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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2025)

Individual staff lists

Aaron H's list

1. Home Front – Watch It Die (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos Punk)
2. Spiritual Cramp – RUDE (Blue Grape Music)
3. AFI – Silver Bleeds the Black Sun (Run For Cover)
4. Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream (Polydor)
5. Turnstile – Never Enough (Roadrunner)
6. Murder by Death – Egg & Dart (Self-Released)
7. Dear Boy – Celebrator (Last Gang)
8. Lady Gaga – Mayhem (Interscope)
9. The Mars Volta – Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio (Clouds Hill)
10. Orville Peck – Appaloosa (Warner)
11. Militarie Gun – God Save the Gun (Loma Vista)
12. Rocket – R is for Rocket (Transgressive)
13. Thrice – Horizons/West (Epitaph)
14. PUP – Who Will Look After the Dogs? (Rise)
15. Ghost – Skeleta (Loma Vista)
16. Radioactivity – Time Won't Bring Me Down (Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records)
17. The Beths – Straight Line Was A Lie (Anti)
18. Scowl – Are We All Angels? (Dead Oceans)
19. Franz Ferdinand – The Human Fear (Domino)
20. Bright Eyes – Kids Table (Dead Oceans)
21. The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (PIAS)
22. Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power (Roadrunner)
23. Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (Interscope/Lost Highway)
24. Panda Bear – Sinister Grift (Domino)
25. Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan)
26. Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) (Dead Oceans)

Christopher D's list

1. The Saints ('73 - '78) – (I'm) Stranded Box Set (In The Red Records)
2. Wreckless Eric – England Screaming (Tapete Records)
3. Loop – Twelves (Reactor Records)
4. Swans – Birthing (Young God Records)
5. Tav Falco – Desire On Ice (Org Music)
6. Dr. Feelgood – Down By The Jetty, Malpractice, Stupidity,Sneakin' Suspicion (Parlophone)
7. The Gits – Enter: The Conquering Chicken (Sub Pop Records)
8. The New Christs – The Burning Of Rome: Selected Works (Wild Honey Records)
9. The Cords – The Cords (Skep Wax –Slumberland Records)
10. Angel Face – Out In The Street (Slovenly)
11. Pete Holidai – Electric Jukebox Volume One (Pilgrim Sounds)
12. Eater – The Lost 1978 Sessions (Cleopatra)
13. Thee Headcoats – The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ’n’ Beat Vernacular (Damaged Goods)
14. Jim Jones All Stars – Get Down ~ Get With It (Assai Records)
15. The Oxys – Casting Pearls Before Swine (Cleopatra)
16. Reverend Beat-Man and Milan Slick – Death Crossed The Street (Voodoo Rhythm Records)
17. House of All – House of All Souls (Tiny Global Productions)
18. The Mekons – Horror (Fire Records)
19. The Men – Buyer Beware (Fuzz Club Records)
20. Testors – Prime Primitive: 1976–1977 (Green Noise Records)
21. Golden Shitters – Brutal Planet (Ugly Pop)
22. Sleepersound – My Own Dead Love (Not On Label (Sleepersound Self-released))
23. Various – I Wanna Be A Teen Again: American Power Pop 1980-1989 (Cherry Red)
24. Conflict – This Much Remains (Cadiz Music / Motarhate)
25. Gwenifer Raymond – Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark (We Are Busy Bodies)

Chuck Coffey's list

1. Melvic Centre – Trawler (Brassneck Records/Evil Tone Records)
2. Swami John Reis – Time To Let You Down (Swami Records)
3. Broken Record – Routine (Power Goth Recordings/Storm Chasers LTD)
4. clipping. – Dead Channel Sky (Sub Pop Records)
5. (LA's) People – About Things (Recess Records)
6. Faulty Cognitions – They Promised Us Heaven (Dead Broke Records)
7. Git Some/Quits – Split (Self Released)
8. Snooper – Worldwide (Third Man Records)
9. Arson Charge – A Dying Light (Anxious & Angry)
10. Plosivs – Yell At Cloud (Swami Records)

