Ted Leo covered Minor Threat’s “Filler” as part of the Our Concert Could Be Your Life show in NYC on Sunday night to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Michael Azerrad’s book “Our Band Could Be Your Life.” The show was a collection of current indie bands covering the works of punk and indie’s early greats like Black Flag, Fugazi, Sonic Youth and Nirvana.

Leo recorded the backing music prior to the concert and sang over the pre-recorded track. He also played a whole set of Minor Threat songs like “Look Back and Laugh,” “Minor Threat,” “Stand Up” and “Salad Days.” The entire concert is available for streaming over at NPR. Check out the video of Leo here.

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In addition to their Canadian shows with Rancid and Against Me!, Blink 182 will be headlining the Honda Civic Tour with My Chemical Romance. Check out the dates here.

This of course angered European fans since the band recently canceled their dates abroad. The band issued a statement saying the two tours were booked simultaneously and that they still intend to tour the UK and Europe at a later time. You can read the whole thing over here.

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The split EP from Chicago emo act Into It. Over It. and Rochester punks Such Gold is available for streaming over at AOL. Check it out.

The EP is officially available today on Mightier Than Sword Records and limited to 500 copies.

You lucky Canadians. Tom Gabel tweeted that Against Me!, Rancid and Blink 182 will be playing a handful of shows in the great white north together this summer.

According to Blink 182’s website, the dates will be in late August in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Check out the details here.

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Florida’s folk/punks Fake Problems are just finishing up their first headlining tour and are already about to go back on the road. This time, they’ll be heading out with power-pop band Hellogoodbye, Fences and A Great Big Pile of Leaves. Check out the dates here.

Fake Problems latest album Real Ghosts Caught On Tape was released on September 21st on SideOneDummy Records.

Ever heard of Pouzza Fest? No? Well, you should have. The Montreal, Quebec festival boasts four venues and over a hundred bands over the span of three days. To make things better, all of these venues are within walking distance of each other. It’s every punk rockers dream come true. There are local and not-so-local bands playing, and true to Montreal’s character, the festival featured both Anglophone and Francophone groups. This year, the lineup included Lifetime, The Queers, Bad Astronaut, The Sainte Catherines, and many more.

As the creator and Great Designer of Pouzza Fest, Hugo Mudie didn’t have much time to reflect on the event, but was able to give us a quick interview about the planning and execution of Pouzza Fest, and explains exactly what a pouzza is. You can read the interview here.

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Cobra Skulls have announced in a tweet that they have finished recording their album. The as-of-yet untitled album will contain 13 songs and is tentatively set up to be released in September.

The band’s last album was Bringing The War Home EP which was released earlier this year.

In the wake of the recently failed Judgment Day it was only time before punk bands started writing songs about it. One of the first of what will probably be thousands of songs that will be about the failed prediction comes from thrash punk act Pole Position and is aptly titled “The Rapture”. You can check out the song here.

Pole Position have tentatively announced a new full-length which will most likely be due out this year.

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• As if The Fest wasn’t already looking damn appealing, the notorious punk festival has gone and added even more bands to their gigantic line up.  Some of the new acts announced are Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, Defiance Ohio, Franz Nicolay, Mercury Program, Regents, Bangers, Astpai, Run Forever, Street Eaters, the Holy  Mess, Cutman, Junior Battles, Dude Jams, Beast Of No Nation, The Outsiders, Building The State, Tubers, The Tim Version, The Future Now, The Magnificent, Toby Foster, Restorations, Jumpers, Larry And His Flask, P.S. Elliot, Little League and Averkiou, with more still in the works.

If none of those bands appeal to you already I’m sure you can find something you like in the full line-up here. The Fest 10 will take place in Gainsville, Florida on Oct 28, 29 and 30th.

Against Me! are set to auction off a guitar to raise awareness and funds for those who were affected by the storms and tornados that recently hit the southern United States. The guitar is a new Roger Waters signature Fender Precision bass signed by all members of the band. All oof the proceeds from the auction will go to the Alabama Red Cross. Head here to take a look at the ongoing auction.

Against Me! will be releasing “Total Clarity,” a rarities and demos compilation on May 24th via Fat Wreck Chords.

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