Features / Interviews

For those of you living under rocks, These Arms Are Snakes is the newest surprise from a scene that continually surprises. Dwelling in Seattle, the five-piece, comprised of former members from groundbreakers like Botch, Kill Sadie and Nineironspitfire, manages to inject something fresh, dark, and new into hardcore's tired bones, … Read more

Five years in hardcore can seem like eternity. In five years scenes change, groups come and go, and other life obligations can get in the way. New England Hardcore outfit Foxfires are celebrating their fifth anniversary by releasing the LP Pinetum this October. Pinetum is an aggressive and hard-hitting album, … Read more

If there’s one word that could accurately describe Foxy Dads front person Ilana Hope, it’s “genuine.” The 23-year old Long Island native has been producing their brand of infectiously earnest bedroom pop for the last several years. While the name Foxy Dads itself may seem silly, (as would the band’s … Read more

After cutting his teeth with the short-lived British post-punk act Million Dead, vocalist/guitarist Frank Turner has moved on to a hugely successful solo career, making his mark as an alt.country influenced folk punker playing alongside acts like Social Distortion and The Offspring. SPB sat down with him during a Canadian … Read more

Scene Point Blank: The last time we had the chance to talk we discussed your growing popularity. You're starting to reach the level of success in North America that you have in the UK. How does that feel? Frank Turner: It's been very gratifying. I want to phrase this is … Read more

A month or so ago now, I received a telephone call from my friend Laura. She had been asked by Vagrant Records to do an interview with French Kicks. But because of her fairly severe problem with procrastination, she had neglected to get together any questions. Now, eight hours before … Read more

As a band, Fucked Up operates outside the parameters of traditional society. No one in the band (comprised of Pink Eyes- vocals, Concentration Camp- guitar, Mr. Jo- drums, Mustard Gas- bass, 10,000 Marbles- guitar) owns a cell phone or can legally operate a vehicle. Relationships between band mates are often … Read more

After our pre-festival coverage of Beacons 2013, we spoke to a couple of the headliners: Fucked Up and Wire. Read on for more from both bands. Fucked Up/No Warning - Ben Cook Scene Point Blank: That show just now looked crazy. Ben Cook: Yeah, I was pretty high. Scene Point … Read more

Full Of Hell are an active and adventurous band. Scene Point Blank caught up with the group on the heels of 2017's new album, Trumpeting Ecstasy, for a few words with vocalist Dylan Walker. Discussing the new album, his motivations, and how he spends his time when he's not on … Read more

After touring for 2 years in support of their debut album, Aim & Ignite, the power-pop trip, Fun, are getting ready to put out another. However, the band took some time to make it out to perform at Coachella before headlining a few shows in California. Scene Point Blank had … Read more

Fun. are currently on the road in support of their new sophomore record, Some Nights. We spoke to the band a year ago to try and attain any info we could about the album, however, they were quite secretive at the time. As the album's release got closer and closer, … Read more

Scene Point Blank: Hey Gary. Thanks for taking the time to talk to Scene Point Blank. How the devil are you? Gary Zon: Comfortably numb. Scene Point Blank: You've just finished recording your new album, Standard Issue. How do you feel you've moved on, personally and musically between the new … Read more

The Gateway District - a punk rock band from Minneapolis. We sat down and spoke to drummer Brad before the band played the Fest this year. Scene Point Blank: I've read a few mentions of a second record coming out. Is it ready yet? Brad: Well, it has been recorded … Read more

Germ is the solo project of Australian artist Tim Yatras, a gent who has been involved with some incredible projects over the years and who now brings his black metal trance to the world via the full-length record Wish, and the recently released EP, Loss. Scene Point Blank had a … Read more

Giles Corey is the long in gestation solo project of one Dan Barrett (half of the duo Have A Nice Life and part owner and purveyor of Enemies List Recordings), and the recently released solo album has been several years in the making. Having seen both live shows from the … Read more

Glitterer is a one-man band made up of Ned Russin, who made his name in Title Fight, a project he seems to be creating distance from lately. On Glitterer’s first LP and EP, Russin is on vocals, synths, bass, and drum machine. These instruments were complemented on his newly released … Read more

For the past five years, Go it Alone have steadily made a name for themselves not just in their native Northwest hardcore scene, but also across all of the U.S. and Europe. The band has survived constant lineup changes and a near fatal injury. Nevertheless, Go it Alone has soldiered … Read more

The music business is filled with inflated egos and individuals craving adulation. So when you come across an artist that is the complete opposite of that, it's quite a relief. The gentlemen of Good Old War are just that, sincere songwriters that are quite humble about the craft that they … Read more

On the heels of March’s Come Back as Rain release, alternative folk band Good Old War met up with Scene Point Blank on their current tour to talk about songwriting, instrumentation, and current music in general. The band was in Burlington, VT to play a show at Higher Grounds before … Read more

The punk world has changed a lot since Good Riddance last graced our stereos with 2003's Bound By the Ties of Blood and Affection. Anti-Flag signed to a major label. Green Day went political. In that time, Bush won another election, the War on Terror was renamed, â??The Long Warâ? … Read more