241 total search results — Page 7 of 13
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 2015: Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2015)
Feature — January 12, 2016
It's that fabled time of year – SPB's favorite albums of the last twelve months. In this list, assembled by combining all of out staff writers' individual lists (no editorialising!), we show you the best music of 2015 including old favorites, new artists and a couple of other twists. Read …
One Question Interviews: Swahili Blond
Feature — January 21, 2016
Nicole (Swahili Blond) SPB: (Hypothetically) If your children were to start a band what would you tell them? Nicole: "Let your mind go, and your body will follow" (a quote from LA Story)
One Question Interviews: Scene Point Blank - Scott Wilkinson
Feature — June 1, 2016
Scott Wilkinson SPB: Who's your dream interviewee? Wilkinson: Well that's a tough question, years ago it would have been George Harrison but due to unforeseen circumstances that can't be arranged (unless you have some pull Loren). I think now it would be Peter Gabriel. My main interest in …
Music / The Set List: Top 5 TV Themes
Feature — June 21, 2016
TV theme songs are their own art form: they aren’t singles and they aren’t cinematic scores. Instead, they have to be memorable while predominantly setting the tone for the upcoming program. There’s a reason few pop songs are successfully regurgitated into the form and there’s another reason why, thirty years …
Regular Columns / Beyond Casual Observation: Ashley Lynch on film editing
Feature — July 11, 2016
For this edition of Beyond Casual Observation, Ashley Lynch, owner of Burnaby, BC-based Gingerbreadgirl Post—a versatile post-production studio that specializes in genre film-editing, colour grading and theatrical trailer campaigns—stepped away from a busy schedule to answer a few questions for us. As I've focused on film music, sound effects, foley, …
Music: Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2016)
Feature — July 11, 2016
It hasn't been the most promising start to a year: with both David Bowie and Prince departing the Earth (presumably to take their music to the rest of the galaxy), making predictions about the rest of the year seems decidedly risky. That said, though, some of SPB's writers have gathered …
One Question Interviews: Mike Bell & the Movies
Feature — August 24, 2016
Mike Bell (Mike Bell & the Movies) SPB: What was the best show you’ve seen in the past year? Bell: May 15th, 2015, Mac McCaughan and the Non Believers, Underground Arts Philadelphia, PA I had kept myself away from the album ‘cause my plan was to purchase …
Regular Columns: Guest Column: Justin Pearson - The Right Answers To The Wrong Questions
Feature — August 27, 2016
When I was growing up, I nihilistically spat in one eye of the universe. At some point, I figured I might as well spit in the other...Universal symmetry, ya know? But I had to re-evaluate why I was spitting and make sense of it; I needed some sort of justification. …
One Question Interviews: Bossk
Feature — September 6, 2016
Tom (Bossk) SPB: What song would you want played at your funeral? Tom: "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd. It's my favorite song of all time.
Music / Year End 2016: Pass The Mic: Record Labels on 2016
Feature — December 19, 2016
Now in its tenth year, Pass The Mic is a SPB tradition where we ask the artists and record labels producing some of our favorite music to comment on the year in music: what albums they enjoyed, what bands they discovered, what their label released and what they're excited for …
Music / Year End 2016: Pass The Mic: Artists on 2016
Feature — December 30, 2016
It's the second half of our annual Pass The Mic feature and this time we're handing the microphone over to the bands and artists who brought us great music in 2016. We ask them to reflect on the year gone by and to share with us the sounds that shaped …
One Question Interviews: Colombian Necktie
Feature — January 5, 2017
Juan Hernandez (Colombian Necktie – guitar) SPB: What band has been your favorite to tour with? Hernandez: We actually don't have a favorite but we definitely have a most memorable. Last year we went out on tour with friends Black Sheep Wall and we were playing in SLC. …
Music / Year End 2016: Scene Point Blank's Favorites: Year End (2016)
Feature — January 16, 2017
As years go, 2016 was a cruel one. We lost tons of musical heroes: Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones and other iconic performers departed. Before they left us, though, we were treated to a few final pieces of music. Likewise, once-dormant bands returned to prove that their best wasn't …
One Question Interviews: Ion Dissonance
Feature — January 12, 2017
Kevin McCaughey (Ion Dissonance – vocals) SPB: What song would you want played at your funeral? McCaughey: The only song that comes to mind when asked this question is ''Highway to Hell'' from AC/DC. Simply put, I can only imagine how totally awkward it would be to have …
One Question Interviews: Entropy
Feature — January 15, 2017
Brian (Entropy) SPB: What do you think the internet has done for the word of mouth punk scene? Brian: As far as how it effects underground punk rock, the internet is both a blessing and a curse. It's obviously made it way easier to spread news, learn …
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 …
Regular Columns: Guest column: Josh Allamon (Reservoir)
Feature — March 19, 2017
Its 7:55 on a Monday morning. I’m sipping a cup of hot water and Folgers coffee crystals as I stare at the French press I'm always forgetting to buy coffee for. I’ve just returned from a trip out west to visit family and the jet lag is lingering. I’ve been …
Regular Columns: Guest Column: Blag Dahlia - Blag Dahlia’s Hate Mail
Feature — June 18, 2017
Blag Dahlia is the singer for legendary punk band the Dwarves and co-hosts the podcast We Got Issues. Since forming in the mid-1980s the band has ruffled feathers and pushed limits musically and otherwise. As they prep for a pair of new releases in 2017-2018, vocalist Blag Dahlia returns …
