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Riot Fest full album set list announcements

Posted in Shows on August 4, 2018

Rito Fest is scheduled this year for Sept. 14-16 at Douglas Park in Chicago. SPB hit the event last year with these takeaways. But that was 2017. 2018 is a whole new lineup, still being announced in waves.

Wave 1 includes the announcement of full album setlists from performers such as Bad Religion, Suicideal Tendencies, Lagwagon, Cypress Hill and more.

Here's the official list, as announced so far:

  • Bad Religion - Suffer (1988, 30th Anniversary) 
  • Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993, 25th Anniversary) 
  • Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993, 25th Anniversary) 
  • Fear - The Record (1982, 36th Anniversary)) 
  • Lagwagon - Let’s Talk About Feelings (1998, 20th Anniversary) 
  • Spitalfield - Remember Right Now (2003, 15th Anniversary) 
  • Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983, 35th Anniversary)

The full first wave announcement is after the jump, with highlights including Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Blondie, Dillinger Four, How Snakes, Andrew WK, GWAR, Fear, and many many more.

Visit the Riot Fest website for full details.

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* First Wave Lineup Announcement *
Featuring: Blink-182, Beck, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Incubus, Young the Giant, Interpol, Blondie, Alkaline Trio, Father John Misty, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dropkick Murphys, Bleachers, Atmosphere, Flogging Molly, Cypress Hill, Bad Religion, Underoath, Matt and Kim, the Jesus Lizard, Sum 41, the Voidz, the Front Bottoms, Twin Peaks, K.Flay, Suicidal Tendencies, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, the Wonder Years, Digable Planets, Liz Phair, Cat Power, Gary Numan, Killing Joke, Hot Snakes, Wolfmother, Moose Blood, SWMRS, Johnny Marr, Superchunk, JD McPherson, Reignwolf, Lagwagon, Pussy Riot, FEAR, Andrew W.K., GWAR, the Aquabats, Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers, Face to Face, the Exploited, the Bouncing Souls, Dillinger Four, Conflict, Piebald, Adolescents, the Avengers, Cobra Skulls, HEALTH, Calpurnia, Kevin Devine, the Frights, the Districts, Arkells, the Audition, Spitalfield, Flor, Speedy Ortiz, Bully, Lower Class Brats, Total Chaos, the Fever 333, Direct Hit!, Mom Jeans., Mannequin Pussy, Pronoun, Beach Goons, the Bombpops, Badflower, Save Face, Super Whatevr, Beach Bunny, No Small Children, featuring Hellzapoppin’ Circus Sideshow Revue, and more to be announced.

Desert Daze 2018 lineup

Posted in Shows on August 4, 2018

Desert Daze 2018, scheduled for Oct. 12-14 at Moreno Beach/Lake Perris, CA, has announced phase III of its lineup. New announcements include My Blood Valentine, Shellace, GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala), and more. Other notable names playing the 3-day multi-media event are King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, King … Read more

New EP & tour dates from Le Butcherettes

Posted in Bands on August 4, 2018

Le Butcherettes have had a busy year. The group recently signed with Rise Records and announced that Jerry Harrison of The Flaming Lips will produce their label debut. Before the new album, they're sharing "struggle/STRUGGLE" on a new 3-song EP, which features the title track and two alternate versions of … Read more

Geld releasing Soft Power later this month

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

Geld will release a new 4-song EP on August 30 titled Soft Power, including the track "Burning Hammer," which is embedded below. Following the release of Perect Texture (Iron Lung Records) earlier this year, the new EP will be a joint release between Iron Lung (USA) and Static Shock Records … Read more

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Spanish Love Songs headed to the UK

Posted in Tours on August 4, 2018

Los Angeles' Spanish Love Songs will head across the pond, as they say, this November-December for a run of dates that stretches across the UK and parts of mainland Europe. They will be joined on tour by Ducking Punches and We Bless This Mess. Keep reading to check out the … Read more

AJJ return with Lost Works: 2012-2016

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

Currently on tour with Kimya Dawson and Shellsag, plus celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their album People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World, the always-active group will release Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016. The new album is a collection of never-before-heard studio recordings, live … Read more

New Hypnodrone Ensemble in the works

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

Hypnodrone Ensemble has signed with Wolves and Vibrancy Records to release their third album, to be titled Orchestral Favourites. The ambient/space rock ensemble features members of Nadja, thisquietarmy, and Caudal and last released The Shape of Space in 2015. The collective was formed by Aidan Baker (Nadja) and Eric Quach … Read more

