Posted on 2009-09-28 03:00:12
Artist/band(s):
AFI [FB],
Brand New [FB],
Converge [FB],
Crime In Stereo [FB],
Death [FB],
Dinosaur Jr. [FB],
Evergreen Terrace [FB],
Glassjaw [FB],
Gogol Bordello [FB],
Hot Water Music [FB],
Iggy Pop [FB],
Jawbreaker [FB],
Jets to Brazil [FB],
Manchester Orchestra [FB],
Mastodon [FB],
Misfits [FB],
Muse [FB],
Paramore [FB],
Senses Fail [FB],
Social Distortion [FB],
Strike Anywhere [FB],
Strung Out [FB],
Taking Back Sunday [FB],
The Color Fred [FB],
Thrice [FB],
Weezer [FB]
Source:
http://www.punknews.org/article/35352
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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 People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday
This week's most popular stories
Anti-Flag was forced to cancel their "G20 Welcoming Party" show in their hometown of Pittsburg due to the proximity of their venue to the expanded security perimeter surrounding the summit. They encouraged fans to
get out and protest anyways.
Matt Bellamy of
Muse kicked up a heated discussion by suggesting that all
internet data usage be progressively taxed to subsidize artists. Tech industry blog TechCrunch has been increasingly critical of similar musician-bred solutions to the issue, sarcastically suggesting we should just throw up our hands and
ban music. This comes after some in the music industry suggested that royalties should be collected for usage such as 30 second song samples in digital stores.
Scientists decided to pit vinyl against CD and digital formats in an attempt to
quantify fidelity with interesting results.
Critically acclaimed hip hop artist and actor Mos Def is collaborating with Damon Dash of Roc-A-Fella Records to produce a
documentary about pioneering Detroit punk outfit Death.
Social Distortion is set to hit the studio in
January of 2010 to work on new material.
forgetters, which features
Jawbreaker/
Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach and original
Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon, is set to record a 7" in October.
Label Paper and Plastick is set to release
Frank Turner's
First Three Years LP.
Weezer revealed their
Raditude track listing and bonus material.
We also saw
artwork from the debut from
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.
This week saw streams of three big upcoming records, those being
AFI's
Crash Love,
the
Swellers
Ups and Downsizing and
Strung Out's
Agents of the Underground.
The recently reunited
Small Brown Bike has been
confirmed for The Fest 8.
Converge is set to kick off a
two month tour of the US with
Mastodon, and
High on Fire among others.
Hot Water Music is also set to get back together for a
November tour of Germany.
This week brought a video from
Brand New for the song
"At the Bottom" and images of
Iggy Pop from the
Lego Rock Band video game.
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
This week we spoke with
Calvinball guitarist / vocalist Dave Wolinsky (
interview),
Fred Mascherino of
The Color Fred (formerly of
Taking Back Sunday) (
interview),
Chicken, Nathan Grice, and Ian Anderson of
Dead To Me (
interview),
Peter Helmis of
Algernon Cadwallader (
interview),
and
Rory Henderson of
American Steel (
interview).
Our
Dispatches series of band blogs featured British singer-songwriter
Mike Scott, currently on tour with
Kevin Seconds (
Episode 1).
As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including
the new full length from Baltimore, Maryland's
Ruiner,
and
new material from London-based
Apologies, I Have None.
So what's coming up
this week?
Look for new releases from
AFI,
Doomriders,
Evergreen Terrace,
Krum Bums,
Paramore,
Strung Out
and
the
Swellers.
We'll also see a huge number of tours kick off this week. Look for upcoming shows from
Nobunny and
Jay Reatard (
US),
Weatherbox (
US),
Dinosaur Jr. (
US),
Brand New with
Manchester Orchestra,
Thrice,
Glassjaw (
US),
Senses Fail (
US),
Strung Out (
US),
Bridge & Tunnel (
US),
Strike Anywhere with
Crime in Stereo,
Polar Bear Club,
Ruiner (
US),
AFI (
US),
Moneen (
US),
Apostle of Hustle with
Gogol Bordello (
US),
and the
Misfits (
Mexico, US, Canada).
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