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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.

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

SPB premiere: "Here For You" by Super*user

Posted in Videos on April 28, 2026

Gutless Wonder may be the debut album from Super*user, but the band was a long time in the making – formed by three hometown friends whose lives took them from Dearborn, MI to various locales and, ultimately back to Detroit. Through their shared experiences the melodic basement punk meets Jawbreaker … Read more

Hard Luck from Hoaxxers

Posted in Records on May 2, 2026

Hoaxxers just announced a new EP, the band's second, out May 29 on Mom's Basement Records. Featuring former members of Austin, TX based Joe Jitsu, the new EP adds a collection of early singles on side B. Read more Read more

hackedepicciotto finds a home on new album

Posted in Records on May 2, 2026

Duo hackedepicciotto just shared the single "Einig," the second single from their upcoming new album, Lichtung, out July 10. Comprised of Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), the album is about the duo settling down from a nomadic period of 14 years and rooting outside of Berlin. Read … Read more

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Hew announces Your Version

Posted in Records on May 2, 2026

Formed in 2024 in Houston, TX, Hew will release their debut album this summer, Your Version. The band was formed by Lindsay Minton (guitar, vocals) and Mercy Harper (Bass VI) of football, etc., and also features Amador “Moe” Lerma (drums) and Kris Hoffman (bass) and play modern emo. A single … Read more

Horace Pinker goes east

Posted in Tours on May 1, 2026

Horace Pinker, who just released a split with The Raging Nathans (Rad Girlfriend Records), is hitting the road in June with Celebration Summer -- plus Errth aned Late Bloomer on select dates. Dates be listed below. Read more Horace Pinker & Celebration Summer 6/12 @ Silk City Diner - Philadelphia, … Read more

Ratsalad and Pest From The West

Posted in Records on May 1, 2026

Australia's Ratsalad will release Pest From The West on May 22, out via SBÄM Records / Pee Records and kicking the release cycle into gear with the new single "North West Coastal Highway." Read more Read more

The Menzingers tell us about Everything I Ever Saw

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

After sharing some new songs this year, The Menzingers have finally hit us with album news. The group will release Everything I Ever Saw on July 17 via Epitaph Records. “So much changed in our lives and in the world while we were making this record, and somehow, it all … Read more

Missoula previews Death Doula

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

New instrumental group Missoula, featuring Brooks Wackerman (Avenged Sevenfold/Bad Religion) and John Konesky (Tenacious D), has shared their second song. Following "Love Bombs" earlier, the band now shares "Crimson," which is also on their debut album which comes out on June 26 via Org Music. Read more Tracklist: A1 Crimson … Read more

FEST 24 is coming

Posted in Shows on April 30, 2026

Tickets are on sale for FEST 24, taking place Oct. 23-25 with hundreds of bands taking over downtown Gainesville, FL for the twenty-fourth time. Current pricing runs through May 31, then goes up after June 1. Read SPB's FEST 23 coverage here. Many more bands are still to be announced … Read more

Rat Boy is about to Crash!

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

UK punk band Rat Boys just shared the single "Broken," which leads news of a new album that comes out digitally on June 26 via Hellcat. The single was co-written by Tim Armstrong (Rancid) and carries big Rancid vibes. New album Crash! follows Suburbia Calling (2024). No info was provided … Read more

Autoignition Against The World

Posted in Records on April 29, 2026

Meet Autoignition, a pop punk band from Buffalo, NY, playing Lifetime-inspired melodic and soaring rock. The band will release a new EP, Against The World, on May 15, comig out on Static Era Records / 51st State Records. The band released This Is Moving Forward in 2024. Read more Against … Read more

Quicksand Release 2 Singles From Upcoming New Album

Posted in Records on April 28, 2026

They didn’t invent post hardcore but as perhaps the most prolific and successful musician to emerge from NYHC’s original youth crew, Quicksand are Walter Schreifels’ most enduring project. Having released 4 albums sporadically over 35 years, their last in 2021, Bring On The Psychics is their first collaboration with the … Read more

Spirit Adrift, live then dead

Posted in Tours on April 25, 2026

Spirit Adrift just released their swan song, Infinite Illumination, and has followed with their final live date announcement. This spring the band will join the Deibel Tour, replacing Fulci on the bill. “We were sorry to hear that our friends in Fulci are unable to make it to the States … Read more

My Heart, An Inverted Flame - My Death...

Posted in Records on April 25, 2026

May 15 is the release date for My Death is More Beautiful Than Your Life, from sunth-doom duo My Heart, An Inverted Fame -- coming out on Crucial Blast. And if that intro was too verbose, we'll break it down to the basics from here. It's the band's second album, … Read more

A 2014 by way of 2026 Exhumed and Iron Reagan split

Posted in Records on April 25, 2026

The 2014 split 12" between Exhumed and Iron Reagan, first released as part of the Tankcrimes Split 12" Series, is returning to print on May 15, again via Tankcrimes after roughly a decade out of print. Each of the 8 songs on the split are exclusive to this release. Read … Read more

Find a new Orphan Donor

Posted in Records on April 25, 2026

Pennsylvania's Orphan Donor has a new EP coming on Mayy 11. The new EP is titled Ailments and comes via Zegema Beach Records. Orphan Donor began as a project from Jared Stimpfl (Secret Cutter, Motel Bible, Oktober Skyline), since growing into a full band with guitarist TJ Schilling (King Slender) … Read more

Oddfellows (Mark Ryan) return

Posted in Records on April 25, 2026

Formed in 1994, Oddfellows -- featuring Chris Pulliam, Mark Ryan, and Mike Throneberry -- just returned after a short initial run and a 30+ year break. The band returns with a new album, plus new guitarist Peter Salisbury (Mind Spiders) and live dates. The band predates Mark Ryan's better known … Read more

30 Years after Cock Rock (Diesel Boy)

Posted in Tours on April 24, 2026

Diesel Boy, who returned in the 2020s with the release of Gets Old (2023). has announced a 30th anniversary celebration of their debut album, Cock Rock, first released in 1996. The band will embark on a tour that centers on the album, played in its entirety. Currently a few Pacific … Read more

Thrownness Part II

Posted in Records on April 24, 2026

From Lisbon, Thrownness has an upcoming EP, Marrow Part II: A Fire Through The Ether, releasing on Raging Planet. The asmospheric sludge band shared “Coil Wielder” from the EP earlier this week (below). Part II builds off Marrow, released in 2024. Read more Read more