Delaney's list

1. Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)
2. La Dispute – No One Was Driving The Car (Epitaph)
3. Radioactivity – Time Won't Bring Me Down (Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records)
4. The Mekons – Horror (Fire Records)
5. Crippling Alcoholism – Camgirl (Portrayal of Guilt Records)
6. Maruja – Pain to Power (Music For Nations)
7. The Penske File – Reprieve (Gunner Records, Stomp Records)
8. The Necks – Disquiet (Northern Spy)
9. Bad Cop Bad Cop – Lighten Up (Fat Wreck Chords, Hopeless)
10. Coroner – Dissonance Theory (Century Media)
11. Often Wrong – The Figs Are Starting to Rot (Far From Home Records)
12. Middle-Aged Queers – Theatre of Shame (Engineer Records, Sell The Heart Records)
13. Personality Cult – Dilated (Dirtnap)
14. Action/Adventure – Ever After (Pure Noise)
15. Loop – Twelves (Reactor Records)
16. Only – Eyes Wide Open (Through Love Records)
17. FVRMN – Suicides (Steadfast Records, Sweet Cheetah Records)
18. Armor for Sleep – There Is No Memory (Equal Vision)
19. Ugly Stick – Absinthe (Hovercraft Records)
20. Painkiller – The Great God Pan (Tzadik)
21. Carnivorous Flower – Carnivorous Flower (Dead Broke Rekerds)
22. Negative Charge – Negative Charge (Neon Taste Records)
23. PitchBlack – Walking on Burning Ground (Producciones Paganas)
24. Spark of Life – Plagued by the Human Condition (New Age Records)
25. Unseemlier – I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere (Sell The Heart Records)

Dennis's list

1. Point Mort – Le Point De Non-Retour (Almost Famous)
2. Serotonin Mist – 現実の鏡 (Mirror of Reality) (Self-Released)
3. Hangman's Chair – Saddiction (Nuclear Blast)
4. Slon – Doppelganger (STTW Records)
5. Retirement – Attention Economy (Irun Lung Records)
6. Desert Lily – How Did We Get Here (White Russian Records)
7. My O Vlkoch – Slovo Je Zbraň (Papagájův Hlasatel Records)
8. Eyes – Spinner (Prosthetic Records)
9. Illvilja – Döden (Phobia Records, Halvfabrikat Records, Up The Punx)
10. Nohz – Slumber Between Rotten Walls (Kick Rock, World Gone Mad, Croux Records)
11. Call It Off – Not Another Sad Album (White Russian Records)
12. Turian – Blood Quantum Blues (Wise Blood Records)
13. Time Is The Ruler – Opt Out (Interstellar Smoke Records)
14. Rata Negra – Hawai (Sonido Muchacho)
15. De Kleine Opstand – Bouwers & Brekers (Shield Recordings)
16. Ritual – Songs For The Haunted (Through Love Records)
17. Banquets – Petty Relics (Black Numbers)
18. Negative Charge – Negative Charge (Neon Taste Records)
19. Pöls – A Nuestrxs Amigos (Frontal distribución, Hombre Montaña, A - Z Records, El Lokal, Exabrupto Records & Distro, Soroll)
20. An Slua – Sure Look It (Longshot Music, Distr-Oi Records)
21. Raw Brigade – 100% (Spanish Edition) (Flatspot Records)
22. Claimed Choice – Claimed Choice (Une Vie Pour Rien Vinyles)
23. Only – Eyes Wide Open (Through Love Records)
24. Prise Rapide – Trop Plein (Dirty Slap Records)
25. Hedonist – Scapulimancy (Southern Lord Records)

