July 24, 2011

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

• For some reason, folks were very excited about the return of Diesel Boy
• As Dan Vapid talked his new band Dan Vapid and The Cheats, Ben Weasel was likely in his study quietly plotting his next move, as Screeching Weasel booked a Chicago show with an unannounced backing band
• SPIN celebrated the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind by letting a bunch of bands "cover" its songs
• This fall's AP Tour looks to double as a Punknews favorite, with Gallows, Title Fight, The Swellers and Sharks joining headliner Four Year Strong on the run
• Hot Water Music debuted their first new song in seven years, "The Fire, The Steel, The Tread"
• NOFX announced plans to release a "fucking terrible" EP from 1984; vinyl completists everywhere replied with a heavy sigh as they removed their debit cards from their wallets
• Dutch beer giant Heineken pulled an ad featuring a lounge-act style cover of Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to Fuck," instead choosing to focus their energy on attempting to create a better-tasting beverage

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. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Boots Riley of The Coup / Street Sweeper Social Club
• A new band on band interview from Ruiner and Attica! Attica!
• Nick Woods of Direct Hit!
• Mike Ambrose and Audelio "Junior" Flores of Set Your Goals
• Paul Pendley of Red City Radio
• Jason Lubrano and Phil Douglas of Iron Chic

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to virtually every social media hub on the internet, and we take pride in providing unique content and communications on each. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google Buzz and MySpace. Add your photos to our Flickr Pool and they'll appear in the sidebar here on Punknews. 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: if I interview an artist, can I submit the interview into Punknews? even though I have no journalism experience? A: Yes and no. We're always looking for new people, even with limited or no experience. The best way would be to contact Rich and let him know you'd like to submit and interview for the site, we may or may not already have something lined up and eve if we don't your interview may not be something we'd run for various reasons (doesn't meet our mediocre standards, we ran an interview with the band not that long ago, no one cares about your uncles jug band etc.).

What we'd recommend is contacting us first and maybe we can help with the interview or let you know in advance if we'd run it.

We're always looking for new input and content. But, please do not contact bands/labels telling them you're doing something for Punknews if we haven't previously discussed it. 99% of the time this gets back to us and just makes Aubin sad and when Aubin's sad Adam gets mad. And when Adam get's mad, people die. I think that's right.

-Rich

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favor and pay a visit to Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Ben Conoley's Canadian music site The Can Con, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press and his and Goodrich's comedy podcast Marshal Music Minute with Buck Whitley, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music and his tumblog BryneYancey.org.

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @dante3000, @bryneyancey, @amilianne, @kiraface, and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter.

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 latest from Jacksonville, FL's Boys No Good
• The new full-length from Richmond, VA's Landmines
• The new collection from Center Valley, PA's Mad Conductor
• The new full-length from Rochester, NY's Like Wolves
• The latest from Bristol, UK's Caves
• The new album from Jacksonville, FL's Caution Children

Also, don't forget to check out a selection of new tracks from San Francisco, CA's Nothington, a new track from Portland, OR's Toxic Holocaust, a new song from Copenhagen, Denmark's Nekromantix, the latest full-length from Richmond, VA's Flechette, a new track from Portland, OR's Lee Corey Oswald, and the new EP from Carbondale, IL's The Copyrights. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

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), Jesse and Goodrich's metal/hardcore/jokes bonanza The Wizard's Beard (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), and Bryne Yancey's Florida music podcast Overheated (subscribe via RSS or iTunes). More new shows will be debuting very soon, so stay tuned.

July 17, 2011

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

• Blink 182 debuted their first new song in eight years, "Up All Night"
• Coheed and Cambria bassist Mic Todd was arrested after allegedly holding up a pharmacy while the band was on tour
• Former Dwarves / Queens of the Stone Age member Nick Oliveri was arrested after a five hour standoff with LAPD, SWAT
• No one in Alkaline Trio was arrested, but the band did stream their new album, Damnesia
• Weezer maintained their wackiness quota by announcing a cruise
• Cobra Skulls announced details for their Fat debut, Agitations

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 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. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Boots Riley of The Coup / Street Sweeper Social Club
• A new band on band interview from Ruiner and Attica! Attica!
• Nick Woods of Direct Hit!
• Mike Ambrose and Audelio "Junior" Flores of Set Your Goals
• Paul Pendley of Red City Radio
• Jason Lubrano and Phil Douglas of Iron Chic

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to virtually every social media hub on the internet, and we take pride in providing unique content and communications on each. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google Buzz and MySpace. Add your photos to our Flickr Pool and they'll appear in the sidebar here on Punknews. 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: Do you think Brett Gurewitz is being completely geniune when he claims to sign bands he enjoys given some are obviously terrible? I don't want to believe he likes Falling In Reverse. A: I honestly think we're in no position to question his interest in the bands he signs. I certainly don't like every band he signs but I don't need to. As for Mr. Gurewitz personal taste, it's entirely possible that he likes bands that you or I may consider terrible.

