Resident of Portland, Oregon, Grouper(Liz Harris) is currently preparing her new full length titled Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill for U.K. based Type Records. The sonic purveyor of some of the most mysterious and haunting songs you'll ever hear plans to release the album in March of 2008. A song from the album titled "Invisible" can be found on her Myspace. The release will follow up the very limited Cover the Windows and the Walls album which was released this past year on Root Strata.
Here are last weeks top 'five' most played artists, according to the SPB Last.FM group. 1. Radiohead 2. Crime In Stereo 3. Thrice 4. Against Me! 5. Converge 5. Alkaline Trio The most listened to album last week was Radiohead's In Rainbows. If you'd like to join the group and … Read more
Mouth of the Architect provided an update on the status of their new album. Here is what the band had to say: So we're fairly close to being 1/2 way done with the new record and we're all pretty fucking stoked, we'll post one of the songs as soon as … Read more
The Copyrights have made the song "Same Hearse Different from the First" available online here. The song is taken from their upcoming full-length for Red Scare Industries, Learn the Hard Way, due out in early 2008. The band will be performing at The Fest 6 this weekend. Check out a … Read more
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A couple of days back we mentioned that Lance Hahn of punk group J Church was in the hospital. Well, unfortunately, over the weekend Hahn passed away as a result of the infection he was fighting. Hahn was forty-years-old. We at Scene Point Blank send out our condolences to Hahn's … Read more
Lone Wolf, comprised of current and former members of Betrayed, Donnybrook, Snake Eyes, Terror, and Throwdown, have made two songs from their upcoming EP available online here. Read more
In some of the most happily received news of the year, Hot Water Music look set to reunite after a year-long hiatus. Punknews gives us this: Sources close to the band have confirmed that Hot Water Music has reunited. The band is apparently putting together some more plans and a … Read more
Cursive drummer Clint Schnase announced the he is leaving the band to spend more time with his family. The band released this statement via their Myspace: Cursive regrets to announce the retirement of Clinton Frederick Schnase IV from the band. After years on the road Clint has decided to spend … Read more
Ministry / Killing Joke bassist Paul Raven was found dead today in a private home in a small French village on the Swiss border after suffering an apparent heart attack. Raven was in Geneva working with French recording artists Treponem Pal on their new release alongside drummer Ted Parsons (Prong) … Read more
Richmond, VA hardcore outfit Cast Aside have officially announced their breakup. The band last released The Struggle in 2004 via Deathwish Inc. The band issued the following statement on their demise: It's been a great run. Cast Aside is no more. Thanks to everyone who supported us in any way. … Read more
Josh Ritter's cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The River" has been made available online here. Ritter recently released The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter. Read more
The Justin Broadrick remix of Yakuza's "The Blinding" has been made available online here. Yakuza continue to tour in support of their latest full-length, Transmutations. Read more
Latterman bassist Matt Canino recently announced that the New York punk band had broken up. Here is the statement from Canino: We were a band for 7 years and it was time to not be a band anymore. I was in New York less and less and there was some … Read more
Dethklok's video for the song "Bloodrocuted" has been made available online here. The song is from the band's debut full-length, Dethalbum. Read more
High on Fire have announced their touring plans for the first two months of 2008. The band will headline a U.S. tour as they continue to support their latest full-length, Death is this Communion. To view the dates, click "read more." Read more w/ Archons 1/17 Santa Cruz, CA @ … Read more
Reunion Year 2007 continues with two new announcements: First off, At the Gates - the Swedish metal band that influenced 95% of the metal bands around now - will be performing several reunion shows next year. You can catch them at the following events: July 4th-6th @ Ruis Rock, Finland … Read more
Radiohead have made tenative plans to embark on an international tour next year. According to Billboard, Radiohead will hit the road beginning in May for the remainder of the year, "with lots of holidays in that period." So what does this mean? Expect sporadic dates throughout the year in support … Read more
Lance Hahn of J Church is currently in the hospital as a result of complications of his dialysis last week. Hahn collapsed and was given CPR; he is currently comatose and in the ICU fighting off an infection. According to sources close to Hahn, doctors have stated that all they … Read more
A video from Creepout's recent U.S. show in Pittsburgh has made its way online here. The band recently played two U.S. shows after coming over from their native Japan. Read more
Independent label Other Electricities has made a free compilation available for download via Insound. The compilation features twelve original songs (eleven on the downloadable version) from a wide array of artists. You can stream the compilation online here and download it for free here. Read more
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