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Guest Column: Allegedly Records

Regular Columns • December 3, 2025

Music touches the heart and soothes the soul. Through personal connection and community it reaches far beyond a listening experience. While it plays a role in our overall well-being, though, it's only part of the bigger equation. Through the mutual connections that music has brought us at SPB, we learned of Bree of Allegedly Records' breast cancer diagnosis about one year ago. There are an estimated 2.3 million new breast cancer diagnoses every year causing severe pain, stress and turmoil for those we love. We asked Bree to share her journey -- and how music played a role along the way. Cancer just sucks and doesn’t care I have sat down to write this probably 50 times; looking for this specific angle to relate my cancer journey with music. But in truth, those two things were intertwined from the beginning. They simultaneously existed in every step, decision, and day. My end goal has always been to normalize cancer through honesty and with jokes and to be a resource for those in need. So I think that I'm just going to tell my story about the events, the bands, and the people who got me to this moment in time. To start, let me quickly introduce myself. I'm Bree. I’m a chubby middle-aged stoner who lives in the middle of nowhere with my husband, four teenagers, and more pets than we need. I run Allegedly Records with my partner, Amy. We have around 20 punk bands on our roster and we … Read more

Fest 23 – The Wrap

Music / Fest 23 • November 15, 2025

Pure Joy The 23rd FEST in Gainesville, Florida recently wrapped up. Scene Point Blank has been to the majority of … Read more

The Saints

Interviews • November 14, 2025

As The Skids sang, The Saints are coming!.......Storming North America! The Saints ’73-’78 land on North American soil in early … Read more

Fest 23: Artist Interviews

Interviews / Fest 23 • October 18, 2025

FEST 23 takes place later this month, from Oct. 24-26 in Gainesville, FL. Something like a billion bands are driving, … Read more

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Radioactivity

Time Won't Bring Me Down
Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records (2025)

"When I've had enough of modern life, I go back to my analog ways." It's a simple quote, yet it captures so much about Radioactivity. It's been 10 years since the band released Silent Kill, and this time around the Jeff Burke-led group shows clear growth and change, while still capturing the same vibe as the previous two records. In … Read more

Tony Molina

On This Day
Slumberland Records (2025)

I went to a birthday party for my wife and six or seven other friends and acquaintances last night. I guess people liked having sex in January in the late 70s-early 80s? In Canada at least, that’s how we keep warm in the winter! Anyway, I was foraging at the smorgasbord with a couple former co-workers talking about my recent … Read more

Often Wrong

The Figs Are Starting to Rot
Far From Home Records (2025)

Often Wrong is an emo/grunge/screamo hybrid born out of the DIY scene. It was built through the kind of friendships that start in basements, not boardrooms. The band formed in 2024 and quickly started carving out their own lane. They are blending fragile, journal-entry emo with blown-out guitars and throat-shredding catharsis. They’re signed to Far From Home Records, a label … Read more

Armor for Sleep

There Is No Memory
Equal Vision (2025)

Armor For Sleep return with an album that treats memory like a weapon. It’s delicate, devastating, and impossible to disarm. For those who may not be as old as me and missed their emergence into the emo/indie scene, the Teaneck, New Jersey band started in 2001. Led by frontman Ben Jorgensen, they dropped gems like Dream to Make Believe (2003) … Read more

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Imploders

Targeted For Termination
Neon Taste Records, Static Shock Records (2025)

Back in or around 2007 my buddy Jake invited me to a show, I’m not even sure he told me who was playing or if he did I hadn’t heard … Read more

Imperial Domain

Portentum
Wormhole Death (2025)

Formed in 1995, Imperial Domain cut their teeth in the Swedish death metal underground with early demos before dropping In the Ashes of the Fallen (1998) and The Ordeal (2003). … Read more

Chairmaker

Leviathan Carcass
Independent (2025)

There are some musicians that come along and can literally play every instrument and do it well. Such is the case for the grindcore brainchild behind Chairmaker, Neil Erskine. He … Read more

The Devil Wears Prada

Flowers
Solid State (2025)

Twenty years into the grind and The Devil Wears Prada haven’t lost their edge. However, in recent years, it’s a bit more refined and less jagged than their earlier release. … Read more

DFMK

Playa Nuclear
Alternative Tentacles (2025)

DFMK have been playing since 2009, but Playa Nuclear is just their second full-length. It kicks off with exactly what I expect of the band in "Mi Rutina" -- a … Read more

Action/Adventure

Ever After
Pure Noise (2025)

Chicago’s Action/Adventure have been grinding the pop-punk trenches since 2014. They have always played pop-punk like it still has something to prove because for them, it does. They went viral … Read more

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In Your Gaze
Time To Kill (2025)

If you didn’t know, hardcore and punk are alive and thriving in Italy. When I come across bands from there, their scene never ceases to amaze me. Italy gave us … Read more

Ugly Stick

Absinthe
Hovercraft Records (2025)

Contrary to what I said on Vh1’s Behind the Music, Tim from Hovercraft is one of my favourite human beings. I suppose in some ways that’s not saying much but … Read more

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SPB featured stream: EFF - Zero

Posted in Records on December 2, 2025

After a string of singles, darkwave project EFF will release debut album Zero on Dec. 8. EFF started in 2023, with the songs that comprise Zero were written after July 2024 and take the sound in a new direction that balances reflection with transition. To steal some perfect language from … Read more

Continuals, Samuel S.C., and Pohgoh travel to Several States

Posted in Tours on December 3, 2025

Continuals, Samuel S.C., and Pohgoh have teamed up for a multi-state tour with a pitstop at Several States Festival in Chicago, IL on Jan. 17. Continuals and Samuel S.C., both … Read more

A new song from The Flatliners

Posted in Bands on December 3, 2025

Recently joined at the hip with Equal Vision Records, The Flatliners have shared their first single for the label: "Misanthropy & Me" (below). “Born from a familiar flame and destined … Read more

Trust SNFU

Posted in Records on December 3, 2025

Trust Records will release a reissue of …And No One Else Wanted to Play by Canadian punk band SNFU this Friday, Dec. 5. The record, originally released in 1985, was … Read more

A new flash from Roman Candle

Posted in Bands on December 3, 2025

Las Vegas, NV based hardcore band Roman Candle just shared a new single today, "Nothing Is Original". The band signed with Sumerian Records earlier this year and the new single … Read more

Belushi Speed Ball releases record (on Game Boy Advance)

Posted in Records on November 30, 2025

Belushi Speed Ball has announced a unique reissue of their latest album, Stellkira: Editioñ Extra De Luxe, sold in limited supply for the Game Boy Advance. The new medium includes … Read more

Laura Jane Grace, Fucked Up & more at MPF

Posted in Shows on November 29, 2025

Manchester Punk Festival, April 3-5, 2026, has announced a wave of bands to play at next year's event -- with more to ocme. The 2026 festival is the 10th occurrence … Read more

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