In the past few weeks we've spoken with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew
• Nathan Gray of Boysetsfire
• Andrea Ferro of Lacuna Coil
• Our Q&A with Brian Robinson of A Wilhelm Scream
• Helene McKoy of Pouzza Fest
• Our Q&A with Miguel Chen of Teenage Bottlerocket

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Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: Do you think a movie or restaurant makes for a better first date?


A: Man, you gotta play this cool. You're already botching up this date and you haven't even asked her out yet.

First first of all, you do realize that you can do both, right? Like THE CLASSIC date is dinner AND a movie. What are you , some kind of cheapskate?

First second of all, unless you are in high school, movies do not make for good first dates. On first dates, you need to have a lot of positive interaction and a fair amount of talking. Movies are not conducive to that at all. You both just it there and watch something. You need to be impressing your girl. You don't want Patrick Stewart or Ryan Reynolds stealing your chances, bro! (In high school, this rule does not apply because chances are, you probably already know the person you are going on a date with fairly well and movies can be used as makeout spots.)

Second first of all, unless you are taking out a boring girl who has an expectation of what a date SHOULD be (usually dinner and a bar or something- boring) you need to come up with an original idea and fun thing to do that will make the girl have fun and show her that you like to have a good time. Some of the most fun dates I've ever had were at a low rent, rip-off Price is Right filming and at the Roller Disco. (Seriously, roller disco is awesome.) If you know a bunch about one area, a QUICK trip to museum can be pretty good, too. The colliery is that if you ARE really smooth, dinner and a trip to the bar can work. I am not smooth, so I need to rely on ancient dead egyptians, disco duck, and imitation bob barker to help me work my mojo.

Have fun mackin my home-dawg,

-John G

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Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The latest full-length from Escape the Fate
• The latest full-length from Jimmy Islip and the Ghosts
• The latest release from Have Mercy

Also, don't forget to check out the latest full-length from The Wild, the new EP from Perfect Future, and the latest release from Worship This!

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No one knows where Mischief Brew will head next. Though they recently released the hardcore-meets-folk of The Stone Operation. and followed it up with two radically different EPs to boot, the musical landscape is now their oyster.

Mischief Brew started out as a solo project of Erik Petersen where he planed to write medieval acoustic poetry. But since then the band has morphed into one of the earliest folk punk bands, one of the earliest gypsy punk bands, and more recently, a straight up, kickass punk band with some real old-world style (as well as the unnerving, occasional toast to Death himself).

In order to see where the band is headed next, Punknews' John Gentile met up with Petersen where they talked about Mischief Brew's next record, argued about history, and complimented each other for being Italian.

The oft-overlooked proto-punk band Death are the subject of a forthcoming documentary from Drafthouse Films, directed by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino.

The film tells the story of the Detroit band's initial active period from 1971 to 1976, their struggle to be accepted as an uncompromising, African American, rock outfit during that time, and their eventual reemergence and reformation in 2009.

The film is available on VOD/iTunes from May 24th, and in theaters from June 28th. You can click Read More for the trailer.

Less Than Jake have entered singer/bassist Roger Lima's studio, The Moathouse, to begin work on their record. The group plan to have the album out this fall on Fat Wreck Chords whom they recently reunited with.

Less Than Jake have also revealed more dates to coincide with their current trek including an east coast tour with Hostage Calm and Pentimento.

You can click Read More to check out a video of the band in the studio and to see the dates.

Today's stream comes from Las Vegas, NV-based Escape the Fate. We've got a stream of the band's new release, Ungrateful.

You can find it on their Punknews.org Profile.

Today's stream comes from West Yorkshire-based Jimmy Islip and his brand new band The Ghosts. We've got a stream of the their new release, The Wild West Riding, which features appearances from Jon Snodgrass, Digger Barnes, Helen Chambers, and El Morgan. The album can be pre-ordered here from All In Vinyl.

You can find the release on their Punknews.org Profile.

Queens of the Stone Age have released another song from their upcoming album ...Like Clockwork, titled "If I Had a Tail." The album, their first since 2007's Era Vulgaris, is due out on June 25, 2013.

You can click Read More for the song.

Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats will be releasing a vinyl-only covers EP titled Underground Classics on June 18, 2013 via Siren, Punknews.org can exclusively confirm. The band, which features former No Motiv bassist Jeff Hershey and Sam Bolle from Agent Orange, will tackle four classic punk songs on the EP from Misfits, Fear, Ill Repute and yes, Agent Orange. They'll also be supporting the EP with a European summer tour.

The cover art, track listing and tour dates can be seen below. We'll be premiering a song from Underground Classics next week, so keep an eye out for that. You can pre-order the record here.

NK, the band formerly known as North Korea, have posted a stream of their debut full length for Triple Crown Records. The band is made up of Ryan Hunter (ex-Envy on the Coast), Michael Sadis (The Rivalry) and Billy Rymer (Dillinger Escape Plan.) The record is titled Nothing to be Gained Here and is due out May 21, 2013.

You can click Read More for the songs.