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New from Kælan Mikla

Posted in Records on July 2, 2021

Iceland's Kælan Mikla will return with a new album, Undir Köldum Norðumljósum, on October 15 via Artoffact Records. The upcoming album features 10 songs, including a guest appearance from Alcest -- and two new songs are available online as we speak (hit the jump for embeds).

The band's synth-driven, atmospheric yet raw sound continues to develop on this album, their fourth overall, and the follow-up to 2018's Nótt eftir nótt.

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Track list:

1) Svört Augu
2) Sólstöður
3) Örlögin
4) Halastjarnan
5) Ósýnileg
6) Sírenur
7) Stormurinn
8) Óskasteinar
9) Hvítir Sandar (feat. Alcest)
10) Saman

Two new Shrug Dealers

Posted in Bands on July 1, 2021

New York, NY-based Shurg Dealer has announced two upcoming releases: one out right now and another in early 2022. On June 25, the band released a remixed and remaster version of their self-titled debut EP digitally and on cassette (Hidden Home Records), and they return with another new EP on … Read more

Lockjaw Records announces Black Lives Matter charity comp

Posted in Labels on July 1, 2021

UK-based label Lockjaw Records will release a fundraising compilation for Black Lives Matter on August 27, with 13 bands announced at present, including Drones, La Armada, Belvedere, Straightline, Edward in Venice, and more. All profits will go to Black Minds Matter Charity (UK) and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (US) … Read more

SPB exclusive: Can This Be It?? 4-band split stream

Posted in Records on July 1, 2021

There is no single way to make music, or to release it for that matter. At Scene Point Blank we feature a new record (nearly) each month, but some are full-lengths of new material, some are EPs, some collect old material, and some are compilations. There are so many ways … Read more

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Live Obits record

Posted in Records on June 29, 2021

Obits, who released three records on Sub Pop between 2009 and 2013, has announced a live record scheduled for release on July 30 on Outer Batter Records. Titled Die at the Zoo, the album was recorded live in Brisbane, Australia, in 2012. The band featured Rick Froberg (Hot Snakes, Drive … Read more

Instigators - live and demo on LP

Posted in Records on June 29, 2021

Sanctus Propaganda has announced a pressing called 1993 Demo N Live LP from UK hardcore band Instigators. Active in the 1980s and early 1990s and releasing records on Bluurg, this collection features the a-side 1993 demo recording originally released on Full Circle (cassette) and Vision On fanzine, and the b-side … Read more

SPB premiere: "Old Sparky" by Lower Automation

Posted in MP3s on June 29, 2021

Today Scene Point Blank is pleased to premiere "Old Sparky," a brand new song from Chicago, IL's Lower Automation. The band features hyper math-rock shifts blended seamlessly with noise rock blasts of aggression and frustration. To give listener's an early taste, we're sharing "Old Sparky," a song about the punitive … Read more

The Stranglers share tribute, new album news

Posted in Records on June 27, 2021

The Strangers are back -- officially with the release of new album Dark Matters on Sept. 10 -- but also now, via lead single "And If You Should See Dave..." The lead single is a tribute to late keyboard player Dave Greenfield who passed from COVID in May 2020. JJ … Read more

A new Halycon Days single

Posted in MP3s on June 27, 2021

Norway's melodic hardcore five-piece Halcyon Days has shared the second single, "Shadows," from their upcoming new full-length, set for official release in the fall. With melodic overtones, metalcore breakdowns, and shifting emotional vocals, the single hits on all levels while evoking tones of the previous decade. A full-length is set … Read more

The Gift Of Gab (1971-2021)

Posted in Obituaries on June 27, 2021

Timothy J. Parker passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021, at the age of 50. Parker, better known as The Gift of Gab, Blackalicious, and Quannum Projects, was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2014 and received a transplant in early 2020. “He was one of the most positive human beings … Read more

Superchunk's Here's To Shutting Up is 20

Posted in Records on June 27, 2021

Long out-of-print, Superchunk's 2001 album Here's To Shutting Up is returning in deluxe form for its twentieth anniversary. On Ocgt. 22, Merge Records will re-issue the album on CD, LP, and also on limited orange swirl peak vinyl. Each the formats comes with a bonus "Bestial Warning" CD, containing 13 … Read more

A third Gloop

Posted in Records on June 26, 2021

Baltimore's Gloop, fomed in 2016 (then based in Shepherdstown, WV), has announced its intentiosn of third record -- Crayon Sun -- coming on August 20 courtesy of Grimoire Records. The new record was preceded by siblings The Tourist (2017) and Smiling Lines (2019), both also on Grimoire with Smiling Lines … Read more

Quicksand to bring us Distant Populations

Posted in Records on June 26, 2021

Scheduled for August 13 (digitally) and September 24 (vinyl), Quicksand is back with the new album, Distant Populations on Epitaph Records. The upcoming record produced and engineered by Will Yip (The Menzingers, Code Orange, Defeater), and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold) and follows 2017's Interiors. … Read more

Bad Religion + Alkaline Trio = a stage near you?

Posted in Tours on June 26, 2021

Once planned for spring 2020, Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio will embark on a co-headlining North American tour this fall, beginning on October 15 in Riverside, CA and circling back on November to wrap things up on November 26 in Los Angeles, CA. "This tour is special;" offers Bad Religion's … Read more

Austin's Band of Bastards

Posted in Records on June 26, 2021

Band of Bastareds has announced Delete. Repeat., a 12-song record coming via Redacted Records/SilverDoor Music on July 23. The Austin, TX-based hardcore band features many scene faces, including current/former members of ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Sparta, Markov, Black Books, We'll Go Machete, and Glass … Read more

Epitaph Sign Soul Glo and Release New EP

Posted in Bands on June 25, 2021

Soul Glo have joined the Epitaph roster and have released their new 3-track EP, Vol. 2.  Read more

SPB Premiere - "Strange Times" by The Tin Can Collective

Posted in Records on June 22, 2021

Since 2011, Long Island, New York-based The Tin Can Collective has been pumping out folk-tinged punk rock with an emotional edge and a finger on the pulse of society (check out their 2020 track “Complicit” for proof). The band, built around John Warren and his sister, guitarist and co-songwriter Jess, … Read more

A new Heiress comes this falls

Posted in Records on June 20, 2021

Seattle trio Heiress will make a most triumphant return later this fall with the release of Distant Fires on brand new label Satanik Royaly Records, the inaugural release on the new label. The band, who last released Made Wrong in 2016, was founded in 2006 by guitarist Wes Reed. Members … Read more

Faith No More, Fucked Up 'N' More

Posted in Tours on June 20, 2021

The semi-active Faith No More has announced three headlining US tour dates in September. In addition to playing Riot Fest and Knotefst in September, the band will also visit Mayland Heights, MO; Pittsburg, PA; and Newport KY with Fucked Up set as the openers. The band will then head to … Read more

RMBLR MF/EP

Posted in Records on June 20, 2021

The enigmatic RMBLR (pronounced alternately as "Rambler" or "Rumbler"), is back with a new record titled MF/EP, due on June 25 via Spaghetty Town Records. As the label describes it: Trying to identify all musical participants of RMBLR would be as futile and pointless as attempting to count heads in … Read more