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It's almost FEST time, and you know what that means: SPB has dived in to speak to a bunch of bands and artists playing this year's event. Some are FEST veterans with tips and highlights for newcomers, and others are FEST newbies with their own plans for the week. Read on to hear from a bunch of our favorite musicians … Read more

There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. How an artist spends their time by day will influence the creative process at night. In Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Scene … Read more

Did you know it’s been 10 years since Anathema Editions put out its first release? To make the moment, we reached out to founder Terence Hannum to share some label history. In keeping with our “History 101” concept, SPB asked for anecdotes about 4 of the label’s releases and then Hannum picked out 4 more. As he tells it: Ten … Read more

There are a lot of misconceptions about the life of a musician. Most musicians have day jobs – and not just to pay the bills. Jobs provide new challenges, personal fulfillment and, yes, some rent or gas money. How an artist spends their time by day will influence the creative process at night. In Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Scene … Read more

Heavens To Betsy, Tuffie, Scrunchies Fine Line Minneapolis, MN October 16, 2026 photo by Loren Green I'm still a little confused that this show didn't sell out, but I imagine that brand recognition is a real thing here. Heavens To Betsy, for those who don’t know, were an Oregon duo … Read more

The less I say about 2025 the better. Well, except to say that Scene Point Blank's 2025 Year End coverage is in development so, actually, I'll be talking about the year a lot. Search/Play/Repeat is a sporadic playlist feature that's just about sharing music though, instead of hitting some topical … Read more

It's been a while since I put another playlist up. I actually had this 99% done a couple of months ago, but everything went haywire and the list went on hold. This edition of Search/Play/Repeat is a quick play, running about 30 minutes in total. Enjoy! Read more

Visual Learner, BlackDots, City Mouse, Couch Potato Massacre Cloudland Theater Minneapolis, MN May 7, 2025 I’m embarrassed that I haven’t covered any shows at Cloudland for SPB previously. It’s a relatively new addition to the Minneapolis scene and a welcome addition that feels as much like a community space as … Read more

So-called "gutter monks" Trappist, a beer-themed band from Los Angeles, CA, will release a new 7" and "Imperial edition cd" called Gutter Monks, out Dec. 4 on Tankcrimes. There are ten quick blast song sont he 7" and 15 on the CD, including the brand new "Let's Firkin Go" (below). … Read more

Alice Bag (The Bags) has teamed up with Kid Congo Powers (of The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) for a new collaboration called Juanita y Juan, sharing the single "Ellipsis" today. Available via In The Red Records, the duo hints at more to come. Read … Read more

Honshu Wolves premiered a new single/video today, "Gold," which comes from the band's new B.B.Brave album, out Nov. 20 on Park & Ride Records. "B.B. Brave touches on humanistic themes in our era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence," pre album info tells us, coming in the band's blues/psych/punk sound. Read … Read more

Tankcirmes has just announced a vinyl/cd repressing of 1990-1993, a complete discogrpahy collection of powerviolence band Crossed Out. Formed in Encinitas, CA, the band released one full 7" EP, one split 7", one split 5", and various compilation tracks before disbanding. The reissue compiles all of their 47 tracks in … Read more