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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2025)

Music • July 6, 2025

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: A Tribute

Music • July 6, 2025

Shane Herrell: Rest In Power(pop) (1980-2025) The Rocker I try to live my life with as few regrets as possible. … Read more

Arms Aloft

Interviews • June 23, 2025

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

Caterwaul 2025

Music • May 13, 2025

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

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Sexfaces

Bad Vibes OST
Slovenly (2025)

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

Unseemlier

I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere
Sell The Heart Records (2025)

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

Personality Cult

Dilated
Dirtnap (2025)

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

Various Artists

Her Head's On Fire/Arms Like Roses - Split
Double Helix (2025)

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

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Dead Bars

All Dead Bars Go To Heaven
Iodine (2025)

Dead Bars has a unique talent of taking the everyday, the experiences you see and live all the time, and shining a new light on them to make them personal … Read more

Painkiller

The Great God Pan
Tzadik (2025)

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

The Equinox
Tzadik (2025)

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

Dauber

Falling Down
Dromedary Records, Recess (2025)

The lazy approach would be to call Dauber "ex-Screaming Females," but that barely scratches the surface. If I had to pick one band to namedrop a comparison to, it would … Read more

Aesop Rock

Black Hole Superette
Rhymesayers (2025)

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

Circuit des Yeux

Halo On The Inside
Matador (2025)

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

ZEPHR

Past Lives
Dumb Ghost, Snappy Little Numbers (2025)

Sometimes you can just hear the passion in a voice. ZEPHR is one of those bands. They defy convention a little bit, in that I associate gravelly voices with harsher, … Read more

Kreiviskai

Motinai
Infinite Fog Productions (2025)

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

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Pool Kids run down "Leona Street"

Posted in Records on July 18, 2025

Epitaph indie-rock band Pool Kids released a summar jam pop single, "Leona Street," coming from their August 15 new album Easier Said Than Done, which was recorded with Mike Vernon Davis, who also produced their self-titled album. The new record is described as their most collective and explorative release yet. … Read more

Predeceased and the Weirdo Riffers

Posted in Records on July 18, 2025

EEASY Records will release a discography of Predeceased, Weirdo Riffers, out on Nov. 7. As the label puts the finishing touches on the collection, they've shared a new single called … Read more

Porcupine releases Under The Altar

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Midwest heavy noise punk Porcupine has a new album, out now. New Morality Zine released Under The Altar yesterday. The 6-song record is streaming below and follows last year's All … Read more

Fluffy's first

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Denver, CO power-pop band Fluffy will release a 6-song EP this week, a self-released record dubbed When You Love Somebody, out on July 21. The band's debut namedrops Teenage Fanclub, … Read more

Gridfailure's Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Experimental noise project Gridfailure is back, announcing the 15-track Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery III. The David Brenner project utilizes vocals, guitars, bass, drums/percussion, keys, synth, violin, theremin, field recordings, and other … Read more

Street Sects / Street Sex

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Duo Street Sects has a new record on the way, the band's first new album in seven years. Titled Dry Drunk, it comes out on August 15 and is shared … Read more

The Sword's Warp Riders: new dates

Posted in Tours on July 17, 2025

The Sword's tour in recognition of Warp Riders' 15th anniversary has been extended, with the band adding a new leg to the tour, which initially covered just the western US. … Read more

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Sell The Heart anniversary shows

Posted in Labels on July 17, 2025

Established in 2010, Sell The Heart Records has announced a … Read more

WENCH! time

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

WENCH! shared a single earlier this year. Now the band … Read more

Living Hour to release 4th album via 3 labels

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Living Hour, the Winnipeg-based indie rock group, has shared "Wheel," … Read more

A clip from the new Moviola

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Moviola recently shared a single and video for the new … Read more

Milo Goes To College reissue

Posted in Records on July 17, 2025

Org Music will soon release a reissue series of many … Read more

Intercourse with Alf

Posted in Records on July 16, 2025

Earlier this year noise rock band Intercourse shared a new … Read more

TV Cult Industry date

Posted in Records on July 16, 2025

TV Cult is back with a new album, their follow-up … Read more

Weakened Friends announce Feels Like Hell

Posted in Records on July 16, 2025

Weakened Friends have set a release date of October 10 … Read more

The Lousekateers and DCxPC Live

Posted in Records on July 16, 2025

The Lousekateers are the latest band in the growing DCxPC … Read more

Bad Cop Bad Cop's new album

Posted in Records on July 16, 2025

Announced as part of the Hopeless/Fat Wreck merger, Bad Cop … Read more