The Week That Was: Dec. 11 – Dec. 17

A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.

This week’s highlights include:

• Dave Hause &  Chuck Ragan collaborated for a cover.
• Bands that debuted new music videos include Matt Toka, Simple Plan, and Hopes Die Last.
• Bands with recent tour announcements include Lucero, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, A Great Big Pile of Leaves / Young Statues / Mansions, and We Are The Union/The Tossers, D.R.U.G.S. / Hit The Lights / Sparks The Rescue / Like Moths To Flames.
• Good Old War debuted a brand new single.
• Thrice announced their final release before their hiatus.
• Candy Hearts appeared for Nervous Energies Sessions.
• Smoking Popes played a Daytrotter Session.
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones gave away a free song.
• Country outlaw Bob Wayne announced plans for his next album.
• Sharks announced details for their next full length.
• Cheap Girls previewed a new song.
• The Copyrights, Grey Area, The Reveling and Luther announced a 4 Way Split.
• The Used joined Hopeless Records.
• It was a tough week for punks in Indonesia.
• Bayside’s Anthony Raneri announced a solo record.
• We launched a stream of Have Nots’ Proud.
• We launched an interview for Burly Calling and Andrew Jackson Jihad.
• And you can still dowload fourteenth episode of ThePunkSite.com Radio Show! Download it now!

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