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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2026)

Music • July 13, 2026

That's right: we're halfway through 2026 already, although whether that means this year is a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full kind of year... well, the jury's out. But we'll let you know in December. Despite another six months of chaos, war, conflict and uncertainty, one thing in life remains static and reliable: SPB's mid-year list. Join our writers as we share the best albums released in the first half of 2026. Discover some slept-on hits, remind yourself about the amazing records you've already heard this year, and feel the relentless passing of time as you think "wait, did that only come out this year?". It's time for our mid-year favorites. Read more

Demos You Want To Check #4

Music / New Kids On The Block • July 7, 2026

The musical landscape is ever changing. New genres are popping up, new hypes burst out of nowhere and die out … Read more

The Bellrays

Interviews • July 6, 2026

A Conversation with Lisa Kekaula (Vocals) and Bob Vennum (Guitar) of The Bellrays For over three decades, The Bellrays -- … Read more

Golden Shitters

Music Education

Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job • June 23, 2026

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

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Amy Bell

Want Me EP
Warren Records (2026)

Amy Bell is a singer songwriter from Yorkshire, England. A self-taught musician at 21 years old, she has begun to make a name for herself and often plays at charity events and local festivals. Known for her unusual voice, this indie artist released her second EP, titled Want Me, on June 26th, 2026 on Warren Records. This 4 song collection … Read more

House Of All

Inklings
Tiny Global Productions (2026)

Six blokes who survived the Mark E. Smith sausage-squeezing meat grinder, plus a beautiful Blue Orchid for good measure. But if you’re turning up to Inklings expecting some pathetic karaoke penny on the eyes wake, you’re completely barking up the wrong great Deku tree. Not a tribute act. It’s a cash-in-hand inheritance from a filthy-rich uncle… let's call him Uncle … Read more

If I Die Today

I Felt Nothing
Independent (2026)

Sometimes post-hardcore stops feeling emotional and just becomes noise for the sake of noise. If I Die Today understands that line better than most bands operating in this space. Their newest albume, I Felt Nothing is undeniably aggressive, messy, loud, and volatile, but underneath all the abrasion is a band with a very clear sense of purpose. This Northern Italian … Read more

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

In Light Of Recent Events
Suppression Records (2026)

Australian Neo-proto-punk garagerockers ECSR released 11 new songs in May without much, if any, fanfare and not as some marketing or PR stunt but because they seem to actually give zero fucks. If anything they are making a bit of effort to curb their success which includes multiple award nominations on their home turf including the Australian Music Prize for … Read more

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Swell Maps

C21
Tiny Global Productions (2026)

This isn't a hologram dancing, marionette corpse, tap-dancing nostalgia trip. It’s a jagged pill, a necessary taser jolt. Jowe Head-- one of the sole surviving architects of the original Solihull … Read more

Silver Proof

Even If It Hurts
Independent (2026)

Some pop punk records feel made for playlists and algorithms. They’re polished into oblivion, emotionally vague, and afraid to get messy. Silver Proof clearly didn’t get that memo. The Buffalo … Read more

Lice (Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman)

Vol. 4: Miami Lice
Rhymesayers (2026)

This EP released kind of suddenly, back in March, right before a bunch of stuff hit the fan in my life outside of SPB. Which means the EP felt sudden, … Read more

Various Artists

There Is No Sun - A Tribute To Jay Reatard
Sonic Church (2026)

The late, great Jay Reatard was a prolific master of rock n roll gems. Whether it be with his earlier budget-punk act of his namesake, Reatards, his synth-punk projects Lost … Read more

The Dwarves

Jenkem
Greedy, MVD (2026)

The Dwarves first cut me off on my path with their 1986 garage-rock debut, Horror Stories, on Voxx Records. Been a fan since. Over the forty years they've been around, … Read more

David J

Tracks From the Attic Revisited
Independent Project Records (2026)

Sometimes musical circles take decades to close. Just ask Fleur De Lys and their catchy cover of The Who’s '60s freakbeat rarity, "Circles." For those of us digging through dusty … Read more

Physicalist

Self Titled
Dirt Cult (2026)

F.Y.P is one of the rare bands that I'd say nobody sounds like -- but in the past two months I've caught myself making that comparison twice. First while listening … Read more

Dylan Thomas

Todo se desvanece
Burnt Toast Vinyl (2026)

When bands spend months slowly piecing together an album with cheap gear, limited time, and apparently an alarming amount of terrible beer, it’s kind of romantic. Not romantic in the … Read more

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Arson Announce Self-Titled Debut

Posted in Records on July 12, 2026

Hardcore group, arson, have made their debut with their self-titled full length on New Morality Zine. The group consists of members of Colonial Wound, Excide, and Show Me Mary. You can stream arson NOW.   Read more

Australian Cattle God to Release Cornpone's Final Recordings

Posted in Labels on July 12, 2026

Noise-Punks, Cornpone, will be releasing their final recordings from 1996 to early 1997 will be seeing the light of day after 30 years of being lost. The band dissolved in … Read more

AI labeling for music?

Posted in Music News on July 11, 2026

The IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA and Human Artistry Campaign has partnered to suggest a voluntary labeling system to dentore AI content within music, with two labels, … Read more

New rock cellist covers

Posted in Bands on July 11, 2026

Cellist Gordon Withers just released two new singles as part of Sweet Cheetah Records' Covers For Cause series. The singles are “Never Meant" (American Football) and “Calba’s Last” (Ethel Meserve), … Read more

New Coyote Man

Posted in Records on July 11, 2026

Chicago trio Coyote Man just announced a new album: Prosthetic Memories. The album comes out on August 14 on LP, cd, and digitally. Read more Prosthetic Memories Track Listing: 1. … Read more

False Flowers cover Adam and the Ants

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Sacramento, CA post-punk band False Flowers has a new double single out "Secret Futures" b/w "Beat My Guest" (sahred below. The new release follows a mini-LP and one half of … Read more

The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

The Linda Lindas have set an August 28 release date for their upcoming Reprise/Warner major label debut, Gotta Get Out. The first single came out today, featuring Hayley Williams, and … Read more

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New Totalitär

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Swedish d-beat band Totalitär is back, announcing a new self-titled … Read more

From the Horns of Abomination

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Sentient Ruin Laboratories is prepping the release of a self-titled … Read more

SPB Premiere: Nunca Escucharas by Generacion Suicida

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

LA punks Generacion Suicida are sharing the second single "Nunca … Read more

The Monsters are coming

Posted in Tours on July 10, 2026

Swiss garage rock band The Monsters are returning to the … Read more

Hiram-Maxim says "do better"

Posted in Bands on July 10, 2026

Hiram-Maxim shared "Grand Mal" earlier this week, a new standalone … Read more

Moonraker's Me And The Bells

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Moonraker, who last record, The Forest, was a "nascar release" … Read more

EXP on Reptilian

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Based out of Brooklyn, NY and formed by J. Natz … Read more

Plum puts Bodies in Motion

Posted in Records on July 10, 2026

Chicago, IL art pukn band Plum has announced a self-released … Read more

New from Deathgrave

Posted in Records on July 9, 2026

Death grind band Deathgrave has a new album on the … Read more

4 more songs from Heather the Jerk

Posted in Records on July 9, 2026

As a follow-up to Scroll If You Love Devil, released … Read more