Topic: Music Blogs? (Read 7053 times)

J-cob9000 · « **on:** 16 May 2009, 20:25 »

So I'm thinking of getting more into the music scene sort of thing and was wondering if you guys could recommend me some good music blogs. It'd be nice.
Thanks.

Koremora · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 May 2009, 21:07 »

What do you mean by "music scene" and what genre/kind of blog are you looking for? Downloads? Reviews? News? Any combination of the three?

Be My Head · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 May 2009, 22:20 »

Yeah

http://cosmichearse.blogspot.com/

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 May 2009, 00:21 »

http://www.thesirenssound.com/
http://soundweave.blogspot.com/

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 May 2009, 05:13 »

Quote from: Koremora on 16 May 2009, 21:07

What do you mean by "music scene" and what genre/kind of blog are you looking for? Downloads? Reviews? News? Any combination of the three?

Any genre.
And any combination of those three.

The three blogs posted are good from what I've read so far.
Thanks again.

Sox · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 May 2009, 06:22 »

Nobody cares what anybody knows about new music. People only care about what people know about old music. Ignore music blogs, read a few books instead. You could be the hippest cat in noughties music, but if you don't know your way around the 90s, it don't mean shit.

Sox · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 May 2009, 06:25 »

You also have to know your way around the 60s and 70s and have an indepth knowledge of the vietnam war. You should probably major in modern history and english literature if you want to get involved in a music scene.

Sox · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 May 2009, 06:26 »

If a band can't write ten thousand words on the cuban missile crisis, they aren't worth your time.

Sox · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 May 2009, 07:37 »

Bands are like blocks, the shape is more important than what colour they are and if you don't know your way around them, they'll mount up in a big chaotic mess and you'll get a game over without a single really satisfying tetris.

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 May 2009, 09:55 »

Quote from: Jeans on 17 May 2009, 06:51

(Basically Darryl is telling you to read Dance of Days and Please Kill Me)

Also Our Band Could Be Your Life

Sox · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 May 2009, 10:11 »

Before you start reading music blogs, you need to own a pair of genuine converse trainers reissued pre-1995. Your regular chucks just won't cut it. Get yourself a pair and then we'll start you listening to bands.

Sox · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 May 2009, 10:12 »

how many members of your countries current administration can you name? this is pretty important too.

Sox · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 May 2009, 10:14 »

you absolutely MUST know the names of the band members before you can admit to enjoying the music of that band. always memorise their names before you hear the music.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 May 2009, 11:22 »

You should probably also read "Punk Rock: An Oral History"

It's only a tenner on amazon, and totally worth it.

Sox · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:06 »

Once you have read all these books, you can try listening to the music if you think you need to.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:07 »

Just remember: the actual music is not as important as the knowledge.

Avec · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:09 »

What I've been following for quite a while.

http://sadsongsfordirtylovers.blogspot.com/

http://bolachasgratis.baywords.com/

You're welcome.

Sox · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:31 »

Yes, the knowledge is more important than the actuI WILL RUN MY OWN DAMN JOKE INTO THE DAMN GROUND MOTHERFUCKS

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:45 »

Thank you, Darryl.

Avec, Tommy, you too.

BlahBlah · « **Reply #19 on:** 17 May 2009, 12:47 »

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com

Koremora · « **Reply #20 on:** 17 May 2009, 16:39 »

http://stonerobixxx.blogspot.com/

Everything post-metal and sludge and doom and all that good metal stuff.

http://mightyriogrande.blogspot.com/

Granted, it's mine, but I like the music I put on it, so I'm recommending it. Anything from my library is game (anything from indie folk to drone doom and everything in between), but it's all good. (I haven't updated in nearly a month due to school obligations and being busy, but that's ending soon and the updating will resume.)

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 May 2009, 16:46 »

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/

They like pop. Oh dear lord do they ever like pop. It's great though, snide comments abound and just occasionally they'll convince you that three minutes of sugar is the most sublime piece of art once you give yourself over to it. Ignore their opinions on anything heavy though, seems like the only contributor with any chops in such matters is Briony Edwards.

sean · « **Reply #22 on:** 18 May 2009, 08:22 »

As far as Blogs go, I really can't reccomend SirensSound. I read it for a while and while I did find some truly wonderful music (Escape the Day, mainly) the guy who updates it moves WAY too fast and he never posts his own descriptions for an album (occasionally he types maybe a sentence or two but it's hardly insightful.) It's basically everything I hate about the mediafire thread on crack. I'm sure there are better post-rock blogs out there that have some more insight to them. One of the best parts of blogs is reading what the author has to say about the music being uploaded. Which is probably why I read mostly punk blogs now.