Radioactivity East Coast tour

Posted in Tours on August 4, 2018

This October Radioactivity will embark on an East-bound tour kicking off in St. Louis, MO and spanning across the US East Coast (plus Toronto). They'll be joined on the tour, for select cities, by Spiritual Cramp and Night Birds (who just announced a new album). Details below. Read more Radioactivity … Read more

Brand new Briefs

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

The Briefs have announced their first new recordings in over a decade: the upcoming Kids Laugh At You b/w She's the Rat, which officially releases on Oct. 26 on Taken By Surprise Records. Pre-orders are up now and the Seattle, WA band is playing today at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, … Read more

Night Birds flock back with "My Dad Is the BTK"

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

Night Birds will return with a brand new 8-songer titled Roll Credits on Sept. 21 via Fat Wreck Chords. The East Coast punk band will release the album on 12" and also in a limited edition 7" box set. Each 7" in the box set features unique cover art. Roll … Read more

Free Gridfailure download at Bandcamp

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

New York noise group Gridfailure are giving away downloads of the new Powerdementia EP, a 10-track, 30-minute collection of noise, found sounds, and field recordings mixed with industrial tones and distortion. The free EP serves as a prelude to Tasukete, a collaborative album with Megalophobe, which is soon to come. … Read more

New EP, new song by Loose

Posted in Records on August 4, 2018

Featuring former members of Blowout, Naked Hour, and Riled, Portland, OR's Loose have announced their upcoming debut EP, Hair Cut, will release on August 17. The band fomed last year as the members' former groups quit playing. Check out the song below. Read more Read more

SPB exclusive: Discardography 2011-2013 by Warm Needles

Posted in Records on August 1, 2018

Out on August 1, Scene Point Blank is pleased to team up once again with Tour Van Records to share a full stream of the new Discardography 2011-2013 from Warm Needles. Originally released by the band as a tour CDR in 2014, it’s now been remastered for vinyl by Carl … Read more

Anti-Flag goes unplugged

Posted in Records on July 27, 2018

On. Sept. 28, Anti-Flag will unleash a brand new album, the all acoustic American Reckoning on Spinefarm Records. The album consists of acoustic renditions of songs form their past two albums, plus selected cover songs. The band recently announced a UK/European tour with Silverstein, Cancer Bats, and Worriers, and they … Read more

SPB premiere: Shoebox Companion by Lower Automation

Posted in Records on July 26, 2018

Chicago's Lower Automation are back with the new self-released album Shoebox Companion, out Friday July 27. The SPB devout may remember when we premiered Maps in 2016. This time around the band has matured, making the new album paradoxically more refined and more chaotic at the same time. Frequent comparisons … Read more

Listen to the new Gulch EP

Posted in MP3s on July 26, 2018

San Jose's Gulch are streaming their upcoming 7" on Creator-Destructor at Bandcamp (and embedded below) before its August 10 release. Titled Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath, the EP is the band's first. Gulch features members of Spinebreaker familiar San Jose musicians. Read more <a href="<a href="http://creator-destructor.bandcamp.com/album/burning-desire-to-draw-last-breath" rel="nofollow">http://creator-destructor.bandcamp.com/album/burning-desire-to-draw-last-breath</a>">Burning Desire to … Read more

New Hold Steady Single

Posted in Bands on July 22, 2018

The Hold Steady released a new digial single last Friday, "The Stove & The Toaster b/w Star 18." The new single is their second such release in 2018 after four years without new material. Interested fans can find it via Frenchkiss Records. The new release also predates the soon-to-beging Constructive … Read more

New video and tour info from Restorations

Posted in Bands on July 22, 2018

Restorations, set to release LP5000 on Sept. 28 on Tiny Engines, have unveiled a video for a new song, "The Red Door," from their forthcoming release. The album marks their return to Tiny Engines record label and, to support its release, they will kick off an October tour with labelmates … Read more

Reissue of Penny Rimbaud's Oh Magick Kingdom

Posted in Records on July 22, 2018

After an extremely limited release in 2011 (60 CDs), Cold Spring Records has announced the re-release of Penny Rimbaud's (Crass) Oh Magick Kingdom. Focused on the dual themes of love and desire, the 27-minute record uses punk poetry overlayed with dark jazz, noise rock, classical cello and other varied musical … Read more

Echo & the Bunnymen + Violent Femmes

Posted in Tours on July 21, 2018

Alt-rock heavyhitters the Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen are sharing the stage in a coheadlining tour of the US, currently wrapping up in the southeastern portion of the country. Later this fall, the Violent Femmes will hit the road again, starting Oct. 26 in Pittsburgh. SPB caught a … Read more