With hearty thanks
- to Robert Dimery, Tristan de Lancey, Elspeth Beidas, Ruth Patrick, their assistants and the small army of writers who shaped, and continue to shape, the 1,001 selections for the Octopus Publishing Group imprint, Cassell Illustrated.
- to all of the selfless editors and contributors to Wikipedia, and to the folks at Spotify for their excellent embedding facility; both sites are a boon to the world at large.
- to all the individual music-loving writers whose words grace this website (listed below). Your excellent album reviews invoke smiles, stimulate thought and encourage careful re-listening to the albums.
- to the community of music reviewing websites housing those reviews (listed below) who continue to serve readerships, often under extremely challenging circumstances economically. If they're useful to you, please give them your support in any way you can.
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Bossenger, Aaron Basiliere, Aaron Burgess, Aaron Coleman, Aaron W., Acrobat, Adam Anonymous, Adam Greenberg, Adam Kennedy, AdNoctum, Adrian Denning, Adrien Begrand, ahale, Al Fox, Alan Shulman, Alec Foege, Alex, Alex Baker, Alex Cull, Alex Henderson, Alex Wisgard, Alex Young, Alexander Lloyd Linhardt, Alexander Tudor, Alexis Petridis, aLfie vera mella, AMNEZIAK, Amy Britton, Amy Granzin, Andrew Burgess, Andrew Hall, Andrew McGregor, Andrew Mueller, Andrew Ryce, Andrew Sweeney, Andrzej Lukowski, Andy Bartlett, Andy Beta, Andy Gill, Andy Healy, Andy Mclenon, Andy Pareti, Andy Puleston, Andy Zwerling, Ange Chan, Angel Aguilar, AngryJohnny, Angus Taylor, Ann Powers, Anna Gazdowicz, Annabel Caulton, Anthony Gibbons, Anthony Leaver, Anthony Strain, Anthony Thornton, arhar, Ariel Swartley, Barry Walsh, Barry Walters, Ben Gerson, Ben Hewitt, Benjamin Howarth, BigHans, Bonnek, Brad Shoup, Bren O'Callaghan, Brendan, Brian Coney, Brianna, Bruce Eder, Bruce Miroff, Buckley Mayfield, Cameron Macdonald, Charis Blyth, Charles Aaron, Charles Ubaghs, ChemicalWarfare, Cheo H. Coker, Chris Beanland, Chris Campion, Chris Jones, Chris Linosi, Chris Long, Chris Martins, Chris May, Chris Moss, Chris Nickson, Chris Power, Chris Roberts, Chris Todd, Chris True, Chris White, Classic Rock, Clayton Purdom, ComeToDaddy, Confessed2005, Corbin Reiff, Creaig Dunton, Cub Koda, D. C. Harrison, Damian Jones, Dan LeRoy, Dan Martin, Dan Oppenheimer, Dan Stubbs, Dan Tallis, Daniel Gioffre, Daniel Haaksmann, Daniel Paton, Darryl G. Wright, Dary Easlea, Daryl Easlea, Dave Connolly, Dave de Sylvia, Dave Lifton, Dave Marsh, Dave Simpson, Dave Thompson, DaveyBoy, David Bennun, David Carroll, David Fricke, David Hooper, David M. Pecoraro, David McGuire, David Moore, David O'Donnell, David Sheppard, Debby Miller, Denise Boyd, Dennis O'Dell, DesolationRow, Dom Gourlay, Dominique Leone, Don Snowden, Donald A. Guarisco, DoofusWainwright, Dorian Lynskey, Doug Mosurock, Dylan Yadav, Eamonn Stack, Ed Gonzalez, Eduardo Rivadavia, Edward Dunbar, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Emily Mackay, Emmy Perry, EnemyOfTheSun420, Eric Dennis, Eric Henderson, Eric Rosso, Eric Snider, Erik Thompson, Erik Thompson, Ernest Simpson, Ethan Covey, Eugene Chadbourne, Eugenie Johnson, Evan Sawdey, Evelyn McDonnell, Everett True, Fergal Kinney, Fiona Thorne, FlawedPerfection, Frank Mastropolo, frenchie, Garry Mulholland, Gary Whitehouse, Geoff Orens, Geoffrey Himes, George Graham, George