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Arms Aloft

Interviews • June 23, 2025

Remember Election Day 2024? Maybe you shouldn't. Maybe you've blocked it out. That's fair, but there was one pleasant surprise that day: a new EP from Wisconsin's Arms Aloft. It took a while to claw out of the darkness in November, then Year End 2024 coverage took over the Scene Point Blank editorial calendar but now we caught up with Seth Gile of the band to get the story of how Red Lanterns came to be. Given that much of the conversation is about being particular, it seems fitting to run this interview six months later. The EP is streaming now. Will it be released on vinyl? Keep reading for more cryptic answers. Scene Point Blank: It's been a chunk of time since the last LP and I don't see you playing as many live shows locally either, though maybe that's just my own post-covid homebody lifestyle. How do you describe the band's approach or activity level these days? Seth Gile: Oh, I’d say you’re absolutely right. We’ve slowed down, more than a little bit… but it’s also been 8 years or whatever since What A Time came out. We were super busy for a couple of years and then, yeah. COVID hit everybody who does anything pretty hard, and we were no exception. Then everybody gets increasingly busy with real life. Lauren moved out west a while back, Jack’s had some sick guest spots all over, tattooing… and so on! Cool stuff but makes it harder to schedule Punk … Read more

Caterwaul 2025

Music • May 13, 2025

Each year in late May, the 4-day party and noise-rock festival Caterwaul takes over multiple venues in Minneapolis. It’s a … Read more

Ilya Arbatman (Rotary Club)

Book store co-owner

Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job • May 13, 2025

There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. Most musicians have day jobs – and not … Read more

Guest List: Steven Fairweather (Gob) – The Gateway And The Getaway

Music / The Set List • May 13, 2025

Steven Fairweather is a Canadian musician, radio show host, and comic book writer. He is best known as the bassist … Read more

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Dauber

Falling Down
Recess (2025)

The lazy approach would be to call Dauber "ex-Screaming Females," but that barely scratches the surface. If I had to pick one band to namedrop a comparison to, it would be labelmates Night Court. They play a familiar style but with a lot of quirks that set it apart from the genre standard-bearers. It's driving and energetic -- more importantly, … Read more

Aesop Rock

Black Hole Superette
Rhymesayers (2025)

Aesop Rock has a reputation for esoteric and abstract raps. It's certainly an earned reputation, but that background makes it interesting when you peel off the layers of his latest, Black Hole Superette and realize that many of these dense songs are actually about the mundane: walking the dog, cohabitation... hell, even fishkeeping. While there's a lot of day-to-day routine … Read more

Circuit des Yeux

Halo On The Inside
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Haley Fohr's artistic vehicle, Circuit des Yeux, defies categorisation. Stamping the indie folk label on her was superficial, something dispelled easily once you have experienced the lo-fi distortion of "The Girl With No Name." It might be that under the layers of sonic disfigurement, a folk ethos is present in Fohr's narrative sensibility, but it is no longer the same. … Read more

ZEPHR

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Kreiviskai

Motinai
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Kreiviskai's origins are deeply rooted in the neofolk sound and ethos. Their debut record, Zemmis : supnãi, focuses on the musical lineage of Tver, embracing the traditional instrumentation to produce … Read more

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Pinch Hitters
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The debut album from Florida punk band Miller Lowlifes features a vintage baseball theme, best enjoyed with a can of cheap domestic beer in hand. The metaphor fits, as Pinch … Read more

Art Brut

Sorry, That It Doesn't Sound Like It's Planned! Battling Satan, 2009 - 2020
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I’ve never reviewed a box set before but Art Brut released my favourite sprechgesang anti-art-punk album of the early aughts so I figured I’d give it a go. 2005’s Bang … Read more

The Slow Death

No Light To See
Don’t Sing Records (2025)

Few bands have as fitting a name as The Slow Death. They play forlorn, self-deprecating punk that’s heavily influenced by lonesome country. The music itself is more driving and punchy, … Read more

Golden Shitters

Brutal Planet
Ugly Pop (2025)

People in the indie punk scene in Canada can usually be linked by six degrees of separation. I’ve never met Golden Shitter guitarist Matt Ellis IRL but I became acquainted … Read more

Raging Nathans

Room For One More
Rad Girlfriend Records (2025)

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Rodeo Boys

Junior
Don Giovanni (2025)

Rodeo Boys play in the punk circuit but there's so much going on in their music. I'll broadly summarize it as guitar music. This description, of course, might be biased … Read more

Errth

Errth
Uncle Style Records (2025)

What makes a gruff vocal melodic punk band stand out? That's the question I'm asking myself as I listen to Errth's debut on repeat. I've been playing this record for … Read more

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Posted in Bands on June 24, 2025

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Posted in Tours on June 23, 2025

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Posted in Records on June 21, 2025

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Posted in Tours on June 21, 2025

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Dear Boy teaser track

Posted in Bands on June 21, 2025

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Half Dizzy summertime jamz

Posted in Bands on June 21, 2025

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