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One Question Interviews: moja
Feature — September 24, 2025
moja SPB: How old were you when you learned your first instrument? Masumi: My first instrument was YAMAHA Electone when I was five years old. Haru: I’ve never actually had formal lessons -- I’m totally self-taught. I bought my first instrument back in junior high just to …
Music / Fest 23: Bo Diddley Plaza: Behind the Scenes at Fest
Feature — October 6, 2025
For close to a quarter-century punk fans have flocked to Florida for The Fest. Boasting a lineup of 300+ bands and roughly a dozen venues these days, the festival has grown, shifted and evolved. For several years the main stage has been in a large downtown park called Bo …
One Question Interviews: Massa Nera
Feature — October 23, 2025
Mark Boulanger (Massa Nera – drums/vocals) SPB: What was your first live show? Boulanger: Our first show was on 05/09/16 at The Meatlocker in Montclair, NJ. We played with Wastelands, Without, Yashira, and an insane NJ powerviolence band called Uncle Mark. If you aren't familiar, The Meatlocker …
Music / Fest 23: FEST LIBS 23 & Fest Moments
Feature — October 18, 2025
Are you ready for The Fest!? While we’re pretty sure you’re already counting down days until your trek to Gainesville, FL, we’ve got some Fest games for you to play, including a few samples from this year’s performers. Click here to play FEST LIBS -- like a …
Interviews / Fest 23: Fest 23: Artist Interviews
Feature — October 18, 2025
FEST 23 takes place later this month, from Oct. 24-26 in Gainesville, FL. Something like a billion bands are driving, flying, canoeing, and snowshoeing to the festival from across the country -- many of them for the first time and many come back to play nearly every year. …
One Question Interviews: Brain Fog
Feature — November 4, 2025
Jeff “El Jeffe” Seeley (Brain Fog – guitar) SPB: What is a record you love that would surprise people? Seeley: Hi, It’s El Jeffe, guitarist and song writer for Brain Fog, an Okanagan hardcore punk band. My favourite punk rock record right now is Dancing With The Curse …
One Question Interviews: Beth Seymour & The Lizzies
Feature — November 5, 2025
Beth Seymour (Beth Seymour & The Lizzies – vocals / guitar / production) SPB: You’re essentially releasing back-to-back albums this year. How did you choose that approach in getting these out to the public? Seymour: There are a few reasons that I chose to release back-to-back albums within …
One Question Interviews: UK Subs
Feature — November 6, 2025
Charlie Harper (UK Subs) SPB: As someone who is used to performing and being on stage, how has the book release process been similar or different than playing music to fans? Harper: It’s a bit of both but as I’ve made a few records, the book is so …
Music / Fest 23: Fest 23 – The Wrap
Feature — November 15, 2025
Pure Joy The 23rd FEST in Gainesville, Florida recently wrapped up. Scene Point Blank has been to the majority of them over the past two decades, beginning at FEST 5. I've personally attended roughly half of them. And at FEST 23, I saw 44 bands in 3 days (an …
One Question Interviews: Cheap Perfume
Feature — November 24, 2025
Jane No (Cheap Perfume - guitar/co-vocals) SPB: How has the band’s mission or message evolved since when you first formed? Jane No: When we started, our focus was feminist rage, calling out sexism and celebrating women’s power. That’s still who we are, but over time we’ve zoomed out …
One Question Interviews: PANEL
Feature — November 25, 2025
Annie Sparrows (PANEL) SPB: What does the name PANEL mean to you? Sparrows: I feel like PANEL is an aesthetically pleasing 5 letter word with multiple meanings that, in different contexts, appeal to me. "Panel of experts," as in everyone's a critic. "Wood panel," as in something nice …
One Question Interviews: Endless Mike and the Beagle Club
Feature — November 26, 2025
Mike Miller (Endless Mike and the Beagle Club) SPB; Why “The Beagle Club”? Do you have a favorite breed of dog? Miller: Looks like we get two questions for the One Question Interview. Love it. Why the Beagle Club? My friend Joe used to live on Beagle …
One Question Interviews: Glueman
Feature — December 8, 2025
Matt Glueman (Glueman) SPB: Your new album is simply titled “III”. What about a simple/to-the-point title appeals to you? Matt: Well, we love The Spits. They don’t have album titles, so why should we? GLUEMAN III.
One Question Interviews: She/Her Records
Feature — December 9, 2025
Liza & Misha (She/Her Records) SPB: After the SHEHERCOMP001 when did you know you were going to release albums/EPs/etc? . She/Her Records: We always planned to do solo releases following the first TDoV compilation. SARCOMA was enthusiastic about doing a solo release with us since we first …
One Question Interviews: Wagemaker
Feature — December 10, 2025
Thomas Harris (Wagemaker) SPB: You went from a full band to doing Wagemaker as a one-person project. Now you’re a duo. What’s the perfect number of people for a band? Harris: My name is Thomas Harris and I sing and play bass alongside Jason LaVeris’s (drums) in the …
Music / Year End 2025: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2025
Feature — December 23, 2025
For many years now, Scene Point Blank has taken the opportunity as the year ends to formally "pass the mic" to our friends on the other side of the mostly-imaginary divide between listeners and artists. This year is no exception as we ask a bunch of bands, artists and labels …
One Question Interviews: The Seize
Feature — December 31, 2025
Cesar Ruiz (The Seize - vocals) SPB: How do you typically choose your album art? Ruiz: Album art has started with lyrics. When I’m writing, I’ll have these images in mind that represent the feelings or themes within the songs. Those ideas usually become the starting point for …
One Question Interviews: Storm Boy
Feature — January 20, 2026
Storm Boy What is your favorite 1990s artist? God there’s so much to draw from in so many different scene: much of which we consciously incorporate into our creative process -- like Fugazi, Jesus Lizard, the Cure, and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, but also bands that influenced us …
One Question Interviews: Hooch
Feature — January 21, 2026
Scott O’Brien (Hooch, Smut Peddlers) SPB: How is the approach to your solo work different than with Smut Peddlers? O'Brien: My solo work, which has actually turned into a new collaborative band called Hooch, was a way to work on music I wrote that was somewhat stylistically …