Starostin, GnarlyShillelagh, Graham Reed, Graham Reid, Graveyard Poet, Greg Boraman, Greg Kot, Greg Moffitt, Greg Prato, Gregg Turkington, Greil Marcus, Hayley Scott, Heather Phares, Helen Groom, Henri Strik / Peter Willemsen, HipHopKid, HolidayKirk, Iai, IAJP, Ian Canty, Ian D. Hall, Ian Wade, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, J. Neas, J.D. Considine, J-23, Jack Smith, Jackson Tovian, Jacob Adams, Jake Cole, Jake Paine, James Hunter, James Jackson Toth, James Moore, James Skinner, James Snodgrass, James Westfox, Jamie Coughlan, Jancee Dunn, Janie Matthews, Janne Oinonen, Jason, Jason Ankeny, Jason C, Jason Fox, Jason Heller, Jason MacNeil, Jason Thompson, JaykNekowl, Jayson Greene, Jeff Bateman, Jeff Giles, Jeff Terich, Jenny Eliscu, Jeremy Allen, Jess Harvell, jgarden, Jim Allen, Jim DeRogatis, Jim Santella, Jimmy Newlin, Jody Beth, Jody Rosen, Joe Goggins, Joe Marvilli, Joe Pelone, John Alroy, John Bush, John Doran, John Dougan, John Fass Morton, John Freeman, John Gentile, John Harris, John Krewson, John Metzger, John Robinson, John Storm Roberts, Johnny Loftus, Jon Bryan, Jon Burke, Jon Dale, Jon Gunter, Jon Lusk, Jon Pareles, Jon Pelone, Jon Pruett, Jon Smith, Jon Wiederhorn, Jonathan Keefe, Jonathan Rawcliffe, Jonathon Gold, Jordan M., Josef Woodard, Josh Goller, Joshua Klein, Josie Roberts, Joss Albert, Joy Dunbar, Justin Hunte, K.B. Tindal, Karas Lamb, Karen K. Hugg, Katharina Lobeck, Katherine Turman, Kathryn Shackleton, Keith Phipps, Kelly McCartney, Ken Emerson, Kevin EG Perry, Kevin Liedel, Kevin Orton, Kevvy, Killian Fox, Kitty Empire, Kris Needs, Kristin Sage, Kurt Loder, Lance Friel, Langdon Winner, laranra, Laura Snapes, Laurence Day, Laurence Green, Len, Leonie Cooper, LepreCon, Liberi Fatali, LimedIBagels, Lindsay Planer, Lloyd Bradley, Lloyd Grossman, Lou Thomas, Louis Pattison, Luc Sante, Lucas Hilbert, Lucy Davies, Lucy Jones, Malcolm Jack, manosg, Marc Burrows, Marc Greilsamer, Marc Masters, mare-C, Maria Esposito, Maria Schurr, Marisa Brown, Mark Beaumont, Mark Coleman, Mark Deming, Mark Kemp, Mark McCleerey, Mark Moody, Mark Richardson, markatmusic, Mars Simpson, Marshall Bowden, Martin Aston, Martin Longley, Matt Harvey, Matt Melis, Matt Patterson, Matthew Flander, Matthew Greenwald, Matthew Trammell, Maura Johnston, Max Blau, Max Philley, Maxine Headley, Meatplow, MercyfulSatyr, Michael Bonner, Michael Cragg, Michael Fortuna, Michael Fremer, Michael Gallucci, Michael H. Little, Michael Keefe, Michael Madden, Michael Roffman, Mike Diver, mikeo, Mikesn, Mischa Pearlman, Mitch Myers, Moira McCormick, moseleymoles, muthaucka, Nate Chinen, Nate Patrin, Nathan Kamal, Nathan Rabin, Necro44, Ned Raggett, Neil Macdonald, Nick Cowen, Nick Deriso, Nick Freed, Nick Reynolds, Nick Schwarb, Ninian Dunnett, Nitsuh Abebe, Noah Mino, Noel Gardner, Noel Murray, Occasional Hope, Oli Warwick, Olli Siebelt, P. R. Mullen, Parke Puterbaugh, pasha, Paul A. Toth, Paul Guyet, Paul Lester, Paul Rigby, Paul Schrodt, Paul Sullivan, Pete Marsh, Pete Pardo, Peter Kurtz, Peter Marsh, Phil Marsh, Philip Bloomfield, Philip Jandovský, Philip Wilding, psychoticnicholai, Quentin Harrison, Raul da Gama, Reef Younis, Renaldo69, renzelkouten, Ric Albano, Richard Banks, Richard Gehr, Richie Unterberger, Rick Anderson, Rick Martin, Rob Caldwell, Rob Crossan, Rob Fitzpatrick, Rob Mitchum, Rob O'Connor, Rob Sheffield, Rob Taylor, Rob Webb, Rob Young, Robert