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Pitchfork puts news above reviews now. Final nail in the coffin imo. What are some other, BETTER, independent sites to go now for music recs and reviews?
At this point, shilling welcome
Tinymixtapes
The Quietus
Resident Advisor
Basementality Media
>>63313188
The Quietus is pretty abhorrent
montietalksmusic.tumblr.com
the wire
if you don't want to pay just go to this guys rym lists every month https://rateyourmusic.com/~hamishtarah
>>63312752
RAppermans aka Nile Crame
>http://vocaroo.com/i/s01iGLXYPG16
>http://vocaroo.com/i/s0YEF0GQ2xmm
>http://vocaroo.com/i/s1rhry4hl2BR
>>63313188
TMT is my go-to, idk the bottom 2
>>63312752
I don't read reviews desu.
>>63312752
>shilling welcome
If you say so...
basementalitymedia.com
cenit.uno
>>63313455
Post your best review
http://montietalksmusic.tumblr.com/
Absolutepunk.net ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>>63314240
Worse than marcel
>>63314447
Yikes
>>63312752
There's Sputnikmusic, don't know /mu/'s opinion on them. I've gone on there, thought it was ok.
>>63312752
>reads pitchfork unironically AND uses and iPhone
throw yourself in the trash friendo
>>63314240
Are you serious? You admitted to "getting into music" a year ago, and now you want to run a blog about it?
tinymixttapes chocolate grinder section is where I get most of my new music from
>>63312752
fantano
I'm starting a review site soon, it'll be great i will shill here in about 2 months
http://marcelsmusicjournal.com/tagged/listen
>>63313188
first post best post
>TMT
love it
>The Quietus
eh
>Resident Advisor
0/10
>BM
see it spammed, it's decent
>>63314734
what would you rate this:
>>63314730
also why the hate for RA?
>>63314767
Marcel is hit or miss, I think because of his age. His pom pom review is laughably atrocious, for reference. But occassionally he pulls some decent unheard of stuff. But still, TMT is better for that
RA hate: it's disgusting to look at :\
>>63314821
That's a fair analysis on Marcel. But RA can be good for some obscure techno and house. I think RA, Marcel, and FACT occasionally talk about the same underground house musicians who put out weird tapes, all of which are top notch quality producers.
>>63314858
Honestly I think every site has the potential for obscure stuff. Like I discovered 0.02 because of basementality, and I love that album. Probably my AOTY. And then RA had a good pick with Whities 006.
>putting the news at the top of the page instead of the side
Are you really that autistic that this triggers you? I'd rather read their news then their reviews.
>>63315036
It's not autism. It's a telling sign of what they value now. It used to be about the reviews, but now they're the most trusted voice in music, a news site with a subsection of reviews.
Resident Advisor is pretty decent for electronic music, unlike Pitchfork or Fantano who think that Burial and Jamie xx are the greatest think that ever happened to electronic music and not actually just watered down garage and jungle re-appropriated into accessible "headphone" music for indie kids.
I just stumbled upon this a few days ago. They've been reviewing pretty experimental shit and I like what I see so far. Hope they keep up honestly
http://xyxudicmenfnsjfhdbwoenrnsms.com/reviews.html
>>63313188
>Basementality Media
One of the main problems with that site is they take all their cues from Pitchfork in that they'll give an album a pretty negative review but still give it like a 75 as a score. That essentially equates to nearly a "four star" album, but a lot of their writers seem to follow the misguided mentality of if "an album is bad if it doesn't get over an 80".
That's just fucking stupid.
but they always ahve been? jesus christ that autism
>>63312752
news is more important/interesting than reviews
>>63315342
wtf is this? who's running this site? why is there no back button?
Marcel's Music Journal is decent
>>63315451
Eh. Pitchfork works under the guise of "83+ is worth hearing" but Basementality feels like "70+ is worth hearing"
>>63315342
How did you even manage to find this...
