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Interviews / Fest 11: The Soviettes (Fest 11)
Feature — December 22, 2012
Living in Minneapolis, I’ve seen a number of Soviettes shows on the local calendars over the past few years. With the band announcing a hiatus back in 2006, and a couple of reunions to celebrate the LP IV rarities compilation, I had long wondered what the band’s official status …
Music / Fest 11: The Fest 11
Feature — December 2, 2012
Fest 11 had a hell of a lot of big names: Propagandhi, Frank Turner, Titus Andronicus, Good Riddance, Dwarves. It’s tempting to push your way up front in the sweaty, spacious floor area of The Florida Theater, 8 Seconds, or The New Top Spot, but Fest isn’t just about …Music: The Fest Wrap-Up
Feature — October 16, 2010
Here are the highlights, and a few lowlights as experienced by SPB at easily the best shows of the year: The Fest 6. The first band to leave me agape was Planes Mistaken for Stars. Priming the audience for the rest of the evening, …
Music: Fest 10th anniversary: Fests 4-6 remembered
Feature — October 4, 2011
The Fest in Gainesville has become an institution, and Scene Point Blank has hit numbers 6-9 and lived to tell the tale. As the event is celebrating their tenth anniversary with an alumni theme, SPB decided to catch up with some of the old timers to see what they remember …
Music: The Fest That Never Was
Feature — October 29, 2020
19 Things We Miss About The Fest 2020 has been hard. You’ve all read that a million times. But you’ve lived it too. In most years, for many of us, The Fest offers an outlet to get away from those doldrums. But a socially distant Fest is simply …
Music: Fest 10th anniversary: Fests 7-9 remembered
Feature — October 25, 2011
The Fest in Gainesville has become an institution, and Scene Point Blank has hit numbers 6-9 and lived to tell the tale. As the event is celebrating their tenth anniversary with an alumni theme, SPB decided to catch up with some of the old timers to see what they remember …
Music: No Coast Fest
Feature — September 19, 2022
There’s no shortage of new music or exciting shows this fall. But two of the big ticket items include a new record by KEN mode (Null, Artoffact Records – check out new single "Throw Your Phone In The River" here) out Sept. 23, followed by the band’s …
Music: Fest 10th anniversary: Fests 1-3 remembered
Feature — August 31, 2011
The Fest in Gainesville has become an institution, and Scene Point Blank has hit numbers 6-9 and lived to tell the tale. As the event is celebrating their tenth anniversary with an alumni theme, SPB decided to catch up with some of the old timers to see what they …
Music: The Fest 9
Feature — January 3, 2011
In nine years, Fest has grown into a pilgrimage, a verb, and something of a lifestyle. Besides the 200-300 bands in town, annual activities include excessive drinking, a lot of walking, sporadic meals, counting Mikey Erg bands, and seeing how many times Dave Decker will run onstage. Once …Music: SPB Hits The Fest 8
Feature — October 16, 2010
Music: The Fest 7
Feature — October 16, 2010
Normally the weekend nearest to Halloween is known for lots of parties and dressing up in costume (or attempting to dress in as little as possible). But this year Halloween took on a whole other demeanor with The Fest 7 once again taking place in Gainesville, Florida. Scene Point …
Music: Bands to check out at Riot Fest 2019
Feature — September 11, 2019
For 15 years now Chicago-based Riot Fest has been a multi-day music festival specializing in punk, rock, alternative, metal, and hip-hop. Although festivals are popping up more every year, Riot Fest 2019 still manages to stand out amongst the crowd. Not only does the festival remain musically diverse, but most …
Music: Riot Fest Toronto 2014
Feature — September 29, 2014
The bus I'm on smells terrible: a mixture of body odour, cheap beer, and anticipation. It's filled to the brim with concert goers, mostly teenagers, but also a handful of adults who are dressed like teenagers. We're on our way to the Toronto leg of Riot Fest. This is the …
Music: Levitation 2015 / Austin Psych Fest
Feature — June 18, 2015
Providing a welcome alternative to not only the blast of insanity that South by Southwest brings but also the increasingly-crowded shitstorm that is the Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, Texas’ Psych Fest was founded by members of the rock group The Black Angels in 2008, bouncing around between locations …
Music: Review: Riot Fest 2015
Feature — October 6, 2015
It’s third weekend in September and for the second year in a row I’m waiting at Downsview station. Downsview is Toronto’s Northern most subway stop. While technically still in the city, it’s a forty-minute schlep from the downtown core, which is basically an impossible journey to any self-respecting urbanite. I’m …
Music: Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015
Feature — November 22, 2015
In the days leading up to the three-day Fun Fun Fun Fest, weather forecasters were calling for yet another weekend of torrential rain in and around Austin. Strange, as, after going precipitation free for the majority of the previous three months, the weekend of the US Formula 1 Grand Prix …
One Question Interviews: Breakin' Even Fest
Feature — April 28, 2017
Steve & Bryan (Breakin’ Even Fest) SPB: How are you approaching Fest #2 differently than #1? Breakin' Even: We definitely focused on making Breakin' Even Fest All Ages this year. Last year, all ages were admitted, but needed a chaperone. We also expanded our lineup beyond just …Music: Pre-gaming For The Fest
Feature — October 16, 2010
Hey punks: Put down those razors and electric shavers, it's time to let the facial hair flourish. You too ladies; nothing says sex appeal like a well-grown dirt-lip. And to all the social drinkers and self-professed professional drunks: you better start cracking open the cold ones. It's time …
Music / The Set List: Top 10 Acts Worth Mentioning at Riot Fest 2017
Feature — October 4, 2017
Sometimes you reach a point in your life when something inside of you just breaks and no matter what you do, you can't fix it. You hate your job, you hate your apartment, you hate the city you live in. I had currently reached that point in my life when …
