Punknews is reporting that the Pixies have fired bassist Kim Shattuck, who recently joined them in place of Kim Deal.
Shattuck, also of The Muffs, announced on Facebook:
Super disappointed to learn that my time with the Pixies ended today. Amazing experience. Looking forward to focusing my …
Fidlar, who released their self-titled debut earlier this year, will join the Pixies for their East Coast leg of their winter tour in January. The band will then head back to the studio to begin work on their sophomore album.
Valdur, who last released Raven Gods Among Us in 2010, have announced their new album, recorded by Greg Wilkinson and mastered by Michael Z. (Secrets of the Moon, Ascension). The new album, At War With, will be released officially on Dec. 17 by BloodyMountain Records.
Andrew W.K. will be touring solo this holiday season on The Party Hard Doliday Solo Tour, in which he plays a series on intimitate shows, capped with a performance of his I Get Wet album on New Year's Eve in New York.
Dates are after the jump.
Bayside has signed a deal with Hopeless Records and is planning for a new album, Cult, to see release on Feb. 18, 2014. The band first formed 13 years ago, in 2000, in New York City and has released five prior studio albums.
Twin Cities rapper Dem Atlas, aka Joshua Evans, has inked with Rhymesayers for an upcoming release. em Atlas self-released the Charle Brwn EP earlier this year.
Chicago's Lord Mantis recently entered the studio to work on a new album for Profound Lore Records. It will be their third overall release 2012's Pervertor (Candlelight Records).
The new record is set for a spring release.
Matt McIntosh (Hatebreed, Deathkiller, The Eventide) has a new project in 222. The Connecticut-based band features his 11 year-odl son on drums and released their debut, Religious Symbols, on Nov. 12. The record is available for download at a paywhatyouwill cost, with all sales going toward charties as selected …
Brooklyn, NY's Tombys have entered the studio with Erik Rutan (Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) to begin work on a follow-up to 2011's Path of Totality. The new record will be their third full-length and will be released by Relapse.
Sick/Tired, the hardcore/grind band from Chicago, has joined up with A389 Recordings and will play at next month's Label Bash in Baltimore. The band was formed in 2008 by ex-members of Weekend Nachos and MK Ultra and has released records with Profane Existence, To Live a Lie, Cowabunga Recordss and …
Magic Bullet has re-released the previously limited edition of Integrity's Systems Overload A2/Orr+ Mix on CD. The record previously came out on Organized Crime Records and is now getting the CD treatment courtest of Magic Bullet. It first came out in 1995 on Victory Records under the title Systems …
Rabbits will soon release SOS (Singles, Other Shit) on Eolian Empire. The release will come out on tape and digitally on Dec. 3 and includes a mix of covers, bonus tracks, and alternate and live versions of songs. A full track listing is included below.
Our newest feature here at Scene Point Blank is our semi-daily quickie Q&A: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook or twitter and we'll post one interview every Monday-Thursday. Well, sometimes we miss a day, but it will be four each week regardless.
After our social media followers get …
Now on tour in North America along with Goblin, Zombi will be releasing deluxe vinyl reissues of Cosmos, Surface to Air, and Spirit on Relapse Records. Each of the reissues will be available on Jan. 7, 2014 with pre-orders from Relapse available now.
Lethe, a Swiss-Norwegian duo of Tor-Helge Skei (Manes) and Anna Murphy (Eluveitie), have released a free downloadable EP in preparation for their upcoming debut full-length, When Dreams Become Nightmares on Debemur Morti.
Interested parties can grab it here.
Bridge Nine's Backtrack will release a new 7" on Dec. 17 as a precursor to their upcoming Lost in Life, due Jan. 14, which is their first record since Darker Half (Reaper Records, 2011).
The 7" is titled Can't Escape and the cut "Lost in Life" is available …
New Noise magazine is streaming Deep Ends, new from Chicagoans Canadian Rifle and out now on Dirt Cult Records. The record released this Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Scene Point Blank and Fat Wreck Chords will be giving away copies of Less Than Jake's new See the Light on Dec. 20. One grand prize winner will be selected to win a signed copy and another two runners-up will get a regular non-signed copy of the new disc, their …
The Lawrence Arms have unveiled "You Are Here," below, from their upcoming sixth studio album. The new record is to be titled Metropole and will release on Jan. 28, 2014 on Epitaph Records.
Fresh off their debut, Last City Zero (Neurot Recordings), Corrections House have announced a December European tour and a stop at Roadburn 2014. The band includes Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Sanford Parker (Minsk), and Seward Fairbury.
Check out the dates after the jump.