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Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2024)

Individual staff lists

Aaron H's list

1. Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)
2. Pearl Jam – Dark Matter (Monkey Wrench, Republic)
3. Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (Rise)
4. Green Day – Saviors (Reprise)
5. Cursive – Devourer (Run For Cover)
6. Hot Water Music – VOWS (Equal Vision)
7. Beyonce – Cowboy Carter (Columbia)
8. Chat Pile – Cool World (The Flenser)
9. Frank Turner – Undefeated (Xtra Mile)
10. Fucked Up – Another Day (Get Better)
11. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World (Capitol, Fiction, Lost Music, Polydor/Universal)
12. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism (Warner)
13. Sum 41 – Heaven X Hell (Rise)
14. Touche Amore – Spiral in a Straight Line (Rise)
15. Chuck Ragan – Love and Lore (Rise)
16. Orville Peck – Stampede (Warner)
17. Strung Out – Dead Rebellion (Fat Wreck)
18. Grumpster – Grumpster (Pure Noise)
19. Pinhead Gunpowder – Unt (1-2-3-4 Go!)
20. Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head (Polyvinyl)

Cheryl's list

1. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media Records)
2. Vemod – The Deepening (Prophecy Productions)
3. Paysage d'Hiver – Die Berge (Kunsthall Produktionen)
4. 40 Watt Sun – Little Weight (Cappio Records)
5. Alcest – Les chants de l'aurore (Nuclear Blast)
6. Schammasch – The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean (Prosthetic Records)
7. Skagos – Chariot Sun Blazing (Independent)
8. Darkspace – Dark Space -II (Season Of Mist)
9. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World (Capitol, Fiction, Lost Music, Polydor/Universal)
10. Soror Dolorosa – Mond (Prophecy Productions)
11. Borknagar – Fall (Century Media Records)
12. Black Curse – Burning In Celestial Poison (Sepulchral Voice Records)
13. Thou – Umbilical (Sacred Bones Records)
14. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja (Nuclear Blast)
15. Spectral Wound – Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore Records)
16. Crypt Sermon – The Stygian Rose (Dark Descent Records)
17. Doedsmaghird – Omniverse Consciousness (Peaceville Records)
18. Spectral Voice – Sparagmos (Dark Descent)
19. Djevel – Natt Til Ende (Aftermath Music)
20. The Body – The Crying Out Of Things (Thrill Jockey)

Christopher D's list

1. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing (Domino)
2. Ultrabomb – Dying To Smile (DC-Jam Records)
3. The Fallen Leaves – Simple Songs For Complex People (Parliament Records)
4. The Sabrejets – The Restless Kind (Raucous Records)
5. Sex Organs – We're Fucked (Voodoo Rhythm)
6. Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets – Indoor Safari (Yep Roc Records)
7. The Bellrays – Heavy Steady Go! (Sweet Gee Records)
8. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders – Keepin' Chaos At Bay (Hound Gawd! Records)
9. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club Records)
10. The MES – Evil Echo and Deaf Mind- (Independent)
11. The Saints – The Saints ‎– (I'm) Stranded (In The Red Recordings)
12. The Anomalys – Down The Hole (Slovenly Recordings)
13. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin – Records (Rock On Records)
14. The Courettes – The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes (Damaged Goods)
15. The Gits – Frenching The Bully (2024 Remaster) (Sub Pop Records)
16. The Men – Manhattan Fire (Fuzz Club Records)
17. Ichi-Bons – Get Away (Ugly Pop Records)
18. Andy Blade + Buddies – Being Alive is Fun (Holy Dotage Records)
19. Angel Face – Speedball/ Real Child (Lucky Records)
20. Rick White And The Sadies – Rick White And The Sadies (Blue Fog)
21. Tijuana Bibles ‎ – Undefeated - The Best Of The Tijuana Bibles (Hyperopia Records)
22. Night Finger – Creepy Crawl (Trophy Records)
23. Doctor Explosion – Vivir Sin Civilizar (Discos Perrotti)
24. Verböten – Verböten (Self Released)
25. Comateens – Danger Zone / Elizabeth's Lover (Left For Dead Records)
26. 999 – Emergency At The Old Waldorf 1979 (Liberation Hall)
27. Stephen Hamm – Songs Of The Future (Self Released)

