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…
The hardcore scene let out a collective scream of anguish this week as the celebrated Modern Life is War called it quits. Jello Biafra spoke out against the RIAA, comparing the industry association to the mafia and thus offending the dons and hitmen worldwide. The Foo Fighters are taking Marvel Comics to court over the unauthorized use of their songs recent commercials. Matt Murdock will represent Mr. Grohl and with Jennifer Walters defending the House of Ideas. Speaking of funnybooks, look for popular punk webcomic Nothing Nice To Say to arrive soon in meatspace via Dark Horse.
A number of bands talked up their upcoming records this week. The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland discussed their new album, upcoming tour and new drummer. Sleepercar, featuring Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In, are planning an April release. Pulley has completed mastering their new EP and first release since 2004. The folks at Bridge Nine Records also detailed the new New Found Glory EP and H2O full length. Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba is working with Ashes Divide while Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus will be co-writing songs with All Time Low.
On the touring front Hot Water Music continues to add the occasional show here and there. Jimmy Eat World and Paramore will be co-headling a tour soon. Horse The Band also announced the routing for their absolutely ambitious and quite likely insane 40-country tour. On the media front Pennywise has put their new track “Something to Live For” up for download and Against Me! has unleashed an acoustic video for “New Wave.”
Our Video of the Week returned this week after an all too long break with the second part of a Bomb The Music Industry! feature. The big three oh edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake, profiling the band’s massive vinyl catalogue. Our Editors’ Picks this week featured Philadelphia’s Capillary Action. This week also brought new Streaming Music from a number of bands, including the new EP from Worcester, MA’s Smartbomb (featuring members of No Trigger and Shock Nagasaki), the new full length from melodic pop punk act The Frantic and Warning Device, the second full length from Teenage Bottlerocket.
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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…
The hardcore scene let out a collective scream of anguish this week as the celebrated Modern Life is War called it quits. Jello Biafra spoke out against the RIAA, comparing the industry association to the mafia and thus offending the dons and hitmen worldwide. The Foo Fighters are taking Marvel Comics to court over the unauthorized use of their songs recent commercials. Matt Murdock will represent Mr. Grohl and with Jennifer Walters defending the House of Ideas. Speaking of funnybooks, look for popular punk webcomic Nothing Nice To Say to arrive soon in meatspace via Dark Horse.
A number of bands talked up their upcoming records this week. The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland discussed their new album, upcoming tour and new drummer. Sleepercar, featuring Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In, are planning an April release. Pulley has completed mastering their new EP and first release since 2004. The folks at Bridge Nine Records also detailed the new New Found Glory EP and H2O full length. Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba is working with Ashes Divide while Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus will be co-writing songs with All Time Low.
On the touring front Hot Water Music continues to add the occasional show here and there. Jimmy Eat World and Paramore will be co-headling a tour soon. Horse The Band also announced the routing for their absolutely ambitious and quite likely insane 40-country tour. On the media front Pennywise has put their new track “Something to Live For” up for download and Against Me! has unleashed an acoustic video for “New Wave.”
Our Video of the Week returned this week after an all too long break with the second part of a Bomb The Music Industry! feature. The big three oh edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake, profiling the band’s massive vinyl catalogue. Our Editors’ Picks this week featured Philadelphia’s Capillary Action. This week also brought new Streaming Music from a number of bands, including the new EP from Worcester, MA’s Smartbomb (featuring members of No Trigger and Shock Nagasaki), the new full length from melodic pop punk act The Frantic and Warning Device, the second full length from Teenage Bottlerocket.
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