Posted by aubin on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Earlier this month, A Coastline Ending released their new full length, In the Name of Progression…. To celebrate, we've got a prize packaged to give away to one lucky reader.
Posted by aubin on Friday, August 8, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Punknews.org is happy to team up with Phillyist.com and Columbia Records to offer a few lucky Valencia fans tickets to see an upcoming Philadelphia Phillies game with Valencia on August 19th vs. The Washington Nationals. For those of you who do not reside in the tri-state area there are other prizes as well. You can see below for complete details.
Posted by adam on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 3:30 PM (EDT)
Rochester, New York's Sakes Alive!! are gearing up for the launch of their new 7" on Barrett Records. The Act I 7" will feature the tracks "I'm Religious," "Staff Meeting" and "Relax," with 100 copies pressed on transparent green vinyl and 400 on mixed colour marble. The Syracuse based label has a preorder started for the record, with MP3s included. Look for it in stores on August 18th.
To celebrate the new release the band is giving prize packs featuring extremely rare test pressings of the new record. Want one? Well then click below to enter!
Posted by chris on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
Los Angeles-based hardcore outfit Terror are currently on a huge US tour in support of their third full-length release, The Damned, The Shamed, which just hit stores via Century Media. We've teamed up with the label to give away a set of 2 tickets for each week of the US and Canadian dates.
Wanna go mosh it up? Well, head over to the band's MySpace page, choose your city and date. Next, click Read More to enter below.
Contests: Win tickets to see The Enemy UK at the Osheaga Festival
Posted by aubin on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:45 PM (EDT)
To celebrate the release of the new Enemy UK record "We'll Live and Die In These Towns", Punknews.org and Warner Brothers Records are happy to team up to offer two tickets to see The Enemy UK at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, QC on August 4th. Other artists performing include MGMT, The Weakerthans, and Gogol Bordello just to name a few.
Along with the tickets for a grand prize winner, three runner ups will receive a copy of the band's new album.
You can click Read More for the details.
Contests: Win tickets to see MC Rut and Burning Brides
Posted by aubin on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:15 PM (EDT)
We've got a quick mini-contest today. Sacramento's MC Rut has some shows coming up this week with Burning Brides. We've got a pair of
tickets for the July 18 show in Seattle, WA, another set for July 22 in San Francisco, CA and July
24th in Los Angeles, CA.
You can check out some music from the band's new EP right here.
All you need to do to enter the contest is send your preferred city to mcrutcontest@gmail.com as soon as possible. The contest is just for the tickets, so transportation is up to you.
Contests: Win the Teenage Bottlerocket / Broadway Calls splits and full lengths
Posted by aubin on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
With the imminent release of the upcoming Adeline split featuring Broadway Calls and Teenage Bottlerocket, we've got a copy of the split as well as each of the band's latest albums to give away. So, along with the brand new split, you'll get copies of Broadway Calls and Warning Device.
The split itself includes songs from both of the bands, with each contributing an original and a cover with Broadway Calls tackling Billy Bragg's "She's Got a New Spell" and Teenage Bottlerocket covering Dead Milkmen's "Dean's Dream."
Contests: Watch Thursday, Hot Water Music and Paint It Black in New York City
Posted by aubin on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
This Saturday, Thursday and Hot Water Music will co -headline a show with Paint It Black at Terminal 5 in New York City . To celebrate, we've got a pair of tickets for the event to give away. The contest is going to be very quick, and is only open to people who can actually get to the show, and live in the US or Canada (excluding Quebec.)
Tickets at the 3000-capacity venue are $25.00 and available here.
Contests: Check out Circles Jerks, D4, Matt & Kim at F*ck Yeah Tour
Posted by aubin on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
We've got three sets of two tickets to give away for dates on the 2008 edition of the F*ck Yeah Tour. The shows take place in Philadelphia, PA, New York City and Brooklyn, NY. Since the prizes don't include a plane, you'll need to find a way to get there but when you do, you'll be treated to highly anticipated sets from the Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, Matt & Kim and more. Philadelphia includes Paint It Black, New York City and Brooklyn include Team Robespierre.
Since these shows are coming up very soon, this is a short contest so you have better odds of winning than ever. You can click Read More for the details.
Posted by aubin on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 6:30 PM (EDT)
Killswitch Engage have launched a brand new merch store and to celebrate this new endeavour, they want to give away a bunch of merch in what we're calling the "Killswitch Engage Merch Bonanza" mainly because "bonanza" is an awesome word.
Posted by aubin on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Earlier this week, Burlington, ON's Saint Alvia Cartel released their new self-titled album in the United States for the first time. The ska/punk outfit includes members of notable Canadian acts like Boys Night Out, Grade and Jersey.
We've got three prize packages to give away with music, apparel and posters.
Posted by chris on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 9:00 PM (EDT)
So, by now we've figured out that Weezer dig colors. Their newest record, The Red Album, was recently released, and the band is giving away some free stuff. We've got some CD's, a vinyl single and some posters to give away to a few lucky winners.
For a list of prizes and official rules, click Read More.
Posted by aubin on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
This month Vice released the DVD of the critically acclaimed documentary about aggressive music in Iraq, Heavy Metal in Baghdad. The film primarily focuses on Acrassicauda, one of the few bands that dared to play Western music in the dangerously sectarian Iraq. To celebrate the release, the label has provided a copy of the DVD and a poster autographed by the band for one winner here at Punknews.org
You can click Read More for the details on how to enter.
Contests: Win stuff from A Wilhelm Scream, Living With Lions
Posted by aubin on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
New Bedford Massachusetts' A Wilhelm Scream are embarking on the "Famoose Friends & Fashion Pelts Tour" across Canada this summer with special guests, Living With Lions
For every Canadian show on the tour, the bands will be providing two tickets, a copy of
Career Suicide and an AWS shirt, a copy of Living With Lion's Make Your Mark and a big of Atticus Merch. At the end, each winner will be part of a grand prize draw for an even bigger Atticus prize package.
You can click Read More for the details on how to enter.
Contributed by ben_conoley. Posted by ben on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Less Than Jake, who are about to release GNV/FLA on their own Sleep it Off Records want to offer one reader the opportunity to take home not only a copy of the record, but also a portable record player to play it on.
Wait, it gets better. Tthe portable record player is hand-painted by Richard Minino, the artist responsible for the new album's artwork. Just to make the deal even sweeter, Less Than Jake will be throwing their signatures onto the record packaging.