Topic: My new music blog (Read 17518 times)

Koremora · « **on:** 21 Mar 2009, 21:59 »

Well, as the title implies, I've started a music blog. This mostly came about as a result of my desire to share and talk about music with as many people as possible, so I figured having a centralized place to post bands and albums would be a good thing. I'm planning on updating it every few days or so with a new band page or album from mediafire. Generally speaking, the music posted will be anywhere from various metal genres, experimental rock, electronic or noise music, post-rock, and various indie genres. So, if anyone is interested in having a discussion about these kinds of music, plus getting some free music out of the deal, here is the link. Thanks in advance to anyone who checks it out.

mightyriogrande.blogspot.com

Koremora · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 20:13 »

Quasi-necro, but I have gotten the blog on a weekly schedule at this point. I'm updating every Saturday unless that specific week calls for a delay, as it does occasionally. Come on out and get sum tunes.

michaelicious · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 20:32 »

You are the only person who seems to like Choral as much as I do.

Koremora · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 20:36 »

Choral fans UNITE.

michaelicious · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 20:46 »

I am actually listening to it right now. It makes me want to go for a walk in the forest and lay down in a small sun-kissed clearing and drift in and out of sleep forever.

Koremora · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 20:51 »

I think the overwhelming feeling it inspires in me is the state of being safe and at home. It's like that feeling you get when you lay down in front of a warm fireplace in your night clothes.

scarred · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 21:22 »

Follow'd.

KvP · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 21:57 »

I update my blog pretty much every day but it's all pretty gay music.

Koremora · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 22:01 »

The reasons for the weekly update schedule are: I want to give people time to digest the records I post without it being a massive and impenetrable wall of uploads, and I write all of the reviews myself, wanting to focus on quality over quantity. It's less of a "HEY GUYS COME GET TONS OF FREE MUSIC" and more of a "Hey guys, here is some music that has personally touched me in a big way. I hope maybe it does that for some of you, too. For that reason, I'm providing a download link and a link to buy it if you're so inclined. Enjoy it, or not."

JD · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 22:08 »

Yo Koremora Imma let you finish but Kvp has the best music blog of all time. OF ALL TIME.

scarred · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 22:15 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 25 Nov 2009, 22:08

Yo Koremora Imma let you finish but Kvp has the ~~best~~ gayest music blog of all time. OF ALL TIME.

FTFY

Koremora · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 14:30 »

Well, updates have been continuing as usual. This week's review was the sexcellent new Bear in Heaven record.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 16:18 »

Just posting to let you know I like your writing style.

Keep it up!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 16:27 »

Yeah, I like it too.

I only read three or four posts but not once did the writing get in my face and make me aware that I was reading something someone had written. It's very...uhmm....unobtrusive? I'm not sure what the best adjective would be but I think you get what I mean.

michaelicious · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 16:34 »

It's very thoughtful and you can tell he actually engages with the music instead of just posting a link and a list of bands that sound the same.

Koremora · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 19:15 »

Thanks, guys. I appreciate the positive feedback.

sean · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 19:36 »

thats a picture of sigur ros is it not?

also blog is actually pretty nice, i might nab some stuff from it (like the new pelican and isis)

Koremora · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 19:38 »

It is a picture of Sigur Ros, yep.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 19:56 »

Gonna borrow the thread to plug KvP's blog again because I am now co-writing (co-blogging?) it.

http://popstalinist.blogspot.com/

As for Koremora's blog, I like the writing style, very involved and eloquent. Keep up the good work.

sean · « **Reply #19 on:** 15 Dec 2009, 20:12 »

oh cool. okay i just wanted to double check before i pointed it out the fact that yr blog is named after a this will destroy you song yet you have a picture of sigur ros...

also guys fkkkkkkkk you for one upping my blog

sean · « **Reply #20 on:** 16 Dec 2009, 20:50 »

oh and dude get a cbox so i can annoy you on yr blog and shit all the cool kids are doing it!

Koremora · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 12:33 »

What's a Cbox? I'm hells of ignorant on the technical side of the whole blogging thing.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #22 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 14:02 »

a think it's young-person talk for comment box

Koremora · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 14:03 »

(how do I put one of those in there)

Zingoleb · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 14:29 »

Have you tried writing on your monitor with a Sharpie?

scarred · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 15:41 »

1. add the gadget "html/javascript"
2. get cbox code at http://www.cbox.ws/
3. copy code into gadget
4. ???
5. Profit

Koremora · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 20:28 »

Thank you, kind sir. Cbox is up and running for commentry.

sean · « **Reply #27 on:** 17 Dec 2009, 20:29 »

awwwwwwww yeah

Koremora · « **Reply #28 on:** 19 Dec 2009, 20:53 »

Updated with The Field's "Yesterday and Today".

