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Panopticon may be more widely known as a "metal" band - I use that term loosely because Panopticon is a lot more than the black metal base genre it derives from - yet founder Austin Lunn fin...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/music/guest-list-panopticons-definitive-crust-hardcore-punk-classics

Stephen Hamm might be best known as Slow's bassist in some circles. Slow’s Against The Glass was voted the 17th best Canadian LP ever. Further, the lead single “Have Not B...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/interviews/stephen-hamm

Willy (The Wesleys) SPB: What is the best show you’ve seen so far this year?:  Willy: Got to see a lot of cool shows this year so far, but I think my favorite one was seeing Shad...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/wesleys

Ikka (Hook) SPB: What are your favorite venues to play in Finland right now? Ikka: I like Lepakkomies in Helsinki. That´s a cool little place with very nice atmosphere....

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/hook

Gwendolyn Giles (Vocals/Guitar - Dog Party), Lucy Giles (Vocals, Drums - Dog Party) SPB: What inspired you to start a new record label in 2024? Sneak Dog: When Dog Party finished recording our s....

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/sneak-dog-records

Twenty years is a long time – much longer than many relationships last. So it’s an accomplishment when a band can stick together through life and social changes. DeeCracks, a poppy punk...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/music/guest-list-10-songs-that-are-core-to-deecracks

Acathexis – Immerse (Amor Fati/Extraconscious Records) Acathexis’ self-titled debut from 2018 is one that still bears repeated listens, personally, many years later. With some...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/music/only-death-is-real-24

The Anti-Queens SPB: What song would you like played at your funeral?  Valerie Knox: “Evil Side” by The Dirty Nil is deeply meaningful to me, marking a pivotal time of change in...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/anti-queens

Nick Kizirnis SPB: What is your method to collaborative songwriting or recording (aka how do you approach working with other creatives as compared to writing solo – is it different)?&quo...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/nick-kizirnis

Chris Mason (Faulty Cognitions) SPB: Was the mic’ing of your kit for the recording of Somehow, Here We Are fairly straight forward, or were there some techniques or experiments used to c...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/faulty-cognitions-whatsthatnoise

I was a teenager in the early '90s when a single song from a little punk trio out of the Pacific Northwest single-handedly destroyed a whole genre of music on the radio with one song. As a pre-.....

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/regular-columns/greatest-take-down-music-history

Horrorpunk comes in many shapes and forms and I have been fortunate, doing this feature, to chat to many talented horrorpunk artists. All of these bands have horror as the deep-rooted core of the...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/upcoming-talent/upcoming-talent-15-the-tomb-tones

Angel Face features members of Teengenerate, American Soul Spiders, Raydios, Ruler, The Fadeways, and Firestarter. First coming together in 2021, Angel Face is gathering steam with their new sing...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/interviews/angel-face

Fog Lamp SPB: What is your favorite stretch of highway to drive while on tour? Fog Lamp: While it's not the most scenic, the I-5 is the best way to get up to the Bay Area from Los Angeles. T...

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Jessica Amelia (The Obvious Tells) SPB: What song has been the hardest to work into your live set list? Jessica: In any project I play in, there’s always one song written in a stupid tunin...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/obvious-tells

Yole (Faulty Cognitions) SPB: Who came up with the band name (and if it wasn’t you, what was your first impression)? Yole: When Chris and I were scrimmaging for names for the band, he ment...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/one-question-interviews/faulty-cognitions

I first met Daryl from The Bollweevils during a post-Riot Fest brunch thing years ago. I was there for the weekend with the Mustard Plug guys and a few months before, Red Scare had signed The Lip...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/interviews/bollweevils-2024

There are a lot of misconceptions about life in the music biz. While late nights and travel are a big part of it, day jobs always influence the process and the product. In Don’t Quit Your Day J...

https://www.scenepointblank.com/features/interviews/kate-hiltz

Stephen Hamm Theremin Man shows off his theremin magic. ...

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Ardent Nova SPB: You changed the name from Pagan Thunder to Ardent Nova after a dream so, what exactly happened in this dream you had that made you change the band’s name? Ardent Nova: It ...

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