Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.  We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs.  Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs.  Good or bad.  Intriguing or mundane.  We’ll let you be the judge.

This week you can check out Hollywood rockers Vampires Everywhere! covering Katy Perry’s hit “Teenage Dream.” To hear the cover, head over to their Facebook page and like them to access the song. For the sake of passing judgment, you can compare it to the original here.

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Agnostic Front released a video for their track “That’s Life,” off their new album, My Life My Way. Check it out here.

My Life My Way came out March 22 on Nuclear Blast Records.

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The fallout from last weekend’s Ben Weasel fiasco continues.

As we mentioned earlier in the week, Wyoming’s Teenage Bottlerocket had withdrawn from Weaselfest, which is scheduled for May in Chicago. Today, TBR posted a lengthy facebook statement regarding their withdrawal from Weaselfest, in which they pull no punches on their thoughts toward the situation and toward Weasel himself. It is a rather interesting, insightful read in this writer’s opinion. Click here to read the post in its entirety.

TBR are set to release an EP, “Mutilate Me,” on Fat Wreck Chords next month.

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Swedish skate punkers From The Tracks have released another cut from their forthcoming release, “The Greater Distance.” The new track, entitled “Sinking Ships,” is the new album’s eighth track, and can be streamed on their facebook BandPage.

“The Greater Distance” is due in April 6th on High Speed Flower Records, who are also releasing an FTH career retrospective in June.

Busy news day for the fellas in What Hands Are For. The California progressive punk act have posted a behind-the-scenes video from their recent video shoot for the new track “Me, Myself and My Terms.” They are also streaming the very same track over at their bandcamp page.

Last, but certainly not least, the band announced pre-order options for their full-length release “Please Believe Me,” which is due out next week on Anchor Eighty Four Records.

Click here to check out the aforementioned video.

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Austin, Texas, punkers Riverboat Gamblers are hard at work writing a new record. To prove it, they’ve posted a video that features the boys setting levels, recording tracks, and playing back some newly demoed material. You can watch the 2:12 update here.

Riverboat Gamblers’ latest release was 2009’s “Underneath The Owl,” which was released via Volcom Entertainment.

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Like a lot of acts within the punk scene, Joey Cape has established quite a following in Japan. The Lagwagon frontman (and Bad Astronaut frontman, and Gimme Gimme guitarist, and solo troubadour) has, as a result, announced plans to raise funds for Red Cross Japan.

Click here to read his full statement.

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In an epic interview done last night on PunkRadioCast‘s Blaqart Radio, NOFX front-man, Fat Mike, discusses his plans to one-up Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong with a musical of his own.  And he’s dead serious.

The whole interview starts off with Fat Mike telling a story about how he met the writers/cast of the Broadway musical “Avenue Q” at an after party in Los Angeles, and how amazing that was for him as he’s such a huge fan of musicals in general.  That prompts the show’s host to ask Mike, “What do you think it would be like if you could you write musicals?” Mike responds:

“Well you’re going have to wait until next year to find out, won’t you?… I’ve been working on something for a couple years now.  It has actually been taking all of my energy, which is one of the reasons I wanted to go to this after party and meet these guys. I’ve got to meet the right people.”

When asked to describe what fans can expect from the subject matter and the music itself (would it be all punk songs?), Mike explains:

“Well the thing I’m working on, it’s more dramatic than anything… Maybe a punk rock… well that’s the thing, it’s not that punk rock either. It’s got some punk songs in it, but it’s maybe like Hair mixed with “Hedwig.” Most of the stuff is typical stuff. You know; piano, classical instruments and real singers.”

The conversation spun off from here in 90 different directions, but all in all, the whole interview was pure gold.  It was such a good interview, in fact, that it couldn’t possibly be allowed to stream anywhere, so if you missed it, you’ll just have to take our word for it.

Sacramento, California based screamo band Ten After Two have premiered another new track on their label’s YouTube page. The song, entitled “Anxious,” appears on “Truth Is…” – their forthcoming Rise Records release. Click here to check it out.

“Truth Is…” marks the band’s full-length debut, and hits stores March 29th.

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The fellas in Pennsylvania punk band Title Fight have announced pre-order options for their forthcoming full-length debut, “Shed.” The normal CD/vinyl/digital options are of course present, but the band also have a few interesting options, including one that features a VHS tape of behind-the-scenes studio footage. Yes, really a VHS!! Click here to view the full gamut.

“Swan” is due out April 12th on SideOneDummy Records.