The Week That Was: July 3 – July 9

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:

• Old Wives signed to When’s Lunch Records.
• Bands with new tour announcements include Aspiga, Get Up Kids, Heartsounds, Cattle Drums, Polar Bear Club, Great Cynics, and Agnostic Front.
• Bands with new music videos include The Dangerous Summer, Old Wives, Pour Habit, The Creepshow, The Holy Mess, Have Nots, Taking Back Sunday, and iwrestledabearonce.
• MxPx entered the studio.
• Riverboat Gamblers joined the Paper + Plastick family.
• Andrew Jackson Jihad’s next full length will be titled Knife Man.
• Sublime With Rome streamed their debut full length.
• NOFX announced that they will be releasing a new EP from 1984.
• Hot Water Music signed to Rise Records and detailed their next move.
• Nothington debuted a brand new song.
• Late Nite Wars called it a day.
• Billy Talent and Sum 41 will be playing for a good cause in Vancouver.
• We posted a brand new interview with The Dropkick Murphys.
• We posted some brand new live photos from shows by NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Old Man Markley, Chuck Ragan, and NXNE.
• And you can now download Download ThePunkSite.com Radio Show: Episode 11!

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