The Week That Was: Dec. 5 – Dec. 11

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:

• Yellowcard announced the completion of their Hopeless Records debut.
• Bands with new tour announcements include Devil’s Bridage, Senses Fail, Reverend Peyton, Forgetters, Against Me!, and Defiance Ohio.
• The Get Up Kids launched a stream of a brand new song.
• Frank Turner performed acoustically in a bathroom.
• New music videos include oferings by Pulley, The Snips, The Futureheads, and Bring Me The Horizon,.
• The first wave of Vans Warped Tour 2011 bands became known.
• The Damned Things released two new songs.
• The Gaslight Anthem are planning to start ontheir next album in Jauary.
• Tom Gabel discussed Against Me!’s recent label change.
• Panic At The Disco titled their follow up to Pretty. Odd.
• Screeching Weasel detailed their plans for the band’s next full length.
• Hot Water Music and Bouncing Souls announced that they will be teaming up for a brand new split..
• Sierra posted the latest addition of her column Tales Of The Holly(weird).
• Chris brought us brand new live photos from Alexisonfire, Norma Jean, and La Dispute.
• And we relaunched a brand new forum for all you regulars to discuss anything and everything punk!

And don’t forget we’re also syndicated across a variety of social network sites where you can gets news delivered directly to you. So make sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. We also recently released our very first official compilation: It’s Like Bringing A Fort To A Gunfight – check it out.