Following a successful kickstarter campaign, PopMotion Pictures has committed to releasing Pick It Up! Ska in the '90s, a documentary that will explore the history of ska as it relates to the genres Third Wave popularity in the 1990s. Interviews will include members of No Doubt, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Fishbone, Dance Hall Crashers, the Specials, Skankin' Pickle, Hepcat, the Slackers, and more. Release is tentatively set for spring 2019.
On Sept. 28, The Living End return with Wunderbar, their eigth album overall. The album was written in Sept. 2017 and then rrecorded in Berlin in January of this year. Here's a video for "Don't Lose It." Read more Wunderbar track listing:Don’t Lose ItNot Like The Other BoysOthersideDeath of The … Read more
Rito Fest is scheduled this year for Sept. 14-16 at Douglas Park in Chicago. SPB hit the event last year with these takeaways. But that was 2017. 2018 is a whole new lineup, still being announced in waves. Wave 1 includes the announcement of full album setlists from performers such … Read more
Desert Daze 2018, scheduled for Oct. 12-14 at Moreno Beach/Lake Perris, CA, has announced phase III of its lineup. New announcements include My Blood Valentine, Shellace, GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala), and more. Other notable names playing the 3-day multi-media event are King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, King … Read more
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Le Butcherettes have had a busy year. The group recently signed with Rise Records and announced that Jerry Harrison of The Flaming Lips will produce their label debut. Before the new album, they're sharing "struggle/STRUGGLE" on a new 3-song EP, which features the title track and two alternate versions of … Read more
Geld will release a new 4-song EP on August 30 titled Soft Power, including the track "Burning Hammer," which is embedded below. Following the release of Perect Texture (Iron Lung Records) earlier this year, the new EP will be a joint release between Iron Lung (USA) and Static Shock Records … Read more
Los Angeles' Spanish Love Songs will head across the pond, as they say, this November-December for a run of dates that stretches across the UK and parts of mainland Europe. They will be joined on tour by Ducking Punches and We Bless This Mess. Keep reading to check out the … Read more
Currently on tour with Kimya Dawson and Shellsag, plus celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their album People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World, the always-active group will release Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012-2016. The new album is a collection of never-before-heard studio recordings, live … Read more
Hypnodrone Ensemble has signed with Wolves and Vibrancy Records to release their third album, to be titled Orchestral Favourites. The ambient/space rock ensemble features members of Nadja, thisquietarmy, and Caudal and last released The Shape of Space in 2015. The collective was formed by Aidan Baker (Nadja) and Eric Quach … Read more
This October Radioactivity will embark on an East-bound tour kicking off in St. Louis, MO and spanning across the US East Coast (plus Toronto). They'll be joined on the tour, for select cities, by Spiritual Cramp and Night Birds (who just announced a new album). Details below. Read more Radioactivity … Read more
The Briefs have announced their first new recordings in over a decade: the upcoming Kids Laugh At You b/w She's the Rat, which officially releases on Oct. 26 on Taken By Surprise Records. Pre-orders are up now and the Seattle, WA band is playing today at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, … Read more
Night Birds will return with a brand new 8-songer titled Roll Credits on Sept. 21 via Fat Wreck Chords. The East Coast punk band will release the album on 12" and also in a limited edition 7" box set. Each 7" in the box set features unique cover art. Roll … Read more
New York noise group Gridfailure are giving away downloads of the new Powerdementia EP, a 10-track, 30-minute collection of noise, found sounds, and field recordings mixed with industrial tones and distortion. The free EP serves as a prelude to Tasukete, a collaborative album with Megalophobe, which is soon to come. … Read more
Featuring former members of Blowout, Naked Hour, and Riled, Portland, OR's Loose have announced their upcoming debut EP, Hair Cut, will release on August 17. The band fomed last year as the members' former groups quit playing. Check out the song below. Read more Read more
Out on August 1, Scene Point Blank is pleased to team up once again with Tour Van Records to share a full stream of the new Discardography 2011-2013 from Warm Needles. Originally released by the band as a tour CDR in 2014, it’s now been remastered for vinyl by Carl … Read more
On. Sept. 28, Anti-Flag will unleash a brand new album, the all acoustic American Reckoning on Spinefarm Records. The album consists of acoustic renditions of songs form their past two albums, plus selected cover songs. The band recently announced a UK/European tour with Silverstein, Cancer Bats, and Worriers, and they … Read more
Chicago's Lower Automation are back with the new self-released album Shoebox Companion, out Friday July 27. The SPB devout may remember when we premiered Maps in 2016. This time around the band has matured, making the new album paradoxically more refined and more chaotic at the same time. Frequent comparisons … Read more
San Jose's Gulch are streaming their upcoming 7" on Creator-Destructor at Bandcamp (and embedded below) before its August 10 release. Titled Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath, the EP is the band's first. Gulch features members of Spinebreaker familiar San Jose musicians. Read more <a href="<a href="http://creator-destructor.bandcamp.com/album/burning-desire-to-draw-last-breath" rel="nofollow">http://creator-destructor.bandcamp.com/album/burning-desire-to-draw-last-breath</a>">Burning Desire to … Read more
The Hold Steady released a new digial single last Friday, "The Stove & The Toaster b/w Star 18." The new single is their second such release in 2018 after four years without new material. Interested fans can find it via Frenchkiss Records. The new release also predates the soon-to-beging Constructive … Read more
Restorations, set to release LP5000 on Sept. 28 on Tiny Engines, have unveiled a video for a new song, "The Red Door," from their forthcoming release. The album marks their return to Tiny Engines record label and, to support its release, they will kick off an October tour with labelmates … Read more
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