Scene Point Blank is excited to share an exclusive stream of the upcoming Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond Band's release, Promises to Deliver. The LP releases this month on Dead Broke Rekerds/ADD Records/Eager Beaver Records and will be followed by a US tour. ADD and Eager Beaver are also releasing a CD.

Coles previously played in such groups as Modern Machines and Used Kids. Take that sound, amp up the Springsteen and Replacements, and you have yourself the Blue Diamond Band.

Atlanta's Dead in the Dirt have finished recording their next record, The Blind Hole, which will be their first full-length for Southern Lord Records.

The album features 22 tracks and is scheduled for Aug. 6 release.

Lame Drivers have announced the release of a new EP being issued in the format of a 10-page, 5-disc flexi-book. The EP hits shelves tomorrow via Sleep Giant Glossolalia,

The band also has a split with The Woolen Men planned and will tour with the band in support of the release. The band formed in 2003.

We're proud to introduce a new series here at Scene Point Blank: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook or twitter and we'll post one interview every Monday-Thursday. Well, sometimes we miss a day, but it will be four each week.

After our social media followers get the first word, we'll later post a wrap-up here at the site. Check out our quickie Q&As below with members ofAmorka, Northless, Toys That Kill/Underground Railroad to Candyland, and Joe Lally (SPB guest columnist) and Fugazi member!

Don Giovanni Records will release the second album from Cincinati's Vacation, Candy Waves, next Tuesday. As a preview, the record is streaming at Spin, featuring 11 songs in thirty minutes.

Vacation released their self-titled debut in 2011 and side band Tweens recently signed to Frenchkiss Records. Check out Vacations upcoming shows below.

Fifteen years after their final tour, Knapsack has announced reunion dates in 2013 that sees them hitting, among other stops, Fest 12 in Gainesville, FL. The touring lineup matches their final record, This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now, plus former Thrice bassist Ed Breckenridge.

No further touring or recording plans have been announced.

Slovely Records is re-issuing Kings of Basement Rock from Syracuse, NY's The Penetrators on June 25. The record has been out of pring for years and was first recorded between 1976-1984. The new issue was re-mastered from a copy of its 1986 release on Fred Records.

The upcoming new album from UK band Caves, Betterment, is now streaming at their bandcamp.

Vinyl will be releaesd on Yoyo Records, with CDs courtesy of Bombed Out.

Cincinnati trash-pop trio Tweens have signed to Frenchkiss Records for a release early next year. The band features Bridget Battle, Peyton Copes, and Jerri Queen, the latter two also of Vacation.

The band formed in May 2012 playing doo wop songs and went on to tour briefly on the recent Breeders' Last Splash Tour.