Just try this exercise, think of running your own record label and being able to put out any band/artist you like who is still active. What would your label look like? Chances are it's going to either look exactly like another popular labels roster (all No Idea bands) or it's going to be a muddled hodge podge of bands who probably don't share the same fan base at all. Personally mine would have acts like: Third Eye Blind
The Holy Mess
Bomb the Music Industry!
Astronautalis
Adel
Comadre
Fake Problems
and a bunch of other bands who's fans may or maynot like each other. I'm not saying my taste is incredibly diverse or "underground" but if you like enough music you're bound to enjoy some bands that may not be liked in the same circles.

-Rich

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favor and pay a visit to Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Ben Conoley's Canadian music site The Can Con, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press and his and Goodrich's comedy podcast Marshal Music Minute with Buck Whitley, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music and his tumblog BryneYancey.org.

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @dante3000, @bryneyancey, @amilianne, @kiraface, and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter.

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 full-length from Rochester, NY's Like Wolves
• The latest from Bristol, UK's Caves
• The new album from Jacksonville, FL's Caution Children
• A selection of new tracks from San Francisco, CA's Nothington
• A new track from Portland, OR's Toxic Holocaust
• A new song from Copenhagen, Denmark's Nekromantix

Also, don't forget to check out the latest full-length from Richmond, VA's Flechette, a new track from Portland, OR's Lee Corey Oswald, the new EP from Carbondale, IL's The Copyrights, a new track from The Briggs' frontman Joey Briggs, the new EP from Brooklyn, NY's Born in a Cent, and a new track from Los Angeles, CA's Beware of Safety. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

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), Jesse and Goodrich's metal/hardcore/jokes bonanza The Wizard's Beard (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), and Bryne Yancey's Florida music podcast Overheated (subscribe via RSS or iTunes). More new shows will be debuting very soon, so stay tuned.

July 10, 2011

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

• Blink 182 continues to work on their comeback album, and Mark Hoppus gave the world another update this week
• Details were announced for this year's Combating Latent Inequality Together Festival in Washington, DC
• THIS WEEK IN ALKALINE TRIO: the band unveiled a new video for their re-imagining of "Clavicle"
• None More Black announced the rough routing for a rare tour
• Bassist Cris O'Reilly announced his departure from Sharks
• Frontman Frank Carter is leaving UK-based Gallows; the band plans to continue on without him

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 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. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• A new band on band interview from Ruiner and Attica! Attica!
• Nick Woods of Direct Hit!
• Mike Ambrose and Audelio "Junior" Flores of Set Your Goals
• Paul Pendley of Red City Radio
• Jason Lubrano and Phil Douglas of Iron Chic
• Johnathan Coody of Ninja Gun
• Frank Turner

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to virtually every social media hub on the internet, and we take pride in providing unique content and communications on each. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google Buzz and MySpace. Add your photos to our Flickr Pool and they'll appear in the sidebar here on Punknews. 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: why don't bands like to read press about themselves? A: The bands I've spoken with either read as much of it as they can or try to avoid it altogether. I think that falls under the "If you discount the bad press, why care about the good press?" umbrella.

That said, reading press about you or your band seems like it could be very complicated. Say your band is putting out a new album and you release a new song and say, "This is the best thing we've done and it's influenced by (whatever)." You make that statement, that is exactly what it means to you. then it's out in the world and that statement is no longer yours. It's open to interpretation, inference and the mood of whoever is reading it. Someone may take that and completely throw it out of proportion or even take offense to it. And in the digital age I don't just mean readers, but every two bit press outlet who gets press releases and puts their, "special touch" on them. When that happens to everything you put out publicly, I can see it being very tiresome.

-Rich

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favor and pay a visit to Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Ben Conoley's Canadian music site The Can Con, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press and his and Goodrich's comedy podcast Marshal Music Minute with Buck Whitley, and Bryne Yancey's punk curation at MySpace Music and his tumblog BryneYancey.org.

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @dante3000, @bryneyancey, @amilianne, @kiraface, and @BrittStrummer's every move at Twitter.

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 track from Portland, OR's Toxic Holocaust
• A new song from Copenhagen, Denmark's Nekromantix
• The latest full-length from Richmond, VA's Flechette
• A new track from Portland, OR's Lee Corey Oswald
• The new EP from Carbondale, IL's The Copyrights
• A new track from The Briggs' frontman Joey Briggs

Also, don't forget to check out the new EP from Brooklyn, NY's Born in a Cent, a new track from Los Angeles, CA's Beware of Safety, the new EP from Brooklyn, NY's How Do We Jump This High?, John Cota's split 10" with Ten Thousand Leagues, the latest Under The Influence split 7-inch featuring Ruiner and Attica! Attica!, and the new EP from New York City's The Indecent. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

We've also expanded our podcast empire to something that will eventually resemble a network. In addition to the original Punknews Podcast barreling on (subscribe via RSS or iTunes), Metal/hardcore mavens Jesse and Goodrich have spun off The Wizard's Beard into its own full-length show, which you can also subscribe to via RSS or iTunes. More new shows will be debuting very soon, so stay tuned.