Delaney's list

1. Laura Jane Grace – Hole In My Head (Polyvinyl)
2. Night Court – $hit Machine (Recess)
3. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven (Epitaph)
4. Sprints – Letter to Self (City Slang)
5. Uranium Club – Infants Under The Bulb (Anti Fade Records, Static Shock Records)
6. Machine Girl – MG Ultra (Future Classic)
7. Bambies – Snotty Angels (Spaghetty Town Records)
8. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
9. Spells – Past Our Prime (Big Neck Records, Keep It a Secret Records, Rad Girlfriend Records, Shield Recordings, Snappy Little Numbers)
10. Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador)
11. Pinhead Gunpowder – Unt (1-2-3-4 Go!)
12. Sex Organs – We're Fucked (Voodoo Rhythm)
13. The Sleeveens – The Sleeveens (Dirtnap)
14. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club Records)
15. Vicious Dreams – Turn Off My Brain (Brassneck Records, Dirt Cult, GC Records, Swamp Cabbage Records)
16. Scrunchies – Colossal (Learning Curve Records)
17. Ultrabomb – Dying To Smile (DC-Jam Records)
18. Chat Pile – Cool World (The Flenser)
19. Mouth Wound – Tallow (Handmade Birds)
20. The Mocks – Do You Want Me Too? (Wap Shoo Wap Records)
21. No Future – Mirror (Iron Lung)
22. Verböten – Verböten (Self Released)
23. Grumpster – Grumpster (Pure Noise)
24. Bootlicker – 1000 Yd. Stare (Neon Taste Records, Static Shock Records)
25. The Saints – The Saints ‎– (I'm) Stranded (In The Red Recordings)

Dennis's list

1. Khirki – Κυκεώνας (Venerate Industries)
2. KMPFSPRT – Aus Gegebenem Anlass (Rookie Records)
3. Short Days – Direction Nowhere (Destructure Records)
4. Desert Lily – Trapped In My Thoughts (White Russian Records)
5. Conifère – L’Impôt Du Sang (Self Released)
6. Viva Belgrado – Cancionero De Los Cielos (Fueled By Salmorejo)
7. Sweat – Love Child (Vitriol)
8. Shooting Daggers – Love & Rage (New Heavy Sounds)
9. Neven – U Svakom Srcu Gore Svetla (Geenger Records)
10. Svdestada – Candela (Pundonor Records, Fireflies Fall, Muerte Matar Records, Shove Records (2), Hecatombe Records, Gato Encerrado Records, Long Legs Long Arms, Frontal distribución, Hombre Montaña, Quebranta Records, Four Skulls, Sounds Like Sunday Records)
11. Mountain Caller – Chronicle II: Hypergenesis (Church Road Records)
12. No Future – Mirror (Iron Lung)
13. Fatima – Eerie (Black Robes Records)
14. Florida Men – Dive Bar (Morning Wood Records, Monster Zero Records)
15. Slift – Ummon (Sub Pop Records)
16. Nagasaki Sunrise – Distroyer (Tanayte! Records)
17. Vicious Blade – Relentless Force (Redefining Darkness Records)
18. Lasso – Parte (Sorry State Records)
19. Kanonenfieber – Die Urkatastrophe (Century Media)
20. Hell & Back – A Constant Buzz (Not Sorry Records)
21. The Idoru – Undertow (Blackstarfoundation)
22. Faucheuse – R​ê​ve Électrique (Symphony Of Destruction)
23. Saturday Night Satan – All Things Black (Self Released)
24. Lost Legion – Behind The Concrete Veil (Mendeku Diskak)
25. Necrowretch – Sword Of Dajjal (Seasons Of Mist)