Jeremiah Duncan's list

1. Spite House – Desertion (Pure Noise)
2. Spark of Life – Plagued by the Human Condition (New Age Records)
3. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Dreams of Being Dust (Epitaph)
4. Action/Adventure – Ever After (Pure Noise)
5. Second Harbour – Coalesce EP (Sharptone)
6. Summer Blue – Self Titled EP (New Morality Zine)
7. Pretty Bitter – Pleaser (Tiny Engines)
8. xNullifyx – xNullifyx (New Morality Zine)
9. Speed – All My Angels EP (Flatspot Records, Last Ride Records)
10. Scorching Tomb – Ossuary (Time To Kill)
11. Armor for Sleep – There Is No Memory (Equal Vision)
12. Face Yourself – Fury (Sumerian)
13. Witness Chamber – Bronze Gates (Brain Floss)
14. Bad Cop Bad Cop – Lighten Up (Fat Wreck Chords, Hopeless)
15. Often Wrong – The Figs Are Starting to Rot (Far From Home Records)
16. Chairmaker – Leviathan Carcass (Independent)
17. La Dispute – No One Was Driving The Car (Epitaph)
18. Dying Wish – Flesh Stays Together (Sharptone)
19. Stay The Course – Red Flag (Punkerton Records)
20. To The Grave – Still (Unique Leader)
21. CF98 – Stupid Punk (Double Helix, SBAM)
22. Ace Enders – Posture Syndrome (Pure Noise)
23. American Television – You’re Not Alone (Smartpunk Records)
24. Extortionist – Stare Into The Seething Wounds (Unique Leader)
25. The Devil Wears Prada – Flowers (Solid State)

Jiffy Marx's list

1. Angel Face – Out In The Street (Slovenly)
2. Sexfaces – Bad Vibes OST (Slovenly)
3. Dauber – Falling Down (Dromedary Records, Recess)
4. The Men – Buyer Beware (Fuzz Club Records)
5. Imploders – Targeted For Termination (Neon Taste Records, Static Shock Records)
6. Dumbells – Up Late With (Mind Meld)
7. Radioactivity – Time Won't Bring Me Down (Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records)
8. Testors – Prime Primitive: 1976–1977 (Green Noise Records)
9. Faulty Cognitions – They Promised Us Heaven (Dead Broke Records)
10. Billiam – Sylvia S Goes To Hawaii (Jarama 45)
11. Street Eaters – Opaque (Dirt Cult)
12. Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)
13. Wreckless Eric – England Screaming (Tapete Records)
14. Death By Unga Bunga – Raw Muscle Power (Jansen Records)
15. Real Sickies – Under a Plastic Bag (Stomp)
16. Sex Mex – Repackaged II (self-released(?))
17. Golden Shitters – Brutal Planet (Ugly Pop)
18. Silo Kids – Demo (Earth Girl)
19. Tony Molina – On This Day (Slumberland Records)
20. Superchunk – Songs in the Key of Yikes (Merge)
21. K9 – Thrills (Who Ya Know)
22. Ugly Stick – Absinthe (Hovercraft Records)
23. Personality Cult – Dilated (Dirtnap)
24. Chainshot – Golden Monsoon (Sonic Church)
25. Thee Headcoats – The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ’n’ Beat Vernacular (Damaged Goods)

Loren's list

1. Radioactivity – Time Won't Bring Me Down (Dirtnap, Wild Honey Records)
2. Rodeo Boys – Junior (Don Giovanni)
3. The Brokedowns – Let's Tip The Landlord (Red Scare Industries)
4. Miller Lowlifes – Pinch Hitters (ADD Records)
5. DFMK – Playa Nuclear (Alternative Tentacles)
6. Dauber – Falling Down (Dromedary Records, Recess)
7. Errth – Errth (Uncle Style Records)
8. The Carolyn – Pyramid Scheme of Grief (59X, Disconnect/Disconnect)
9. Faulty Cognitions – They Promised Us Heaven (Dead Broke Records)
10. Carnivorous Flower – Carnivorous Flower (Dead Broke Rekerds)
11. Aesop Rock – Black Hole Superette (Rhymesayers)
12. Tired Radio – Hope In The Haze (Red Scare Industries)
13. Street Eaters – Opaque (Dirt Cult)
14. Raging Nathans – Room For One More (Rad Girlfriend Records)
15. Dead Bars – All Dead Bars Go To Heaven (Iodine)
16. Unseemlier – I Have A Screw Loose, Somewhere (Sell The Heart Records)
17. The Eradicator – You Can Hate The Eradicator (Independent)
18. The Dwarves – Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows (GREEDY)
19. Gus Baldwin & The Sketch – The Sketch (Permanent Teeth)
20. Middle-Aged Queers – Theatre of Shame (Engineer Records, Sell The Heart Records)
21. Home Front – Watch It Die (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos Punk)
22. Deseos Primitivos – Lineas de Muerte (Shadowplay Records)
23. Dave Hause – ...And The Mermaid (Blood Harmony Records)
24. Lutheran Heat – Hi Again (Pinata Records)
25. Jason Paul + The Know It Alls – I'm Absolutely Terrified (Independent)

