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Music / Year End 2018: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2018
Feature — December 22, 2018
It's the end of the year, but before we tell you what we think the best albums and musical moments of 2018 were, we've handed over the pen (cursor?) to the people who make our scene what it is—the artists and labels—to tell us how they found the year in …
Regular Columns / Beyond Casual Observation: John Morgan Askew on production, engineering and composing
Feature — January 27, 2019
In the previous installment of Beyond Casual Observation, we visited with three films to briefly illustrate the pleasant entanglement of music and storytelling in cinema. By looking at three different films from different eras, we attempted to express the resonant value of sound in film. I have always been …
Music / Year End 2024: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2024
Feature — January 4, 2025
It's a SPB tradition to formally "pass the mic" to our artist and label friends to tell us about their year in music. What albums did they enjoy? What shows did they see? What are they looking forward to for the new year? We're joined this year by a …
Regular Columns / Running on Nothing: Thirsty and Miserable
Feature — May 3, 2022
I think about music all the time. Always have since I was a kid. One of the many ideas I've pondered and debated with my peers is the recurring trend of bands putting out an amazing first record, gaining some form of notoriety or fame, and then completely bombing their …
Music / Year End 2023: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023
Feature — December 11, 2023
It's been a long year, right? You may well find yourself examining the last twelve months and trying to remember what music got released so you can include it on your "2023 best of" and still look cool. But—disaster! You can't remember anything! Thankfully, SPB has got you. We've …
Music / Year End 2020: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2020
Feature — December 13, 2020
2020, huh. It's been a memorable(?) year, that's for sure. In the years to come we'll probably remember it due to the contested presidential election and the global pandemic, but it turns out there were a couple of other interesting things happening just below the radar. As is SPB tradition, …
Music / Year End 2022: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2022
Feature — December 19, 2022
Each of the last few years now, we've written an introduction to our annual Pass The Mic feature which summarises the chaos of the preceding twelve months and expresses hope that through music, at least, we'll find a semblance of sanity and order amid the uncertainty and discomfort of …
Interviews: Jeff Rosenstock and Making Answers for Yourself
Feature — August 21, 2017
I’m not getting paid to write this article. This isn’t meant at as a shot at Scene Point Blank. The editors for this site are long time friends. They gave me a staff position over a decade ago when I was still a teenager and I’m forever grateful for that …
Music / Table Talk: Table Talk #5 – Formats, Genres and Doom
Feature — March 16, 2021
Just a question for you lot: what carrier do you prefer for your music? Personally, I still highly prefer to own physical products. I am old school in that sense. I don’t really have a preference for vinyl or cds. And while I am telling you this it crosses my …
Music / Fest 20: The Fest 20: Dead Bars, Catbite and more
Feature — October 17, 2022
Scene Point Blank has covered The Fest thoroughly since its inception in 2002. The site has personally sent attendees to Fests 6-13, then 17-18 in varied capacity, and we’ve back for The Fest 20. Oh, and we shared some remote memories when shutdowns kept it from happening in 2020, too. …
Music / Year End 2021: Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2021
Feature — December 4, 2021
It's been a long year. Everyone around the world has struggled through another twelve months of pain, loss, boredom and frustration – so spare a thought for our friends in the music industry who've had to puzzle their way through releasing music during a vinyl shortage and trying to book …