Loren's list

1. Uranium Club – Infants Under The Bulb (Anti Fade Records, Static Shock Records)
2. Vial – Burnout (Get Better Records)
3. Sweat – Love Child (Vitriol)
4. Faulty Cognitions – Somehow, We Are Here (Cercle Social Records)
5. The Sleeveens – The Sleeveens (Dirtnap)
6. MakeWar – A Paradoxical Theory of Change (Fat Wreck Chords)
7. Scrunchies – Colossal (Learning Curve Records)
8. Grumpster – Grumpster (Pure Noise)
9. City Mouse – So Far Out (It's Alive Records)
10. The Dreaded Laramie – Princess Feedback (Smartpunk Records)
11. Shehehe – Namedroppers (Say-10)
12. Assistert Sjølmord – Assistert Sjølmord (Static Shock Records)
13. The Dopamines – 80/20 (Rad Girlfriend Records)
14. Night Court – $hit Machine (Recess)
15. Vicious Dreams – Turn Off My Brain (Brassneck Records, Dirt Cult, GC Records, Swamp Cabbage Records)
16. Vacation – Rare Earth (Feel It Records)
17. Spells – Past Our Prime (Big Neck Records, Keep It a Secret Records, Rad Girlfriend Records, Shield Recordings, Snappy Little Numbers)
18. Totally Slow – The Darkness Intercepts (Refresh Records)
19. Shellac – To All Trains (Touch and Go Records)
20. The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend (Slumberland Records)
21. Clown Sounds – Par For The Curse (Recess)
22. Swami & The Bed Of Nails – All Of This Awaits You (BMG, Swami)
23. Massive Nightmares – Massive Nightmares (Independent)
24. Pinhead Gunpowder – Unt (1-2-3-4 Go!)
25. Chuck Ragan – Love and Lore (Rise)

Matt's list

1. The Cure – Songs of a Lost World (Capitol, Fiction, Lost Music, Polydor/Universal)
2. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Chrysalis / Partisan)
3. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign (Verve)
4. The Smile – Cutouts (XL)
5. Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes (Dead Oceans)
6. Ekko Astral – pink balloons (Topshelf)
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation)

Robert Miklos (Piro)'s list

1. Keygen Church – Nel Nome del Codice (Metal Blade Records)
2. Kashiwa Daisuke – ICE (Independent)
3. Lowen – Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran (Church Road Records)
4. Sans Froid – Hello, Boil Brain (Independent)
5. Kessaconda – Outerstate (Gondwana Records)
6. Nala Sinephro – Endlessness (Warp Records)
7. Varijashree Venugopal – Vari (GroundUP Music)
8. Caroline Shaw & So Percussion – Rectangles and Circumstance (Nonesuch Records Inc.)
9. Alora Crucible – Oak Lace Apparition (Independent)
10. Jaubi – A Sound Heart (Riaz Records)
11. Mindex – Integration (Time Resonance)
12. Midas Fall – Cold Waves Divide Us (Monotreme Records)
13. Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist)
14. Meer – Wheels Within Wheels (Karisma Records)
15. Renesans – Born from the End (Independent)
16. Anoice – Stories in White (Ricco Label)
17. Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night (Rude Records)
18. Eyot – Quindecennial (Ropeadope Records)
19. Marzuku – Fraudulence Custom Campaign Vol. 1 (Independent)
20. Squarepusher – Drostotime (Warp Records)
21. Sungazer – Against the Fall of Night (Independent)
22. Delving – All Paths Diverge (Stickman Records)
23. Questing Beast – Birth (Independent)
24. Fauxdeep – Then You'll Go Home (violentweather)
25. Make Them Suffer – Make Them Suffer (Sharptone)

Spyros Stasis's list

1. The Necks – Bleed (Northern Spy)
2. Spectral Voice – Sparagmos (Dark Descent)
3. Uboa – Impossible Light (Flenser)
4. Mitochondrion – Vitriseptome (Profound Lore)
5. Djevel – Natt Til Ende (Aftermath Music)
6. Ulvtharm – 7 Uthras (Cyclic Law)
7. Defeated Sanity – Chronicles of Lunacy (Season of Mist)
8. Økse – Økse (Backwoodz Recordz)
9. Mouth Wound – Tallow (Handmade Birds)
10. Mefitis – The Skorian / The Greyleer (Profound Lore)
11. Lussuria – Under Crumbled Stairs (Hospital Productions)
12. Fir – De Stilte van God (Tour De Garde)
13. Buñuel – Mansuetude (Overdrive, SKiN GRAFT)
14. Balwezo Westijiz – Tower of Famine (Profound Lore)
15. Final – What We Don't See (Room40)
16. Slimelord – Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (20 Buck Spin)
17. Merzbow & Meat Beat Manifesto – Extinct (Cold Spring)
18. Dissimulator – Lower Form Resistance (20 Buck Spin)
19. Pharmakon – Maggot Mass (Sacred Bones)
20. Sumac – The Healer (Thrill Jockey)
21. Lustmord – Much Unseen Is Also Here (Pelagic)
22. Malconfort – Humanism (Transcending Obscurity)
23. Post Scriptvm – Eisstoß (Tesco Organisation)
24. Wormed – Omegon (Season of Mist)
25. Beak> – >>>> (2024) (Invada, Temporary Residence)