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Shows: Dark Days Bright Nights Richmond festival
News — April 17, 2024
Richmond, VA has a new festival coming up. Sponsored by Persistent Vision Records and Yr Screaming Youth, Dark Days Bright Nights will take place Sept. 13-15, 2024 at The Broadberry venue. The lineup features Pageninetynine, Portrayal of Guilt, Thou, and Young Widows and headliners, with more to join them, such …
Shows: Caterwaul 2025 lineup (wave 1)
News — January 22, 2025
Caterwaul festival is back for iteration #4 in 2025. The 4-day event takes place in Minneapolis, MN on May 23-26 with a lineup that will include many bands -- 10 of which were just announced, including Pissed Jeans, Kowloon Walled City, Suckling (feat. members of Scratch Acid), Lung, Young Widows, …
Records: Possession by Ty Segall
News — March 14, 2025
Currently on a solo tour, Ty Segall has announced album #16, the upcoming Possession, which will release on May 30. The first single from the record "Fantastic Tomb" (below) and the album will release on Drag City. The single, and many other album tracks, was co-written with collaborator and …
Shows: Bumbershoot 2025 lineup
News — May 18, 2025
Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival returns in Seattle, WA, this year taking place August 30-31 with a lineup that includes Bright Eyes, Janelle Monae, Weezer, Slyvan Esso, and more. It's the 52nd iteration of the long-running festival, covered by SPB in 2023. Additional 2025 artists include Indigo De …
Wang Wen – Invisible City
Review — March 25, 2019
China isn’t the first country you think of when it comes to rock music but over the last two decades, Wang Wen has been placing their home on the musical map and in Invisible City the band brings a range of new emotion to their instrumental work. Wanting to record …
The Death of a Party – The Rise and Fall of Scarlet City
Review — May 29, 2007
Bands need to stop trying to sound like Gang of Four. It's a fact that they will never be Gang of Four, and no one ever will be. Of course there will be cover bands, but those songs are Gang of Four songs. Leave the repetition for Clear Channel Radio, …
Bloc Party – A Weekend in the City
Review — February 5, 2007
Being a favorite of my friends and I during our Friday/Saturday night pre-pub dance parties, I had a certain set of expectations for what the new Bloc Party would sound like. While 2005's Silent Alarm carried a handful of mellower tracks, making up the bulk of the filler on the …
Young Widows – Settle Down City
Review — September 26, 2006
You could see this coming. You could see it from miles away if you listened closely and or fanatically collected the 7"s and albums from Young Widows previous incarnation as the unapologetically loud and noisy Breather Resist. The last 7" that they released, Full of Tongues, showcased a noisier …
Crobot – Welcome To Fat City
Review — September 19, 2016
I have to admit, I chose to review this album with little knowledge of the band, based solely on the strength of their single, “La Mano De Lucifer,” from their debut album, Something Supernatural. “La Mano De Lucifer” is one of my favorite songs of all time. Listening to it …
Sun Ra/Merzbow – Strange City
Review — July 24, 2017
Big kudos are due to Justin Mitchell of Cold Spring for making this release possible, and bringing to life one of the strangest meeting of the minds. Irwin Chusid of the Sun Ra estate released a few rare and unreleased tracks from the great artist, which would be remixed by …
Another Breath – Mill City
Review — September 10, 2006
Fulton, New York's Another Breath have returned with their debut full-length, Mill City. This is their follow-up to their first offering, 2004's Not Now, Not Ever, which blasted through eight songs in just fifteen minutes. Mill City may contain nearly twice as many songs, but the album clocks in at …
Propagandhi – Potemkin City Limits
Review — November 21, 2005
Propaghandi has always held a place in many people's hearts for their impassioned and political stances that they take on their record, and I always respected that political basis of much of their lyrical content and overall message of the band. Musically though, they had always been missing something for …
Vietnam Werewolf – Ohio's City
Review — May 4, 2008
Ever listen to a band and just know if you lived in the same city as them that you would be good friends with them? Vietnam Werewolf comes off to me as one of those types of bands. They are comprised of four nerdy, scruffy looking Nerf-Herder type guys that …
Katatonia – City Burials
Review — April 28, 2020
Katatonia are one of the most well loved and revered bands of today and while the wait for new music since The Fall of Hearts in 2016 has been a little longer than the usual cycle for the Swedish band – they announced a hiatus after this record was …
Broadway Calls – Sad in the City
Review — August 17, 2020
Sad in the City doesn’t mince words. Opening with the lines of “If my country collapses/ can I crash on your couch…” in “Never Take Us Alive.” The band play super melodic pop-punk that focuses more on singalong harmonies than kick, punch and bite, but the lyrics give a little …
Travoltas – Back To The City
Review — July 20, 2021
Somehow it seems to me that Travoltas released Until We Hit The Shore only last year or perhaps the year before. But nooooo, it’s been four years already. That record is still on heavy rotation here, especially when the weather is sunny and the temperature is high (but not too …
Playing Enemy – I Was Your City
Review — June 26, 2005
The members of Playing Enemy certainly have an impressive resume of musical ventures in which they have been previously involved: Rorschach, Kiss it Goodbye, Deadguy, Undertow, and Nineironspitfire among others. But rather than re-hash sounds and styles characteristic of those projects, Playing Enemy, instead ventured down a different path in …
Steamachine – City of Death
Review — April 17, 2024
City Of Death is the third album from Polish noise makers Steamachine. Having dabbled in a few metal styles over their career, City Of Death has a heavy carnival influence to it which I have to say I really like. It's interesting just how much more sinister things sound when …
Roy – Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption
Review — February 29, 2004
The whole "ex-members of" marketing campaign is starting to get out of control. The hype that surrounds these types of bands before they even release anything is ridiculous. What is the point of even reviewing them if all you ever hear is about is the artists' former endeavors? And with …
