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Music / Year End 2023: 2023: A Year In Review
Feature — January 9, 2024
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 …
Music / Year End 2022: 2022: A Year In Review
Feature — January 3, 2023
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 …
Music / Year End 2021: 2021: A Year In Review
Feature — December 29, 2021
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 …
Music / Year End 2020: 2020: A Year In Review
Feature — December 28, 2020
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 …
Music / Year End 2019: 2019: A Year In Review
Feature — January 7, 2020
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 …
Music / Year End 2018: 2018: A Year In Review
Feature — January 2, 2019
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... …
Music / Year End 2016: 2016: A Year In Review
Feature — January 16, 2017
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 …
Music / Year End 2015: 2015: A Year In Review
Feature — January 12, 2016
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... …
Music / Year End 2014: 2014: A Year In Review
Feature — January 13, 2015
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 …
Music / Year End 2013: 2013: A Year In Review
Feature — January 5, 2014
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 …
Music / Year End 2012: 2012: A Year In Review
Feature — January 20, 2013
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 …
Music: 2011: A Year In Review
Feature — January 2, 2012
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 …
