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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (August 2005)

Posted pre-2010

Mid-Year Lists For 2005:

Alex

1. Oneida - The Wedding (Jagjaguwar Records)

http://www.jagjaguwar.com

2. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek Records)

http://www.saddle-creek.com

3. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars Records)
4. A Silver Mt Zion - Horses In The Sky (Constellation Records)

http://www.cstrecords.com

5. Clogs - Stick Music (Brassland Records)

http://www.brassland.org

Clarke

1. Turning Point - Discography (Think Fast! Records)

http://www.thinkfastrecords.com

2. The Frontline -Withstand (Grave Mistake Records)

http://www.gravemistakerecords.com

3. A Step Apart - There is a Choice (Not Just Words Records)

http://www.njwrecords.com

4. The Geeks - What's Inside (Think Fast! Records)

http://www.thinkfastrecords.com

5. Outbreak - You Make Us Sick (Bridge 9 Records)

http://www.bridge9.com

Christopher

1. Betrayed - Addiction (Bridge 9 Records)

http://www.bridge9.com

2. These Days - These Days (This Blessing, This Curse Recordings)

http://www.thisblessingthiscurse.com

3. Alcatraz - Demo (Rock Vegas Records)

http://www.rockvegasonline.com

4. Bane - The Note (Equal Vision Records)

http://www.equalvision.com

5. Turning Point - Discography (Think Fast! Records)

http://www.thinkfastrecords.com

Giles

1. Jesu - Jesu (Hydrahead Records)

http://www.hydrahead.com

2. Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn (Neurot Recordings)

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

3. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (Mute Records)

http://www.mute.com

4. Buried Inside - Chronoclast (Relapse Records)

http://www.relapse.com

5. Cursed - II (Goodfellow Records)

http://www.goodfellowrecords.com

James

1. Deerhoof - Green Cosmos (Menlo Park Recordings)

http://www.menloparkrecordings.com

2. Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett (Planet Mu Records)

http://www.planet-mu.com

3. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars Records)

http://www.killrockstars.com

4. AFX - Analord 3 / 4 / 5 (Rephlex Records)

http://www.rephlex.com

5. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP (Sub Pop Records)

http://www.subpop.com

Kamran

1. Sleater Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop Records)

http://www.subpop.com

2. Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn (Neurot Recordings)

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

3. Beck - Guero (Interscope Records)

http://www.interscope.com

4. Team Sleep - Team Sleep (Maverick Records)

http://www.maverick.com

5. Keren Ann - Nolita (Blue Note Records)

http://www.bluenote.com

Kevin

1. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze (Interscope Records)

http://www.interscope.com

2. Fantômas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac Recordings)

http://www.ipecac.com

3. The Residents - Animal Lover (Mute Records)

http://www.mute.com

4. Kaada & Patton - Romances (Ipecac Recordings)

http://www.ipecac.com

5. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (Disc Two) (RCA Records)

http://www.rcarecords.com

Matt

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty Records)

http://www.asthmatickitty.com

2. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (Universal Records)

http://www.universal.com

3. Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn (Neurot Recordings)

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

4. Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World (Level Plane Records)

http://www.level-plane.com

5. The Evens - The Evens (Dischord Records)

http://www.dischord.com

Michael

1. Jesu - Jesu (Hydrahead Records)

http://www.hydrahead.com

2. Fantômas - Suspended Animation (Ipecac Recordings)

http://www.ipecac.com

3. Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn (Neurot Recordings)

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

4. Cursed - II (Good Fellow Records)

http://www.goodfellowrecords.com

5. These Days - These Days (This Blessing, This Curse Recordings)

http://www.thisblessingthiscurse.com

Neil F.

1. Idlewild - Warnings / Promises (Parlophone Records)

http://www.parlophone.co.uk

2. â?¦And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart (Interscope)

http://www.interscope.com

3. System of a Down - Mezmerize (American Recordings)

http://www.americanrecordings.com

4. Daft Punk - Human After All (Virgin Records)

http://www.virginrecords.com

5. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (V2 Music)

http://www.v2music.com

Pat

1. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars Records)

http://www.killrockstars.com

2. Meshuggah - Catch 33 (Nuclear Blast Records)

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com

3. Buried Inside - Chronoclast (Relapse Records)

http://www.relapse.com

4. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (Mute Records)

http://www.mute.com

5. The Fiery Furnaces - EP (Rough Trade Records)

http://www.roughtrade.com

Robynn

1. Modern Life is War â?? Witness (Deathwish Inc.)

http://www.deathwishinc.com

2. Outbreak - You Make Us Sick (Bridge 9 Records)

http://www.bridge9.com

3. Bane - The Note (Equal Vision Records)

http://www.equalvision.com

4. Blacklisted - We're Unstoppable (Deathwish Inc.)

http://www.deathwishinc.com

5. N/A

Scott

1. Dead Meadow - Feathers (Matador Records)

http://www.matadorrecords.com

2. Innaway - Innaway (Some Records)

http://www.some.com

3. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (Righteous Babe Records)

http://www.righteousbabe.com

4. Jesu - Jesu (Hydrahead Records)

http://www.hydrahead.com

5. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (Saddle Creek Records)

http://www.saddle-creek.com

Shane

1. Akron/Family - Akron/Family (Young God Records)

http://www.younggodrecords.com

2. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally (Daptone Records)

http://www.daptonerecords.com

3. Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees (Temporary Residence Records)

http://www.temporaryresidence.com

4. Jesu - Jesu (Hydrahead Records)

http://www.hydrahead.com

5. Fingers Cut, Megamachine - Fingers Cut, Megamachine (Thick Records)

http://www.thickrecords.com

Zed

1. Buried Inside - Chronoclast (Relapse Records)

http://www.relapse.com/

2. Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn (Neurot Recordings)

http://www.neurotrecordings.com

3. Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World (Level Plane Records)

http://www.level-plane.com/

4. Annihilation Time - II (Manic Ride Records)

http://www.manicriderecords.com/

5. Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees (Temporary Residence Records)

http://www.temporaryresidence.com/

— words by the SPB team

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