Aaron H

This year, The Glass House Concert Hall in Pomona, California, should be celebrating 25 years of business. Cheers should be erupting from hundreds of people, bleeding onto the small street it sits upon. However, like most venues around the globe, what sits on the corner of 2nd Street and Thomas, is just another empty room. April 3, 2004 was the … Read more

In celebration of a legendary music venue, we've asked some of the staff to reminisce about the bests shows they've seen there. Here are Jon and Jenn's top five shows held at the Glass House: Jon Halperin Glass House Booker I only went two years before I found five of my favorite shows...I am sure if I went through the … Read more

We're quite fond of Dead Broke Rekerds and the work they do. We opted to reach out and ask a few questions and head honcho, Mike Bruno, was kind enough to oblige via email--answering questions that tell us a little more about the inner workings of the label and a smidge about Bruno himself. Scene Point Blank: Why did you … Read more

    Dear Boy is a new band that has spent the past year playing clubs across Los Angeles, building up a strong following. Boy, have they without having even released a record yet. Scene Point Blank had a chance to sit down with frontman, Ben Grey, after only their fourth show that was filled to the brim with fans. … Read more

Alkaline Trio - Photo Credit: AMH Alkaline Trio are back on the road supporting their new album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, and they've brought along pop-punk act Worriers and hardcore quintet, Drug Church. The tour is starting things out in So-Cal and had the opportunity to catch the show in … Read more

Tool: Photo Credit - AMH Tool have just rounded out their US tour. The band has been on the road since mid-January (October if you count their first North American leg last year) and finally made their way to California. I was fortunate enough to catch them in Ontario at … Read more

Thursday - Photo Credit: AMH Thursday are in the middle of doing a 21st anniversary tour for their critically acclaimed record, War All the Time. They've brought along Emo/Post-Hardcore legends, Rival Schools, and Keith Buckley's new Metalcore project, Many Eyes. I was fortunate enough to catch the show when it … Read more

Photo Credit: AMH 2023 was the year of Botch's return. After 20 years, the band went on a full tour and showcased why they were one of the best hardcore bands to do it. After all my years of going to The Observatory, I've never walked in to find the … Read more

Check out the new single from Better Lovers, "The Flowering" below: Greg Puciato comments: ’The Flowering” is a song we’ve been playing live since day one. It came from the same batch as the God Made Me An Animal EP, so it’s nice to finally have it recorded and out … Read more

Post-Punk/Dark Wave artist, Alex Okami, has released his new single, "Under My Skin." Check out the video for the track below and stream the track on streaming platforms now: Read more

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are back at crashing parties. The cover supergroup will release their new live album, Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera! on June 14th via Fat Wreck Chords. The band had collaborated with San Diego's 91x radio station in hopes of finding someone to host the band … Read more

Danish hardcore act, OMSORG, will release their new EP, Echoes, on May 17th via Puffin Artlab. You can check out the new track, "Resurgence" NOW. OMSORG recently kicked off their UK tour, check out the dates below: 29.03 - New Cross Inn, London (UK) 30.03 - The Black Bull, Gateshead … Read more