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Art-punks Perennial sing about art some more

Posted in Records on May 22, 2025

Perennial jas just shared the final song and first single on their latest effort, a full-length of outtakes titled "A" Is For Abstract: The Complete Art History, out June 6. The single is titled "Baby Are You Abstract?", a twist and shout vocal tradeoff two-minute rager.

The album comes from songs, outtakes and experiments  that didn't fit the "art project" angle of Art History, their most recent record. Marking one year since the album's release and ten years as a band, they decided to release it all.

Check out SPB's interview with the band.

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tracklisting:

1. Art History
2. Tambourine On Snare
3. Action Painting
4. Jet Set Mono
5. A Is For Abstract
6. Up-tight 
7. How The Ivy Crawls
8. Tiger Technique
9. Mouthful of Bees
10. B Is For Brutalism
11. The Mystery Tone
12. Perennial Meets The Wolfman
13. Impressionism 
14. Minimalism
15. Expressionism 
16. Tiger Technique (Cody Votolato Remix)
17. Up-tight (Chris Walla Remix)
18. The Leaves Of Autumn Symmetry
19. Fauves
20. Hippolyta 
21. Dissolver
22. Resolver
23. Baby, Are You Abstract? 

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7/19 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts w/ Bad Moves 
8/08 - Pittsfield, MA - Hot Plate Brewery w/ Friction Fit
8/09 - Holyoke, MA - Toritown w/ Friction Fit

Worn Through are "Barely Real"

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

The debut album from Worn Through, a low key band from Baltimore, MD, will come out on June 20. The record, Barely Real, releases on Strange View Records / Just Because Records. Members have previously played with Tin Armor, Angel Du$t, Wild Honey, and Saintseneca. Read more Read more

Heavy/soft Unseemlier

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

Stealing their description, Boston based "heavy-emo/soft-punk" band Unseemlier have a new album on the way: I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere, out on June 13 on Sell The Heart Records. The band released an EP last yeazr, The Truth Is We Out Here. It was recorded at God City Studios … Read more

A new Venamoris single

Posted in Bands on May 21, 2025

Venamoris, the wife/husband duo of Paula and Dave Lombardo, released To Cross or To Burn earlier this year on Ipecac Recordings. The band just followed that up with a new standalone single, "Contrapasso." “As we move forward on our musical trek, phenomenology continues to scorch the way. ‘Contrapasso’ is the … Read more

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Queens of the Stone Age Alive in the Catacombs

Posted in Videos on May 21, 2025

In July 2024 Queens of the Stone Age performed in the Catacombs of Paris, with the set filmed and recorded and, now, coming as a proper audiovisual release. Alive in the Catacombs will premier on June 5. Speaking to the setlist and arrangements, vocalist Josh Homme says, “We’re so stripped … Read more

lowheaven's Ritual Decay

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

Save the date for August 29, which is the release date for lowheaven's MNRK Heavy debut. The Toronto band just signed with the label and plans to release the new Ritual Decay album later this summer. It is the debut full-length from the band, formed in 2020 during COVID lockdown … Read more

Hear Spanish Love Songs in Europe

Posted in Tours on May 21, 2025

As is music in 2025, Spanish Love Songs has shared a new single in advance of a new tour. The new song is a reworked take of "Pendulum," which originally appears on No Joy (Pure Noise) and continues the ongoing slow release of reworked tracks dubbed the "No Joy Sessions." … Read more

Never Die: Matt Jencik and Midwife

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

Matt Jencik has teamed up for a collaborative record with Midwife , out July 11 and entitled Never Die. Specifically, the collaborative album features Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Jencik (Slint, Circuit Des Yeux, Hurl). "Despite the outright denial in its title, death is present in every one of the songs … Read more

A Deftones tribute for a cause

Posted in Records on May 21, 2025

Coordinated by two podcasters, Robert "Woody" Nelson of Change (In the House of Pods) and Andrew Cahak (Life Was Peachy), plus industry veteran Brad Gunnarson (Statusfear Media), a new Deftones tribute will release on June 20, For the Song You Saved: A Tribute to Deftones, a digital release to raise … Read more

