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Shows: Full lineup at Dark Mofo 2017

News — April 9, 2017

The official lineup for the annual festival hosted by Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has now officially been announced and taking their eclectic and innovative approach to curation to new heights, substantiates why Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival is one of the most talked about boutique festivals in …

Shows: Dark Mofo sets 2017 dates

News — March 19, 2017

Something wicked this way comes - first act announced for 2017 incarnation of DARK MOFO Festival So you missed this year’s fantastic MONA FOMA Festival (peep our coverage)?   That is too bad but not all is lost: Tasmania’s subversive Disneyland and ode to sex and death MONA has …

Shows: Dark Mofo 2016 line-up

News — April 18, 2016

No rest. Wicked. Dark Mofo, Mona's midwinter festival, is an annual pilgrimage celebrating all things dark through large scale public art, feasts and sonic enlightenment.  The line-up for this year's incarnation has recently been unveiled the massive line-up for this year’s event, featuring American electronic legend Chelsea Wolfe, UK rockers Savages, Swedish black …

Shows: Dark MOFO 2018 to feature Jarboe, Merzbow, Einstüzende Neubauten and more

News — April 8, 2018

Right. For the upcoming sixth annual DARK MOFO festival from 3–24 June 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia from 13-24 of June I was going to work on a “X reason to visit Dark Mofo 2018”. A noble plan. That was until the revelation of this year’s program. As you might …

Music: Dark Mofo 2017

Feature — July 4, 2017

Hobart, Tasmania June, 2017 MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, does not do advertising. If you have visited, you will know that it does not need it. To build its profile and raise awareness, i.e. to make noise and attract attention among the uninitiated, a decision was made …

Music: Dark Mofo Festival 2018

Feature — July 2, 2018

Hobart, Tasmania Australia Dark Mofo is unlike any other festival on this earthround. Never merely l’art pour l’art. Dark. Weird. Sexy. Transcendent. Joyous. Provocative. Unapologetic. Curious. Challenging. Surprising. Controversial. Doing it justice in merely written form is no mean feat. I have yet to encounter anyone not being filled to …

Music: Dark Mofo Festival 2019

Feature — July 2, 2019

In its seventh year, it should by now be firmly established that the annual Dark Mofo Festival is hard to rival when it comes to pushing the envelope in every conceivable way – be it in terms of the calibre of eclectic acts, the NASA-like attention to detail, the curation, …

Shows: MONA Mofo to return in January

News — October 24, 2016

Curated again by Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes, the Museum of Old and New Art will host the ninth installation of Mofo, an avant-garde festival of music and art, from January 18 to 22 in Hobart, and 20 to 22 at MONA itself.  More than 200 artists, both local …

Records: Dark Buddha Rising II

News — April 7, 2018

On April 20, Neurot Recordings will unleash Dark Buddha Rising's II to the world. The two-track, 26-minute EP will be on CD and vinyl formats.

Records: Dark Palms leak a new song

News — July 7, 2015

Olympia, WA's Dark Pals have released the song "Ghost Horse," half of the upcoming 7" of the same name, due for release on August 4 via Rock Therapy Records. Check it out here:  

Records: Dark Spring debut album in development

News — July 9, 2017

Dark Spring will soon release their debut album, Chain Letter 13, on Escapist Records. The band originally formed as a solo vessel for Ages guitarist Carson Ward and draws from a variety of bands, including Hum, Seaweed, and The Promise Ring.  Set for a vinyl/digital release, Chain Letter 13  …

Labels: Dark Buddha Rising joins Neurot

News — April 12, 2014

Finland's Dark Buddha Rising have joined Neurot Recordings. The band has release four prior albums and has a European tour planned for April that hits 8 cities and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.  

Records: SPB exclusive: Dark/Light - Kill Some Time

News — September 5, 2017

Scene Point Blank is pleased to start September with an exclusive stream of the self-titled first full-length from Portland’s Dark/Light (pronounced as “Dark Slash Light”). Titled Kill Some Time, the new LP features 8 songs and officially comes out on Sept. 15 on Dirt Cult Records. The four member …

Bands: Dark Fortress enter studio

News — October 28, 2013

Black metal band Dark Fortress are in the studio at work on a follow-up to 2010's Ylem. No release date is yet scheduled, though early 2014 is expected.

Records: Dark Buddha Rising to release II EP

News — December 16, 2017

Finland's Dark Buddha Rising will return with a new EP on March 23, 2018 on Neurot Recordings. The new EP, II, continues their complex, dark psychedelia with two new songs.  

Records: Vincit qui Se Vincit by Dark Sky Burial (Napalm Death)

News — August 9, 2021

Shane Embury (Napalm Death) has just released a surprise new album by Dark Sky Burial. Titled Vincit qui Se Vincit, it's the third record from Embury's industrial/electronica project, now streaming in full at bandcamp. The titled of the new record translates loosely as “To conquer is to conquer oneself”. …

Records: Dark Sky Burial vinyl

News — January 20, 2024

Dark Sky Burial (Shane Embury of Napalm Death and more) has announced that Consouling Sounds will soon released Tantum Religio Potuit Suadere Malorum on vinyl. While Embury is best known for heavy grind-style works, Dark Sky Burial takes a new direction as a personal journey of discovery. “I am very …

MP3s: Glow & The Dark: coffee and a single

News — October 29, 2021

Founded by AJ Peacox, bassist in bands such as Weatherbox, Sundressed, Oso Oso, Future Crooks, and others, Glow & The Dark released a new single earlier this week -- sold in combo with an exclusive coffee roast courtesy of Dark Horse Coffee Records. This spring Glow & The Dark released …

One Question Interviews: Dark Oz

Feature — November 1, 2018

Frank Meriwether (Dark Oz) SPB: What is the weirdest description you’ve heard of your music? Could you see where the commenter was coming from?  Frank: I really can't think of any weird descriptions, unfortunately, but the weirdest comparison I got was comparing our music to Genesis. I started listening to …

Dark/Light – Dark Slash Light

Review — February 4, 2019

Portland’s Dark/Light pronounces their name phonetically, including the punctuation. They’re doubling down on that element by naming this 7”, released this past June, Dark Slash Light. SPB had the pleasure of hosting their earlier LP, Kill Some Time.As for this 4-song, 9-minute release, it keeps going in that …