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Interviews: Look Back And Laugh
Feature — October 16, 2010
Do you remember that time you first fell in love? When the moonlight was a sonnet better left unspoken? Now here's the real doozy. What if I was to remind you of that time you fell in love with a band via live performance. You'd probably try to …Music: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and 2006
Feature — October 16, 2010
By now you are familiar with Scene Point Blanks "End of the Year" features. Youve read what our staff thought of 2006, and now weve passed the proverbial mic along to individuals from prominent and up and coming record labels to let us know what they saw this past …Music: Pass The Mic: Artists and 2007
Feature — October 16, 2010
Last year we introduced you, the readers of Scene Point Blank, to a new feature, "Pass the Mic," as part of our evaluation of the best music of 2006. We asked some of our favorite record labels to tell us their thoughts on the music of the year. …Interviews: Whiskey and Company
Feature — October 16, 2010
While not your standard fair style-wise for a No Idea artist, the punk community has embraced Whiskey and Company's country musings. Vocalist Kim Helm spoke in depth with Scene Point Blank about the lyrical inspiration for the band as well as what we can expect from the band in …Music: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2008
Feature — October 16, 2010
Scene Point Blank is now in our third year of the "Pass the Mic" feature as part of our evaluation of the best music of the year. With this year's "Pass the Mic" feature, we turn to some of our favorite bands, record labels, and other music business friends …Interviews: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Feature — October 16, 2010
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have accomplished a lot in a decade and half. They've toured the world countless times over and have released a slew of recordings that have garnered them praise from fans and critics. Scene Point Blank spoke with guitarist, drummer, …Music: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2009
Feature — October 16, 2010
It's year number four of Scene Point Blank's "Pass the Mic" feature as part of our evaluation of the best music of the year. With this year's "Pass the Mic" feature, we once again turned to some of our favorite bands, record labels, and other music business friends to …
Music: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2010
Feature — January 3, 2011
Another year ends, and another Scene Point Blank year-end feature rolls around. This time though we're firing on all cylinders - the site has relaunched, we've recruited new staff, and we've spoken to a record number of participants for our annual Pass The Mic report for 2010 - 50 …
Interviews: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Feature — June 6, 2011
Dallas Taylor has always been a prominent figure in contemporary music. Once the vocalist for Underoath, he later started Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, a tribute to his southern heritage. They've recently finished recording their fourth album and have nearly completed a North American tour with Protest the …/dc5bce211f23e4e7711fb7a728b04414.jpg)
Interviews: Balance and Composure
Feature — October 24, 2011
Balance and Composure have kept a low profile throughout their career with a modest touring schedule but made a major statement this year with the release of their first full length album, Separation. I recently met up with Jonathan Simmons, vocalist and guitarist in the band, …
Music: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2011
Feature — January 2, 2012
Another year, and another Pass The Mic feature. As has become SPB tradition, we turn the tables on the music industry and ask labels, bands and other key figures about their experience of the past year, including favourite albums, bands, predictions and more. We have over 50 participants in …
Music / The Set List: Swans: our favorite songs and records
Feature — August 26, 2012
SPB's top 5 favourite Swans records (in alphabetical order) 1 Filth The first Swans full length appeared in 1983 and signified a huge shift in the post-punk landscape. The evocative artwork that speaks in deep and dirty atmospheres and Gira's ability to draw you in whilst …
Music / Year End 2012: Pass The Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2012
Feature — January 5, 2013
For our first 2012 retrospective, we're passing the mic to record labels and artists to tell us what they thought of the past twelve months in music. As well as asking about their favourite albums of 2012 and what they're looking forward to for 2013, we also ask bands, …
One Question Interviews: Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Feature — January 11, 2015
Quintron & Miss Pussycat SPB: How do you describe your sound to strangers when they ask? Quintron & Miss Pussycat: SWAMP TECH
Music: Mischief Brew and the case for punk rock
Feature — August 9, 2015
I’ve been going to punk shows for well over a decade. That statement may seem like bragging, but it’s not. Most people in my day to day life think going to punk shows is dumb. I can understand why. At a punk show there is a good chance you’ll be …
Music / The Greatest Story Ever Told: GSET: Nahko and Medicine for the People
Feature — September 25, 2016
Nahko Bear is a multi-instrumental, multi-talented, musician born in Portland, Oregon. Nahko’s songs are categorized as world fusion, and while those words are generally a meaningless catch-all for anything slightly outside Western music, for the singer and his collective Medicine for the People, the term applies. Nahko is of Apache, …
Interviews: Jeff Rosenstock and Making Answers for Yourself
Feature — August 21, 2017
I’m not getting paid to write this article. This isn’t meant at as a shot at Scene Point Blank. The editors for this site are long time friends. They gave me a staff position over a decade ago when I was still a teenager and I’m forever grateful for that …
Candle – Miles and Miles and Miles
Review — June 16, 2008
Candle is the brainchild of singer/songwriter Kevin Coons, who expanded his solo recording project into a full band. Miles and Miles and Miles is the group's third release in as many years, and boasts a country tinged folk sound with small touches of indie rock. The album begins with "Pennies …
The Offspring – Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Review — July 24, 2008
With an album title that sounds like the most recent Foo Fighters record, a song called "Fix You" (I thought Coldplay had already professed that particular desire), and a collection of tracks that sound like they want to be Green Day, My Chemical Romance or The Offspring circa 1994, The …
