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Frail Body presents Artificial Bouquet

Posted in Records on February 5, 2024

Frail Body has announced the upcoming release of Artificial Bouquet, the second LP form the band. It will release on March 29 on Deathwish Inc, followed by US, UK, and EU tours. the band also shares a new single, "Refrain," below.

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Frail Body on tour:

March 3 Peoria, IL @ Slicehub ^
March 4 Kansas City, MO @ Farewell ^
March 5 Tulsa, OK @ Whittier Bar ^
March 6 Oklahoma City, OK @ Sactuary ^
March 7 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves ^
March 8 San Antonio, TX @ B-Side ^
March 9 Houston, TX @ The End ^
March 10 Austin, TX @ Chess Club ^
March 11 Austin, TX @ Austin High Tunnels ^
March 12  Austin, TX @ The Ballroom ^
March 13 Little Rock, AR @ White Water Tavern ^
March 14 Memphis, TN @ Haven Haus ^
March 15 Nashville, TN @ drkmttr ^
March 16 Louisville, KY @ Kaiju ^

April 10  Glasgow, UK @ Garage Attic #
April 11  Leeds, UK @ Boom #
April 12  Bristol, UK @ Crofters Rights #
April 13  London, UK @ Downstairs at the Dome #
April 14  Brighton, UK @ The Hope and Ruin #
April 16  Lille, FR @ Brat Cave &
April 17  Antwerp, BE @ Antwerp Music City &
April 18  Paris, FR @ L’International &
April 20  Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Festival
April 21  Liege, BE @ La Zone &
April 23  Frankfurt, DE @ Juha West &
April 24  La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH @ Bikini Test &
April 25  Milan, IT @ COX18 &
April 26  Modena, IT @ La Tienda &
April 27  Rome, IT @ RCCB INIT &

^ w/ Heavenly Blue
# w/ Chalk Hands
& w/ Knoll

Artificial Bouquet track listing:

  1. Scaffolding
  2. Berth
  3. Critique Programme
  4. Devotion
  5. Monolith
  6. Refrain
  7. No Resolution
  8. Runaway
  9. Horizon Line
  10. Another Year Removed
  11. A Capsule in the Sediment

Talking Heads covers comp

Posted in Records on February 5, 2024

As the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense turns 40 this year, A24 Music has announced  a tribute covers release, previewing Paramore's take on "Burning Down the House. " Other artists on the compilation include Blondshell, Lorde, The Linda Lindas, The National, and Miley Cyrus. Live film Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, 1983) was … Read more

SPB exclusive: Coffin Womb

Posted in Records on February 5, 2024

It's not out until February 23, but we're sharing a full early stream of Godless by Coffin Womb now.  The project is rooted in hardcore, but taking a decidedly darker tone that keeps the brevity while adding more pummeling, blackened death-tinged brutality that's rough enough to have real emotion but still clean enough … Read more

Indie-folk-punk from England, Ewy

Posted in Bands on February 4, 2024

Twenty year-old English artist Ewy shares a new song this week, "A Joke That You're Not In On."  The new song explores life as a neurodivergent person, playing a folk-punk style with confessional yet approachable lyrics. The single is out now on digital platforms, with expectations of one more single followed by … Read more

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They are Irked

Posted in Bands on February 4, 2024

Formed in 2022 and featuring former members of Biscuit Mouth, Blómm, Cave Suns, Frankie & the Heartstrings, Lavotchkin, Pet Crow, Pure Graft, Tough Tits, Shy-Talk and Weekend Faithful, Newcastle punk band Irked will release its self-titled debut EP on May 17. The album will be self-released on upstart label Scene Report … Read more

Merge festival

Posted in Labels on February 4, 2024

Merge Records turns 35 this year, culminating with a 4-day festival in Carrboro, North Carolina on July 24-27. The event has a lengthy list of bands, including Greg Cartright, New Pornographers, Superchuck, Redd Kross, Mary Timiony, and Fruit Bats,      Read more Full lineup: A Giant Dog Eric Bachmann … Read more

What's new at Volar

Posted in Labels on February 4, 2024

Volar Records recently reissued the demo cassette of Australia punk band Pleasers A.D., previously self-released by the group in Australia but now seeing wider distribution and availability. The label, mostly quiet since 2021, also has a 7" in development from an undisclosed German artist. Read more Volar also made several … Read more

