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Vagrant 25th anniversary shows

Posted in Shows on December 16, 2021

Vagrant Records has spent much of 2021 celebrating the label's 25th anniversary. With live music remaining a booking challenge, the label has scheduled two anniversary shows well in advance, into 2022. The label will host two special live, in-person events, one on each coast (Irvine, CA & Worchester, MA) next year. The lines feature Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary, Hot Rod Circuit, and Moneen.

The label has reissued several back catalog items on vinyl this year as well as hosting a retrospective-themed podcast.

Dates and full lineups are listed below.

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Vagrant 25 Years on the Street Confirmed Dates:

5/28/2022 @ Five Point Amphitheater in Irvine, CA
w/ Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Get Up Kids,
The Anniversary and Hot Rod Circuit

6/11/2022 @ The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, MA
w/ Dashboard Confessional, Thrice, The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary,
Hot Rod Circuit and Moneen

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE 12/17 @ 12PM ET
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Vinyl Reissues Out Now
The Anniversary – Designing A Nervous Breakdown
Thrice – To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
The Anniversary – Your Majesty
Balance and Composure – Light We Made
Bad Suns – Disappear Here
Senses Fail – Let It Enfold You
Thrice – Beggars

Digital Re-Release
The Bled – Silent Treatment (Re-Mixed by Beau Burchell)

Available for Pre-Order
From Autumn to Ashes – The Fiction We Live – Out 1/7/2022
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Specter at the Feast – Out Late January 2022
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures – Out Late January 2022
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil's Tattoo – Out Late January 2022
MORE TBA...

El No no. 2

Posted in Records on December 16, 2021

One year after their debut, El No is back with Hoodlums, scheduled for release in April 22. The Texas/Ohio-based band began as a collaboration between Nate Farley (Guided By Voices, The Amps, Robthebank, The Breeders) and Craig Nichols (Bellringer, Fur Coats, Dumbell, Shesus), both Dayton, OH natives who have relocated … Read more

Avail + Hot Water Music (and a reissue)

Posted in Bands on December 16, 2021

Available now, Avail's debut album Satiate is has been repressed on vinyl for the first time in 15 years -- 30 years after its initial release. The band is also onboard for three live shows with Hot Water Music in the southeastern US next year. Avail broke hiatus with a … Read more

A Flogging Molly St. Patrick's Day tradition

Posted in Tours on December 16, 2021

Flogging Molly will play on the Hollywood Palladium on St. Patrick's Day 2022 (March 17), the band has announced, followed by a US tour with Russkaja and Vandoliers. The band, who recently completed a co-headlining tour with Violent Femmes, will also head overseas to Europe later in 2022 and play … Read more

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Stud Count's new 7-inch, new LP

Posted in Bands on December 16, 2021

Stud Count has shared a new song this week called "Talkin' 2 You," which is a love song and half of a new 7", out now on new label home Smartpunk Records. It also precedes a self-titled full-length to come. "This song is about finding that person - your forever … Read more

New Fast Eddy

Posted in Records on December 16, 2021

Fast Eddy will release Take A Look, a new full-length LP, on Jan. 21 via Spaghetty Town Records. The band first formed in 2014 as a side project featuring members of Dirty Few and Itchy O, growing to at fully formed concept today that focuses on a hedonistic lifestyle, followed … Read more

Wrong War's second EP

Posted in Records on December 16, 2021

Wrong War will release Once Upon a Weapon, on Jan. 14, 2022. The EP is the group's second release, a follow-up to Fixed Against Forever, and releases via Atomic Action Records/Council Records. Formed in 2019 in Chicago, IL, the band includes vocalist Matt Weeks (Ottawa/Current), guitarist Patrick Keenan, bassist Dave … Read more

Knocked Loose Announce Spring Tour

Posted in Tours on December 13, 2021

In 2022, Knocked Loose will embark on a Spring Tour of the US with support from Movements, Kublai Khan, and Koyo once they return from The U.K./Europe. The band will be touring in support of their new EP, A Tear in the Fabric of Life -- out now via Pure … Read more