Christgau, Robert Crumb, Robert Ham, Robert Spencer, robertsona, Robin Murray, RobotFrank, Rollo, Ron Webb, Ron Wynn, Rory Marchum, Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Rowan5215, Roy Spencer, Ruth Jamieson, Ryan Bray, Ryan Dombal, Ryan Lunn, Ryan Reed, S. Victor Aaron, Sacha O'Grady, Sal Cinquemani, Sam Bennett, Sam Samuelson, Sam Shepherd, Sam Walton, Sarah Boden, scotish, Scott Shetler, Scott Yanow, Seb Hunter, SgtPepper, Shannon Wearing, Sid Smith, Simon Goddard, Simon Rueben, Simon Tucker, SirMetalGinger, slaveraider, Smooth_BM, Sophie Bruce, Stacey Pavlick, Stanley, Stephen Cook, Stephen Holden, Stephen M. Deusner, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Stephen Thompson, Stephen Worthy, Sterling McGarvey, Steve 'Flash' Juon, Steve Huey, Steve Kandell, Steve Pond, Steven Hyden, Steven Reid, Stevie Chick, Stewart Mason, Stuart Bailie, Suzy Exposito, SweetLeaf95, Ted Kessler, Terry Staunton, The Dark Elf, Thom Jurek, Thomas Cunniffe, Tim DiGravina, Tim Holmes, Tim Jonze, Tim Lee, Tim Sendra, Tokyochuchu, Tom Breihan, Tom Byford, Tom Ewing, Tom Moon, Tom Sykes, TomTrauma, Tony Hardy, Tricia Romano, TrooperEd, Tyler Agnew, ur, Valfars Ghost, Waxl, William Ruhlmann, Wyatt, Xyrth, Zac Johnson, Zachary Hoskins, Zebra, Zmev
'Adrian's Album Reviews' website features a large collection of music and album reviews, written by Adrian Denning, spanning multiple genres and decades.
Albumism™ is an editorially independent music website dedicated to honoring the album as a vital art form, while connecting with the global community of passionate music fans to celebrate our love affairs with albums past, present and future. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, we offer feature articles, tributes, reviews, interviews, news, exclusive premieres, playlists, streams, and videos, among other forms of content, and always welcome comments, contributions and ideas from our fellow music enthusiasts.
Reporting on jazz from around the globe since 1995.
Established in 1991 as All Music Guide, the massive AllMusic online music database now catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, providing comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
Existed 1998-2008. There are over 2300 reviews and 200 podcasts in the archive, so get to reading (and listening)!
Est. 1998. Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers and much more. Amazon distributes downloads and streaming of video, music, audiobook through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Audible subsidiaries.
Est. 1994. Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers and much more. Amazon distributes downloads and streaming of video, music, audiobook through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Audible subsidiaries.
Analog Planet covers everything high-end and audiophile analog. Turntables and cartridges, vinyl albums to phono preamps and setup.
If music is the food of love, then my love needs to go to weight watchers.
Originating in 2005 and based in Los Angeles, Aquarium Drunkard is an eclectic audio journal focused on daily reviews, interviews, features, podcasts and sessions. Digging globally, AD bridges contemporary sounds with psych, jazz, avant-garde, folk, garage, funk and beyond. For heads, by heads.
Website for Symphonic & Progressive Rock Music. Independent, honest & critical.
The best in new and forgotten music and film.
