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Forceful new Oxx

Posted in Records on June 30, 2023

Based in Aarhus, Denmark, Oxx has shared a new song "The Coast," the lead single from what will be the band's fourth full-lenth release, The Primordial Blues. The new record continues the band's heavy but distinct blend of metallic hardcore with tech elements. It releases on August 18 on Nefarious Industries.

The band last released The Skeleton Is Just A Coat Hanger; These Are The Black Strings That Make You Dance in 2019, since adding a new bassist, Anders Frodo S. Mikkelsen.

The album will release on limited cd and cassette formats, as well as digitally.

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The Primordial Blues Track Listing:

1. The Coast
2. The Song Of The Rivers
3. The Fishing Village
4. The Lake And Everything Around It
5. The Haruspex
6. The Flagellant
7. The Hypostasis
8. The Primordial Blues

Taking Back Sunday's Fantasy

Posted in Bands on June 30, 2023

Or make that Fantasy's Taking Back Sunday, but we like the other headline better. But getting to the point, the long-running Taking Back Sunday shared a new song yesterday, "The One," the first new music from the band in four years. The new song comes along with news that the … Read more

SPB premiere: "Progress" by Two-Man Giant Squid

Posted in MP3s on June 30, 2023

We've shared music from Brooklyn, NY quartet Two-Man Giant Squid in the past, and today we're excited to announce that the band has a full-length album on the way. The new record will will be called Intro To Basement, out on August 18, but today we get an early teaser, … Read more

Levitation 2023: wave 1

Posted in Shows on June 29, 2023

The annual Austin, TX based festival Levitation is back for 2023, taking place form Oct. 26-29 with a stacked and musically diverse lineup. Wave 1 of band's was just released, with notables including but not limited to Unwound, Amyl & the Sniffers, The Black Angels, Blonde Redhead, High on Fire, … Read more

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Sincere Engineer: September is Cheap Grills season

Posted in Records on June 29, 2023

Out Sept. 22, Sincere Engineer returns with album 3: Cheap Grills, due for release on Hopeless Records. The Chicago-based group fronted by Deanna Below shared a new song today: "California King," which is rooted in Chicago culture and a seemingly continual state of unsteady relationships, on par with her previous … Read more

Worriers Suggest You 'Trust Your Gut'

Posted in Records on June 29, 2023

Worriers will release their new album, Trust Your Gut, on September 15th via Ernest Jenning Record Co. The new studio record follows-up home-recorded, Warm Blanket, released earlier this year. The album consists of performances from Atom Willard, Franz Nicolay, Frank Piegaro, and Allegra Anka. You can check out the video … Read more

D.O.A. To Release War on 45 Anniversary Vinyl For 40 Years

Posted in Records on June 29, 2023

Canada's Hardcore Punk vets, D.O.A., have announced the 40th-anniversary reissue of War on 45 on deluxe Red vinyl with a 12-page booklet and the 1982 demos that contain drummer, Chuck Biscuits, on 7 of the tracks. You can order now at Sudden Death Records. War on 45 40th Anniversary Reissue … Read more

Skeletal Lightning Signs lowheaven

Posted in Labels on June 29, 2023

Lowheaven will release their debut EP, Collapse, through Skeletal Lightning on August 25th. You can check out the video for their new track, "Cancer Sleep" below: Read more Alex Pley comments on the video: Shooting this video was intense; our music is generally pretty heavy in whatever way you absorb … Read more

Teenage Fanclub updates

Posted in Records on June 28, 2023

Teenage Fanclub will return with a new album: Nothing Lasts Forever, out Sept. 22 on Merge Records (North America) and their own label, PeMa (UK/EU). The band shared a single, "Foreign Land," earlier, and embedded below. In addition to the new record, the band will be on tour this fall, … Read more

