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 it’s NOFX covering “Lazy” by the seriously under appreciated punk band Bracket. Check the cover and compare it to the original right here.

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Continuing the trend of bombarding you–the readers–with new music today, we’ve got some new material from Portland, Oregon. This punk group called The Taxpayers have several new songs up online. These songs–“The Windows Break”, “Some Kind Of Disaster Relief”, “It Gets Worse Every Minute”, and “And The Damn Thing Bit Him!”–are all part of an upcoming release of theirs titled To Risk So Much For One Damn Meal. You can listen to these songs in The Taxpayers’ MySpace.

Also according to their MySpace, The Taxpayers are “on friggin TOUR!”

Oregon’s punkers UnFallen Heroes are here to give you not one, but two songs for your listening pleasures. They have released the songs “Nightmare Daydream” and “System Explosive” for an untitled release on Horns Up Records. Head on over to UnFallen Heroes MySpace page to hear the new songs.

Montreal’s punk group Pole Position has recently released a new song called “Heaven On Fire”. You can stream it on their MySpace page. No news on if this song is going onto an album…or if they are even working on an album or not. We’ll keep you posted.

Ohio’s hard hitters Like Moths To Flames are streaming a new song on their MySpace. It’s called “Your Existence” and it will be on their upcoming release Sweet Talker. Like Moths To Flames just recently signed onto Rise Records, so their album will be released on that.

Sweet Talker is slated for a December 14th release.

As you may already know, Crime In Stereo broke up in August.  You may also be aware that their final farewell show is set for just 11 days away on 21 November.  What was missing from the equation was the location of the event, which will be held at Long Island, NY’s, Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, and will feature Iron Chic and Transit to open.  Tickets for the concert can be purchased here.

Crime By Stereo released their final album I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone on Bridge Nine Records back in February.

VersaEmerge have recorded a live acoustic version of Soundgarden’s hit track, “Black Hole Sun.”  Watch/listen here.

From Fueled By Ramen:

After premiering on Revolver, this video is now available on YouTube. Blake and Sierra from VersaEmerge performing an acoustic version of ‘Black Hole Sun’ by Soundgarden in The Fueled By Ramen Studios. Click HERE for more videos from the band!

VersaEmerge recently announced a headlining tour with There For Tomorrow as along with another tour featuring Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer, and Conditions (dates).

VersaEmerge’s latest album Fixed At Zero was released June 22nd on Fueled By Ramen.

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Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names?  Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it.  We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene.  Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different musician and this week it’s legendary punk forefathers Ramones.

According to our sources on the street, the band chose their name as a tribute to Paul McCartney who used the alias “Paul Ramone” when he would check into hotels, incognito. As an added bonus, the name also acted as a parody of all the “family” music acts of the time like the Partridge Family, Jackson 5, the Osmonds, etc.

Pop punk act Rufio have announced an April tour of the UK with Allister. Click here for the full dates.

Rufio released their latest album Anybody Out There this past summer on the Militia Group. [Read more…]

Florida’s A Day To Remember have been in the studio to record their upcoming album “What Separates Me From You,” set to drop November 16 on Victory Records. They’ve documented their work through a series of video updates – the fifth of which was released today. Check out the “bloopers” video here.

The band’s last album was Homesick, released in October 2009, also through Victory Records. [Read more…]