Matt's list

1. The Mars Volta – Lucro sucio; Los ojos del vacio (Clouds Hill)
2. AFI – Silver Bleeds the Black Sun (Run For Cover)
3. Bright Eyes – Kids Table (Dead Oceans)
4. The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (PIAS)
5. Turnstile – Never Enough (Roadrunner)

Robert Miklos (Piro)'s list

1. BLACKSHAPE – Prismer I (Papercut Recordings)
2. An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City (Willowtip Records)
3. In Spite of Me – Blightflower (Independent)
4. Danefae – Trøst (Independent)
5. Maud The Moth – The Distaff (The Larvarium)
6. Challenger Deep – Point Of No Return (Independent)
7. Astronoid – Stargod (3DOT Recordings)
8. Cutterpiller – Re:Birth (Independent)
9. The Algorithm – Recursive Infinity (Independent)
10. Four Seconds Ago – 1000 Needles (Many Hats Distribution)
11. Yazz Ahmed – A Paradise In The Hold (Night Time Stories)
12. Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Lifeblood (Anamnesis Arts)
13. Araz Salek – Peripheries of Nahavand (Worlds Within Worlds)
14. You Win Again Gravity – Don't Leave Me Here, Pt. 1 (Independent)
15. Snarky Puppy – Somni (GroundUP Music)
16. Tipper – Sunrise At The Gorge (Tippermusic)
17. Am Fost La Munte Și Mi-a Plăcut – I Went To The Mountain (Independent)
18. Arvo Pärt – And I Heard A Voice (ECM Records)
19. Zeitgeber – Fellow Prisoners Of The Splendour And Travail Of The Earth - Part 2 (Art As Catharsis)
20. Andrii Barmalii – До Ля (kontrabass)
21. Effuse – On Others (Independent)
22. Lux Terminus – Cinder (GlassVille Records)
23. we.own.the.sky – In Your Absence (dunk! Records)
24. Ruby My Dear – Confiture à La Plage (PRSPCT Recordings)
25. Širom – In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper (Tak:til)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. The Necks – Disquiet (Northern Spy)
2. Yellow Eyes – Confusion Gate (Gilead Media)
3. The Goslings – Plexuses, Planes (Independent)
4. Teitanblood – From the Visceral Abyss (NoEvDia)
5. Huma Utku – Dracones (Editions Mego)
6. Vauruvã – Mar da Deriva (Independent)
7. Anna von Hausswolf – Iconoclasts (Year0001)
8. Zeicrydeus – La Grande Heresie (Independent)
9. Ramleh – Hyper Vigilance (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia)
10. Coroner – Dissonance Theory (Century Media)
11. Crippling Alcoholism – Camgirl (Portrayal of Guilt Records)
12. Barren Path – Grieving (Willowtip)
13. Circuit des Yeux – Halo On The Inside (Matador)
14. Evoken – Mendacium (Profound Lore)
15. Cluster Lizard – Herts (Prostir)
16. Sulfuric Cautery – Killing Spree (Blast Addict)
17. Painkiller – The Equinox (Tzadik)
18. Malthusian – The Summoning Bell (Relapse)
19. Menace Ruine – The Color of the Grave Is Green (Union Finale Records)
20. Dephosphorus – Planetoktonos (Nerve Altar / 7 Degrees / Selfmadegod)
21. Relay For Death – Mutual Consuming (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
22. Li Jianhong – Shuttle Raven of the Dream (Utech)
23. Kostnatění – Přílišnost (Willowtip)
24. Osmium – Osmium (Invada)
25. Prayer Group – Strawberry (Reptilian Records)