The Week That Was: Jul. 31 – Aug. 6

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:

• New Found Glory announced that they would be releasing a new 7″ with an exclusive b-side alongside Radiosurgery, which was freshly dated and detailed.
• New music videos released by bands include Last Call, Sum 41, White Wives, Lucero, Blink 182, Manchester Orchestra, Frank Turner, A Shattered Hope, Rancid, and Cartel.
• Bands with recent tour announcements include Tigers Jaw, Madball, Dillinger Escape Plan, On My Honor/Still Rings True, Between The Buried And Me, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Bad Religion, Death Cab For Cutie, and OFF!
• Have Gun Will Travel officially joined the Suburban Home Records family.
• Blink 182 debuted their second brand new track.
• Despite their breakup, Ben Weasel released two new Riverdales songs.
• Reel Big Fish cancelled a show on short notice due to medical concerns.
• Kind Of Like Records offered up a new label compilation for free.
• Yellowcard is reissuing their entire discography as a vinyl boxset.
• Houseboat launched a full alum stream of their sophomore effort.
• Pure Noise Recordings added Troubled Coast to their roster.
• Death To False Hope Records released a free celebratory 100 song compilation.
• We launched a new contest for one lucky winner to walk away with a Crucial Dudes prize pack, and second contest with a Landmines prize pack!
• We posted a brand new interview with Reel Big Fish.
• And Bobby sat down for episode 12 of ThePunkSite.com radio show, available for download later this week!

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