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Site News: A Few Site Updates

News — July 23, 2007

Just a quick note to inform you of a few minor changes to the site's code: added Site History link at the bottom of all pages added "Other" link to Reviews A-Z area, for bands with numbers/symbols in their names added links on staff …

Site News: Scene Point Blank: 2007 Relaunch & Reader Survey

News — July 8, 2007

It's the great pleasure of the SPB staff to present the brand new look for your favorite webzine. It's been some time coming, but hopefully it was worth the wait. We've been really excited about bringing it to you and hopefully you'll be equally so when it comes to exploring …

Bands: Eriz Ozenne Teams Up With Redemption 87/The Nerve Agents/Ceremony Members

News — June 8, 2007

Eric Ozenne, formerly of The Nerve Agents and Redemption 87 (with A.F.I.'s Jade Puget) has formally announced the name of his new group. The band is called Said Radio and also features Gary Gutfeld of Redemption 87, Ryan Mattos and Anthony Anzaldo of Ceremony, and Dante Sigona of The Nerve …

Site News: SPB Posts 100th Interview

News — May 11, 2007

In line with recently posting our 1000th review, SPB has just posted its 100th interview! The lucky artist was Maria Taylor, half of Azure Ray, and you can check out the interview here, not forgetting to look at our other interviews as well.

MP3s: Blaqk Audio Post Debut Song

News — March 13, 2007

Blaqk Audio, the confusingly-spelled sideproject of AFI members Davey Havok (vocals) and Jade Puget (guitar) has posted a song on their Myspace profile. The group is an electronic / industrial combo, described by the band as "2 boys in love with synthesizers and software." To hear "Bitter For Sweet", …

Bands: Dismemberment Plan Reunite For Benefit Show

News — March 1, 2007

The sadly-defunct Dismemberment Plan have announced they'll be playing a benefit show for Callum Robbins, son of producer J. Robbins. The band said: As many of you know, our good friends J. Robbins and Janet Morgan had a son last year who was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). When …

Breaking News: Chris Cornell Departs Audioslave

News — February 15, 2007

A press release for Chris Cornell's new solo record, Carry On, has stated that: "Additionally Cornell is permanently departing super-group Audioslave stating, “Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best …

Bands: 2007: Year Of Reunions?

News — January 29, 2007

By now you've already heard about Rage Against The Machine's upcoming reunion show, but have you heard about Led Zeppelin's or The Police's? The Led Zeppelin reunion is still in its early stages but plans seem to suggest that deceased drummer John Bonham will be replaced with his …

Splits: Pretty Girls Make Graves Split

News — January 29, 2007

Pretty Girls Make Graves have made this announcement today on their official site: We are sorry to announce that our upcoming tour in May will be our last. Nick [Dewitt, drummer] quit the band and the rest of us feel like it wouldn't be right to continue on without him. …

General News: Happy 2007 From SPB

News — December 31, 2006

Scene Point Blank would just like to acknowledge the new year and promise readers that there are a ton of awesome features both short and long term, all coming up in 2007. The first of these is our infamous Year End feature, including our top records of 2006, so watch …

Bands: Blur To Re-Unite

News — December 30, 2006

Britpop heroes Blur, best known for their 90s anthems "Parklife", "Song 2" and "Country House", are set to reform after years apart. The band split when guitarist Graham Coxon departed after drunken antics created intra-band tension. According to a source at TheSun.co.uk: "As soon as Damon has finished his tour …

Records: Ted Leo Cover Art Posted

News — December 21, 2006

Further to our earlier story, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have posted the artwork for their upcoming debut for Touch And Go Records, "Living With The Living". You can check out the full-size artwork courtesy of our friends at TimorousMe.org.

Records: Ted Leo Announces New Album Title; Tracklist

News — December 5, 2006

The illustrious Ted Leo has just announced the title of his new album, due to be released on Touch and Go Records after Ted recently left his longtime home on Lookout! Records. The new album will be titled Living with the Living and is due for release in March …

Records: "No Heroes" Stream

News — October 26, 2006

Joining a long list of bands recently putting their whole records up for streaming in an attempt to fight pirated bootlegs, Converge have done the good thing and uploaded their forthcoming Epitaph record No Heroes on their Myspace. The record was released on the 24th; if you're still not …

Records: Deftones "Saturday Night Wrist" Stream

News — October 26, 2006

Deftones' new record, Saturday Night Wrist, is now available for streaming at their Myspace page. Guesting on the record is Annie Hardy from Giant Drag on the song "Pink Cell Phone" and Serj Tankian from System of A Down on "Mein". It's due for release next Tuesday, so …

Bands: Pixies To Record

News — October 26, 2006

Seminar rockers The Pixies have recently stated their intentions to record a new album, despite previous claims that they only reformed to tour. Frontman Frank Black had this to say: We're rehearsing in January, if we can persuade Kim (Deal, bassist) to come out of her house. We offered to …

Bands: New Strike Anywhere Song Posted

News — August 22, 2006

Fat Wreck Chords act Strike Anywhere's new release Dead FM is out soon (September 5th, mark your calendars) and to celebrate, Fat Wreck Chords has posted an mp3 from the new record. The track is called "Instinct" and you can download it here. In other related news, the band …

Bands: The Mars Volta Loses Drummer

News — August 1, 2006

Mars Volta sticksman Jon Theodore is no longer a member of the afro-wielding rockers, according to fansite TheComatorium.com. From the band's new biography: The Mars Volta cast that performed Amputechture will be modified for live dates that begin imminently, with drummer Jon Theodore replaced by Blake Fleming, formerly of …

Site News: Second RSS Feed Added

News — June 23, 2006

For those of you using our current news feed (read up about it here), we've added a second feed for our 15 latest reviews. You can add the feed using this address and if you're unsure how to do this, you can refer to the link above which …

General News: Punknews.org Upgrade

News — April 30, 2006

Our friends over at Punknews.org have just launched a brand new redesign of their whole site, with some nice new features such as morphing the whole site back to a specific day to catch up. Congratulations guys, looks good.