The BBC's album reviews ended in 2013, although the pages are archived for retrospective reading.
Blogcritics is an online magazine covering the arts, culture and society. Blogcritics is also an interactive community in which writers and readers from around the globe talk about popular culture, news, issues, and products. If it’s happening in the world – from global political issues to obscure rock bands, from the latest best-selling novel to the TV shows that aired last night – there’s a good chance Blogcritics has it covered.
Electronic magazine and central hosting site for band's websites.
Britpopnews is a website devoted to the Britpop music scene of the 1990’s. In addition to those stories there are occasionally stories about the other British rock music scenes such as Shoegaze, Mod, punk rock as well as fashion stories.
Clash is a music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published four times a year by Music Republic Ltd.
The best source for 70s/80s/90s classic hip-hop news, album reviews, rankings, videos, trivia and more!
Celebrating the music which remains relevent decades after its creation, with special in-depth features and reviews of vital albums from 1965 through 1995.
Consequence of Sound is your source for breaking news about music, film, and TV, plus daily reviews, exclusive interviews, original videos, and more.
Contactmusic.com is the premier destination for official music videos, music reviews, movie trailers, movie reviews and ratings, celebrity gossip, entertainment.
Highlighting the good and exposing the bad, in all forms of country and roots music, from traditional to modern, mainstream to independent, Red dirt to Americana to folk to bluegrass to Southern rock. Above all, we are music fans first, not traditionalists or critics or purists, but simply music fans sharing our opinions and highlighting worthy artists.
An independent platform for contemporary culture. The monthly magazine is distributed across Europe. Founded in Bristol in 2009, the magazine has featured acts such as Björk, MF Doom, Lil Yachty, FKA twigs, Gorillaz and Queens of the Stone Age on the cover. The team remain based in Bristol, working from Studio 31 on Berkeley Square.
Creative Loafing is an Atlanta-based publisher of a monthly arts and culture newspaper/magazine. The company publishes a 60,000 circulation monthly publication which is distributed to intown locations and neighborhoods on the first Thursday of each month. www.creativeloafing.com is the website for the company and it also has a YouTube Channel featuring its video work over the years and a weekly "Live from the Archives" program featuring local musicians and bands. The company has historically been a part of the alternative weekly newspapers association in the United States.
Check out the latest Tips & Tricks, Reviews, Tutorials, Interviews, New Music, DJ Sets and trends driving the DJ/Producer and Dance Music industry.
Cryptic Rock - Your Entertainment Odyssey For All Things Music & Movie.
We're on a mission to build the biggest and most comprehensive music database and marketplace. Imagine a site with discographies of all labels, all artists, all cross-referenced, and an international marketplace built off of that database. It's for the love of music, and we're getting closer every day.
Drowned in Sound, sometimes abbreviated to DiS, is a UK-based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway. Founded by editor Sean Adams, the site features reviews, news, interviews, and discussion forums.
Critical, intelligent reviews of new music and weekly college radio charts.
Graham Reid is an award-winning New Zealand journalist, music and travel writer; a respected cultural critic, author and lecturer in music at the University of Auckland. He has judged numerous music awards, was the content advisor behind the very successful Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa exhibition which ran for seven months at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and currently writes for the on-line site AudioCulture; The Noisy Library of New Zealand Music as well as his own highly regarded music.travel.arts website, Elsewhere.
Entertainment Weekly has all the latest news about TV shows, movies, and music, as well as exclusive behind the scenes content from the entertainment.
Forced Exposure was an independent music magazine founded by Jimmy Johnson and Katie The Kleening Lady (Goldman) (zine). It was published sporadically out of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1993, edited by Jimmy Johnson and Byron Coley.
The student news site of Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
These album reviews are presented on WVIA-FM (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre PA, 89.9) Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM. They are scripts to Public Radio productions which contain excerpts from the albums illustrating the points made in the review. I have been writing and producing these reviews since 1973, and in June 2010 marked the 1600th such review. The reviews cover albums in the style encompassed in my program Mixed Bag, covering creative eclectic music generally ignored by the commercial media.
Head Heritage is a music website and record label founded and run by former Teardrop Explodes frontman Julian Cope. In 2015, The Quietus described the website as "hugely influential".
