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UK Subs

Interviews • August 23, 2026

50 Years of Chaos: Charlie Harper and the U.K. Subs More than five decades after the first sparks of punk lit up the U.K., Charlie Harper remains one of its most enduring figures. As the driving force behind U.K. Subs, Harper has seen entire scenes rise, fracture, and reinvent themselves while continuing to tour, write, and perform with undiminished spirit. His new autobiography, Anarchy of Demons, looks back on a life that stretches from the early days of rock ’n’ roll through the explosion of punk and into the present. In this conversation, Harper reflects on his influences, surviving the long road with the Subs, the state of punk today, and the stories behind his brutally honest memoir. Scene Point Blank: Looking back at your upbringing, what parts of it hardened or inspired you, and which musicians had the biggest impact on your style, attitude, or approach to performing? Charlie Harper: Mostly the '50s and '60s performers -- Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, then MC5, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Scene Point Blank: Before the stage and the mic, you were cutting hair. Did your time as a hairdresser teach you anything about people -- or just how to handle scissors under pressure? Charlie Harper: No…I became an agony aunt. I sorted everyone's problems, and that served me well in the band. Scene Point Blank: Did you ever play an instrument yourself, or were you always focused on vocals and songwriting? Charlie Harper: After playing guitar, I played … Read more

Commerce or Amusement? #2

Green Noise Records

Regular Columns / Commerce or Amusement? • August 22, 2026

Are You In The Music Business? Or Just Involved In Music? Interview Series #2. Featuring Martin Winch of Green Noise … Read more

Anathema Editions

Music / History 101 • August 11, 2026

Did you know it’s been 10 years since Anathema Editions put out its first release? To make the moment, we … Read more

Stormtrooper

Interviews • August 10, 2026

Still a Dirty Mess: The Stormtrooper Oral History Before the Sex Pistols swore on television -- or tried to brush … Read more

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Real Numbers

Was It Always This Way
Slumberland Records (2026)

I feel like this may be the first 12", 10-song release in my collection from Real Numbers, a dreampop meets jangle-indie rock band from Minneapolis. I'm not going to fact check my statement, because I mean it as a metaphor. Real Numbers play exactly what you'd expect based on my short description so far, but there's always something just a … Read more

Alien Nosejob

How A Mosquito Operates
Anti Fade, Iron Lung (2026)

200 Words Or Less

The one-man band of Alien Nosejob continues to crank out short, angry hardcore in quick bursts. I've lost count of how many records Jake Robertson has now released under the name. I'll just say that while the first couple took some direction changes, the project seems to have found its footing in 1980s-influenced hardcore. With 17 songs in 24 minutes, … Read more

Cancer Bats

Give Me Dirt
Marshall Amplification PLC, New Damage records (2026)

ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS – “Bright Eyes of Gold”, “Give Me Dirt”, “Long Tooth”, “Fools Like You” Almost exactly two years ago, on 8th August 2024, Cancer Bats played Conne Island in Leipzig – a choice they would live to regret. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the centre had slowly become renowned for its radical politics and, more recently, the ban … Read more

Tyler Sonnichsen

The Dead Milkmen
J-Card Press (2026)

Book Review

When I saw The Dead Milkmen at Toronto’s Diamond Club back in the late 1980s, the floor was a volatile, beautiful mess of colliding subcultures. It was like different species of house flies bumping into one another, wondering what the hell you were doing in the mason jar. You had suburban high school pocket-pen-protector pencil-neck nubile nerds, college radio snobs … Read more

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Opus Kink

The Sweet Goodbye
So Recordings (2026)

ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS – “Come Over, Do Me Wrong”, “The Sweet Goodbye”, “I Have to Shine My Sunday Shoes”, “Crucify!” Opus Kink sound like nobody else. To call them “jazz punk” … Read more

Sludgeworth

Second Time Around
Red Scare Industries (2026)

I never got very into Screeching Weasel and the extended family tree. Ignoring the politics of the matter, the music never really hit that sweet spot for me either. But … Read more

Social Distortion

Born to Kill
Epitaph (2026)

Rating: 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🚬 / 10 (8 Tipped Martini Glasses and a Cigarette) Remember that movie Fantastic Voyage, where a miniaturized submarine gets inserted into a person's bloodstream on a mission to … Read more

Big Circle

Big Circle
Independent (2026)

There are plenty of supergroups that exist largely because of the names on the marquee. Big Circle feels different. While Glenn Mercer (The Feelies), Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), Dave Weckerman … Read more

Nocturnal Prose

Western Interests
Total Agency (2026)

I’ve been reading Cory Doctorow’s latest book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI” a scathing review of the current state of artificial intelligence wherein he seeks to pop … Read more

Kyle Burnett

Glory Days
Syrup Moose Records (2026)

There’s a form of folk punk that treats every song like a drunken campfire confession with all its ragged shouting and romanticized self-destruction. Then there’s the version that feels mature … Read more

Rufio

From The Outside
Double Felix Records, Double Helix Records (2026)

“Rufio?! Like from back in the day Rufio?” Those were the words out of my mouth while claiming my next review. I wore out Perhaps, I Suppose as a teenager … Read more

Oddfellows

Oddfellows
Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records (2026)

The self-titled album from Oddfellows was a long time coming. As in, the band formed in 1994. Now in 2026, they return with founding members Chris Pulliam, Mark Ryan, and … Read more

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Nocturnal Prose exposes Western Interests

Posted in Records on August 15, 2026

San Antonio, TX political post-punks Nocturnal Prose are releasing their first long player Western Interests on the band's own Total Agency label. Featuring Yole Centeno on guitar, vocals, and synth, Nick Obregon on 2nd guitar, Aaron Marin on bass and Alan Codd on drums, the band had previously released a … Read more

Bad Waitress advance track

Posted in Records on September 2, 2026

Bad Waitress will release a new album, In The Hollow, just before Halloween on Oct. 31 on Stomp Records. Listen to "Lovin' Kind" from the upcoming LP below. Read more Read more

Fake Names present Punk Ruins

Posted in Records on September 2, 2026

October 23 is the due date for Punk Ruins, the latest from Fake Names, the third album from the band that includes members of Bad Religion, Refused, Rocket From The … Read more

Oso Oso album album

Posted in Records on September 2, 2026

Oso Oso, who just announced a North American tour, has announced a sixth full-length album called an exchange of information, out on Feral Twin Records, operated by Hop Along drummer … Read more

Squirm with Tear Dungeon

Posted in Records on September 1, 2026

Scuzz punks Tear Dungeon return, releasing new album Squirm on Oct. 2 via TODO Records. It's the follow-up to Carl, released in 2022. Read more tracklisting: Burn Your Money Charley … Read more

The Hellflowers are Haunted; The Hellflowers are "Wild Ones"

Posted in Bands on September 1, 2026

LA, CA punk 'n' roll band The Hellflowers is prepping to release their third full-length album, expected to release next February under the title Haunted. Still many months awway,t he … Read more

Spike and the Gimme Gimmes Givyou Givyous New Album

Posted in Records on September 1, 2026

Spike and the Gimme Gimmes will release their new album, Shit the Bed on October 23rd via Fat Wreck Chords. They have just released their lead cover of "Girls Just … Read more

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