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What's your favorite music review site?
JD:
--- Quote from: angrykodiak on 21 Feb 2011, 21:18 ---It's not extensive, and they don't really cover obscure bands, but I dig Sputnikmusic.com. And their reviews don't leave me wondering what their opinion of the album actually is.
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I dig their "everyone and their dog can write a review" approach.
StaedlerMars:
Song, by Toad if you like folk music is really good, also if you're Scottish and live in Edinburgh he does a 'best of what you need to see this week.'
Also, a fan of The Line of Best Fit, and Indieshuffle once in a while.
TheFuriousWombat:
I read The Silent Ballet because they review albums most other sites don't and it's a good source of info on post-rock and the like but the reviews are rarely very good. They vary in quality pretty drastically. I also like Foxy Digitalis which has infrequent and short reviews that are generally well written and focus on pretty obscure stuff (releases from random cassette labels and the like)
nufan:
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--- Quote from: KvP on 21 Feb 2011, 21:14 ---Oh yeah, the TMT news section is always like that. Their reviews rarely, if ever, are.
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Yeah, they're generally pretty solid on reviews. Their review of Untrue was downright embarrassing, though, and their year-end lists tend to be on the wrong side of the line between quirky and batshit.
I like FACT a lot--factmag.com. Very slanted towards British stuff, especially the electronic scene, but I can't think of any other site that so consistently introduces me to awesome stuff I wouldn't have listened to otherwise.
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Just tried factmag, and looked at their Radiohead review - jeez it was bad. Utterly unfocused, jumping from hither to thither was zero sense of purpose and far more interested in talking about Radiohead than the actual album. Reminded me of the worst type of Pitchfork review.
Speaking of, I think they have actually improved in the last few years. By no means perfect, but they've cut the bullshit reviews and the general standard of writing is a lot higher than it used to be. Plus they have Joe Tangari, who I adore for his fantastic introduction to Afrobeat and his reviews of obscure compilation CD's.
Vuk:
Shameless self-promotion.
http://hearwaxmedia.com/
Also, Pitchfork has some good writers and some bad ones. I'll still read reviews there from time to time.
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