So yesterday saw me put up the first half of my top 50 albums list for 2012. You can catch it here if you havent done so yet. Today see’s another years worth of listening come to a close as I present my top 25 LP’s of the year. Once… Read More →

So we are once again, the end of the year, the end of week list….almost. This year rather than give you the big post in one giant sized portion im breaking it into two parts. Thats what the cool kids and their sparkly movie franchises do these days im led… Read More →

It’s the mid way point of list week here at T.S.B.B. and today for you lovely people we have my favourite 50 thats right count em…50 tracks of 2012. As per, whittling the list down to 50 was hard enough let alone putting them in order. As you can expect… Read More →

Still to this day some people say that the music video is a dead art form, well I say fuck that. This year has provided another prime cut of promo’s ranging from the weird and wonderful to the downright beautiful and enchanting. Although he isn’t featured a honourable mention goes to the… Read More →

2012 has provided plenty of healthy competition for my ARTIST OF THE YEAR award. But after delivering not just one but two stellar records (the latter of which was done in spectacular fashion), developing their legend along with their sound even further and capitalising on their notorious live shows. It would seem… Read More →

Despite being active in some capacity since December 2009 the hard work and quality of material spawned from her first fully formed project Kin, has earned Swedish singer/musician/artiste Jonna Lee aka iamamiwhoami the not really so prestigious title of  The Speaker Box Below’s ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. The eclectic nature… Read More →

Despite some stiff competition CAPTURED TRACKS well and truly deserve the recognition that comes with being named my Record Label of the Year. Founded four years ago by Mike Sniper the Brooklyn based label has steadily made a name for itself through its shoegaze re-releases but this year it made a… Read More →

So December is well under way which means two things, Santa’s getting ready and the world and it’s wife is putting together their cumulative reviews of the year that was. Next week on The Speaker Box Below it’s list week! A years work consolidated into 5 days of specific posts… Read More →