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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). 

Another Round of 'Ritas with Riley!

Posted in Records on May 28, 2026

Pure Noise Records will release a new EP from Riley! called To Live And Die In The American South, out on July 17. The first single is out now, "Another Round of Radical 'Ritas, Please," featuring Tades Sanville (Hot Mulligan). In a statement, the band says: This is the first … Read more

Miki Watson is Preloved

Posted in Records on May 28, 2026

Preloved will release their debut album, Willow, on July 31. Preloved is the solo project from Michael (Miki) Watson (fanclubwallet) and was recorded during solo camping trips in Ontario Provincial Parks, with the artist leaving natural environmental elements in the recordings, such as wind and insects. The album will release … Read more

Mike Huguenor goes 8-bit

Posted in Records on May 27, 2026

Mike Huguenor (Jeff Rosenstock, Shinobu, Hard Girls) has announced a new 8-bit reimagining of his 2025 album Surfing the Web with the Alien, released today on the album's one year anniversary. The new version sees the entire album redone via LSDJ and custom Game Boy tools. It is also the … Read more

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Spread The Disease resurfaces

Posted in Records on May 27, 2026

Spread The Disease has announced the band's first new album in 27 yeras, The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering, an 8-track collection out on July 10 on Hypaethral Records. They last released The Sheer Force Of Inertia back in 1999 and now reforming with a lineup that adds Shane Post … Read more

Quattracenta III announced

Posted in Records on May 26, 2026

Quattracenta has announced the upcoming release of their latest album, III, out on June 9 via Phantomscope Records (distribution via Dischord Records). The record was produced and engineered by J Robbins (Jawbox/Government Issue) and mastered by Sarah Register. Preorders are available via the bandcamp link below. Read more Read more

A new, personal Charlie Continental EP

Posted in Records on May 26, 2026

Charlie Continental has released a new 7" called “Snow & Rain b/w Untethered”, out now via Snappy Little Numbers. A-side "Snow & Rain" is written in response to the death of his wife -- a personal song rooted in managing grief and in finding help in community. Read more Charlie … Read more

Sub Pop makes Sweeping Promises

Posted in Records on May 24, 2026

Sweeping Promises promises a new album called You Say I Romanticize, out on August 14 via Sub Pop Records. The band will be on tour across North America shortly after its release, with dates shared below alongside a new song. They last released Good Living Is Coming for You in … Read more

A triad of new Iron Lung releases

Posted in Labels on May 23, 2026

Iron Lung just opened preorders for three new releases this June. Summed up in short: Consensus Madness - Endeavors. Out June 26, think protopunk meets first wave meets hardcore from Chicago, IL. Alien Nosejob - How A Mosquito Operates. Out June 26, the Jake Robertson led project continues its exploration/reinvention … Read more

Tornado Lobster Killer shares "Pay to Play"

Posted in Bands on May 23, 2026

Italian hardcore punk band Tornado Lobster Killer shared a new single called "Pay to Play," the first glimpse of new music off the upcoming full-length album titled Lobsteria. Fittingly, given its take on the music industry's exploitative pay-to-play system, the single was entirely self-produced by the band. Specifics about Lobsteria … Read more

Pylar in July

Posted in Records on May 22, 2026

Spanish doom metal project Pylar has announced a new record this July 10: Delyrio, releasing via Cyclic Law/Cavsas. The first glimpse is streaming below. Read more Delyrio Track Listing: 1. Aροτεοsis 2. Adoración 3. Enajenación 4. Enardecimiento Read more

Sutekh Hissing Arkestra

Posted in Records on May 22, 2026

Label Cyclic Law has announced a collaborative record featuring Sutekh Hexen and Hissing, coming out on cd and digitally. The two bands as one concept goes by SH:HS (Sutekh Hissing Arkestra), and is a recording from two separate performances in 2017 and 2019, later revisted and rehaped by the bands. Read more

Two bands on Three Count Records #1

Posted in Labels on May 22, 2026

Three Count Records will release a new split release tomorrow: the first Peach Rings recording as a full band on one side, and punk/emo/ska band Those Dogs on the flip. It's also the first release from the label, based in Durham, NC, which began as a mobile record distributor/DJ project. … Read more

More NOFX releases

Posted in Videos on May 22, 2026

The recenlty retired NOFX continue to put out new material, with the band announce that they will release the official soundtrack and score to the upcoming documentary 40 Years of Fuckin' Up, also featuring the band. The soundtrack has two new songs, the titular "40 Years of Fuckin’ Up" and … Read more

MidWest Friends Fest 2026 in late May

Posted in Site News on May 22, 2026

The volunteer-run MidWest Friends Fest 2026 returns next week, taking place May 28-30 at Southgate House Revival in Newport, KY with a lineup that includes 80+ bands: Fat Heaver, MK Naomi, Little Low, Neckscars, Toilet Rats, and many more. Read more

Dates with Oakwood

Posted in Tours on May 21, 2026

Set to release Blurred Away on May 29, Oakwood has also announced a North American tour this summer following its release. The project begain in 2013 and saw renewed interest in 2024 after they uploaded to streaming platforms. Blurred Away will release via Memory Music. Read more track listing: Every … Read more

Belvedere previews Seven Years of Bad Luck

Posted in Records on May 21, 2026

Canadian skatepunk band Belvedere have a new album out this summer, the forthcoming Seven Years of Bad Luck, available June 19 on Thousand Island Records. The band also has a new single, "Dormitory," available today. Following the record's release they will be on tour in Europe. Read more Seven Years … Read more

Instrumental Darryl Jenifer

Posted in Records on May 21, 2026

Bad Brains' Darryl Jenifer has a new instrumental album this summer: The Weather Channel, out on July 17 Org Music. The record spans genre, citing exploratory jazz, fusion, dub, and psychedelic improvisation as influences. The first single is a reworked Bad Brains song, “Sacred Love II.” Read more Track Listing: … Read more

Dave French (Yob) announces Semantron

Posted in Records on May 21, 2026

Dave French, drummer of Yob, has announced a solo album under the name Semantron. On July 10 Semantron will released Secrets Of A Krummholz Heart, on which French plays multiple instruments. The name is a nod to an ancient monastic instrument, choosing it due to Semantron's focus on slow, resonant, … Read more

A Unicorn Dogs spotting

Posted in Records on May 21, 2026

Unicorn Dogs will release Closer To Death, the second album from the pop-punk band, available from Mom’s Basement Records and Jolly Ronnie Records. From Baltimore, MD, the band features father/son bass and drum duo Jon Moser and Oliver Moser, plus guitarist Lucas Carscadden (ex Dead Mechanical). The band play Lookout … Read more