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…

The line up for the 2009 edition of the long running Warped Tour has been announced. The summer trek will feature the likes of Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, the Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, NOFX, Gallows, and the Ataris. Two members of Blackheart Records’ indie/punk outfit Girl in a Coma were arrested in Houston after an altercation with police. Musician John Mellencamp contributed his voice to the chorus of commentators discussing the sorry State of the Music Business. His lengthy article appeared on the Huffington Post earlier this week.

NOFX has released a new song from their upcoming record, putting “The Quitter” online for preview. Dinosaur Jr. detailed their new record, the album is titled Farm and is due out June 23rd. A 39 song Kid Dynamite tribute is set for release and will feature the Ergs, No Trigger and This Is Hell. Green Day discussed their new record with Rolling Stone as well. Universal Records subsidiary, Original Recordings has commissioned Bernie Grubman to remaster Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged in New York for reissue on 180 gram vinyl. The Offspring has announced a tour of the US and Canada that will feature Alkaline Trio, Street Dogs, Shiny Toy Guns, Sum 41, Pennywise and the Dropkick Murphys. Propagandhi have added more US dates with Bridge and Tunnel this May. No Use For A Name have an upcoming tour of South America. The first batch of bands have been confirmed for the Sound and Fury Festival 2009 in Oxnard, CA. Look for Betrayed, Ceremony, Cold World and Trash Talk among the bands performing. Metallica have a tour of North America on the way. This week the band also described Guitar Hero as “new model for the music industry.” Speaking of the popular video game, there was word this week that it would see expansions featuring the Pixies, Nirvana, and Motorhead. Richmond, VA’s the Riot Before have released their video for “We Are Wild Stallions.” A live recording surfaced of the Gaslight Anthem performing the Replacements classic “Left of the Dial.” Blink-182 also teased their summer tour in a new video.

This week we said goodbye to the Cute Lepers guitarist Travis Criscola (1985-2009).

Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4 and now Episode 5 of For Those Still Standing.

As always we brought you new Streaming Music including San Jose, CA’s pop-punk outfit Pillowfights, Richmond-based Foundation (the latest work from Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta and Inquisition), Detroit’s Fireworks, and the new EP from Hartford, CT-based Make Do and Mend. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from In The Red, Big Business, Pansy Division, Pulling Teeth, Silverstein, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Strung Out with tours kicking off from Agnostic Front / Ruiner (US), Fall Out Boy / All Time Low / Cobra Starship (US / Canada), Have Heart / Shook Ones (US west coast), Death By Stereo (Europe), Riverboat Gamblers / Fake Problems / William Elliott Whitmore (US), No Use For A Name (South America), and Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls and Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers (US east coast).
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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 this week…

The line up for the 2009 edition of the long running Warped Tour has been announced. The summer trek will feature the likes of Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, the Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, NOFX, Gallows, and the Ataris. Two members of Blackheart Records’ indie/punk outfit Girl in a Coma were arrested in Houston after an altercation with police. Musician John Mellencamp contributed his voice to the chorus of commentators discussing the sorry State of the Music Business. His lengthy article appeared on the Huffington Post earlier this week.

NOFX has released a new song from their upcoming record, putting “The Quitter” online for preview. Dinosaur Jr. detailed their new record, the album is titled Farm and is due out June 23rd. A 39 song Kid Dynamite tribute is set for release and will feature the Ergs, No Trigger and This Is Hell. Green Day discussed their new record with Rolling Stone as well. Universal Records subsidiary, Original Recordings has commissioned Bernie Grubman to remaster Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged in New York for reissue on 180 gram vinyl. The Offspring has announced a tour of the US and Canada that will feature Alkaline Trio, Street Dogs, Shiny Toy Guns, Sum 41, Pennywise and the Dropkick Murphys. Propagandhi have added more US dates with Bridge and Tunnel this May. No Use For A Name have an upcoming tour of South America. The first batch of bands have been confirmed for the Sound and Fury Festival 2009 in Oxnard, CA. Look for Betrayed, Ceremony, Cold World and Trash Talk among the bands performing. Metallica have a tour of North America on the way. This week the band also described Guitar Hero as “new model for the music industry.” Speaking of the popular video game, there was word this week that it would see expansions featuring the Pixies, Nirvana, and Motorhead. Richmond, VA’s the Riot Before have released their video for “We Are Wild Stallions.” A live recording surfaced of the Gaslight Anthem performing the Replacements classic “Left of the Dial.” Blink-182 also teased their summer tour in a new video.

This week we said goodbye to the Cute Lepers guitarist Travis Criscola (1985-2009).

Punknews.org is proud to present a new feature from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike will have some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4 and now Episode 5 of For Those Still Standing.

As always we brought you new Streaming Music including San Jose, CA’s pop-punk outfit Pillowfights, Richmond-based Foundation (the latest work from Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta and Inquisition), Detroit’s Fireworks, and the new EP from Hartford, CT-based Make Do and Mend. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from In The Red, Big Business, Pansy Division, Pulling Teeth, Silverstein, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Strung Out with tours kicking off from Agnostic Front / Ruiner (US), Fall Out Boy / All Time Low / Cobra Starship (US / Canada), Have Heart / Shook Ones (US west coast), Death By Stereo (Europe), Riverboat Gamblers / Fake Problems / William Elliott Whitmore (US), No Use For A Name (South America), and Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls and Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers (US east coast).
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