A full-album stream of Tubers' Anachronous has been made available here. The album is being co-released via No Idea Records and Bakery Outlet Records, and Echo Canyon Records.
Blockhead will release his new album, The Music Scene, on January 12th via Ninja Tune Records. The effort features the song "Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer?," which you can hear here.
A Storm of Light have announced their first batch of dates for their 2010 touring schedule. More dates will be announced shortly. Here are the latest:
2/21 - Kingpins Bowl and Brew - Athens, GA 2/22 - Club 529 - Atlanta, GA 2/25 - Emos - Austin, TX 2/27 …
California melodic hardcore outfit Final Fight have announced their impending breakup. The group most recently released Half Head, Full Shred in 2009. Here is the statement from the band:
We are ending Final Fight. Below is a list of the last shows we will be playing. There might be …
Regular site updates shall return today. Also, the end of the year features posting extravaganza is almost upon us - should be up by the end of the week... Thanks for being patient.
With the year winding down and the holidays upon us, updates will be a bit more sporadic than usual for Scene Point Blank. The staff is working on putting together our "Best of 2009" lists and accompanying "Year in Review" and "Pass the Mic" features. We'll also be working diligently …
Our good friend Jordan over at Pastepunk has posted his "Best of 2009" lists today. Pastepunk is my favorite webzine to visit, so please go and support the site. Check out his lists here.
Daybreaker are currently in the studio recording their debut EP. The recording is currently slated for an early 2010 release through a yet to be announced label. In the meantime you can listen to (and download for free) material from the group's demo here.
Beginning on December 24th and through January 17th, No Sleep Records' La Dispute will post the third installment in the Here, Hear series - as well as the previous two installments, the songs from their Untitled 7" and two holiday songs - as a free / donate-what-you-can download. All …
Narrows will be teaming up with Heiress (featuring John Pettibone from Undertow and Himsa) for a split 7" EP in 2010. The group released their debut full-length, New Distances, earlier this year.
Broken Bells - James Mercer of The Shins and producer Danger Mouse - have made their first single, "The High Road" available for free download (with an email signup) at their website located here. The group will release their self-titled album on March 9th.
Texas hardcore powerhouse Bitter End is currently in the studio recording their new full-length, Guilty as Charged. The album is the follow-up to a self-titled EP released earlier this year. The group has posted some studio footage documenting the recording process thus far here.
Here are last weeks top 'five' most played artists, according to the SPB Last.FM group.
1. Converge 2. Blacklisted 3. Radiohead 4. A.F.I. 5. Modest Mouse 5. Nirvana 5. The Beatles
The most listened to album last week was Blacklisted's No One Deserves to be Here More Than …
Blacklisted will release a new four-song 7" effort titled Eccentrichine via Six Feet Under Records. The EP will contain two new songs - "Stones Throw” and “Eccentrichine” - which according to the label "fall somewhere in the Swans/Dinosaur Jr/Lemonheads realm." Also included on the release are a full instrumentation version …
Saves the Day members Mannuel Carrero and Durijah Lang have left the group to focus their efforts on Glassjaw. Frontman Chris Conley commented on their departure:
Being that Glassjaw is back in action and touring extensively throughout 2010, Manny and Durijah are leaving Saves The Day so they can …
108 have debuted a brand new song titled "Forever is Destroyed" online here. The song will appear on their new full-length, 18.61, which is due out via Deathwish Inc. early next year.
Academy Fight Song has announced plans to release Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me on double 180 gram vinyl, including a double inner-sleeved gatefold jacket.