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While our top 30 albums of 2004 is perfect in every sense of the word, we decided this year to branch off and make lists of more specific music related subjects, such as top pop songs, cover artwork, etc, as well as a few completely non-music-related lists such as games … Read more

1. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now Oops. I'm really sorry we missed this. We all should be, because any staff member could have written this review. Enough of us put the album on our list to make it our 6th favorite album of the year. … Read more

Quick links: Top 5 DVDs | Most Anticipated Albums of 2007 | Reasons The Fresh Prince was awesome | Top 5 Singles | Big Comebacks of 2006 | Top 5 Shows | Top 5 Things That Sucked | Top 5 Things That Ruled | Noteworthy Songs | Top Reissues | … Read more

Where would you be without us? How would you know what's been happening? What would you do in mid January if the SPB team weren't around to answer all these questions and more? Luckily, you'll never have to find out, because we have generously provided the solution once again. Read … Read more

And so, with the sound of the economy self-destructing in the background, 2008 lumbers from our calendars and into the annals of history, taking with it the election of the first black US president, Robert Mugabe stealing another election in Zimbabwe, Heath Ledger dying, China hosting the Olympics, frozen water … Read more

Christmas is over (or whatever festival you did/didn't celebrate last December), you've celebrated the New Year (or not if you live in a place where it's not 2010), and you've started back at work (or not if you're homeless or something). With that equal opportunity preamble out of the way, … Read more

Scene Point Blank's Top 15 EP's Of 2009 15. Paint It Black - Surrender (Fat Wreck Chords) The second release by ex-Lifetime's Dan's Paint it Black. The band's goal is to write catchy songs with being melodic and it works. As always, Paint it Black is a fast furious slab … Read more

2010. What a year. Captain Beefheart in the grave, The Beatles on Apple, Lady Gaga still getting publicity. It's been somewhat inexplicable. Luckily for you, Scene Point Blank is right on hand to summarise what's been going on. We cover the best EPs, splits, reissues, cassettes, anticipated records for 2011 … Read more

So you know the best records, but what about everything else? For the eight year in a row, we examine the best EPs, genres, cassettes, painful moments, and tons more. Read on, or use the handy dropdown picker to jump to specific features. Be sure to let us know how … Read more

It's time to complete our year-end coverage, summing up the best things 2012 has had to offer. In our now-customary roundup, we uncover the best EPs, hip-hop records, mixtapes, album artwork, live shows, free albums, worst releases, reissues and a ton more - all from 2012. If you feel like … Read more

You've seen our best albums of 2013; you've heard what artists think of the last twelve months. Now it's over to our writers to assemble their other top items of 2013: hip-hop, metal, live shows, indie EPs, goth records and more, just like every year. Click below to browse our … Read more

It's time for our final retrospective look at 2014 – this time we're covering all the stuff we missed from last year, whether it's the best hip-hop records, weird album artworks, press onesheet mis-steps, reissues records or new discoveries at Fest. Read on to find out what things passed under … Read more

As if we haven't told you enough about 2015—artist roundups, label roundups, our favorite records—we've got a couple more lists for you. Find out the best new music on Bandcamp last year, amazing punk/hardcore releases you may have missed, reissues and compilations that made 2015 great, and perhaps most importantly... … Read more

Every year we ask record labels and artists what they thought of the last twelve months; we tell you the best albums of last year; and finally we offer you this, our roundup of other great music-related stuff you may have missed. In this year's instalment we share our favorite grower albums, … Read more

As is traditional, we highlight some of the best non-album releases of 2018, plus a bunch more things. After you've checked out our favorite albums of the year, read this list to find out the best EPs that you missed, the strangest albums of the year, most-read reviews, non-punk/metal albums... … Read more

It's the end of a decade, and what a final year it's been. In this last piece of our 2019 feature series, we look back on the previous twelve months to explore the best TV shows we streamed, the coolest album artwork, weirdest records, best non-punk/metal and a couple of … Read more

One day, we'll all look back on this year and laugh. Well, maybe not laugh... cry? Despair? Curse? Probably some combination of all the above. But we've tried to look past the dreaded C-word, the Taylor Swift albums and the endless waves of home-studio-concert-streams on YouTube by artists trying to continue … Read more

We've told you all about the best music you might have missed from 2021. We've asked the artists and labels who brought us that music to reflect on the twelve months just passed, and what they expect for 2022. But there's still room for more reflection! Here are our team … Read more

Now you've had time to digest our favorite albums of the last year, plus heard what artists and record labels made of 2022, it's over to Scene Point Blank's writers to review the year just finished, and tell you about the things you might've missed. Learn about Europunk, the music … Read more

As we've done every year since 2004 (except, for some reason, in 2017), SPB's hard-working staffers have beavered away around the clock to deliver you a set of lists to help you review the year just finished. Not a list of our favorite albums—you can peruse that here—but all kinds … Read more