They could make me look not so good to certain people. Nobody read them anyways.
They could make me look not so good to certain people. Nobody read them anyways.
Cory • February 2, 2008
Amyl and The Sniffers @ The RBC Amphitheatre Toronto, ON, CA June 4, 2026 Amyl and The Sniffers Live Review – 2026 North American Tour When you go for the opening band and get completely blown away by the headliner! That is exactly what happened to me on June 4, 2026, at the RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada. As many … Read more
Poison the Well - Credit: AMH Poison the Well and Converge just rounded out their North American tour. Both bands are out promoting new albums. Poison the Well put out their first new studio album in 17 years this past March entitled Peace in Place. Meanwhile, Converge are out supporting not 1 but 2 new albums -- Love is Not … Read more
The Menzingers - Credit: AMH The Menzingers have been touring across America and recently made their way West with I Am the Avalanche. The band is currently ramping up to release a new album later this year, so I guess you could consider this a warm-up tour. The tour rolled through The Glass House, so naturally, I didn't want to … Read more
The Boys Ignite Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern — March 13, 2026 Toronto’s miserable March chill didn’t stand a chance against the sweat, noise, and electricity inside the Horseshoe Tavern as fans packed shoulder to shoulder, awaiting a true punk institution. One voice rang out from the crowd declaring that “To Hell With The Boys” was the greatest LP ever … Read more
Descendents - Credit: AMH Punk legends, Descendents, and Folk-Rock's finest, Frank Turner, have taken to the road and brought along Canada's punk collective, NOBRO. The tour has been weaving its way around the United States for the past 3 weeks and finally made its way to the West Coast. I was fortunate enough to make it out for their 1 … Read more
Ed Sheeran Accor Stadium Sydney, Australia 14 February 2026 photo by Mark Surridge On Valentine’s night, seventy thousand people assembled at Accor Stadium to watch Ed Sheeran test a quiet paradox: whether a space designed for mass spectacle can be persuaded to behave like a private exchange. The answer, as it turns out, lies less in scale than in structure. … Read more
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Domain 23 January 2026 Sydney, Australia On a humid January night at Sydney’s Domain, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds demonstrated something increasingly rare in contemporary touring culture: not merely longevity, but artistic liquidity. Over two and a half hours, the band unfolded a set that refused the logic of retrospection, instead behaving … Read more
The less I say about 2025 the better. Well, except to say that Scene Point Blank's 2025 Year End coverage is in development so, actually, I'll be talking about the year a lot. Search/Play/Repeat is a sporadic playlist feature that's just about sharing music though, instead of hitting some topical theme. The following half-hour of mostly punk music is a … Read more
The Mars Volta: Credit - AMH The Mars Volta just wrapped up their US tour in support of their new album, Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio, and on their run, they brought their show to the Riverside Municipal Auditorium. It was Black Friday and the holidays were in full effect around downtown Riverside where the venue sits, as the … Read more
Unearth @ The Opera House Toronto, ON, CA November 27, 2025 Unearth Live Review – Atreyu - 'The Curse' 20+1 Years Anniversary Tour Unearth saved the best for last. Closing out their seventh tour date in Toronto as part of Atreyu’s The Curse Anniversary Tour, they delivered an explosive, high-energy set that had the entire Opera House headbanging from the … Read more
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