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SPB featured stream: Drakulas - Midnight City

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

It's our pleasure to share Midnight City, the third album from Austin, TX based Drakulas. The band features members of some well-known bands, namely Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against, but this project takes a new turn with protopunk meets early new wave that describes a dark underbelly of a world gone awry.

Following Terminal Amusements (2020), this record continues to fester in Drakulas' fictionalized late '70s metropolis built on cheap thrills and endless paranoia.

“We Drakulas continue to evolve our sonic mastery of lo-fi instrumentation. Midnight City is the result of a dirty basement, menthol cigarettes and the warm glow of a cathode ray TV. We spilled kerosene on the keyboards to make them sound uglier. Not for squares,” the band says.

Give a listen, in full, here:

 
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The album is out on May 1 via Dirtnap Records (Wild Honey Records in Europe/UK). 

Dismiss Get Lost (In) Transmission(s)

Posted in Records on May 12, 2026

Denver’s Snappy Little Numbers and Dayton’s Rad Girlfriend have teamed up to release early recordings of Peoria Illinois band Dismiss. Lost Transmissions: 1995-1996 showcases 11 mostly unreleased songs recorded after their 2 song 7” and 2 comp tracks on Naked Bum Records, but before their demise a year later. Thoughts … Read more

Paths 2 Glory, Allegedly

Posted in Labels on May 10, 2026

Paths 2 Glory of Philadelphia, PA has joined the Allegedly Records family. The band self-released The Ups and Downs on April 3, with Allegedly set to re-release the 6-song record on May 15. Abbreviated as P2G, the band formed back in 2003 and draws influece from the '90s-'00s punk of … Read more

8-bit Flatliners

Posted in Bands on May 9, 2026

Yesterday The Flatliners released new album Cold World (Equal Vision/Dine Alone). Along with the new record, they also teamed up with Punktendo to release a quest game modeled after The Legend of Zelda. The band in the northeastern US now and heads to California at the end of the month, … Read more

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The Shonen Knife Let's Knife Re-Cut

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

Unavailable on digital platforms, long-running Japanese punk band Shonen Knife has re-recorded their ablum Let's Knife, titling the 2026 take as Let's Knife Re-Cut, out July 10 via Good Charamel Records. The original record was released in 1992 and helped the band reach a wider international audience. “Many of those … Read more

Underoath's The Van Tour To Vans Warped Tour

Posted in Tours on May 9, 2026

Underoath, playing at Daytona Beach Speedway this Sunday, has announced a run-up "The Van Tour to Vans Warped Tour" sponsored, fittingly, by Vans. The theme of the tour is small, more intimate shows beginning on June at The Albatross in Jacksonville, FL. The band is embracing the concept, with guitarist … Read more

Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous 2026

Posted in Shows on May 9, 2026

Tee Pee Records / United Sounds NYC sponsorerd Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous is back, taking place in Brooklyn, NY later this month on May 23-24. The two-day lineup leans heavy on doom and psychedelia, including The Obsessed, Dead Meadow, Eyehategod, Pentagram, and more (full lineup below). Read more SATURDAY COSMIC STAGE: … Read more

Immersion announces What Is Lost Will Returned

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

The Colin Newman and Malka Spigel project Immersion has announced a new album called What Is Lost Will Returned, currently booked for a Sept. 4 release date on swim~. It follows WTF?? (2025). Read an SPB interview with Newman, also of Wire. Read more Immersion Tour Dates: 13.06.26 - Lyse … Read more

Diabolic Oath EP

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

Sentient Ruin Laboratories has a new release coming soon -- Diabolic Oath's Unholy Barbaric Hymns EP, out June 5 on LP, CD, MC, and digitally. The new 4-song EP is 23 minutes in total, described by Toilet Ov Hell, who premiered “Emblazoned Upon Ebony Winds” (below) this week, as “23 … Read more

"Switch Up" with Mike D

Posted in Bands on May 9, 2026

Beastie Boy Mike D just shared a new solo single, "Switch Up," recorded in his home studio. Playing a rare live show in Los Angeles yesterdday, Mike D also released the single to the world. It's the first new music from any Beastie Boys since album Hot Sauce (2011). Read … Read more

Diminishing Outcome

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

New York/Texas duo Diminishing has a new EP The Outcome, coming out at the end of the month on May 29 on Anti-Corp Music. The group features Lane Oliver (ex-Yatsu, Feel Happiness) and David Brenner (Gridfailure) and previously released The Unnamable album in 2023, describing the sound as "semi-improvisational post-industrial, … Read more

Wounded Touch launches a series of EPs?

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Michigan metalcore band Wounded Touch just released a new EP today: They Promised Eden (Vol. 1), a new 3-song affair with Smartpunk Records You can watch 1/3 of the EP on video below, "A Weapon In God's Country," which features Jack Murray (156/Silence). The band released the full-length A Vivid … Read more

Cripple Bastards to come

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Cripple Bastards dropped "la tua foro sul marmo" today, the titled track from a new 6-song EP, out June 12 on F.O.A.D. Records from the Italian grindcore band. Read more Tracklist: 01. Il respiro si chiude 02. Scarto del rimorso 03. Vendicativo 04. La tua foto sul marmo 05. L’era … Read more

A FREQ-y new album

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Massachusetts rooted noise-rock band THE FRĒQS -- who added a special character we don't want to copy/paste so we'll stick with their stylized name format -- shared the single "Chainsawman" recently, the first song from their 2026 new album, No God on the Gold Coast, their debut full-length. To keep … Read more

Desiccation announces new album

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Three-piece Desiccation has a new album of blackced dooom metal coming out on May 15 through Carbonized Record: Legatum Mortuorum. The California based band last released Cold Dead Earth in 2022. Read more Legatum Mortuorum Track Listing: 1. All Light Is Gone 2. Cursed In Cold Silence 3. Legatum Mortuorum … Read more

Harrison Gordon is Hopeless

Posted in Labels on May 8, 2026

Punk band Harrison Gordon has joined Hopeless Records, sharing a new single called "Pretty" to introduce the news. Currently on your with Arm's Length, The Callous Daoboys, and Super Sometimes, the band started as a solo COVID project and grew into a full band -- releasing The Yuppies Are Winning … Read more

Being As An Ocean on land

Posted in Tours on May 7, 2026

Post-hardcore band Being As An Ocean just shread the new single "None But One" today (Equal Vision Records), precluding spring/summer tours with support from Lagrimas, Commoner, Vanna, lowheaven, and Upon Your Dead Body along the journey. More dates will be added soon, the band says. Read more MAY 16 — … Read more

Threads of Another Life with Mountain Man

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Spartan Records will release a new album from instrumental, post-rock group Man Mountain of Detroit, MI, out on July 24. It will release on LP and to be be titled Threads Of Another Life. “While we didn’t start out with a central theme, it quickly became apparent as we assembled … Read more

If These Trees Could Talk present The Hidden Hand

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Post-rock quintet If These Trees Could Talk has a new album out on July 10. The band recently shared the first single, "Blurry Creatures" from the upcoming The Hidden Hand, out this summer on Metal Blade Records. The group has been quiet for the better part of the last decade, … Read more

Introducing... Steelboy

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Punkerton Records released Thanks For The Invite..., the debut album from pop-punk band Steelboy on May. The Richmond, VA band formed in 2022-23 and play punk with pop hooks and a few ska rhythms along the way. Read more Read more