Anyway, this is what I read currently.

http://zen-face-punch.blogspot.com/ Is probably my favorite blog ever. Dude posts all types of punk here and oh dear god, can he write about it. I don't know why but I absolutely love the way he writes about music. Even if you don't like punk, this is probably a good blog to read since he can write so well. This really stands out with his posts about shows. He makes really good posts about shows.

http://itsachugknocklife.blogspot.com/ Is another pretty good blog I read. I don't think the writing is as good as Zen's, but its not bad by any means. This guy has a little more focus on the emo end of punk, which is my favorite type so I guess it's fairly obvious why I read this blog. He also lives in Hagerstown, which is pretty far from be but close enough that sometimes he talks about stuff in my local scene, which is pretty rad too.

I would also post about SAL but I'm sure Michael will have more to say about that than I ever will.

billiumbean · « **Reply #23 on:** 18 May 2009, 09:57 »

The reverse-psychology in Sox's post-krieg meant something along the lines of this:

If you want to get into music, go out and listen to some music. If you want to get into the "music scene" go out and listen to a lot of music.

More importantly, I think; Why would you "want to get into the music scene"?

Melodic · « **Reply #24 on:** 18 May 2009, 11:34 »

He's not done yet, Billium. Fuck sakes.

billiumbean · « **Reply #25 on:** 18 May 2009, 22:21 »

I just want to know what this music scene is. I feel like a schizophrenic in that nobody seems to notice how very EVERYTHING this term is.

Daft pun · « **Reply #26 on:** 19 May 2009, 03:38 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves on 17 May 2009, 16:46

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/

They like pop. Oh dear lord do they ever like pop. It's great though, snide comments abound and just occasionally they'll convince you that three minutes of sugar is the most sublime piece of art once you give yourself over to it. Ignore their opinions on anything heavy though, seems like the only contributor with any chops in such matters is Briony Edwards.

This made my day. I thought this died when they pulled the plug on Stylus.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #27 on:** 19 May 2009, 08:11 »

It was gone for quite some time, it took Swygart a bit to get it sorted as a stand-alone entity.

Jed · « **Reply #28 on:** 19 May 2009, 09:52 »

http://laalaapopandrock.blogspot.com/ "A blog mostly about music and drugs."

This is my friends blog and he really knows what he talks about. At least when he is not totally out of his mind by alcohol, painkillers and Listerine.

He is also a dj at a club named Nolla "Zero" in Helsinki. His artist alias is Hömppäherra. That roughly translates to Silly Mister.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 May 2009, 09:32 »

http://ikilledthedarkness.blogspot.com/

This one's probably my all-purpose favorite at the moment (although I haven't checked Soundweave in a while and for a while that was my gold standard, so it might take back the throne). It's a pretty awesome mix of stuff ... you really never know what's going up next. The Nathan Fake upload is my favorite from recently.

http://hypnotic-breaks.blogspot.com/

This one is downright voluminous. The back archives have an absolutely silly amount of music available, and almost none of it is by anyone I recognize, but the quality is so reliably high that I've found myself downloading more stuff blind from this blog than any other I've ever found. The top 5 tags on music are "deep house," "tech house," "dub techno," "minimal," and "downtempo," so that should give you a feel for what you're in for.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #30 on:** 20 May 2009, 10:12 »

http://baiaboy.blogspot.com/

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #31 on:** 20 May 2009, 12:47 »

http://pavidsson.blogspot.com/

The perfect blog for someone interested in ambiance, drone, electronic experimentations and avant garde awesomeness. Most of the writing is from reviews on other sites but if nothing else this blog is a brilliant archive/library of a lot of the cool stuff currently happening in these genres.

Johnny C · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 May 2009, 16:35 »

Quote from: a pack of wolves on 17 May 2009, 16:46

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/

They like pop. Oh dear lord do they ever like pop. It's great though, snide comments abound and just occasionally they'll convince you that three minutes of sugar is the most sublime piece of art once you give yourself over to it. Ignore their opinions on anything heavy though, seems like the only contributor with any chops in such matters is Briony Edwards.

Nobody told me they were back until I was drinking with writer Dan MacRae last night and he kept telling me to e-mail Swygart so I could take part. I'm considering it.

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