Feature / Music
Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2008)

Bob's list

1. Cursed - III (Goodfellow)
2. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
3. Night Marchers, The - See You in Magic (Vagrant/Swami)
4. Young Widows - Old Wounds (Temporary Residence Limited)
5. Playing Enemy - My Life as the Villain (Hex)
6. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (Enemies List)
7. Helms Alee - Night Terror (Hydra Head)
8. Envy - Abyssal (Temporary Residence)
9. Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
10. Gods and Queens - Untitled (Robotic Empire)
11. True Widow - True Widow (End Sounds)
12. Caithlin de Marrais - My Magic City (End Up Records)
13. Mammifer - Hirror Enniffer (Hydra Head Records)
14. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)
15. Able Baker Fox - Voices (Second Nature)
16. Envy / Jesu - Split (Hydra Head / Daymare)
17. Narrows - Narrows (Deathwish Inc.)
18. Battle of Mice / Jesu - Split (Robotic Empire)
19. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence Limited)
20. Helms Alee - Helms Alee (Rome Plow / Broken Press)
21. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom (Earache)
22. Grails - Take Refuge in Clean Living (Important)
23. Integrity - Walpurgisnacht (A389)
24. Thursday / Envy - Split (Temporary Residence Limited)
25. Amenra - Mass IIII (Hypertension)

Campbell's list

1. Cursed - III (Goodfellow)
2. Sea and Cake, The - Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
3. Samamidon - All is Well (Bedroom Community)
4. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
5. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
6. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
7. Skin Like Iron - Skin Like Iron (Independent)
8. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
9. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch Records)
10. Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (EMI Records / XL)
11. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark (EMI)
12. Various Artists - Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk?s Post (Stereogum)
13. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money)
14. Mount Eerie - Lost Wisdom (P.W. Elverum & Sun)
15. Ghostlimb - Bearing and Distance (Level Plane/Adagio)
16. E-603 - Something For Everyone (Self-Released)
17. Jon McKiel - The Nature of Things (Wednesday)
18. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals (Illegal Art)
19. Cool Kids, The - The Bake Sale (C.A.K.E.)
20. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
21. Trash Talk - Plagues (Malfunction)
22. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)
23. Why? - Alopecia (Anticon)
24. Bronx, The - III (Original Signal Recordings/White Drugs)
25. Envy - Abyssal (Temporary Residence)

Jason's list

1. Wait in Vain - Seasons (Think Fast!)
2. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
3. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
4. Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
5. Lemuria - Get Better (Asian Man)
6. Cruel Hand - Prying Eyes (Bridge Nine)
7. Defeater - Travels (Top Shelf)
8. Bridge and Tunnel - East/West (No Idea)
9. Cold World - Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First (Deathwish Inc.)
10. Able Baker Fox - Voices (Second Nature)
11. Hostage Calm - Lens (Redscroll)
12. Killing the Dream - Fractures (Deathwish Inc.)
13. Slingshot Dakota - Their Dreams are Dead, but Ours is the Golden Ghost (Independent)
14. This is Hell - Misfortunes (Trustkill)
15. Verse - Aggression (Bridge Nine)
16. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
17. Static Radio NJ - An Evening of Bad Decisions (Black Numbers)
18. Fallen from the Sky - Tonight We Radiate (Eulogy)
19. Life Long Tragedy - Runaways (Deathwish Inc.)
20. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
21. H2O - Nothing to Prove (Bridge Nine)
22. Up the Fury - Behind Every Mind (Detonate)
23. Deathcycle - Prelude to Tyranny (Lifeline Records)
24. Banner, The - Frailty (Ferret)
25. No Harm Done - Escape (Think Fast!)

Kevin's list

1. Gutter Twins, The - Saturnalia (Sub Pop)
2. Metallica - Death Magnetic (Elektra)
3. Arson Anthem - Arson Anthem (Housecore)
4. Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud (Curb Records)
5. Diamanda Galás - Guilty Guilty Guilty (Mute)
6. Beck - Modern Guilt (Interscope)
7. Bohren & Der Club of Gore - Dolores (Ipecac)
8. Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book of Angels Vol. 9 (Tzadik)
9. Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying (Ipecac)
10. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust (Fader)
11. Lustmord - Other (Hydra head Records)
12. The Rotted - Get Dead or Die Trying (metal Blade Records)
13. A.P.O.S.T.L.E. - Lyrical Activism (Seven Soldiers)
14. Mike Patton - A Perfect Place (Ipecac)
15. Marillion - Happiness Is The Road Vol. 2: The Hard Shoulder (Racket Records)
16. Mars Volta, The - The Bedlam in Goliath (Universal)
17. Rise Against - Appeal to Reason (Geffen)
18. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
19. Bar Kokhba - Lucifer: Book of Angels Vol. 10 (Tzadik)
20. Testament - The Formation of Damnation (Nuclear Blast)
21. Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master (Southern Lord)
22. Melvins, The - Nude With Boots (Ipecac)
23. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
24. Breeders, The - Mountain Battles (4AD)
25. Marillion - Happiness Is The Road Vol. 1: The Essence (Racket Records)

