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Solo Eric Copeland on the way

Posted in Bands on May 12, 2012

Eric Copeland, member of Black Dice and Terrestrial Tones (along with Avey Tare of Animal Collective), will be releasing a solo record title Limbo on June 5 on Underwater Peoples. The LP will come with a foldout poster.

Garden & Villa touring West Coast

Posted in Tours on May 12, 2012

Garden & Villa have started a West Coast tour in support of their recent Secretly Canadian self-titled release, following their appearance at Coachella. Read more TOUR DATES: 05/16/12 Riverside, CA - The Barn @ University of California 05/18/12 Santa Ana, CA - The Constellation Room @ The Observatory 05/19/12 Pioneer … Read more

My Fictions sign with Topshelf

Posted in Labels on May 12, 2012

Topshelf Records has added Boston, MA area band My Fictions to their roster. The band's most recent release was I Want Nothing on Flannel Gurl Records. Later this month the band will be play a few east coast dates. Read more May 18th: AS220 in Providence, RI w/ Verse May … Read more

Philm to offer webcast performance

Posted in Bands on May 11, 2012

Los Angeles, CA trio Philm, containing members of Slayer, War, and Civil Defiance, will be playing a live webcast on May 16 at 7pst/10est, recorded at Bob Wei'rs TRI Studios. The webcast will be shown from Weir's site and from yahoo. Philm's debut album, Harmonic, will release on Tuesday May … Read more

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Derek Archambault of Defeater to release Alcoa

Posted in Bands on May 11, 2012

Bridge Nine Records will be releasing Alcoa, the solo project from Defeater's Derek Archambault this fall. Archambault, who has been with Defeater for four years, has actually been working on his Alcoa project for longer and is planning a debut release later this year. Commenting on the recording of the … Read more

Melvins Lite Canada

Posted in Tours on May 10, 2012

Melvins Lite, an abbreviated Melvins line-up and featuring Trevor Dunn on bass, have announced a tour run called Melvins Lite Canada +. The trio will release Freak Puke on June 5 on Ipecac, and the full Melvins line-up recently released a free EP on Scion A/V. Read more July 1 … Read more

Puscifer launching another tour

Posted in Tours on May 10, 2012

Puscifer, the Maynard James Keenan group who released Conditions of My Parole last year, will be playing a three week stretch of shows this summer, built around their appearance at Bonnaroo and also including the River's Edge Festival in St. Paul, MN. Read more Tour dates: June 9 -- Manchester, … Read more

Hear the Wolfbrigade's Damned

Posted in MP3s on May 10, 2012

Damned, the first Southern Lord release from Swedish crustpunks Wolfbrigade is now streaming at Brooklyn Vegan. The record released last month and was reviewed by SPB here. Read more

Mark Sultan solo show available for download

Posted in MP3s on May 9, 2012

Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) has released a live download entitled The War on Rock'n'Roll, which was also released in limited edition vinyl on Record Store Day courtesy of In the Red Records. To download the one-man show that covers a range of his material, visit his page here. Sultan is … Read more

Stream Countdown to Oblivion

Posted in MP3s on May 9, 2012

Countdown to Oblivion, whose members went on to play with the likes of Burning Love, Cursed, Legion, One Blood, and numerous others, now has their full discography up and streaming at Cvlt Nation along with an interview with frontman Chris Colohan. The discography was recently released as a collection by … Read more

Earthride to team with Junior Bruce for split release

Posted in Bands on May 9, 2012

A389 has announced a joint 12" LP coming up with Earthride and Junior Bruce, along with a tour featuring the two groups. Dates are still being finalized, but an announcement will be coming in the future. The LP will be released late summer. Scene Point Blank reviewed Junior Bruce's The … Read more

Tom Gabel of Against Me! announces her transgender status

Posted in Bands on May 8, 2012

The singer of Against Me!, Tom Gabel, has announced that she plans to live as a woman after dealing with gender dysphoria for years, according to Rolling Stone. She plans to begin transition using hormones and electrolysis treatments, and will change her name to Laura Jane Grace in the near … Read more

Royal Headache in the US and Europe

Posted in Tours on May 8, 2012

Sydney, Australia's Royal Headache have announced a US tour in May and June to support their debut self-titled record for What's Your Rupture? The record was released on May 8 and dates are listed below. In September the band will be hitting Europe. Read more ROYAL HEADACHE U.S. TOUR DATES: … Read more

Stream the entire Absolute Monarchs

Posted in MP3s on May 7, 2012

Scene Point Blank fans may remember our exclusive stream of "To Hell, Let's Masquerade" in April. Well, now that the full album has released on Good to Die Records, Consequence of Sound is hosting a full stream here. The record was released on April 17. Read more

New Shonen Knife in June

Posted in Records on May 7, 2012

On June 6 Shonen Knife will release Pop Tune on Good Charamel Records (in North America). Shortly thereafter, the band will be touring the continent in support. The band is still on a celebratory run for their 30th anniversary than began with 2011's Osaka Ramones release. Check out the tour … Read more

A Whisper in the Noise on tour now

Posted in Tours on May 7, 2012

A Whisper in the Noise is currently in Europe in support of their latest record, To Forget, released on Exile on Mainstream records. The band's 2007 album, Dry Land, is the top seller on Exile on Mainstream and the Minneapolis, MN band has gained a strong European following through regular … Read more

Explosions in the Sky add dates

Posted in Tours on May 6, 2012

Explosions in the Sky have added dates to their June US tour in support of Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. See the full listing below. Read more May 25—Sasquatch Music Festival—George, WashingtonJune 17—Warehouse Live—Houston, TexasJune 18—Soul Kitchen Music Hall—Mobile, AlabamaJune 19—The Ritz Ybor—Tampa, FloridaJune 20—Grand Central—Miami, FloridaJune 21—The Georgia … Read more

Hickey re-issue

Posted in Bands on May 6, 2012

1-2-3-4 Go! Records has released a double LP from defunct San Francisco, CA band Hickey. The re-issue of Various States of Disrepair includes 9 extra songs and a total of 32 (listed below). All tracks are remastered and the release comes in a gatefold sleeve with a reproduction of the … Read more

Xavier Rudd added to SideOneDummy roster

Posted in Labels on May 6, 2012

Australian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd has joined forces to released his seventh record, Spirit Bird, and first for SideOneDummy, on June 5. Drawing comparisons to Chuck Ragan and "a surfer Bob Dylan," Rudd mixes styles and influences into his folk songs. Read more

Mixtapes releasing EP

Posted in Records on May 5, 2012

Cincinnati, OH's Mixtapes have announced a new EP, Somewhere in Trinsic, will be released next week on May 8 jointly via No Sleep Records and Animal Style Records. Alt Press is currently streaming one of the songs here. Read more Somewhere In Trinsic Track List: 1. Even On The Worst … Read more