November 7th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• Propagandhi is looking for a new label to make them a solid offer. Is MCA still around?
• Jay Navarro's Hellmouth have released their new song "Exodus"
• Karl Alvarez talked about the future of the Descendents
• The great musical Satan known as Brokencyde unvieled their video for "Teach Me How To Scream"
• The Flatliners, The Menzingers, Fake Problems and Mockingbird Wish Me Luck are teaming up for a Canadian tour that just looks pretty amazing (for me anyways).
• Buddy from Senses Fail spoke quite critically of pop-oriented bands like All Time Low, and Boys Like Girls this week
• Converge has begun writing their next album
• Social Distortion unveiled their new album artwork

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Benji Madden of Good Charlotte
• Rich, Dave and John of Twelve Hour Turn
• Fat Mike of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and NOFX
• Jeff Rosenstock Bomb the Music Industry and Kudrow
• Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars and Hawks and Doves
• Brian Frost and John Marullo of Protagonist interviewing Strike Anywhere

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to several social media networks and we're striving to provide you with quality, 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: Who's the most punk recording artist that is not considered a punk by most critics and music fans? A: This is a pretty interesting question.

We're more in the habit of defining bands by the company they keep and the ideals they extol than their sound. For example, we'll happily call acts like Austin Lucas or Frank Turner punk despite the fact that what they're playing is often (from a strict genre classification perspective) better labelled as country or folk or plain old rock'n'roll. At the same time bands that are closer to punk in sound but not really part of the modern punk scene we're always uneasy about calling punk. Take British bands like the Libertines or Futureheads, they've got some pretty dead-on punk moments sound-wise but as they didn't/don't run with punk bands (at least big recognizable North American punk bands) they're not often spoken of as punk.

As for what's the most egregious misclassification? I have no idea.

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favour and pay a visit to Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, Bryne Yancey's Orlando blog Overheated, and Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo. 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 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 Dutch punk act Antillectual
• The new EP from San Diego, CA-based The Bombpops
• Part 1 of our 46 track free Fest compilation
• Part 2 of our 46 track free Fest compilation
• The new full length from Montreal, QC-based The Sainte Catherines
• The new full length from Columbus, OH-based Two Cow Garage

Also don't forget to check out the new full length from Allston, MA power trio The Cold Beat, the new demo from Plattsburgh, NY melodic hardcore trio Lie Captive, the new split 7" from Long Beach, CA's Joyce Manor and fellow Californians Summer Vacation, and the new EP from North Coast, Ireland's Under Stars and Gutters. 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 favourite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

October 31st, 2010

' Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• Descendents have been added to Fun Fun Fun Fest
• Frank Turner unveiled his the video for his new song "I Still Believe"
• For better or worse Fearless is streaming Punk Goes Pop, Volume 3
• Dave Grohl will reunite with Krist Novoselic and Butch Vig on the next Foo Fighters album
• Details were released on the Tony Hawk: Shred soundtrack
• H2O is planning a covers LP which will feature Descendents, Ramones, U2 and Tribe Called Quest songs

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Rich, Dave and John of Twelve Hour Turn
• Fat Mike of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and NOFX
• Jeff Rosenstock Bomb the Music Industry and Kudrow
• Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars and Hawks and Doves
• Brian Frost and John Marullo of Protagonist interviewing Strike Anywhere
• Dan Yemin and Andy Nelson of Paint It Black

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to several social media networks and we're striving to provide you with quality, 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 does stuff in the "Happening Now" bar not make it to main story status? A: Depends. It's usually falls into one of three categories:

1) A newsbit that isn't substantial enough to warrant a story, but that we think is still worth checking out
2) A story either completely unrelated or only tangentially related to punk that's interesting, weird, funny, etc
3) A link to another site with its own content that we're either not permitted to copy or just don't copy out of professional courtesy

Those are the big ones, but it's really a judgment call each time.

We've also had a few folks specifically request having stories posted in the "Happening Now" bar. It has its advantages, the largest of which is that the link usually stays on the main page for longer than a day.

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favour 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 Orlando blog Overheated. 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 the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• Part 1 of our 46 track free Fest compilation
• Part 2 of our 46 track free Fest compilation
• The new full length from Montreal, QC-based The Sainte Catherines
• The new full length from Columbus, OH-based Two Cow Garage
• The new full length from Allston, MA power trio The Cold Beat
• The new demo from Plattsburgh, NY melodic hardcore trio Lie Captive

Also don't forget to check out the new split 7" from Long Beach, CA's Joyce Manor and fellow Californians Summer Vacation, the new EP from North Coast, Ireland's Under Stars and Gutters, the new full length from Swansea, UK-based the Arteries, and the new album from Omaha, NB-based Tim Kasher of Cursive and the Good Life. 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 favourite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.

October 24th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• Velvet Underground's Maureen Tucker talks about the Tea Party movement in the US
• Bad Religion unveiled their amazing (and Into The Unknown including) 30th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set
• Kiss frontman and cranky old loudmouth Gene Simmons went to war with the internet vigilantes collectively known as Anonymous
• The Flatliners released their video for "Monumental"
• Five employees of DC9 were arrested in the beating death which took place outside a recent Agnostic Front show. Roger Miret weighed in on the incident as well.
• Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion was posted for download
• Jay Weinberg responded to his recent departure from Madball

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Brian Frost and John Marullo of Protagonist interviewing Strike Anywhere
• Dan Yemin and Andy Nelson of Paint It Black
• Colin and Ryan of Spanish Gamble
• Chris Pennie of Coheed and Cambria
• Chris Farren of Fake Problems
• Mike Dean of Corrosion of Conformity

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to several social media networks and we're striving to provide you with quality, 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: What's the drunkest Rich ever was at a show? A: One time my brother, Rich and I went to the Blue Lagoon in Santa Cruz to see Mike Park play with Chuck Ragan. When we walked in we saw the special was a shot of Jameson and a PBR for 3 bucks. Fast forward a few hours and we are _those_ guys yelling Chinkees songs at Mike and Rumbleseat songs at Chuck. We did get him to play Cursing Concrete. As we tried to leave I vaguely remember eating pizza and Taco Bell. We had to walk three miles to a hotel where they almost refused us a room.

That is, bar none, one of the best nights of my life. -Justin

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favour and pay a visit to Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press, Adam White's Niagara video blog Check In Niagara and his tumblog AdamWhite.org, Justin August's tumblogs at JustinAugust.org and Other Stuff That I Like, Bryne Yancey's Orlando blog Overheated, and Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo. 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 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 Allston, MA power trio The Cold Beat
• The new demo from Plattsburgh, NY melodic hardcore trio Lie Captive
• The new split 7" from Long Beach, CA's Joyce Manor and fellow Californians Summer Vacation.
• The new EP from North Coast, Ireland's Under Stars and Gutters
• The new full length from Swansea, UK-based the Arteries.
• The new album from Omaha, NB-based Tim Kasher of Cursive and the Good Life.

Also don't forget to check out an exclusive track from Baltimore, MD-based You, Me, And Everyone We Know, the new 7" from Thousandaires, Albany, NY-based Aficionado's new EP, and the new full length from Montreal, Quebec's Humanifesto. 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 favourite aggregator with the RSS or subscribe on iTunes.