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 Fullerton, CA's White Night
• The debut EP from Boston, MA's The Clippers
• The new lo-fi project fronted by The Copyright / Dear Landlord guitarist Brett Hunter, The Heat Tape
• A selection of new tracks from The Reaganomics
• The latest EP from Kent, OH's Annabel
• The new EP from Thousand Oaks, CA's The Braces

Also don't forget to check out the new self-titled 7-inch from Gainesville, FL's Douglas Shields and the X-Factors, Baltimore, MD-based melodic hardcore act Deep Sleep, the new 7" from Brooklyn, N.Y. based The Forthrightsand the new full length from Fort Worth, TX-based Mind Spiders. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

January 30, 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:

• The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon revealed some details on his new side project, The Horrible Crowes.
• Pacific Ridge Records is soliciting donations to complete an Alkaline Trio tribute album.
• Both Fat Mike and Bruce Springsteen will have guest spots on the upcoming Dropkick Murphys album, Going Out In Style. We can only hope that they appear on the same song, and that someone was in the studio taking video.
• Beloved midwestern emo outfit Braid will reunite for a new release.
• Rise Against and Face To Face will be covering each other on an upcoming split.
• Propagandhi, The Weakerthans, and Comeback Kid were among the artists protesting Enbridge's sponsorship of the planned Prairie Scene! festival in Ottawa.
• Lars Fredriksen (Rancid, Lars Fredriksen and the Bastards) revealed his latest project, The Old Firm.

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:

• Roger Miret of Roger Miret & The Disasters / Agnostic Front
• Tony Pence of Deep Sleep
• Scotty Sandwich of Death To False Hope Records and The Sandwiches
• Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour
• Hugo Mudie of The Sainte Catherines
• The Hot Toddies

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: Most would agree that taste is subjective. But, is there some universal bar that determines that some art is inherently "better" than other art? For example, is the kidz bop version of "tumblin dice" worse than the Stones version across all metrics? A: I think most people would agree that (with notable exceptions) that all replicas are inferior to the original. In terms of "objective art" I think you're never going to get a single, objective metric for "good" or "bad". Besides people's personal tastes (I mean Kidz Bop sells for a reason), you have to consider that unless you know all the details of a particular art (including the artists motivation for creating it, their intent and so forth) you can't fully dismiss it. That isn't to say I haven't done that before (Sorry Nickelback), but I also don't think that's the best approach.

-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 Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, 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, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey'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 EP from Kent, OH's Annabel
• The new EP from Thousand Oaks, CA's The Braces
• The new self-titled 7-inch from Gainesville, FL's Douglas Shields and the X-Factors
• Baltimore, MD-based melodic hardcore act Deep Sleep
• The new 7" from Brooklyn, N.Y. based The Forthrights
• The new full length from Fort Worth, TX-based Mind Spiders

Also don't forget to check out the new record from Philadelphia, PA-based Amateur Party, the new full-length from Richmond, VA's Hold Tight!, an exclusive track from Oklahoma City, OK's Red City Radio, and the debut full-length from Grand Rapids, MI's Lenin/McCarthy. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

January 23, 2011

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White (back in the Sunday Edition saddle this week while Bryne Yancey donates a kidney) 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:

• Rise Against posted their new song "Help is On The Way"
• Coachella has booked a million bandsincluding City and Colour, a reunited Death From Above 1979, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Jimmy Eat World, The Aquabats, OFF!, Titus Andronicus and Wire.
• Members of Fugazi are slated to appear at an "Instrument" screening in DC
• Melissa Etheridge is set to play the lead in Green Day's American Idiot broadway show
• Warped Tour added Set Your Goals, MC Lars, Abandon All Ships, and Foxy Shazam
• Angels and Airwaves confirmed a film festival screening for "Love"
• Thursday posted a cover of Bad Religion's "Generator"

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:

• Scotty Sandwich of Death To False Hope Records and The Sandwiches
• Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour
• Hugo Mudie of The Sainte Catherines
• The Hot Toddies
• Joe McMahon of Smoke Or Fire
• Brendan Kelly and Elway in a band on band interview

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: Certainly, to like a female artist's music simply because she is attractive would be demeaning. But, what's wrong with thinking a female musician is hot in addition to liking her music? I just can't deny my base instincts. A: There's nothing wrong with finding someone attractive, it's just that those two things are mutually exclusive and (quite frankly) nobody really cares how attractive (or not) you find someone. If an artist comes into conversation on Punknews (or elsewhere) and your only contribution to the conversation is a comment on their looks it doesn't really add anything substantive to the discussion. Your base instincts are fine and dandy, just keep them in your pants.

-Adam

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 Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, 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, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey'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 7" from Brooklyn, N.Y. based the Forthrights
• The new full length from Fort Worth, TX-based Mind Spiders
• Baltimore, MD-based melodic hardcore act Deep Sleep
• The new record from Philadelphia, PA-based Amateur Party
• The new full-length from Richmond, VA's Hold Tight!
• An exclusive track from Oklahoma City, OK's Red City Radio

Also don't forget to check out the debut full-length from Grand Rapids, MI's Lenin/McCarthy, Brooklyn, NY's Daytrader, Allston, MA'a Wolves and the Radio, and Orlando, FL's Grave Return. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

January 16, 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:

• Your Favorite Records from 2010, as voted on the Punknews readers, were revealed. The Gaslight Anthem's American Slang tops the list.
• A pair of completely unrelated ska stories made waves this week, with news that Scott Klopfenstein was leaving Reel Big Fish and that Mighty Mighty Bosstones frontman being detained by Los Angeles police for having scary tattoos.
• Against Me! performed on the Nervous Energies Sessions, which created a ton of positive buzz for new drummer Jay Weinberg.
• Social Distortion provoked an interesting debate with the stream of their new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
• More bands were added to Warped 2011, including Simple Plan, The Aggrolites and SHARKS.
• Rise Against revealed some initial details about their upcoming sixth album, Endgame.

  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.

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:

Also - in the last podcast, you mentioned that some bands pretty much put out the same record over and over again, but in a good way. Like who, in your humble opinion? A:

There's a fine line here between tediously putting out the same album and having a so-called "winning formula." Bad Religion's in the latter camp for me. I love them, but their sound and approach is so stable and established at this point that you could consider them to be putting out the "same album" again and again. As it's a great album, I'm personally ok with that.
-Adam

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 Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, 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, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey'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 Richmond, VA's Hold Tight!
• An exclusive track from Oklahoma City, OK's Red City Radio
• The latest from Grand Rapids, MI's Lenin/McCarthy
• The upcoming EP from Brooklyn, NY's Daytrader
• The new LP from Allston, MA'a Wolves and the Radio
• The new demo from Orlando, FL's Grave Return

Also don't forget to check out the debut full-length from Long Beach, CA's Joyce Manor, the new LP from Swansea, UK's Ssssnakes, the new full-length from Denver, CO's Tin Horn Prayer, the latest EP from Cincinnati, OH's Mixtapes, and the new full-length from Pittsburgh, PA's Run, Forever. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

The Punknews Podcast is going strong! We (try to) post a new episode every week featuring new music, commentary and bad jokes. You can check it out via your favorite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.