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Dismiss Get Lost (In) Transmission(s)

Posted in Records on May 12, 2026

Denver’s Snappy Little Numbers and Dayton’s Rad Girlfriend have teamed up to release early recordings of Peoria, Illinois band Dismiss. Lost Transmissions: 1995-1996 showcases 11 mostly unreleased songs recorded after their 2 song 7” and 2 comp tracks on Naked Bum Records, but before their demise a year later. Thoughts Words Action premiered the first single “Trap” from the upcoming vinyl LP in mid April. The physical release includes liner notes paying touching tribute to late singer guitarist Gared O’Donnell who passed away in 2021 of cancer. From the ashes of Dismiss, Gared and two of his bandmates formed Planes Mistaken For Stars, who later relocated to Denver, Colorado and helped define a style of post-hardcore that at the time we called emo.

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SPB featured stream: Drakulas - Midnight City

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

It's our pleasure to share Midnight City, the third album from Austin, TX based Drakulas. The band features members of some well-known bands, namely Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against, but this project takes a new turn with protopunk meets early new wave that describes a dark underbelly of a world … Read more

FVRMN ep7

Posted in Records on May 13, 2026

Tokyo based alt-punk band FVRMN just released ep7, a new fundraiser for Tokyo Exotic Animal Sanctuary. The EP features 7 songs, including a remastered version "French Uhuru", a collaboration with Brittany Luna (Catbite), and a remix by Toilet Rats, and more. FVRMN released Suicides last year, their fifth full-length (Sweet … Read more

Billy Batts and the Made Men (live)

Posted in Records on May 13, 2026

Atlanta, GA punk band Billy Batts and the Made Men is the latest to release via DCxPC Live, announcing the upcoming release of DCxPC Live Vol. 41: Billy Batts and the Made Men Live at El Dorado Bar, Troy, NY 1/10/25. The band formed in 2019 and is on the … Read more

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A Neptune sighting

Posted in Records on May 13, 2026

Experimental artists Neptune return with the new Play Some Music, out June 5 on Sleeping Giant Glossolalia. It is album #9 from the band, and their first new material in 12 years. Listen to a preview below. Read more Tracklist: 1. #41 2. Enter H— 3. Glass Masque 4. Furies … Read more

Envy's Insomniac Doze 20 years later

Posted in Records on May 12, 2026

Temporary Residence has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of Insomican Doze by Ency, first released in 2006 (and recipient of this triple author review here at SPB). The new update comes out on July 17, remastered with new packaging and lyric sheets in both English and Japanese. Read more INSOMNIAC … Read more

The Sleights and Land of Wolves: together and separate

Posted in Records on May 12, 2026

Punk band The Sleights and Land of Wolves have a new split EP out later this month, King of the Mountain, out on May 22, to be preceded by co-headlining live dates in Washingotn state. Expect joint dates in Colorado later this year. The four songs from The Sleights come … Read more

The Shonen Knife Let's Knife Re-Cut

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

Unavailable on digital platforms, long-running Japanese punk band Shonen Knife has re-recorded their ablum Let's Knife, titling the 2026 take as Let's Knife Re-Cut, out July 10 via Good Charamel Records. The original record was released in 1992 and helped the band reach a wider international audience. “Many of those … Read more

Immersion announces What Is Lost Will Returned

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

The Colin Newman and Malka Spigel project Immersion has announced a new album called What Is Lost Will Returned, currently booked for a Sept. 4 release date on swim~. It follows WTF?? (2025). Read an SPB interview with Newman, also of Wire. Read more Immersion Tour Dates: 13.06.26 - Lyse … Read more

Diabolic Oath EP

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

Sentient Ruin Laboratories has a new release coming soon -- Diabolic Oath's Unholy Barbaric Hymns EP, out June 5 on LP, CD, MC, and digitally. The new 4-song EP is 23 minutes in total, described by Toilet Ov Hell, who premiered “Emblazoned Upon Ebony Winds” (below) this week, as “23 … Read more

Diminishing Outcome

Posted in Records on May 9, 2026

New York/Texas duo Diminishing has a new EP The Outcome, coming out at the end of the month on May 29 on Anti-Corp Music. The group features Lane Oliver (ex-Yatsu, Feel Happiness) and David Brenner (Gridfailure) and previously released The Unnamable album in 2023, describing the sound as "semi-improvisational post-industrial, … Read more

Wounded Touch launches a series of EPs?

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Michigan metalcore band Wounded Touch just released a new EP today: They Promised Eden (Vol. 1), a new 3-song affair with Smartpunk Records You can watch 1/3 of the EP on video below, "A Weapon In God's Country," which features Jack Murray (156/Silence). The band released the full-length A Vivid … Read more

Cripple Bastards to come

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Cripple Bastards dropped "la tua foro sul marmo" today, the titled track from a new 6-song EP, out June 12 on F.O.A.D. Records from the Italian grindcore band. Read more Tracklist: 01. Il respiro si chiude 02. Scarto del rimorso 03. Vendicativo 04. La tua foto sul marmo 05. L’era … Read more

A FREQ-y new album

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Massachusetts rooted noise-rock band THE FRĒQS -- who added a special character we don't want to copy/paste so we'll stick with their stylized name format -- shared the single "Chainsawman" recently, the first song from their 2026 new album, No God on the Gold Coast, their debut full-length. To keep … Read more

Desiccation announces new album

Posted in Records on May 8, 2026

Three-piece Desiccation has a new album of blackced dooom metal coming out on May 15 through Carbonized Record: Legatum Mortuorum. The California based band last released Cold Dead Earth in 2022. Read more Legatum Mortuorum Track Listing: 1. All Light Is Gone 2. Cursed In Cold Silence 3. Legatum Mortuorum … Read more

Threads of Another Life with Mountain Man

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Spartan Records will release a new album from instrumental, post-rock group Man Mountain of Detroit, MI, out on July 24. It will release on LP and to be be titled Threads Of Another Life. “While we didn’t start out with a central theme, it quickly became apparent as we assembled … Read more

If These Trees Could Talk present The Hidden Hand

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Post-rock quintet If These Trees Could Talk has a new album out on July 10. The band recently shared the first single, "Blurry Creatures" from the upcoming The Hidden Hand, out this summer on Metal Blade Records. The group has been quiet for the better part of the last decade, … Read more

Introducing... Steelboy

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Punkerton Records released Thanks For The Invite..., the debut album from pop-punk band Steelboy on May. The Richmond, VA band formed in 2022-23 and play punk with pop hooks and a few ska rhythms along the way. Read more Read more

The sound of Gilt

Posted in Records on May 7, 2026

Gilt just shared a double single titled "Spit Out Into A Ditch..." / " ...On The Side Of The New Jersey Turnpike" from their forthcoming album I Saw Myself In The Black Screen, out June 26 via Smartpunk Records. The band draws from emo, nu-metal, metalcore and more for a … Read more

Free Cake offers Healing Fire

Posted in Records on May 6, 2026

Free Cake Records returns, sharing the label's first releasei n 12 yeras: Healing Fire's The Narrow Gateway, out on cassette now. It's the first EP from the aggressive hardcore band from New Jersey. Read more Read more