HipHopDX is an online magazine of hip hop music criticism and news. The website's current president and publisher is Sharath Cherian and the editor-in-chief is Trent Clark. HipHopDX is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. HipHopDX was nominated for "Best Hip Hop Online Site" at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards.
Music is timeless. Your #1 source for the latest new music and news! Daily music reviews & a throwback review every Thursday.
The Independent is a British newspaper that was established in 1986 as a politically independent national morning paper published in London. Nicknamed the Indy, it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003.
Blog run by Your Bro 90 aka David Carroll. Father. Fiance. Music Appreciator, Lover & Fanatic. DJ. Radio Host. Promoter. NZ Soul All Dayer Crew. Trusted Friends Crew. It's All Good Crew. Musician. Public Speaker. Writer. 'Zine Editor. Consultant. Collector. Crate Digger. Dancer. Footballer. Gardener. Armchair Critic. Tea Drinker. Anon.
Founded in 2011, Jazz History Online is committed to covering the finest in jazz history past and present. All of the writers are also working jazz musicians, and use their experience to discuss jazz in a manner that is accessible to both musicians and laymen. We welcome suggestions comments and donations from our readers
Published since 1970, JazzTimes—“America’s Jazz Magazine”—provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. Often controversial, always entertaining, JazzTimes is a favorite of musicians and fans alike.
Find out what staff and customers are listening to at Seattle’s Jive Time Records. Check back regularly as we’ll be updating daily with reviews of our favorite albums, guides to exploring new genres of music, album cover galleries, special offers and more. If you’d like to contribute an album review, contact us for details. Enjoy!
Classic Rock, Prog Rock and Many Others, Rated in Hexadecimal, 1999 - Whenever I Get A Life. "This is a guy that can inspire dangerous reactions in people."
One-stop online destination for Latin Jazz aficionados around the world.
Blog run by Ian D. Hall: "My love of music and theatre has led me to see great bands and plays, not just in Liverpool but the wider artistic community. My dearest music loves are Punk, Progressive Rock, Metal, Rock, folk and pop."
Arts and culture magazine founded in 1995, featuring primarily articles on popular culture and boardsports.
Est. 2005, Loud And Quiet is an independent, monthly music magazine based in London, England. We also make videos and a fortnightly interview podcast called Midnight Chats, host live events and work with some of our favourite festivals. You can pick up a copy of our current issue from any of our nationwide stockists in the UK, and in New York City. It’s free, although they go quick so you can also order a single copy or become a subscriber.
Louder is the home of Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog and Blues magazines, and with a combined reach of over four million followers on social media, we're the most influential rock-specific website in the world. Alt.rock, indie, alternative, hard rock, heavy metal, prog, punk, blues, rock'n'roll and everything in-between are covered on Louder - making it the place to visit for the best coverage of the music you love and care about. Louder brings you the latest news in rock'n'roll. We'll bring you original quotes and exclusive access. And we'll tell the stories and share the opinions that matter. Our writers have decades of experience between them, and operate under Future's 20-year-old policy of a cast-iron guarantee of editorial independence.
Louder Than War is a music, culture and media publication headed by The Membranes & Goldblade frontman John Robb. Online since 2010, it is one of the fastest-growing and most respected music-related publications on the net. We are always looking for the new noise, the next buzz. We have no borders, no boundaries – all the musical skree of the 21st century is ours to celebrate. We still believe in the power of music and we still believe in the counter culture. We are punk! We actively seek out new music - if you want to be on our radar then contact us.
The Lunar Mission is to educate, promote, discuss, inform and unite electronic dance music and the associated culture in the greater Atlanta area and beyond.
Founded 1996 and retired 2011, this interactive site features music critique by Mark Prindle and music fans the worldround.
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or just MA) is a website which lists bands of predominantly heavy metal music. Encyclopaedia Metallum was described by Matt Sullivan of Nashville Scene as "the Internet's central database for all that is 'tr00' in the metal world." Terrorizer described the site as "a fully-exhaustive list of pretty much every metal band ever, with full discographies, an active forum and an interlinking members list that shows the ever-incestuous beauty of the metal scene".
