Posted on 2009-08-24 03:00:14
Artist/band(s):
AFI [FB],
Bane [FB],
Converge [FB],
Crime In Stereo [FB],
D.R.I. [FB],
Earth Crisis [FB],
Fireworks [FB],
Four Year Strong [FB],
Have Heart [FB],
Jawbreaker [FB],
Jets to Brazil [FB],
Lit [FB],
Mars Volta [FB],
Motorhead [FB],
Municipal Waste [FB],
Nirvana [FB],
Pennywise [FB],
Shonen Knife [FB],
The Casualties [FB],
Weezer [FB]
Source:
http://www.punknews.org/article/34916
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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...
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This week's most popular stories
Fans were shocked this month as after 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows, vocalist
Jim Lindberg left Pennywise. The band will however continue on, with the remaining three members
in search of a new singer.
Former
Jawbreaker and
Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach has put a fork in his new band
Thorns of Life. The short lived and much buzzed about act leaves behind no studio work, but they do have a successor. Schwarzenbach's new band is
forgetters, a band which apparently includes former
Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon.
AFI has
unveiled the track listing and cover art for Crash Love. The album's due on September 29th and is the band's first since 2006's Decemberunderground.
Nirvana was in the news a few times this week. The band's debut full length Bleach
is headed for a deluxe reissue on Sub Pop. A plaque in honor of late frontman Kurt Cobain also stirred controversy in his hometown of
Aberdeen, Washington. Town officials aren't happy with the language in the engraved "drugs are bad for you, they will fuck you up" quote.
The
Lawrence Arms] have titled their
upcoming 7-inch Buttsweat and Tears.
Converge detailed their upcoming
full length Axe to Fall, due on October 20th.
Banner Pilot has posted another song from their Fat Wreck debut Collapser, titled
"Skeleton Key."
Broadway Calls streamed their new full length
"Midnight Hour."
Weezer has unveiled their first single from their new album, dubbed
"(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To."
Scranton, PA's
Captain, We're Sinking! posted a
free download of their new demo online.
This week also brought
new music from
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.
The lineup for
Riot Fest West includes bands like
Screeching Weasel,
Dead Milkmen,
Adolescents, and
Naked Raygun.
Fun Fun Fun Fest adds
Fucked Up, and
D.R.I. among others.
Have Heart also detailed their
final show with
Bane, and
Shipwreck a.d..
This week we said goodbye to
Lit drummer
Allen Shellenberger (1970-2009).
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This week we spoke with
Jake Kolatis of
The Casualties (
interview),
Aaron Scott of
Attica! Attica! (
interview),
Frank Turner (
interview part 2),
and
Eric Solomon of
O Pioneers!!! (
interview).
Our
Food Not Songs series of punk rock recipies featured John Peck of
American Steel's
Squash Blossoms Rangoon.
This week's
Editors' Picks recommended music from
Sainthood Reps and The Republic of Wolves.
As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including
the new full length from Seattle's
The Spits,
the new record from New York street punks
The Casualties,
San Francisco, CA's
Heartsounds,
and Punknews community-spawned monstrosity the
Sandwiches.
So what's coming up
this week?
Look for new releases from
Intro5pect,
Municipal Waste,
Shonen Knife,
Soul Control,
The Casualties,
and
The Methadones
with tours kicking off from
the
Mars Volta (
US),
Earth Crisis with many others (
Europe)
Motorhead (A Href="http://www.punknews.org/article/34135">US / Canada),
Fake Problems (
Europe),
Four Year Strong with
Crime in Stereo,
Fireworks and A Loss for Words (
US),
and
The Static Age (
Europe).
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