Greet Death this fall

Posted in Tours on May 20, 2025

With a new LP out on June 27, Die In Love (Deathwish), Greet Death has plans to hit the road acorss the USA in the fall. The band will be on your in support of Nation of Language in September-October 2025. The band, who released New Hell in 2019, also … Read more

Dikembe delivers "Haymakers"

Posted in Bands on May 20, 2025

Dikembe shared a new single recently, "Haymakers," which is the first new song from the band in five years. It comes with news of a new album too. Along with the single, Steven Gray says: "Haymakers" is a song about accountability and taking responsibility for one’s actions, even when doing … Read more

The Melvins with special guests Redd Kross

Posted in Tours on May 20, 2025

The 2025 "Stop Your Whining Tour" is a 6-week joint trek across the US featuring The Melvins and Redd Kross, beginning in September and hitting several midsize cities en route. The Melvins' lineup for the touur efatures Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover, Steven McDonald (also of Redd Kross), and Coady Willis, … Read more

Fortitude Valley with Part Of The Problem, Baby

Posted in Records on May 20, 2025

Indie-punk band Fortitude Valley is back, sharing the single "Sunshine State" now, which will appear on the band's second album -- scheduled to release on August 1 via Specialist Subject Records and titled Part Of The Problem, Baby. “Lyrically, the song is about moving away from Australia and dealing with … Read more

Announcing more Intercourse

Posted in Bands on May 20, 2025

Connecticut noise rock band Intercourse shraed a new single last week, "Running A Cemetery Without A License,” which will be included on the band's fourth full-length album, coming this fall on Brutal Panda Records. The band formed in 2013, and most recently released the EP Egyptian Democracy in 2024. Read … Read more

Approaching Kerosene Heights

Posted in Labels on May 20, 2025

Kerosene Heights just announced a new label home , SideOneDummy. The band released Southeast of Somewhere in 2023, followed by a splity with Swiss Army Wife and the Leaving EP last year.They also the new song, "Waste My Time" in advance of upcoming tour dates with the likes of Dikembe, … Read more

Digital Negative Intersect

Posted in Records on May 20, 2025

The duo of Digital Negative, aka Richard Johnson (Drugs Of Faith, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Enemy Soil) and Daniel Euphrat (Person918x, Timmy Sells His Soul, Bodied) has a new EP on the way, the third from the band. It comes out on July 11 and is titled Intersect, a 5-track collection of … Read more

Spaceface and the Lunar Manor

Posted in Records on May 19, 2025

Formed in 2012 by Jake Ingalls (ex The Flaming Lips) and Eric Martin, and also featuring a live lineup with Marina Aguerre (Teal Pop) and Garet Powell (Double Wish), dream pop group Spaceface has a new album, Lunar Manor, out August 22 via Mothland. The band previously released a self-titled … Read more

The OC punk scene of the 1990s: the book

Posted in Music News on May 19, 2025

Hatchette Book Group (Da Capo) will publish a new book about the 1990s Orange county, CA punk scene, Tearing Down The Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, out on May 20 by Nate Jackson & Daniel Kohn. The book features Social Distortion, The Offspring, No … Read more

Sydney Sprague unhinged

Posted in Bands on May 19, 2025

“'As Scared As Can Be’ is the most unhinged song I have ever written. It is a manic, headbangable doom spiral about unrequited feelings, paranoia, and the humiliation of being desperate for attention from someone who clearly doesn’t want you back," Sydney Sprague says of her new single, shared below. … Read more

Pop Free is available

Posted in Records on May 19, 2025

Pop Free, from southern California, just released a new 6-song EP called Spring, out as of May 16 on New Morality Zine. The emo/indie/post-punk band plays DIY-tinged thoughtful music in tune with bands like At The Drive-In, Fugazi, and Jimmy Eat World, with Spring being their debut release. Read more … Read more