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Videos: It's a Brokedowns video
News — January 15, 2023
With a new album coming out on Jan. 20, The Brokedowns have shared a video for "Obey The Fumes." The Chicagoland band will release Maximum Khaki, with 14 new songs, next week via Red Scare Records on LP, cd, and digital formats. The Brokedowns will also play a record …
MP3s: Brokedowns/Vacation Bible School split streaming
News — May 18, 2013
A new split of Elgin, IL bands The Brokedowns and Vacation Bible School is now streaming at jadedinchicago. The 7" will release on May 28 via It's Alive Records.
Records: The Brokedowns save the date
News — December 24, 2022
Chicagoland punk band The Brokedowns return with a new album: Maximum Khaki, due for release on Jan. 20 via Red Scare Industries. The label also hints that new Bollweevils and Broadway Calls material is in the works for 2023, and they just reissued Sludgeworth, formerly out of print via …
Bands: 1QI: Swingin' Utters, Brokedowns, Birthday Suits, More Than Sound
News — October 6, 2013
Our newest feature here at Scene Point Blank is our semi-daily quickie Q&A: 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 regardless. After our social media followers get the …
Records: The Slow Death and The Brokedowns announce split
News — October 20, 2013
Midwestern punk bands The Brokedowns and The Slow Death will release a six song split 7" in late October on digital format with a Nov. 5 street date. A release show is scheduled for Chicago on Nov. 18. The Brokedowns released Species Bender in 2010 and The Slow Death recently …
Records: Red Scare Industries, Direct Hit!, The Brokedowns for RSD16
News — April 4, 2016
This April 16, also known as Record Store Day, recent Fat Wreck signees Direct Hit! will pair with Elgin, IL's The Brokedowns for a new split 7". The Brokedowns will present 3 new songs, including a cover of Toys That Kill's "Runnin' the Front," while Direct Hit! have two new …
Bands: 1QI: No Idea Records, Alan Licht, David Bailey, Brokedowns
News — February 3, 2014
Our newest feature here at Scene Point Blank is our semi-daily quickie Q&A: 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 regardless. After our social media followers get the …
Bands: 1QI: Caffiends, The Brokedowns, Audio Antihero, The Ergs
News — March 17, 2015
Welcome to our almost daily quickie Q&A feature: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook & twitter and we'll post an interview four days each week, typically every Monday-Thursday. After our social media followers get the first word, we post a wrap-up here at the site and archive …
Records: New Brokedowns coming next month
News — November 22, 2014
Red Scare Industries will release a new album from Elgin, IL's The Brokedowns next month. On Dec. 9 the label will release Life Is a Breeze. The album will release digitally one week earlier. SPB recently caught a set from the band at the Red Scare 10th Anniversary show. …
One Question Interviews: Brokedowns
Feature — December 9, 2013
Kris Megyery (Brokedowns) SPB: How has parenthood changed playing in a band for you? Megyery: This question was sent on June 6th which happened to be the day my 2nd son was born....Did you plan that? Are you a warlock? Parenthood hasn't changed playing in a band too bad for …
One Question Interviews: The Brokedowns
Feature — February 3, 2014
Mustafa Daka (The Brokedowns) SPB:Are there any Albanian bands you’d recommend? Daka: Unfortunately, Albania hasn't produced much in the way of rock, metal or thrash bands. There are a few that I'm like, "Yeah, these guys aren't so bad..." but that's kinda like when you go to Big Lots and …
One Question Interviews: The Brokedowns
Feature — March 10, 2015
Jon Balun (The Brokedowns) SPB: You scream a lot. Has that gotten easier or harder on your voice as you're no longer in your 20s? Balun: I have talked to my personal physician. He strongly agrees with my strict regimen of cigarette smoking and whiskey shots to warm up the …
Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Brokedowns
Feature — April 10, 2023
There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. And usually when somebody is writing a new record or scheduling a …Bands: The Brokedowns plan new album
News — January 3, 2013
The Brokedowns have announced plans to record a new full-length later this month for Red Scare Industries, who released their last album, Species Bender, in 2010.Labels: Thick Signs The Brokedowns
News — January 9, 2007
Thick Records has announced the signing of Elgin, IL natives The Brokedowns. The band plays punk rock in the vein of Dillinger Four, Crimpshrine, and Leatherface. Look for their debut for the label on May 8th. You can check out some tunes from the band here.
Records: Premiere: "Breakdown" from The Slow Death
News — October 27, 2013
We previously announced a Red Scare Industries split between Minneapolis based The Slow Death and Elgin, IL's The Brokedowns. Well, Scene Point Blank is excited today to premiere a song off the split here, "Breakdown." The Slow Death features Jesse Thorson of Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels and …
Shows: T1 Fest in Joliet
News — June 23, 2019
A new festival, the T1 Festival, will run on NOvember 8-9 in Joliet, featuring several Illinois punk bands playing to raise funds for the JDRF, (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). The event was organized by Jim Costanzo who was inspired after his nephew was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The two-day event features …
Labels: Red Scare at age 15 (and a new comp)
News — August 9, 2019
Red Scare Industries has announced a new compilation to celebrate the label's fifteenth anniversary. The record features 15 unreleased songs, including new material from Sundowner and Sincere Engineer, plus cover songs perfmed by Broadway Calls and Brendan Kelly. Of course, that's just the start, with more from Copyrights, The Brokedowns, …
Labels: Rad Girlfriend 100 comp (and other label news)
News — October 20, 2019
Rad Girlfriend Records has announced release 100, a 36 song double LP compilation that comes with a 38-page zine. The comp includes new and unreleased tracks from The Dopamines, The Ranging Nathans, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Wonk Unit, Capitalist Kids, Steve Adamyk, Todd Congelliere, The Brokedowns, Vacation, and a bunch …