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard live at Levitation 2014

Posted in Records on December 12, 2021

It's hard to keep up with all the new King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard records coming out, but the band just dropped Live at Levitation on Friday (Dec. 10), which we believe is their third LP of 2021. It is the fourth release in the Live at Levitation series … Read more

New from Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses

Posted in Records on December 12, 2021

Former frontperson of Boysetsfire Nathan Gray is back with a new album from Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses; the 12-song album Rebel Songs releases on Dec. 17. its the third album from the group. A teaser premiered earlier this week, featuring guest vocals from Tim McIlrath (Rise Against). The … Read more

A Kill Rock Stars christmas

Posted in Records on December 12, 2021

Kill Rock Starts has teamed up with friends of the label for It's Hard To Dance When It's Cold And There's No Music: Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album Volume 2, a 15 years after the original follow-up to Volume 1. The 14-track compilation of holiday themed muck includes Caleb … Read more

Adult Mom's the making of Driver

Posted in Videos on December 12, 2021

Following the release of Driver earlier this year (Epitaph), Adult Mom is back with an hour-long documentary titled East for Winter: The Making of Driver, featuring behind the scenes footage, a playthrough of the album and more. Driver is the third album from Adult Mom, formed in 2012, initially as … Read more

Greg Puciato's Fuck Content, live (and more news)

Posted in Videos on December 12, 2021

Former Dillinger Escape Plan member Greg Puciato has put his Fuck Content soundtrack out in live format, releasing a rendition of a recent livestream to the public. "Fuck Content is just another creative release, but in a different medium, marrying visual art, audio, live performance, studio footage....a lot of different … Read more

Video Premiere - "Reamin Explain" by Howardian

Posted in Records on December 12, 2021

So some of us here at Scene Point Blank have other gigs going on. I know. Shocking. SPB contributor and podcast host Ian and his band Howardian have a new release coming out on January 21st on Starcleaner Records, the band's 10th album, Too Big to Be Quiet. The release … Read more

Playneutral announces more releases

Posted in Labels on December 12, 2021

Startup label Playneutral, launched earlier this year with releases by Stephen Vitiello/Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Scanner, Machinefabriek and Aidan Baker, is back with its second batch of new albums. Six recordings from Bjarni Gunnarsson, David Cordero and Miguel Otero, Run Logan Run, Porya Hatami, Dirk Serries, and Graham Dowdall (Gagarin). The … Read more

Escape From The Zoo goes to Fat Wreck Chords

Posted in Labels on December 12, 2021

Fat Wreck Chords has announced an upcoming 9-song album by Escape From The Zoo, a band comprised of Jesse Sendejas (Days N' Daze) and his wife Veronica, joined on the album on bass and drums by Elliot Lozier (We The Heathens), who also recorded the upcoming new album, titled Countin' … Read more

What's new with Wet Tropics?

Posted in MP3s on December 12, 2021

Wet Tropics are back with a new cassingle called "Rat Shredder," (Friend Club Records) which takes a new garage rock-turn for the Chicago-based band led by John Rejba. The single also marks a new medium for the group, which will focus efforts in '21-'22 on collaborative singles working with friends … Read more

Her Head's On Fire split w/ J.Robbins track

Posted in MP3s on December 11, 2021

After sharing a J. Robbins track from the upcoming split between J. Robbins (Jawbox) and Her Head's On Fire last week, we now get an advance track from Her Head's On Fire, the new song, "Certain As." The record comes out in one week, on Dec. 17, via New Granada … Read more

Superchunk news, new Superchunk

Posted in Records on December 11, 2021

Merge Records has released a limited edition green vinyl 7" from Superchunk for the single "Endless Summer," featuring harmonies from Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley (Teenage Fanclub). The 7" comes with a b-side cover of The Glands’ “When I Laugh” (feat. William Tyler on guitar) and serves as a prelude … Read more

Author & Punisher's Krüller

Posted in Records on December 11, 2021

Tristan Shone's Author & Punisher is back with a new album early next year. The lead single/video "Drone Carrying Dread" (below) was released as a previous of Krüller, which will release on Feb. 11 via Relapse Records. As usual, Shone's machinated engineering steers the composition, with guest appearances including Danny … Read more