>>63315342
wtf is this
>>63315342
this feels like a serial killer's site
>>63315342
read the first review and I just have to say... wtf
>>63315627
It really depends on who's writing the review it seems like in Basementality's case. Like there's not a set standard for the site so one of their writers could write a review for a "70" score album as pretty positive and the other as fairly negative. Whereas to be honest, anything above roughly a 60 (or a 3/5 stars) should be more or less positive.
The reviews seem to be on point it's just that occasionally the ratings don't seem to match up with the review and the value of the score itself changes from review to review.
>>63315794
Give examples, I'm not following exactly. Granted I've only read a couple reviews
>>63315342
This is autistic. How is this even a review?
Cokemachineglow has the best review write-ups easily. I really like them, Resident Advisor, and Fantano honestly.
>>63315909
Cokemachineglow aren't operating anymore sadly.
>>63315580
No clue. Saw it posted here few days ago
>>63315874
Like http://basementalitymedia.com/2016/03/08/when-you-walk-a-long-distance-you-are-tired-album-review/#more-1066
which is a 3/5 but the review is pretty damn negative for a score that high.
http://basementalitymedia.com/2016/03/05/stranger-things-album-review/#more-1006
This is a 65 and is a pretty positive, but not exactly a gushing review.
http://basementalitymedia.com/2016/02/02/adore-life-album-review/#more-99
Here's one that's 69, but honestly gives a pretty mixed view of the record.
Say it ain't so!
They had great best of lists and a writing style that didn't seem like they were trying to compete for "best high school essay under 500 words". Shit, RIP. Thanks for getting me into Swans.
>>63316037
Does this dumb as fuck site only review rock? If so,
>discarded
>>63315342
>random letters for the url
>not a .onion
dropped
>>63313188
TinyMixTapes is my go-to as well
>>63316210
I trust them on everything but vaporwave
Stereogum
no one mentioned this yet?
>>63316251
Stereogum are corporate SJW sellouts who don't post anything new or interesting.
>>63316037
>that cringey as fuck opening to the adore life review
Wew
>>63316277
>>63316277
tinymixtapes is trash
stereogum has better shit than p4k. idk what SJW is. all media is sellouts fuckstick
>>63316372
who said anything about TMT?
stereogum doesn't rec anything obscure or interesting.
>>63316372
you sound like a writer for TMT
>>63313287
what? the quietus has some of the best music writing i've found, what are you on?
>>63313188
this, pretty much
>>63316448
The lack of a scoring system makes it less impactful and the layout looks like a new england newspaper
>>63316372
>all media is sellouts fuckstick
I genuinely don't think fantano is a sell-out, I mean while he is the most popular music reviewer on youtube, it doesn't seem like he makes very much money off of it
>>63316372
mr. p started tmt over 15 years ago and the site is still going strong to this day. i think they've got one of the best writing staff around...
>>63316448
Read the In Painting review and say that again.
If you want to write for basementality, email them at [email protected]
>>63317877
this is sad. please stop. you don't even have a twitter.
Not a zine, but Volcanic Tongue had amazing recs. RIP.
>>63313188
what the fuck is Basementality Media
also Stereogum's album of the week essays are always really damn good.
>>63319011
1. Basementality Media is a shitty blog no one's heard of that keeps spamming themselves on here.
2. Stereogum don't post any obscure interesting music and rec nothing new. It's just the same PR blog hype shit.
>>63319047
yeah, I'm not saying is the best to discover music. But almost all of their long form written pieces hit the nail constantly.
>The Most Trusted Voice In Music
>common knowledge that their reviews/coverage are bought
>>63316448
The Painting With and TLOP reviews sound like some basement dweller is mad people are enjoying anything ever so he wrote reviews about two of the biggest albums this year to release some of his anger
>best music writing
lmao
I still like gorilla vs bear. They're promoting a lot of great indie-pop/rock that gets ignored my most media outlets nowadays.
TMT is my go-to, and then RA.
I check p4k all the time tho just so see what they give a 9.0+ to. I don't give a fuck about BNM, but it seems like whatever albums they give a 9.0+ are those big ones that everyone talks about each year
>>63315342
That's some scary shit
>>63312752
>I look for reviews to validate my "indie" and "hip" opinions
>>63312752
Pitchfork
