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Bands: Enablers planning new record

News — July 6, 2011

San Francisco, CA band The Enablers have announced the release of Blown Realms and Stalled Explosions on July 26, 2011. The band layers spoken word and musicianship, having released 3 prior records for Neurot Recordings and Exile on Mainstream Records since 2004.

Labels: Tankcrimes adds Obsessor

News — July 6, 2011

Tankcrimes has signed Richmond, VA metal-punks Obessor to a multi-album deal, starting with the Obsession EP on cassette and 7" and the band is at work on a follow-up EP as well. Here is how the label describes Obsessor:OBSESSOR is a new one-man project based in Richmond, …

Bands: All Else Fails announce new record

News — July 5, 2011

St. Albert, AB's All Else Fails have announced their third record, The Oracle, What Was, Is and Could Have Been, will be released on August 19, 2011 on Suicidal Bride Records. The album will contain 12 tracks and is a follow-up to 2009's Against the Darkening of the …

Bands: Hum tribute announced

News — July 2, 2011

A cast of 15 artists have come together to create Songs of Farewell and Departure: A Tribute to Hum, the Champaign, IL space rock band of the 1990s. The record will be available from Pop Up Records, with pre-orders available on July 11, 2011 and a store date of …

Bands: The Jesus Lizard to release live DVD

News — July 1, 2011

The Jesus Lizard will be releasing a live DVD, Club, on August 23, 2011. The DVD contains the band's show on July 14, 2009 at Exit/In in Nashville—the band's first American performance in over a decade. The DVD includes over 90 minutes of live footage, plus mp3 downloads …

Bands: Prosthetic Records adds White Arms of Athena

News — June 30, 2011

Mesquite, TX technical/progressive metal band White Arms of Athena have signed with Prosthetic Records. The band's debut full-length, Astrodrama, was produced by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, The Human Abstract) and will be released on August 16th, 2011. The band has also released three EPs. See below …

Music News: Isaac Brock to score film

News — June 30, 2011

Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock will be composing the score for the upcoming film Queens of Country. The film, starring Lizzy Caplan (Party Down, Mean Girls) and Ron Livingston (Band of Brothers, Office Space) with supporting actors Joe Lo Truglio (Superbad, …

Bands: Beecher announces split

News — June 29, 2011

Beecher, who first split up in 2005 before reforming in 2011 for three shows, has announced they are calling it a day. Frontman Ed Godby explains: When we knocked it on the head in 2005 our personal lives were in various states of disarray and we had …

Music News: Good Charamel releasing Live From Tokyo DVD

News — June 29, 2011

US filmmaker Lewis Rapkin has finished a documentary that explores Tokyo's underground music culture. A portion of the proceeds from the film will go toward the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. The film features stop-motion animation, interviews and live performances by acts such as Nisennenmondai, Tenniscoats, DMBQ, PARA (Boredoms …

Bands: Simple Minds' Jim Kerr to release solo album in US

News — June 28, 2011

Simple Minds founder and frontman Jim Kerr will be releasing hit Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr album on July 19, 2011 on Rocket Science Ventures. The album has been available since May 2010 in Europe. In addition to Kerr, musicians accompanying him include producers Jez Coad, Charlie Jones (Page/Plant), and Simple …

Bands: Puscifer sets release date for Conditions of My Parole

News — June 28, 2011

Maynard James Keenan vehicle Puscifer has set an October 18, 2011 release date for Conditions of My Parole, the group's second record. It will be available on iTunes July 19. Describing the record as "Twin Peaks in the desert," Keenan continues: The Verde Valley is …

Obituaries: The Dream Is Dead guitarist passes away

News — June 28, 2011

The Dream Is Dead guitarist Jared Southwick, 34, passed away earlier this month from a liver and kidney condition, for which he had recently been hospitalized. Southwick, who also played in Indiana death metal band Harakiri, was laid to rest in Muncie, IN. The band has announced their final …

Labels: Sumerian adds Borgore

News — June 27, 2011

Asaf Borger (aka Borgore) has signed a North American deal with Sumerian Records. The Israeli artist is a leader in Dubstep, having branded his own subgenre "gorestep," an aggressive form of electronic Dubstep. Borgore released the Delicious digital EP on June 21, 2011 and is planning his first physical release, …

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News — June 25, 2011

Scene Point Blank is proud to present an exclusive chance to win a free LP copy of Napalm & Nitrogen by Attica! Attica!. The first prize winner will receive 1 LP and 1 t-shirt. Runners up will receive copies of the LP. Enter below to be in with a …

Bands: Noise by Numbers announce second album

News — June 25, 2011

Dan "Vapid" Schafer's Noise by Numbers have announced that Jump Start Records will release their second full length on August 2, 2011. The band includes Vapid (Screeching Weasel, Methadones), Jeff Dean (The Bomb, All Eyes West), Rick Uncapher (Textbook), and Jimmy Lucido (Light FM). The record, entitled Over Leavitt …

Tours: Agnostic Front planning US, Canadian tour

News — June 25, 2011

Starting in September, Agnostic Front will be headlining the "Hails and Horns and AMP Magazine Present: My Life My Way" tour. Along with the Mongoloids and Naysayer, the tour will hit 45 cities as the band supports their latest album, My Life My Way, released in March on Nuclear …

Bands: MC Lars' Horris Records releases mixtape

News — June 23, 2011

MC Lars' recently launched Horris Records recently issued their first mixtape, Indie Rock Science. The mixtape series will be free for download for Lars' bandcamp. See below for a tracklist, but the mixtape features KRS-One, Sage Francis, Weerd Science, and MC Chris among others. MC Lars will …

Bands: Ringworm announce new album

News — June 23, 2011

Cleveland, OH's Ringworm have announced their fifth record, Scars, will release on July 19, 2011 on Victory Records. The crossover band was formed in 1991 and haven't released any new material in four years. The band refers to Scars as "their most heavy-hitting, thrash-inspired metal album yet."

Bands: Whirr joins Tee Pee Records

News — June 23, 2011

Oakland, CA's Whirr (formerly Whirl) has joined on with Tee Pee Records. The band, a side project from Deafheaven bassist Nick Bassett, will be recording a new LP in August. Scene Point Blank recently reviewed the new Deafheaven here.

Bands: Harvest to reunite, record

News — June 21, 2011

Metalcore pioneers Harvest, originally formed in 1994, have re-united and are planning a new 7" for Good Fight Music. Years of Defiance. Years of Disgust. will feature two new songs, as well as an unreleased track written in 1999 ("Torture Inhibition") and a new version of a song that …