Loren's list

1. The Tim Version - Decline of the Southern Gentleman (No Idea)
2. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R (Fat Wreck Chords)
3. Constantines, The - Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
4. Banner Pilot - Resignation Day (Go-Kart)
5. Riot Before, The - Fists Buried in Pockets (Say-10)
6. Re-Up Gang - We Got It 4 Cheap, Vol. 3 (Re-Up)
7. Deerhoof - Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)
8. Heathers - Here, Not There (Plan-It-X)
9. Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
10. Off With Their Heads - From the Bottom (No Idea)
11. Night Marchers, The - See You in Magic (Vagrant/Swami)
12. Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies (Anti)
13. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
14. Chokecherry - In the Wine Press ()
15. The Tim Version - Still Have the Nerve to Call Ourselves a Band (ADD)
16. Baby Guts - The Kissing Disease (Guilt Ridden Pop)
17. Fembots - Calling Out (weewerk)
18. Marah - Angels of Destruction (Yep Roc)
19. Measure [SA], The - One Chapter in the Book: A Collection of Standard Waits and Measurements (Kiss of Death)
20. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
21. Bananas, The - New Animals (Recess)
22. Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak - Hand Over Fist ()
23. LaGrecia - On Parallels (Suburban Home)
24. Doomtree - Doomtree ()
25. Roll the Tanks - Suffer City (Intelligent Noise)

Mario's list

1. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R (Fat Wreck Chords)
2. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
3. Boris - Smile (Southern Lord)
4. Dead Meadow - Old Growth (Matador)
5. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund Records)
6. Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
7. Wetnurse - Invisible City (Seventh Rule)
8. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
9. Immortal Technique - The 3rd World (Viper)
10. Genghis Tron - Board Up the House (Relapse)
11. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip (The Null Corporation)
12. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 (Century Media)
13. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
14. Bongripper - Hate Ashbury (Independent)
15. Mischief Brew/Joe Jack Talcum - Photographs From the Shoebox (Fistolo)
16. Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV (Vagrant)
17. Intronaut - Prehistoricisms (Century Media)
18. Sunn O))) - Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
19. TV On the Radio - Dear Science (4AD/Interscope)
20. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

Matt's list

1. Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
2. Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
3. Lykke Li - Youth Novels (LL Recordings)
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
6. Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album) (Geffen)
7. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R (Fat Wreck Chords)
8. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst (Merge)
9. Able Baker Fox - Voices (Second Nature)
10. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
11. Loved Ones, The - Build & Burn (Fat Wreck Chords)
12. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw (Vagrant)
13. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
14. Elvis Costello - Momofuku (Lost Highway)
15. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
16. Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device (Red Scare)
17. Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices (Cuckundoo)
18. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
19. Mars Volta, The - The Bedlam in Goliath (Universal)
20. GZA - Pro Tools (Babygrande)
21. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers)
22. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
23. Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (EMI Records / XL)
24. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (Matador)
25. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)

Matt T.'s list

1. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles (Sunday Best)
2. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (ATP)
3. M83 - Satursdays=Youth (Mute)
4. Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords (Sub Pop)
5. Neon Neon - Stainless Style (Lex)
6. Sleepingdog - Polar Life (Gizeh)
7. Glissando - With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards the Burning Sea (Gizeh)
8. Matinee Club - The Modern (Ninthwave)
9. Kyte - Kyte (Kids)
10. Jarboe & Justin K. Broadrick - J2 (The End)
11. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night (RCA)
12. Portishead - Third (Mercury)
13. Vessels - White Fields and Open Devices (Cuckundoo)
14. Sword, The - Gods of the Earth (Kemado)
15. Ladytron - Velocifero (Nettwerk)
16. Meshuggah - obZen (Nuclear Blast)
17. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti)
18. Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer (Metal Blade)
19. Cure, The - 4:13 Dream (Geffen)
20. ¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes (Cooking Vinyl)
21. Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony (Epic)
22. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (Halo)
23. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade)
24. Puscifer - V is for Viagra: The Remixes (Puscifer Entertainment)

Michael's list

1. These Arms are Snakes - Tail Swallower & Dove (Suicide Squeeze)
2. Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw (Vagrant)
3. Killing the Dream - Fractures (Deathwish Inc.)
4. Skin Like Iron - Skin Like Iron (Independent)
5. Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
6. Beck - Modern Guilt (Interscope)
7. Young Widows - Old Wounds (Temporary Residence Limited)
8. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
9. Meshuggah - obZen (Nuclear Blast)
10. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You (Magic Bullet)
11. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (Nonesuch Records)
12. Unreal City - Ephemeral Subsistence (Double or Nothing)
13. Russian Circles - Station (Suicide Squeeze)
14. New Found Glory - Tip of the Iceberg (Bridge Nine)
15. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
16. Hostage Calm - Lens (Redscroll)
17. This is Hell - Misfortunes (Trustkill)
18. She & Him - Volume One (Merge)
19. Life Long Tragedy - Runaways (Deathwish Inc.)
20. Anchor - The Quiet Dance (Catalyst)
21. Intronaut - Prehistoricisms (Century Media)
22. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
23. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
24. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst (Merge)
25. Helms Alee - Night Terror (Hydra Head)

