We're halfway through the year: when did that happen?! Luckily for you, SPB is on hand to share the music we've enjoyed most in 2025 thus far. Read on to hear about the records that have made our top list for this year as it stands, and also some bonus fun about hypothetical band reunions we've been inspired by thanks to the examples set by Oasis and Black Sabbath. — the Scene Point Blank team Read more
Shane Herrell: Rest In Power(pop) (1980-2025) The Rocker I try to live my life with as few regrets as possible. … Read more
Remember Election Day 2024? Maybe you shouldn't. Maybe you've blocked it out. That's fair, but there was one pleasant surprise … Read more
Each year in late May, the 4-day party and noise-rock festival Caterwaul takes over multiple venues in Minneapolis. It’s a … Read more
Best thing about writing reviews is finding out about new stuff that I otherwise might not have heard. Also writing reviews for bands that aren’t friends of mine is pretty cool but when I hear a band I really like, like Sex Faces, it makes me want to be friends with them, I can't help it! I’m not even halfway … Read more
What does Unseemlier sound like? I've been mulling that question as I listen to I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere for a while now. As I listen to more and more Sell The Heart releases, The band is from Boston, but seemingly influenced by late '80s DC. It's heavy, but more with hardcore-like vocals shouted over moving, building guitars and … Read more
I had a hard time starting this review. I can’t help coming back to the fact that it sounds like Marked Men. It does, maybe intentionally so, as Dilated is the second of Personality Cult’s albums that is produced by Jeff Burke of Marked Men and Radioactivity. But I don’t necessarily like to say a band sounds like another band … Read more
Her Head’s On Fire (NY, NY) and Arms Like Roses (New Haven, CT) team up on this split 7” with two new tracks (one each band) of post-hardcore tunes that are both massive and melodic in their own distinct ways. "Universal" is the track from Her Head’s On Fire. Recorded by the band’s guitarist Jeff Dean, "Universal" came from the … Read more
Painkiller, the trio of John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris shows no signs of slowing down. The Great God Pan is their third full-length, since their reunion in 2024, … Read more
Painkiller sees three absolute masters of extreme music join forces. John Zorn of Naked City and a billion other projects, Mick Harris who transcended from Napalm Death drummer to illbient … Read more
Aesop Rock has a reputation for esoteric and abstract raps. It's certainly an earned reputation, but that background makes it interesting when you peel off the layers of his latest, … Read more
Haley Fohr's artistic vehicle, Circuit des Yeux, defies categorisation. Stamping the indie folk label on her was superficial, something dispelled easily once you have experienced the lo-fi distortion of "The … Read more
Kreiviskai's origins are deeply rooted in the neofolk sound and ethos. Their debut record, Zemmis : supnãi, focuses on the musical lineage of Tver, embracing the traditional instrumentation to produce … Read more
Fat Wreck Chords has completed the sale of the label's catalog to Hopeless Records. Both labels have a long-running relationship, as described by the partners. As part of the deal, all bands on Fat's roster will have their balances wipes for a fresh start. Additionally, no new artists will be … Read more
White Russian Records has added garage-punk band Eyesores to the label, with the Dutch Harderwijk trio sharing their first single, "Digital Prison" last week, available on your favorite streaming software. … Read more
Hamburg based egg punk trio Apéro has a new album on the way, a new cassette from RilRec (on streaming too) called cold drinks, cool snacks. It's out on July … Read more
New Jersey band Good Teal has announced August 15 as the release date for their debut EP, a self-titled record four years after their formation. The band, described as "hardcore … Read more
Tom Morello shared a new single, “Pretend You Remember Me," with a video that features Leonard Peltier and focuses on immigration in the United States. Morello, best known for his … Read more
Corridoré's Abandon is coming out next month. It is the second album from the atmospheric post-black metal band from Madison, WI, out on August 22 on Hypaethral Records. The album … Read more
On Sept. 12, Vancouver post-hardcore band By A Thread will release their first album since 2011. The new record is to be titled Mirrored Life, out on Spartan Records. "Void," … Read more
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