Fucking fantastic record.

JD · « **Reply #29 on:** 19 Dec 2009, 20:55 »

Downloading right now.

o/

Koremora · « **Reply #30 on:** 19 Dec 2009, 21:00 »

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #31 on:** 19 Dec 2009, 21:44 »

Damn man, that's good writin' right there.

Koremora · « **Reply #32 on:** 09 Jan 2010, 16:53 »

Just put Vampire Weekend's Contra on there. Yes, I'm don't take myself seriously enough to dislike Vampire Weekend. I like Contra better than the self-titled, even.

(side note, top of 2009 is on there as well now)

http://mightyriogrande.blogspot.com/

AanAllein · « **Reply #33 on:** 10 Jan 2010, 06:04 »

Interesting take on the album. It didn't really work for me because it stripped away a lot of what I liked about the debut (mostly, the percussion) for more traditional electronic pop sounds, but I definitely agree that it's a fun album.

The whole "they're rich so people don't like them" straw man is a little tired, though. I can't count on my hands the number of reviews I've read referring to how people don't like them for this reason, and I'm yet to actually read a review or hear someone express an opinion along those lines. I feel like a music mag made an off-the-cuff comment when their first album was released and its been conflated into this big thing... but maybe I'm just not well-read enough on the subject (I do recall Nick Diamonds' scathing attack on the band, but the gist of that was mostly "jesus guys stop ripping off Graceland")

Koremora · « **Reply #34 on:** 10 Jan 2010, 11:27 »

Most of the people who I have heard express this opinion don't write reviews.

scarred · « **Reply #35 on:** 10 Jan 2010, 17:56 »

"Giving Up the Gun" is so fucking good

Koremora · « **Reply #36 on:** 10 Jan 2010, 20:55 »

oh my god I know

scarred · « **Reply #37 on:** 10 Jan 2010, 22:32 »

p4k has spoken

Wayfaring Stranger · « **Reply #38 on:** 13 Jan 2010, 00:49 »

Hey, I like your blog quite a bit! I look forward to reading more from you.

amok · « **Reply #39 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 13:25 »

It did occur to me while reading your 2009 list that pretty much every single blogger on the face of the planet does 'obligatory' end of year lists. Which leads me to wonder; a) who is making everyone do this, and b) does no one actually want to? We must investigate and legislate against this bizarrely specific form of slavery post-haste.

Having said that you put Mew at #4 so I like it already. Keep up the good work.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #40 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 14:46 »

Have you guys ever thought about joining forces and all doing writing on one blog? Just throwing it out there.

JD · « **Reply #41 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 15:59 »

Yes I would love not having to bookmark so many blogs. My clicker finger gets tired sometimes.

sean · « **Reply #42 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 16:05 »

the world doesn't need a blog that reads like the mediafire thread.

blogs need a common theme genre wise. the mediafire thread could use one too but it doesn't and thats why its such a clusterfuck.

KvP · « **Reply #43 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 16:26 »

/ great resource

Reed · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 18:52 »

Yeah, fuck them merging bands. I have to say that Sean's is the only music blog that I follow. Whenever I see him mention a band that is emo + some mathy guitar work I get the most raging hardon ever.

Basically what I'm saying is, keep it up, Sean!

scarred · « **Reply #45 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 23:25 »

Quote from: ViolentDove on 16 Jan 2010, 14:46

Have you guys ever thought about joining forces and all doing writing on one blog? Just throwing it out there.

This actually could be a good idea, considering most of us have wack-ass update schedules (aka whenever we feel like it)

KvP · « **Reply #46 on:** 16 Jan 2010, 23:32 »

Presumably something like that would be arranged once Pocketjury goes up.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #47 on:** 17 Jan 2010, 16:46 »

Yeah, if PocketJury happens that'd be rad. I just suggested it 'cause you get to merge audiences and means randoms reading your blog will see it updated more often and with different stuff.

I guess it depends on what your intention for the blog is.

Quote from: sean on 16 Jan 2010, 16:05

the world doesn't need a blog that reads like the mediaf!re thread.

blogs need a common theme genre wise. the mediaf!re thread could use one too but it doesn't and thats why its such a clusterfuck.

Well, you, KvP and Koremora actually review stuff at length which most people in the mfire thread don't. Mfire thread is people copy/pasting reviews with no discussion.

Koremora · « **Reply #48 on:** 17 Jan 2010, 17:07 »

"common genre theme"

I would hate writing about one genre in specific. I just don't listen to one genre specifically enough to want to base what I share around that pre-conceived idea.

scarred · « **Reply #49 on:** 17 Jan 2010, 17:08 »

Quote from: Koremora on 17 Jan 2010, 17:07

I would hate writing about one genre in specific. I just don't listen to one genre specifically enough to want to base what I share around that pre-conceived idea.

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