The Queers

Fat Wreck Chords' (in)famous compilation of 101 30-second punk songs is turning 21, and since we're all sitting at home during quarantine, we thought: what if we individually review all 101 songs?

This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 20 bands from the mainstream pop punk era paying tribute to the comparatively underground legends who influenced them, through the lens of cover songs that still sound great today.

Grade 2 have shared a second single off their upcoming Tim Armstrong of Rancid-produced album, which comes out in October via Tim's label Hellcat...

Plus: Partner/Titus, Tiny Ruins/Aldous Harding, Ghostly Intl 20th Anniversary parties, William Tyler, Rosie Tucker, Cattle Decapitation, and more tour news.

The Tennessee festival also includes MC50, The Damned, Cock Sparrer, Orange Goblin, Face To Face, OFF!, Fear, The Adicts, Fishbone, The Dwarves, The Queers, The Obsessed, Weedeater, and more.

Plus: Ciara, Ada Lea, Avett Brothers' "At the Beach" fest, CJ Ramone, Pigface, Revocation/Voivod, Terrace Martin, FIre Talk Records 10th Anniversary shows, The Obsessed, and more.

They've also got upcoming shows in Finland with The Queers.

The Tennessee punk/metal/Americana festival also includes John Garcia + Nick Oliveri, The Adicts, The Dwarves, The Soul Rebels + GZA, Weedeater, Hank Von Hell, Fishbone, The Queers, and much more.

Plus: Japanese Breakfast, Christian Death, Big Boi, Negative Approach, Amyl & The Sniffers, The Damned, PiL, and more tour announcements.

New-ish Greenpoint venue The Kingsland is quickly becoming a hot spot for classic punk bands in NYC. In addition to the Queers/Dickies and Dwarves tours rolling through, there are upcoming shows with Zero Boys, The F.U.'s/Urban Waste, and more.