Flobots with Tim McIlrath of Rise Against: "White Flag Warrior"

The new song from the Flobots features guest vocals from Tim McIlrath of Rise Against. The song is the first single from the alternative hip hop band’s upcoming album, Survival Story. The track is available for sale and for streaming in a 30 second segment.
You can do both via iTunes. A sample [...]

Rise Against: "Savior (Performance Version)"

Rise Against have posted a new cut of their video for “Savior.” The original video was released in September but the band explained this version:

We received so much great feedback from our last music video, “Savior”, so we decided to compile another version of the video for everyone to check out. This one is [...]

November 22nd, 2009

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and [...]

At The Drive-In’s "One Armed Scissor" tops AP’s "Haircut 100" singles countdown

Featured in the newest issue of Alternative Press is the magazine’s “Haircut 100″ special, counting down a decade of the comtemporary punk/emo scene’s best singles. Topping the list is “One Armed Scissor,” the 2000 single by defunct post-hardcore icons At The Drive-In. Other notable entries are the Gaslight Anthem’s “The ‘59 Sound” at No. 13, [...]

KROQ announces 2009 "Almost Acoustic" Christmas with AFI, Rise Against, 311, Muse

Long running Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ has announced the lineup for this year’s upcoming Almost Acoustic Christmas. The event will feature a number of favorites including AFI,
Rise Against,
Alice In Chains,
30 Seconds To Mars,
Three Days Grace,
Anberlin,
Dead By Sunrise,
Muse,
311,
Slightly Stoopid,
Phoenix,
The Bravery,
Metric,
Vampire Weekend,
Cage the Elephant and
White Rabbits.
The event takes place at the GIbson Amphitheatre in Los [...]

NOFX: Cokie the Clown

NOFX has posted the video for “Cokie the Clown” from their 7-inch of the same name due out November 24, 2009. It features “inadvertent”
cameos from Matt Skiba, Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms among others.

Rise Against in new anti-Animal Testing ad

Rise Against continue their long-running partnership with animals right advocacy group, PETA. In the latest campaign, the band is speaking out against product animal testing and had this to say about their participation:

With alternatives to animal testing out there, it’s truly sickening that animals in laboratories are still poisoned or have chemicals rubbed in their [...]

Watch Rise Against perform in Russia

Spin Earth has posted some video of Rise Against performing in Moscow, Russia. Along with interview footage, the video features clips of a few different songs.
Check it out here.

Fat to release "Wrecktrospective" box set to celebrate 20th year

Fat Wreck Chords has announced their plans to release a 3xCD boxset titled Wrecktrospective. Originally announced several years ago, but finally getting released, the first cd will contain classic tracks from Fat Wreck Chords back catalog, while disc 2 will contain rare and unreleased tracks, and disc 3 will be the original 2001 Fat Club [...]

Rise Against, Billy Bragg, Trent Reznor, R.E.M. join Campaign to Close Guantanamo

Billy Bragg,
Billy Bragg,
Pearl Jam,
Rise Against,
REM, Nine Inch Nails and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine are among the musicians who have today announced their participation in the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo-a campaign led by retired Generals Robert Gard, John Johns, former member of Congress, Tom Andrews, and Vote Vets Chairman and Iraq [...]