Scottie's list

1. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R (Fat Wreck Chords)
2. Mountain Goats, The - Heretic Pride (4AD)
3. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
4. Hold Steady, The - Stay Positive (Vagrant)
5. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
6. Lemuria - Get Better (Asian Man)
7. Off With Their Heads - From the Bottom (No Idea)
8. Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device (Red Scare)
9. LaGrecia - On Parallels (Suburban Home)
10. Annihilation Time - III: Tales of the Ancient Age (Tee Pee)
11. Trash Talk - Trash Talk (Trash Talk Collective)
12. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
13. Cursed - III (Goodfellow)
14. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (Matador)
15. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
16. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
17. Loved Ones, The - Build & Burn (Fat Wreck Chords)
18. Coffins - Buried Death (20 Buck Spin)
19. New Found Glory - Tip of the Iceberg (Bridge Nine)
20. Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords (Sub Pop)
21. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
22. This is Hell - Misfortunes (Trustkill)
23. Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun (Bridge Nine)
24. Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure (Metal Blade)
25. Lagwagon - I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon (Fat Wreck Chords)

Tohm's list

1. Aussitôt Mort - Montuenga (Level Plane)
2. Young Widows - Old Wounds (Temporary Residence Limited)
3. Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (Hydra Head)
4. Men as Trees - Weltschmerz (Daijoubu)
5. Grails - Take Refuge in Clean Living (Important)
6. Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday (Temporary Residence Limited)
7. Wayward, The - Overexposure (Magic Bullet)
8. Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope (Lovitt)
9. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (Southern Lord)
10. Sinaloa - Oceans of Islands (Level Plane)
11. Gods and Queens - Untitled (Robotic Empire)
12. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom (Earache)
13. Red Sparowes - Aphorisms (Sargent House)
14. Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings (Magic Bullet)
15. Battle of Mice / Jesu - Split (Robotic Empire)
16. Envy - Abyssal (Temporary Residence)
17. Lymbyc Systym - Love Your Abuser Remixed (Mush)
18. Birushanah - Akai Yami (Level Plane)
19. This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You (Magic Bullet)
20. Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (EMI Records / XL)
21. Russian Circles - Station (Suicide Squeeze)
22. Envy / Jesu - Split (Hydra Head / Daymare)
23. Drain the Sky - Haunted by Rivers (Level Plane)
24. Transistor Transistor - Ruined Lives (Level Plane)
25. Chromeblower - Try It EP (Independent)

Tyler's list

1. Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life (Moribund Records)
2. Sunn O))) - Dømkirke (Southern Lord)
3. Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends (Anticon)
4. Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (Matador)
5. El Ten Eleven - These Promises Are Being Videotaped (Fake Record Label)
6. Broadcast Sea - Wounded Soldier (Pluto)
7. Conifer - Crown Fire (Important Records)
8. Caïna - Temporary Antennae (Profound Lore)
9. U.S. Christmas - Eat the Low Dogs (Neurot)
10. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life (Matador)
11. Young Widows - Old Wounds (Temporary Residence Limited)
12. Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom (Earache)
13. Russian Circles - Station (Suicide Squeeze)
14. Wold - Stratification (Profound Lore)
15. Cough - Sigillum Luciferi (Forcefield Records)
16. Bongripper - Hate Ashbury (Independent)
17. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 (Century Media)
18. Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head)
19. Zozobra - Bird of Prey (Hydra Head)
20. The Drift - Memory Drawings (Temporary Residence Limited)
21. A Storm of Light - And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (Neurot)

Zach's list

1. Gaslight Anthem, The - The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy)
2. Chuck Ragan and Austin Lucas - Bristle Ridge (Ten Four Records)
3. Blacklisted - Heavier than Heaven, Lonelier than God (Deathwish Inc.)
4. Able Baker Fox - Voices (Second Nature)
5. Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony (Epic)
6. Paint it Black - New Lexicon (Jade Tree)
7. LaGrecia - On Parallels (Suburban Home)
8. Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun (Bridge Nine)
9. Verse - Aggression (Bridge Nine)
10. Tim Barry - Manchester (Suburban Home)
11. Ninja Gun - Restless Rubes (Suburban Home)
12. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella)
13. Jr. Juggernaut - Ghost Poison (Suburban Home)
14. Loved Ones, The - Build & Burn (Fat Wreck Chords)
15. Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device (Red Scare)
16. Killing the Dream - Fractures (Deathwish Inc.)
17. Bridge and Tunnel - East/West (No Idea)
18. This is Hell - Misfortunes (Trustkill)
19. Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear (Red Leader)
20. Static Radio NJ - An Evening of Bad Decisions (Black Numbers)
21. Wait in Vain - Seasons (Think Fast!)
22. Constantines, The - Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)
23. Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You (Bridge Nine)
24. Defeater - Travels (Top Shelf)
25. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R (Fat Wreck Chords)