As you may have noticed, it's now 2012, meaning we're in year-in-review season! SPB has duly obliged with our annual roundup of what's good and bad in the past twelve months. Feast your eyes on the following features:
- Our top 25 albums of 2011
A roundup of our favorite records from 2011, along with some tasty graphs indicating the relative distribution of album scores over the past decade. - 2011: A year in review
Our much-loved annual feature covering the best EPs, free (and legal!) album downloads, debut albums, cassette releases and tons more. - Pass the Mic: Record Labels and Artists on 2011
Another proud SPB tradition: we pay homage to the industry people who bring us the music we love by asking them for their thoughts and feelings on the last years' worth of music. Includes Brendan Kelly, Franz Nicolay, The Dwarves, Vinnie Fiorello, Shai Hulud, Banner Pilot and Toby Jeg.
Just can't wait to hear our picks for the best albums of 2011? Fear not: you can listen along right now using Spotify, if you're that way inclined. Consider it a late Christmas present.
