Posted on 2009-02-23 03:00:13
Artist/band(s):
Bad Religion [FB],
Billy Talent [FB],
Black President [FB],
Flogging Molly [FB],
Gaslight Anthem [FB],
Haste the Day [FB],
Hatebreed [FB],
Iggy Pop [FB],
Jimmy Eat World [FB],
Lamb Of God [FB],
My Chemical Romance [FB],
Neko Case [FB],
Propagandhi [FB],
Protest The Hero [FB],
Rancid [FB],
Rise Against [FB],
Senses Fail [FB],
Street Dogs [FB],
Thursday [FB]
Source:
http://www.punknews.org/article/32437
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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 strange, slow, old people in the community talking...
The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday
This week's most popular stories
A sticker featuring folk-punk act
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb has again caused a bomb scare. This time a bicycle adorned with the band's logo caused the
evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee airport terminal. The bike turned out to be, in fact, a bike.
The
Gaslight Anthem were
robbed in Gothenburg while on tour. They didn't lose anything essential but the paperwork holdup with the Swedish police caused them to miss a show.
The Arizona Star newspaper launched a lawsuit against Tucson-based punk band Awful Truth. The band has controversially used a Star
photo of a recently slain police officer on an album cover.
Finally the punk world is on the edge of its collective seat awaiting the release of the
"Punk Rock Activity Book". Soon you can partake in word searches and drawing games such as "help
Siouxsie Sioux apply her makeup", "draw
Henry Rollins' tattoos" and "colour
Iggy Pop."
My Chemical Romance has claimed that they're going
back-to-basics on their new record and won't be "hiding behind a veil of fiction or uniforms and makeup anymore." UK based hardcore/punk outfit the Ghost of a Thousand has
signed to Epitaph Records. Tom Delonge has discussed
Blink-182's 2009 plans, claiming that there won't be much touring but they will take place in a
big event this summer.
Rise Against and
Rancid have announced their
tour dates in the US and Canada with support from the
Riverboat Gamblers and
Billy Talent.
Flogging Molly,
Street Dogs and
Civet will
hit the road in Japan.
The
Bouncing Souls are also
touring with the
Loved Ones and
Black President.
Bad Religion have dates scheduled
prior to Warped Tour as well.
This week
Bridge and Tunnel have unveiled the new song "
Loss Leaders" and post-
Distillers act
Spinnerette released their new single "
Sex Bomb."
Off With Their Heads will appear on University of Minnesota's Radio K Monday to play
play live on the air. Look for
Jimmy Eat World and
Neko Case to show up in
Rock Band 2. Our friends at Marvel Comics chatted with
Thursday's
Geoff Rickly about his favourite caped heroes. Finally this week the BBC discussed
the science of selling out.
I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain
New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives
Our
Dispatches series of band tour blogs featured
Propagandhi (
Episode 1) as the band explores Australia and New Zealand.
As always we brought you new
Streaming Music including
the new full length from Boston, MA's
Defeater,
the new record from Phoenix, AZ-based
Stereotyperider,
a 7" from Moncton, New Brunswick's
Varsity Weirdos,
and
new music from Edmonton, AB's
Passenger Action (members of
Choke,
Fordirelifesake and the
Fullblast).
So what's coming up
this week?
Look for new releases from
the
Black Lips,
Stereotyperider,
Lamb of God
and
Hatebreed
with tours kicking off from
Jimmy Eat World] performing Clarity (
US),
Senses Fail /
Haste The Day (
US),
the
Human Abstract /
Protest the Hero / the
Chariot (
Europe),
Tim Barry / Ausin Lucas /
Josh Small (
US),
Failures Union /
Cheap Girls (
US),
and
Street Dogs /
Swingin Utters /
Shot Baker (
US / Canada).
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