An obsessive-compulsive music collector who spent 12 years on the front lines managing a record store. These are the Record Store Tales…
Founded 2011. Visit our site to see all the latest news on record pressings, preorders and the latest deals in the world of vinyl.
Mushy The Beatle' is a classic albums blog run by Paul Mullen of Southport, Merseyside: "I am a dreamer. I prefer to look forward than look over my shoulder. I believe in fate. I believe that humour is the answer to the world's problems. I think that music is the saviour of free spirits such as me."
Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.
The Music Box was a daily magazine dedicated to exploring the world of music, first published in June 1994, and first on the web in June 1997. Last new article in 2011.
Rollo's blog about music and stuff: "Yes, that is my real name, and no, it is not any kind of reference to dance bands out of the 90s, although they used to be quite good too. This is a blog about music, and my taste in it. I’ll try to keep it up to date as much as I can, but I lead quite a busy life so you’ll have to forgive me if I get tied up in other stuff from time to time."
musicOMH is a diverse and completely independent reviews and features publication, covering music, films and theatre. The site is based in London, UK and features the contributions of writers from there, elsewhere in the UK, France, the USA and Canada. It was founded by Michael Hubbard in 1999 and it editorially occupies a space somewhere between broadsheet culture supplements and specialist music weeklies.
MusicRadar is the number 1 website for music makers of all kinds, be they guitarists, drummers, keyboard players, djs or producers.
2008-2019 blog, celebrating country music from a fan's point of view: "I hope we have reminded you of, and introduced you to, some great music, through our selection of Spotlight Artists, new music reviews and classic rewind video clips over the past ten and a half years. We have produced over 7000 posts, and most of you read the blog scrolling down the main page. We will miss writing for you all, and hope you don’t miss us too much."
New Musical Express is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. These days, NME.COM brings you the latest music news and reviews, along with music videos and galleries, plus band features, blogs on your favourite artists, concert tickets, competitions and more.
THE JOURNAL: No Depression is a quarterly, ad-free, long-form journal on roots music published by the 501(c)(3) FreshGrass Foundation. Each issue features original in-depth articles and artist profiles, original illustrations, and stunning photography. The original music magazine began in 1995 and ran through 2008. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, No Depression returned to the page in 2015. THE WEBSITE: Since 2009, nodepression.com has been a lively stomping ground for dedicated fans of roots music. What started as a community forum has since morphed into a specialized media outlet showcasing the best in roots music and music journalism.
Since 1999, No Ripcord is an independent online magazine specialising in the fields of music, film, and television. We hope you will continue to enjoy reading our articles and listening to our playlists as we aim to further establish ourselves as one of the world's leading independent music and film sites.
Founded 1971, NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26.8 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 966 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming.
Run by Georgiy Sergeevich "George" Starostin (born 4 July 1976), a Russian linguist. He is the son of the late historical linguist Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (1953–2005), and his work largely continues his father's. He is also known as a self-published music reviewer, author of the Only Solitaire Blog.
An online music magazine based in Ireland and the UK. Overblown is all about subterranean music. We aim to champion bands and record labels that we are passionate about and are overlooked and undervalued by the mainstream media machine, while still paying homage to the iconic bands and labels who laid and developed the groundwork for today’s emerging talent. Whether it is post punk, shoegaze, alternative hip hop, sludge metal, noise rock, or anything in between, we want to bring these alternative music genres to the fore. The website was founded in June 2014 and since then we have established relationships with many influential alternative record labels (Exploding in Sound, Hardly Art, Fortuna POP!), developed an engaged and enthusiastic readership, and had our articles cited by the likes of NPR, Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, and Brooklyn Vegan. With writers based in the UK, Ireland, and North America, Overblown’s influence is growing, and becoming a vital source for people searching out exciting new alternative music.
Pennyblackmusic is an online music magazine based in Edinburgh - we write about indie and rock, americana and country.
Get the latest news about celebrities, royals, music, TV, and real people. Find exclusive content, including photos and videos, on PEOPLE.com.
Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by Condé Nast. Being developed during Schreiber's tenure in a record store at the time, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but has since expanded to a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music. The site generally concentrates on new music, but Pitchfork journalists have also reviewed reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classic or otherwise important albums every Sunday. The site has also published "best-of" lists – such as the best albums of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and the best songs of the 1960s – as well as annual features detailing the best albums and tracks of each year since 1999 (and a retrospective Best Albums of 1998 list in 2018).
PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.
As an independent bookstore, we strive to offer the same variety and richness of experience as the books on our shelves. And because the only people we’re beholden to are our customers and ourselves, we can focus on what really matters — promoting diverse perspectives, upholding the free exchange of ideas, championing the enduring power of books, and bolstering the great community of readers and authors we’re lucky to be a part of.
Music as it happens. Check out Prefix throughout the day/night for the latest happenings in music.
The Prog Archives Web site Project came out from a common dream of a small group of fanatic progressive rock music collectors who decided to develop a WEB SITE for the online progressive rock music community, with the goal of providing extensive Progressive Rock Music information, as well as interaction features for the prog surfers. We welcome future collaborators. Have fun and enjoy the website.
Punknews.org is an inclusive community-based website for the delivery and discussion of music news surrounding punk, ska, hardcore, emo, metal and indie music. It was founded in 1998 by Aubin Paul and has over 80,000 followers on Facebook.
Quite simply, the world's largest archive of hip-hop reviews. Founded in 1999.
est. 2000, Rate Your Music is an online collaborative metadata database of musical and non-musical releases and films which can be catalogued, rated and reviewed by users.
Real World Records was founded in 1989 by WOMAD and Peter Gabriel to provide talented artists from around the world with access to state-of-the-art recording facilities and audiences beyond their geographic region.
Record Collector is the world's leading authority on rare and collectable records. Launched in 1979, it is now the UK's longest-running music magazine.
Established in 2001, Resident Advisor (RA) is an online music magazine and community platform that's dedicated to showcasing electronic music, artists and events across the globe. RA combines high-quality writing and film features with listings, directories and industry tools, creating an ecosystem of content and services for over four million† readers a month. With an audience spanning music fans, club goers, DJs, producers, venue owners, promoters and record labels, RA plays an indispensable role in supporting the electronic music industry worldwide.
I'm Richie Unterberger, author of books on music history and travel, and reviewer of too many albums to count for various books, publications, and databases. Whether you've found my address in my latest books, arrived here via a link from another site, or just typed in my name for the heck of it hoping to find me on the Internet, I'm glad you're checking it out.
Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist. One of the earliest professional rock critics, he spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for The Village Voice, during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop poll. He has also covered popular music for Esquire, Creem, Newsday, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR, Blender, and MSN Music, and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University. His famous 'Consumer Guide' continues beyond its 50th anniversary in his subscriber-supported newsletter, 'And It Don't Stop' -
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Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the magazine's publisher, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its musical coverage of rock music and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics.
Salon has driven the national conversation since 1995 through its fearless journalism and, more recently, original video, distributed across Salon.com, social media, mobile devices, and wearable apps. Salon’s award-winning content reaches an audience of approximately 10 million monthly unique visitors. Salon covers breaking news, politics, entertainment, culture, and technology through investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, and provocative personal essays. Our articles and original videos bring a variety of voices to the discussion and make the conversation smarter.
Online 'zine since 2001 - we feature over 18,000 CD & DVD reviews, band interviews, concert reviews, blogs, & articles of all things prog & metal! It's all about the music & the artists -Sea of Tranquility is a labor of love, as we strive to give our readers insight as to some of the best new & classic music, always promoting the bands and the music they create.
Co-founded by Ed Gonzalez and Sal Cinquemani in 2001, Slant Magazine has become known for its edgy, irreverent, and often funny pop cultural criticism. Using a grassroots approach, the site has carved a unique niche for itself in both the online film and music circles.
An independent journal of literature, film, music and ideas. Established 1995. Online since 2001.
Soundblab is no longer posting new content. Across 10 years from 2009 until 2019 our writers posted close to 10,000 reviews. All of this content is still accessible on the site which will remain live as an archive. However, there will still be some gig reviews, and all members can continue to post their lists.