That's Ulthar, folks

Posted in Tours on February 4, 2024

Ulthar has scheduled the band's first US tour in five years, leading up to a performance at Norwest Terror Fest in Seattle, WA in May. The band released Anthronomicon and Helionomicon last year (20 Buck Spin) Read more ULTHAR LIVE: 4/26/2024 Eli’s Mile High Club – Oakland, CA 4/27/2024 Dark … Read more

30-some seconds of Black Gaff

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

Black Gaff, an mostly anonymous band led by Patrick Forrest, has shared the new song "Deck Meat" from an upcoming record on Knife Hits, Head, out on March 15. “Black Gaff formed as a project of me and a few of my union brothers that skate any chance we could … Read more

Fall Of Leviathan, soon

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

Fall Of Leviathan, a post-metal collective from Switzerland, will release their debut full-length on March 1, In the Waves, releasing on Vitruve Records. The band's latest single, "Ahkab," is inspired by Moby Dick, an 11-minute epic that's streaming here. Read more

Knocked Loose this year

Posted in Tours on February 3, 2024

Knocked Loose has announced extensive US touring that begins in February and runs through much of the first half of the year. The band will headline, with support form Show Me The Body, Loathe, and Speed. Here are the dates: Read more Knocked Loose Live Dates: Feb 15: Paris, France … Read more

It's a Big Deal on Feb. 23

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

Big Deal is set to release their debut full-length. The Michigan hardcore band signed with Heroes + Martyrs last year and will release Beyond Repair on Feb. 23. The band previously released an EP, Great Deal of Pain. Read more Beyond Repair Tracklist: 1. Upper Hand 2. "Thank You" (feat. Strangle You) … Read more

It's gonna be a Mosswood Meltdown

Posted in Shows on February 3, 2024

The annual Oakland festival Mosswood Meltdown is back on July 6-7, 2024, announcing a lineup that includes The B-52s, Junx & His Punx, Redd Kross, Gibby Haynes and the Paul Green Rock Academy performing songs by the Butthole Surfers, and more.  Full lineup below. Read more MOSSWOOD MELTDOWN 2024 LINEUP The … Read more

Dylan Desmond's Je Est Un Autre

Posted in Bands on February 3, 2024

Dylan Desmond (Bell Witch) has introduced a new dark ambient project called Je Est Un Autre, leading off with the single "Death, The Musagetes", which appears on the upcoming record, Flatwork Mysticism. The name Je Est Un Autre translates to “I is another”, inspired by Arthur Rimbaud. The record will release … Read more

Slug Gore grind

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

Based in Ravenna, Italy, Slug Gore will soon release a 12-song LP by the name of They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill! on April 19 via Time To Kill Records. The band kicks things off with the single "Demented Crickets" (below) which showcases their death-tinged grind with elements of hardcore and … Read more

Nefarious Industries compilation 100

Posted in Labels on February 3, 2024

Nefarious Industries has announced the upcoming release of a label compilation as its 100th catalog release. The label will release NEF100: Burn After Hearing – Nefarious Industries Presents Compilation on LP, with 14 tracks form a variety of artists. El Drugstore and Risk Relay both shared songs today, plus tunes form … Read more

Toadlicker to get Back In The Hole

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

February 23 is the release date for Back In The Hole, the first new album from Toadliquor in 25 years. It will release on Southern Lord, and the band has shared "First Crush" from the upcoming release now (below). Back In The Hole in only the band's second studio album, a … Read more

The skatepunk sounds of F.O.D. from Belgium

Posted in Records on February 3, 2024

Poppy Belgian punk band F.O.D. will release their sixth album on April 5. The new record is called The Once A Virgin Club and comes out on SBÄM Records/Double Helix Records. The band formed in 2011, taking influence from '90s skatepunk, and most recently released a double album + book called Sleepville in … Read more

A date with The Sleeveens

Posted in Tours on February 3, 2024

As the band prepares for next week's release of their debut LP, The Sleeveens have shared a new single and announced US tour dates. The Nashville, TN band will release a self-titled record on Dirtnap Records on Feb. 9. In the meantime, check out "Metallica Font," a song that captures … Read more

Tandoori Knights rise again

Posted in Records on February 2, 2024

Tandoori Knights have returned after 12 years. The two-member band featuring King Kahn and Bloodshot Bill will release a self-titled record on Rad Girlfriend Records. No release date is specified, but preorders are open now. The project puts a lo-fi spin on rock 'n' roll's golden era sound. A single … Read more