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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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Fangus

Emerald Dream
From The Urn Records (2026)

The needle drops, and there’s no introductory sweaty handshake. Fangus doesn’t care for niceties; they’re ready to get down to brass-knuckle business. With their debut full-length, Emerald Dream, the Montreal quintet has exhumed a sound that feels less like a tribute to the early '70s and more like a master tape found rotting in a damp basement behind a stack … Read more

Drakulas

Midnight City
Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records (2026)

I’m assuming Midnight City is the “fictionalized New York-esque metropolis” where the band/gang members of Drakulas survive(d in the mid to late 70's;). It’s also the third album by this Austin TX based, concept driven supergroup. Not really sure if I’m supposed to out these dudes but their secret identities include members of Riberboat Gamblers, Rise Against, High Tension Wires … Read more

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

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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 … 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 … Read more

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

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SPB premiere: "Don't Fit Anywhere" by Black Market Heart

Posted in Videos on June 2, 2026

Black Market Heart is back with the brand new single “Don’t Fit Anywhere,” a song about wrong decisions, that comes from their recently released What Happens In The Dark, out since April. The trio from Los Angeles, CA features former members of The Lords of Altamont and play anxious post-punk, … Read more

SPB featured stream: Full Full Full - Half A Cassette

Posted in Records on June 1, 2026

To kick off the new month we’re sharing a new EP from French punk band Full Full Full, Half A Cassette. The 7-song EP is melodic and singalong, with shades … Read more

New Regulator Watts? "It's Gonna Happen"

Posted in Records on June 3, 2026

Post-hardcore band Regulator Watts shared "It's Gonna Happen" today, the first new music from the DC-based band in 30 years. The new song is one of five on a new … Read more

Live Double Bubble

Posted in Records on June 2, 2026

Double Bubble is the latest to join the DCxPC Live & Dead series, with preorders open now for volume 8 in the series -- which presents a live recording on … Read more

"Price of Gas" right now

Posted in Records on June 2, 2026

Chicago, IL band Cel Ray just announced their debut full-length album -- Cel Rayzer -- out on July 24 via Exploding in Sound Records. Straddling hardcore, garage, and eggpunk, the … Read more

Strange City reissue

Posted in Records on May 30, 2026

The Sun Ra / Merzbow album Strange City turns 10 this year, with Cold Spring issueing a new 2xCD expanded reissue on June 25. The recording features rare and previously … Read more

See Quicksand

Posted in Tours on May 29, 2026

Quicksand, currently in preparation to release Bring On The Physics on July 17 (Equal Vision), has announced a headlining tour this summer with Bane. The band shared new song, "Crystallize," … Read more

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