Clara Engel returns with Sanguinaria

Posted in Records on June 28, 2023

Clara Engel has released a new album, out since June 16, titled Sanguinaria. The collection of minimal, haunting and soulful compositions, 10 tracks in total. Sanguinaria features electric and acoustic guitars, talharpa, gudok, lap steel, melodica, and percussion. Check out this entry from Engel discussing their instrumentation choices with SPB … Read more

Hollie Cook's Happy Hour in Dub

Posted in Records on June 27, 2023

Hollie Cook's Happy Hour record, released last year, is getting a makeover. Merge Records will release a fully dub version, fittingly called Happy Hour in Dub, on August 11. The new version marks Cook's first full dub record since 2012. Read all about Cook's "lover's rock" style and Happy Hour … Read more

The Postal Service live (on LP)

Posted in Records on June 27, 2023

The Postal Service is marking the 20th anniversary of it's album Give Up this year, including tour dates with Death Cab For Cutie in the fall. First, the band will release a new live 2XLP/CD called Everything Will Change, a 16-song live set from the band's 2013 10th anniversary tour. … Read more

sound as language's 30th release

Posted in Labels on June 27, 2023

sound as language records, launched in 2020, has announced it's 30th release: appian - fragments vol 1, out on July 14. In addition to the atmospheric appian, the label is sharing a name your price digital sampler called can you feel 3to commemorate 30 releases. The collection spans ambient, dub, … Read more

14 song Naked Raygun tribute

Posted in Records on June 27, 2023

A new Naked Raygun tribute is coming out on July 28, featuring 14 covers of the influential Chicago, IL punk band. Titled Godspeed... A Tribute to Pierre Kezdy, the record is a tribute to the band's late bassist Pierre Kezdy, who passed away in 2020. Artists on the compilation include … Read more

Seven)Suns cover Dillinger Escape Plan's One of Us Is The Killer

Posted in Records on June 27, 2023

Seven)Suns, succinctly described as avant-garde classical, has announced a full reimagining of One of Us Is the Killer, originally released by The Dillinger Escape Plan ten years ago. The Seven)Suns variation explores all 11 songs, arranged for violin, viola, and cello, and will release on Silent Pendulum Records on Sept. … Read more

Sages of Sacramento (ex Far, Simon Says)

Posted in Bands on June 26, 2023

Sages, a quartet from Sacramento featuring Dean Vidovich, Ryan Cavalli, Matt Franks (Simon Says), and Chris Robyn (Black Map, Crosses, Far), has shared a new single called "Walk Away," giving an early glimpse at their upcoming self-titled EP, set for release later this summer. The new song, and the entire … Read more

Soars (Cult of Luna/Pg.Lost)

Posted in Records on June 26, 2023

Kristian Karlsson, the synth player in Cult of Luna and bass/vocalist in Pg.Lost, has a new album coming from instrumental, post-rock-esque project Soars. Soars previously released Enfold in 2021, a solo project at the time. “I got tired of discarding ideas I've written that didn't fit PG.LOST, but at the … Read more

Hardcore Move wants to inspire change

Posted in Records on June 26, 2023

August 11 is the due date for Black Radical Love, the debut full-length from Boston hardcore band move, a 5-piece that last released Freedom Dreams EP in 2021. The new full-length has 12 songs and will release via Triple B Records. Vocalist Corey Charpentier notes: We want people to listen … Read more

Bokassa joins Indie

Posted in Labels on June 25, 2023

Bokassa, described as stonerpunk from Norway, has joined forces with Indie Recordings, with plans to release something from the hardcore-meets-punk-meets-metal band this summer. The band has released three albums thus far, most recently Molotov Rocktail (2021).   Read more

Heavy Chicago: Oct/Nov

Posted in Shows on June 25, 2023

A two weekend, three date festival of heavy music is coming to Avondale Music Hall in Chicago: October 28, November 4-5. The two-weekend event, Heavy Chicago, features DRI, Corrosion of Conformity, Repulsion, Trouble, Bongzilla, The Crosses featuring Dan Kubinski (Die Kreuzen), Acid King, and more. Read the full lineup below. … Read more