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Bosstones hosting an annual end of summer festival

Posted in Shows on May 5, 2018

Long-running ska-punks The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced the inaugural Cranking & Skanking Fest. Taking place Saturday Aug. 25 at Worcester Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, MA, the festival will feature a variety of acts including Toots & The Maytals, The Bouncing Souls, Fishbone, The Pietasters, and more. Tickets went on sale yesterday.

The Bosstones went on hiatus in 2003 and reformed in 2007.

Death of a Nation limited edition vinyl

Posted in Records on May 5, 2018

Formed by former and current members of Defeater and Verse, political hardcore band Death of a Nation have released a 4-song EP on streaming services and will put it to wax in a limited edition vinyl release on No Sleep Records. The record will ship in late June for those … Read more

New book on MC5 by bassist Michael Davis

Posted in Music News on May 5, 2018

Cleopatra Records has released a new book titled I Brought Down The MC5, written by bassist Michael Davis. The 350-page memoir covers the band's rise and fall and includes original artwork and photos by Davis. MC5 is a notable and influential band for loud, heavy and political music that followed … Read more

Debut coming from Deathgrave (Brainoil/Amber Asylum)

Posted in Records on May 5, 2018

San Jose, CA-based Deathgrave will drop their debut LP on June 22 on Tankcrimes. Titled So Real, It's Now, the group features familiar faces from Brainoil, Amber Asylum and more. They originally formed in 2013 with the intention to play grindcore/powerviolence in the style of Iron Lung, Insect Warfare, Nasum, … Read more

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The Flaming Lips Greatest Hits and rarities boxsets

Posted in Records on May 5, 2018

The ever-busy Flaming Lips will release a new 3CD boxset on June 1 titled Greatest Hits Vol. 1. The collection will be available on vinyl and also in deluxe edition (full track lists below). In addition to the greatest hits collection, they will release a 6CD album of rarities and … Read more

Mad Caddies rocksteady punk covers album

Posted in Records on April 30, 2018

Mad Caddies have finished work a new themed album titled Punk Rocksteady. The album is a pet project of Fat Mike (NOFX, Fat Wreck Chords), hellbent on a mission to hear classic punk songs reconstituted in reggae form. The album is fully Mad Caddies, though with Fat Mike's participation as … Read more

Author & Punisher back in the studio

Posted in Bands on April 30, 2018

One-man industrial-metal project Author & Punisher are back in the studio at work on its sixth studio album. The new album will be issued this fall on Relapse Records and is to be recorded at K Street in San Diego, CA with additional recording in Las Cruces, NM. Besides the … Read more

Stream the new Abolitionist

Posted in Records on April 30, 2018

The Instant, the fourth full-length from Portland's Abolitionist, is streaming online at New Noise. The new LP officially releases this Friday. Since forming in 2009, the band has solidified with a lineup of vocalist/guitarist Dustin Herron, Jeremy Dunlap on lead guitar, Joseph Mohler on bass/vocals, and Sean Rule (Plow United) … Read more

My Bloody Valentine US tour dates

Posted in Tours on April 30, 2018

In addition to select European festival dates this summer, including RoberT Smith's Meltdown in London, My Bloody Valentine will be retuning to the US In June-July for their first live performances since 2013. Dates are included below. Read more My Bloody Valentine Tour Dates:Sat. June 23 – London, UK @ … Read more

William Elliott Whitmore joins Bloodshot

Posted in Labels on April 30, 2018

William Elliott Whitmore will release a new album later this year on Bloodshot Records. The musician from Lee County, Iowa offered the following statement: I remember going to the record store and buying Neko Case, Sadies, and Whiskeytown 7-inches back in the late 1990s. I've been a fan of Bloodshot … Read more

SPB premiere: "This Exists" by Tongue Party

Posted in Videos on April 26, 2018

SPB is sharing a brand new video from Tongue Party. Taken from their soon to release album Looking for a Painful Death, the song “This Exists” is a three-minute blast of banging riffage and hazy grooves. The Minneapolis noise punk band will release their new album on May 5 on … Read more

Don't Worry to release new album on Specialist Subject

Posted in Records on April 21, 2018

After self-releasing a series of EPs and touring throughout the UK, Don't Worry have joined with Specialist Subject to release Who Cares Anyway? -- their first full-length, which will release on June 22. First formed in 2014, the band is influenced by the likes of Superchunck, Essex, Frightened Rabbit, and … Read more

Immersion album in June (Wire)

Posted in Bands on April 21, 2018

Duo Immersion, featuring Wire Colin Newman (Wire) and Malka Spigel (Minimal COmpact), will release Sleepless on June 15t via swim~. To announced the record, their first since Analogue Creatures Living on an Island (2016), the band has a video for "Micrclimate" embedded below. The album includes guest appearances from Matt … Read more

20 years of Southern Lord

Posted in Labels on April 21, 2018

Southern Lord, started on April 1, 1998 with the release of Thorr's Hammer's Dommedagsnatt, is marking their twentieth anniversary this year in a big way. The label will be selling a limited silver vinyl subscription and reissue series covering eight records in total. Six of the eight were announced already: … Read more

Brand new Sleep

Posted in Records on April 20, 2018

Sleep returned with the new The Sciences today, released on Third Man Records. The new LP has two versions available: a standard version and a limited edition 2XLP that is being released at stores the band hand selected (and listed in full below). Read more Sleep 2018 tour dates:05/15/18 - … Read more

Gang of Four's new EP is Complicit

Posted in Records on April 20, 2018

Gang of Four released a new EP today titled Complicit, with Ivanka Trump on the cover and the Russian word for "complicit" etched below. The four song EP takes on politics and media, and also serves as a previous for a new full-length set for release this summer. Read more … Read more

Lauren Records Record Club, round 2

Posted in Labels on April 20, 2018

Lauren Records has announced the renewal of their record club, a subscription that sends a series of new releases directly to members. The first round is just wrapping up now, and they promise that round 2 will include releases from Wild Animals and Sun Valley Club, in addition to 3 … Read more

New Street Dogs hits the streets in June

Posted in Records on April 20, 2018

On June 22, Street Dogs will release a new album titled Stand for Something or Die for Nothing on Century Media. It's the sixth studio album from the Mike McColgan-fronted socially conscious punk band. “The dumbing down of America is a reason to write songs in 2018,” McColgan says in … Read more

SPB premiere: "Labyrinths (and other writings)" by Randall Holt

Posted in MP3s on April 18, 2018

We’re sharing something new at Scene Point Blank today, the track “Labyrinths (and other writings)” from cellist Randall Holt (Knest, Horne + Holt). The song comes off his upcoming solo album titled Inside the Kingdom of Splendor and Madness, which showcases his cello throughout the full album, which mixes somber, … Read more

Bad Waitress join Royal Mountain

Posted in Bands on April 16, 2018

Toronto-based Bad Waitress has signed with Royal Mountain Records for the release of a new EP titled Party Bangers: Volume 1.BrooklynVegan Premieres New Track & Video for "Acid Brain" Party Bangers: Volume 1 releases on April 20. Read more Track Listing:01) Let's Get Fucked Up02) What Do I Want03) N.D.F.E.04) … Read more