam, and the new release from Milwaukee, WI's Midnight Reruns

We've also expanded our podcast empire to something that will eventually resemble a network. Be sure to check out the original Punknews Podcast (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Adam's Ontario showcase Some Party (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), and Greg Simpson and Greg Moore's Two Gregs One Podcast.

November 17, 2013

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! streamed the new track "FUCKMYLIFE666" from their upcoming release, Transgender Dysphoria Blues.
• Ice-T's band Body Count announced plans for a new album.
• We sat down and had a chat with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio.
• We streamed World's Scariest Police Chases' new record in its entirety.
• RVIVR released a video for "Cut the Cord".
• Video surfaced of Quicksand's full set at Fun Fun Fun Fest.

  With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves, spin some tracks in the Navel Gazing turntable.fm room and we'll see you Monday morning.

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:

• Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio
• Elliot Babin of Touche Amore and Dad Punchers
• Deep Pockets
• Christine Atturio of Save Ends
• Cristy Road as part of our Women Who Make Rad Art series
• Chris Matulich of Nothington

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to a handful of your favorite social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Join our Last.fm group and contribute your listening habits to our weekly charts. All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo.

Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: Misfits or Black Flag?

A: This is a good question, because one could argue that both bands, in the wake of excellent and perhaps even legendary initial incarnations, have tarnished their legacies with lineup changes, ill-fated reunions, and subpar recorded output.

While Black Flag have some of the best punk records EVER in their discography like Damaged and My War -- and are maybe the only punk band to ever release good-to-great material with three different vocalists -- Greg Ginn's reputation has, in my opinion, grown to overshadow his initial genius.

Meanwhile, the Danzig-era Misfits are arguably the coolest and most fun punk band of all time. Both bands have a bunch of classic tunes in their respective catalogues, but those old Misfits songs I think have held up better, maybe because the silliness of their subject matter has, somewhat ironically, rendered those songs more timeless.

And while most would agree that the Jerry Only-led Misfits aren't that good, it's basically a different band from the Danzig era and should be recognized as such. With Ginn still the driving creative force behind Black Flag, the band's latter-era output is still tied to him unlike with Danzig and Misfits.

Misfits by 0.5 skulls.

-Bryne

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @howtobepunk, @johngentile, @ameliaaacline, @kiraface, @mcflynnthm, @andywritesstuff, @wackymondo, @Brittastrophee and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter. A few of the new fathers on staff have even started a punk dad blog.

Where else are you online? Share your links below and keep connected with the Punknews community.

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:

• A new song from Michigan's South Bay Bessie
• The new album from PIttsburgh, PA's World's Scariest Police Chases
• A cover from Samiam
• The new release from Milwaukee, WI's Midnight Reruns

Also, don't forget to check out the new album from Portland, OR's Autistic Youth, the split from T-Shirt Weather and Losing Sleep, and the new release from Los Angles, CA's Danger!

We've also expanded our podcast empire to something that will eventually resemble a network. Be sure to check out the original Punknews Podcast (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Adam's Ontario showcase Some Party (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), and Greg Simpson and Greg Moore's Two Gregs One Podcast.

Navel Gazing November 10, 2013

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:

• We sat down with artist Cristy Road as part of our Women Who Make Rad Art series.
• We tallied your favorite records from October with Red City Radio leading the pack
• The Lawrence Arms joined the Epitaph roster.
• World's Scariest Police Chases released a lyric video for "Punk Rock Ruined My LIfe".
• Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was located after her she was presumed missing during a prison transfer.
• Strung Out announced a few shows where they will be playing An American Paradox in its entirety.

  With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves, spin some tracks in the Navel Gazing turntable.fm room and we'll see you Monday morning.

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:

• Deep Pockets
• Christine Atturio of Save Ends
• Cristy Road as part of our Women Who Make Rad Art series
• Chris Matulich of Nothington
• Fake Problems and Look Mexico
• Mike Warne of Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots)

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to a handful of your favorite social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Join our Last.fm group and contribute your listening habits to our weekly charts. All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo.

Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: What's your take on TV shows such as American Idol and The Voice?

A: I think they are stupid but harmless. I mean, the music on those shows is trite, over produced, and just generally lame. But, it's not like those shows stop people from making good music. If people enjoy watching it, what do I care?

Someone once argued that the shows are harmful because they create a false view of how to be successful in the music industry. But, my opinion is that if you are foolish enough to think that you can actually become a superstar by appearing on american idol, the music world isn't missing much by having your "career" stunted by such goofy show.

I like Nicki Minaj, though. She's cool.

-John G

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @howtobepunk, @johngentile, @ameliaaacline, @kiraface, @mcflynnthm, @andywritesstuff, @wackymondo, @Brittastrophee and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter. A few of the new fathers on staff have even started a punk dad blog.

Where else are you online? Share your links below and keep connected with the Punknews community.

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 new album from Portland, OR's Autistic Youth
• The split from T-Shirt Weather and Losing Sleep
• The new release from Los Angles, CA's Danger!

We've also expanded our podcast empire to something that will eventually resemble a network. Be sure to check out the original Punknews Podcast (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Adam's Ontario showcase Some Party (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), and Greg Simpson and Greg Moore's Two Gregs One Podcast.

November 3, 2013

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:

• We hosted a We'll Do It Live session with members of this year's Fat Wreck tour.
• Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot went missing.
• Polar Bear Club released a new song entitled "Upstate Mosquito".
• Bad Religion streamed their new Christmas album.
• Teenage Bottlerocket released the song "I'm the One Smoking Marijuana Motherfucker".
• Weezer revealed recording plans with The Cars' Ric Ocasek.

  With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves, spin some tracks in the Navel Gazing turntable.fm room and we'll see you Monday morning.

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:

• Chris Matulich of Nothington
• Fake Problems and Look Mexico
• Mike Warne of Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots)
• A live Q&A with the bands of the Fat Tour 2013
• Ian Farmer of Modern Baseball
• Our live Q&A with Laura Stevenson as part of our We'll Do It Live: Fest 12 edition

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to a handful of your favorite social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Join our Last.fm group and contribute your listening habits to our weekly charts. All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo.

Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: How long have you been into punk rock?

A: Oh, I've been "punkin it up" (as the kids say) for about 15 years now. I'm 30, so as of this year, for 50% of my life I've been cognizant of punk. I got into a different way than most people I think. it seems that most people were introduced to punk via their older siblings or friends (or, as is becoming more common, through their parents… eek!) At the time, none of my friends were into punk (and most still aren't) and my relatives weren't even really into music at all. (My mom used to constantly play the promo cassette tape that came with her station wagon. I remember that it had "Time After Time" on it).

I got into punk because I used to be a member of the CD mailorder company, BMG music club. I ordered The Clash on Broadway because it was on sale for $15 (plus BMG's insane shipping prices) and I thought The Clash were an 80's group like Men at Work or A-Ha.

I was wrong. BEST SCREW UP EVER. Strangely, at first, I liked disc 3 the best, which was mostly Combat Rock the best, then disc one, which was the earliest singles and first lp, and then disc 2, which was mostly London Calling. It's weird how your brain hears sounds differently when you haven't been exposed to an entire form of music. I'll never forget pulling up to my friend Chris' house for a high school party blaring "London's Burning." I'm sure I looked like a tool but I thought I looked awesome. I'll never forget Kathy Davis giving me a look of disgust and spitting, "What IS that?" And I was like, "THE CLASH, DUH!" Without question, it was my finest moment as a human being.

How did you brohabs all get into punk? Let us share stories and lock arms as we cherish the discovery of learning about punk for the first time.

-John G

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @howtobepunk, @johngentile, @ameliaaacline, @kiraface, @mcflynnthm, @andywritesstuff, @wackymondo, @Brittastrophee and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter. A few of the new fathers on staff have even started a punk dad blog.

Where else are you online? Share your links below and keep connected with the Punknews community.