Well, it's finally the big week! Montreal's Pouzza Fest is kicking off with a diverse group of bands from across punk's expansive history and wide spectrum! A large part of this cross-cultural collection is due to Festival Organizer Hugo Mudie. A native Québécois, Mudie personally selected the bands across the three day event. The result is a festival with the old and the new, the local and the international, and music from ska to hardcore to folk to music for the whippersnappers.

In order to learn about how the festival came together, staff writer John Gentile brushed up on his français and rang up Mudie to talk about his own history with punk, why he chose the bands that he did, and also what exactly a "Pouzza" is.

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Today's stream comes from Bethesda, MD-based Boardroom Heroes. We've got a stream of a new song from the band entitled, "Acceptance". The track can be found on their upcoming record, Another Year, which is slated for a June 5 release on Sinking Ship Records. Pre-orders are available here.

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Hamish Adams and Roo Pescod from Cornwall punks Bangers have released an audiobook chronicling their 2010 European tour with Dirty Tactics. Written by Hamish, read by Roo, and entitled Lucida Console's Dog Days, the audiobook is available as a 'name your price' download via Bandcamp.

Bangers released Small Pleasures in 2011.

With the long-running label Lookout Records having finally given up the ghost earlier this year, SPIN Magazine has seen fit to compile a list of the 20 most essential songs in the label's catalog. To do this, they've enlisted The Mr. T Experience frontman Dr. Frank, aka Frank Portman, who contributes a list of 19 songs, including classics from Operation Ivy, Green Day, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, and more. Rounding out the list, as chosen by SPIN staffer Charles Aaron, is Mr. T Experience's "Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba."

You can check out the complete list, along with write-ups on each song by Dr. Frank, here.

Longtime Ramones drummer Marky Ramone has entered into a new business venture in New York City: a food truck. Specifically, "Marky Ramone's Cruisin' Kitchen" will be serving New York citizens four different types of meatballs-- Italian (beef), Asian (pork), American (turkey) and Mexican (chorizo)-- as well as Ramone's own marinara sauce.

You can follow the truck on Twitter: @Cruisin_KItchen, and you can click Read More for some pictures of the truck and its wares.

Prawn and Ape Up will be heading to Europe later this month, for a run of dates around the continent that will take them to the end of June.

Prawn is set to release their new, as-yet untitled EP for Topshelf Records on July 17th. You can see a teaser for that here.

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Lamb Of God will be hitting the road this summer for a North American tour featuring animated metal band Dethklok and France's Gojira. Lamb of God released Resolution earlier this year.

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NOFX, having recently wrapped up recording their new full-length, will be releasing a single in advance of the record's September release. The 7" single, My Stepdad's a Cop and My Mom's a Domme, will be released on June 19th, 2012.

Pre-orders are up now; buyers will receive an instant download of the two songs from the recently-launched Fat Wreck Chords digital store.

The Menzingers have released a video for their song "Nice Things," off of their Epitaph Records debut On the Impossible Past.

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Useless ID have announced some more tour dates for this summer, in addition to their previously announced dates with Lagwagon. May will see the band coming to North America for a number of shows in Canada before joining up with Lagwagon in Europe.

Useless ID released Symptoms earlier this year. You can click Read More for the dates.

San Francisco's Testament have set a release date for their new album, Dark Roots of Earth. The album will be released on July 31st in North America, and July 30th internationally. The album will be released on CD, vinyl, and a CD/DVD set with several bonus tracks.

Dark Roots of Earth will be the band's first studio album since 2008's The Formation of Damnation. You can click Read More for the cover art and track list.

Welcome back to Bamboozle Guide Part II: Revenge of Bamboozle Guide. This time around, we'll be issuing forth our top picks for Bamboozle's Sunday lineup. I hope you folks like Bon Jovi even half as much as I like Bon Jovi. Tickets for the whole shebang are still available here. My Lansdale hardcore roots demand I rep the Wonder Years, who are playing Friday. So go scream at them if you're interested. Now, click can click Read More for some lists.

Boston based celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys have spoken out against Wisconsin Republicans for using their music without permission. You can click Read More for the details.

Today's stream comes from Pittsburgh, PA-based Lilith; the new folk/punk project featuring members from Code Orange Kids. We've got a stream of the band's 7-inch, Return, which is due out May 29 on Get Better Records and Out of This Records.

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New York's Helmet will be hitting the road this summer with Toadies. The band last released Seeing Eye Dog in 2010.

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