It's Sunday August 26th, 2007. Now that Moz has turned down the 75 million dollar reunion payday I'd like to offer to step in and manage the redistribution of those funds. I know it's a burden, but I'm pretty sure we could find 75 bands that would each take a million to reunite. Well, maybe 73 and then the staff here could get some sweet hovercrafts. Yeah.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday Morrissey was in the news a few times this week, as the temperamental and influential singer / songwriter not only announced a
fall US solo tour but
turned down a $75 million offer to reunite the
Smiths. After the PR blitz and last week's fiasco we figured
Against Me! might want to lay low and give fans a breather, but they forgot to let Australian indie rocker
Ben Lee in on the plan, and he launched an
entire cover album that reproduced
New Wave acoustically. Rolling Stone's bewildering mix of serious journalism and pop culture garbage touched on a familiar scene this week, as the mag
investigated hardcore "crew" FSU and the James Morrison murder. The digital music scene continues to shift and evolve, with retail mega-weight Wal-Mart now
launching a DRM-free online store. Fans of
All and the
Descendents were shocked to hear that bassist Karl Alvarez had
suffered a heart attack this week and is now facing mounting medical bills. On the touring front
Big D and the Kids Table are
planning to hit the road with
Whole Wheat Bread and China's
Brain Failure opening various legs of the jaunt.
NOFX is
heading to Israel, and while there will play shows with several Israeli punk bands including
Useless ID and
Man Alive. What's coming down the pipe? How about a
double DVD live set from the legendary
Ramones, a
new studio album from Sweden's
Millencolin, and
Streetlight Manifesto's
Somewhere In The Between LP. The next
Tony Hawk skateboarding game will feature music from
Gorilla Biscuits,
Paint It Black and
Snapcase among others, and Warped Tour head Kevin Lyman is
set to produce the new movie "Endless Bummer." This week also brought new media from
Atreyu, who
streamed a few new songs, and
Avenged Sevenfold who put up
"Critical Acclaim" for the world to preview. This week we were thrilled to announce the now sold out
Mutiny PR / Punknews.org CMJ showcase with the
Loved Ones,
Tim Barry,
Smoke or Fire, the
Falcon,
American Steel,
Fake Problems and
Sundowner. The fifth edition of
Vinyl File featured a chat with Team Science Records head Aaron Danger and previewed a ton of upcoming wax. Our
Editor's Picks this week featured music from
Halfway To Hell Club and the
Sadies. We also streamed new music from longstanding DC ska act the
Pietasters with the full album
All Day. and a new track from third wave ska mainstays
Mustard Plug. Click
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