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Demos You Want To Check #3

Music / New Kids On The Block • May 8, 2026

The musical landscape is ever changing. New genres are popping up, new hypes burst out of nowhere and die out and new bands present themselves to the world. How on earth are you expected to keep up, right? Well, it never hurts to help! So here we are, your humble servants, ready to sift through those filters for you, presenting you the best demos we have encountered. We sincerely hope you will check out the demos we present you here and keep an eye for these bands. These could be your new go to band! Who knows. Bull Nakano - Demo tape If you search for Bull Nakano you'll find out about a Japanese wrestler and golfer (weird combo, but I dig it). She played the villain role and did that well enough to be introduced to the hall of fame. Nice to know, but this is not the Bull Nakano we are talking about today. This Bull Nakano hails from Vienna, Austria and is here to destroy you with their pretty brutal sludgy metal-punk hybrid. Their sound at times reminds me a bit of Herder ("One Of Us" sounds like Herder crossed with Shooting Daggers). The singer sounds pretty brutal, her rough vocals are the stuff of legends and remind me a bit of the singer of Death Pill. There's a couple of great songs here, take for example the second song "You Lose," which starts a bit slow, but near the end speeds up which is done superbly. … Read more

Jason Paul + the Know It Alls

Interviews • May 8, 2026

Here in Scene Point Blank Land, I sometimes get lost in the inbox of endless submissions and new music. I … Read more

Unseemlier

Interviews • April 24, 2026

It was about a year ago I discovered Unseemlier, shortly before the release of I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere. … Read more

Guest List: War On Women

Music / The Set List • April 24, 2026

It feels like a lifetime ago when Mitt Romney referenced a "war on women" during the 2012 presidential cycle. A … Read more

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Lethal Limits

Elevate EP
GhettoBlaster Productions (2025)

As far as I can gather Jeff Corso has been playing in bands in the Bay Area for the past 20 years but seems like exclusively hardcore until now. Full disclosure: I’m only reviewing this because Aesop from Hickey plays drums. That said, I generally only review stuff I like, so go figure. This doesn’t sound like Hickey but since … Read more

Dealbreaker

New Sides
Late Again Records, Toll Free Records (2026)

Dealbreaker popped onto my radar as part of a package tour with Pro Wrestling, who cold called me with a Penske File namedrop. This story is a bit of a Canadian roundabout, but their methodology worked: I listened to their music and dug it enough to review it. And I'm mentioning it because, at times, Dealbreaker reminds me of The … Read more

The Library Is On Fire

Degeneration Elegies
The Abyss, Ltd. (2026)

There’s a certain kind of band that never quite fits the moment they arrive in. Sometimes too jagged for one scene, too melodic for another. The Library Is On Fire were one of those bands in the early 2000s, hovering somewhere between indie-punk urgency and power-pop instinct without fully settling into either. On Degeneration Elegies, their first full-length in over … Read more

Nicole Alexis

Mirrors & Smoke
Independent (2026)

There’s a fine line between stripped down music and so stripped back that is sounds empty. On Mirrors and Smoke, Nicole Alexis lands comfortably on the right side of that line, delivering a debut EP that leans into simplicity without losing its emotional weight. Built around acoustic arrangements and minimal production, the EP feels intentionally close. It feels like these … Read more

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The Remote Controls

Too Tough
Fail Harmonic Records, Mom’s Basement Records (2025)

There’s a certain kind of punk band that doesn’t overthink things. No reinvention, no genre-bending manifesto, just fast songs, big hooks, and enough attitude to carry it all. Indianapolis’ The … Read more

Sahan Jayasuriya

Don’t Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen
Feral House (2026)

For those of us who spent the mid-to-late 1980s navigating basement community halls, churches, and loveable, armpit-smelling dive bars, the name Die Kreuzen was a permanent fixture on the punk … Read more

Sewer Urchin

Global Urination
Independent (2025)

There’s a fine line between crossover thrash that feels dangerous and crossover thrash that just feels like a party. Global Urination doesn’t bother choosing because it does both loudly and … Read more

Ingested

Denigration
Metal Blade (2026)

For a band that built its name on sheer brutality, Ingested have spent the last several years refining what that brutality actually means. With their newest release, Denigration, the band … Read more

Sunn 0)))

S/T
Southern Lord (2026)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! THE APEX: SONIC !! ! & EXPERIMENTAL ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Droning !! Loud !! Slow !! Heavy !! !! Ominous !! Atmospheric !! Glacial !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! … Read more

Burned Up Bled Dry

Next Stop… Dead Stop…
Prank (2026)

There’s no easing into Next Stop… Dead Stop… No buildup, no warning just impact. Fayetteville, Arkansas’ Burned Up Bled Dry return from decades of dormancy with a debut full-length that … Read more

Blue Ash

Dinner At Mr. Billy’s
Peppermint Records (2026)

Most people treat the Blue Ash story like a collection of "almosts" and they are sure missing the point.Almost famous, almost signed, almost the American Beatles. Forget that, erase that … Read more

Luxury Teeth

DCxPC Live & Dead, Vol. 3
DCxPC Live (2024)

There’s something inherently appealing about a record that doesn’t try to hide what a band actually sounds like. DCxPC Live & Dead, Vol. 3 captures Luxury Teeth in two very … Read more

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SPB featured stream: Drakulas - Midnight City

Posted in Records on April 30, 2026

It's our pleasure to share Midnight City, the third album from Austin, TX based Drakulas. The band features members of some well-known bands, namely Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against, but this project takes a new turn with protopunk meets early new wave that describes a dark underbelly of a world … Read more

Unbeaten Stab

Posted in Labels on May 28, 2026

New England melodic hardcore band Stab just joined with Unbeaten Records, announcing the news with a brand new song, "New England Numb" featuring Mat Kerekes (Citizen). Formed just last year, … Read more

Another Round of 'Ritas with Riley!

Posted in Records on May 28, 2026

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Miki Watson is Preloved

Posted in Records on May 28, 2026

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Mike Huguenor goes 8-bit

Posted in Records on May 27, 2026

Mike Huguenor (Jeff Rosenstock, Shinobu, Hard Girls) has announced a new 8-bit reimagining of his 2025 album Surfing the Web with the Alien, released today on the album's one year … Read more

Spread The Disease resurfaces

Posted in Records on May 27, 2026

Spread The Disease has announced the band's first new album in 27 yeras, The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering, an 8-track collection out on July 10 on Hypaethral Records. They … Read more

Quattracenta III announced

Posted in Records on May 26, 2026

Quattracenta has announced the upcoming release of their latest album, III, out on June 9 via Phantomscope Records (distribution via Dischord Records). The record was produced and engineered by J … Read more

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