Spectrum Culture arose from the need for a website that reviews music and films. Well, not really. There are millions out there. But, I am fairly certain we are the first to include a food section with music and film coverage. Why food? It seems these days that all film and music snobs are also food connoisseurs in their own right. Rather than be news-driven like many of the major webzines, Spectrum Culture will devote itself to features and reviews. Our readers will expect great writing that is both intellectual and irreverent. Instead of hell-bent, indie-only coverage, our writers are allowed to explore whatever interests them. If someone wants to explore the newest High School Musical film, fine! As long as the review is thoughtful and intelligent, we feel our readers will appreciate it. Call us an indie site with big aspirations. I hope your love of music, film and food led you to our site. Enjoy!
Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine, owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group division of Valence Media
Sputnikmusic is a music community website offering music criticism and music news alongside features commonly associated with wiki-style websites. The format of the website is unusual in that it includes both professional and amateur content, distinguishing it from professionally written music websites such as Pitchfork Media and Tiny Mix Tapes, as well as collecting and presenting a wiki-style metadata database in a manner comparable to Rate Your Music and Discogs.
Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, song premieres, and irreverent commentary. The site was created in January 2002 by Scott Lapatine. Stereogum was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several awards and citations, including the Plug Award for best music blog, Blender's Powergeek 25, and Entertainment Weekly's Best Music Websites.
Musings on the byways of popular culture, covering films, games and music via blog and podcast.
Everything that interests us as a diverse group of individuals will get attention here, be it Rock and Roll, Irish music, a jazz or classical recording, tarot decks, Folkmanis puppets, manor house mysteries and science fiction novels, fiction inspired by folklore, sf films, egg nog recipes, yummmy street food, chocolate, whisky and cookbooks… well, you get the idea.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, the Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The Guardian and its Sunday sibling The Observer publish all their news online, with free access both to current news and an archive of three million stories. A third of the site's hits are for items over a month old. As of May 2013, it was the most popular UK newspaper website with 8.2 million unique visitors per month, just ahead of Mail Online with 7.6 million unique monthly visitors.
A one-man work-in-progress website, aiming for ~10,000 album reviews, ~200,000 track ratings and a whole lotta charts, all from my own collection.
Est. 2007, the Line of Best Fit is an independent online magazine based in London, concentrating on new music. It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media.
The Quietus is a British online music and pop culture magazine founded by John Doran and Luke Turner. The site is an editorially independent publication led by Doran with a group of freelance journalists and critics. The Quietus primarily features writings on music and film, as well as interviews with a wide range of notable artists and musicians. The magazine also occasionally includes pieces on literature, graphic novels, architecture, and TV series. The website is edited by John Doran, who claims that it caters for "the intelligent music fan between the age of 21 and, well, 73". Its staff list includes former writers for publications such as Melody Maker, Select, NME and Q, including journalist David Stubbs, BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq, Professor Simon Frith and Simon Price among others.
Rising Storm is a vintage music feed with original album reviews, sample mp3s, and video links. We mostly cover the mid-60s thru the early-80s in the genres of classic rock, country rock, psychedelic and garage.
Your daily indie record store fix: vinyl, news, reviews, free stuff. Brick and mortar—in pixels, on the go. Keep up with the editorial content TVD offers, and find out where that hard-to-find record store is… wherever you are.
Est. 2001, Tiny Mix Tapes is an online music and film webzine that focuses primarily on new music and related news. In addition to its reviews, it is noted for its subversive, political, and sometimes surreal news, as well as its mixtape generator.
Though our staff and readership have grown significantly since 2003, the concept behind Treble remains unchanged: to provide thoughtful discourse on music, representing music as both personal and universal experience. Every week, we include new features and columns on music, ranging from mixtape ideas, interviews with artists, personal experiences in regards to music, and various other topics, with new ones emerging all the time. We try to cover music from many angles, and because of that, we’re constantly adding new columns and features into our regular rotation.
Exploring the past, present and future of rock's biggest legends, with music news, interviews, pictures, songs and lists from classic rock artists.
Est. 2007, Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections. "The spiritual home of great rock music. Classic interviews, in-depth new album reviews, essential news stories, live reviews, films, DVDs and much more."
VultureHound is an entertainment magazine and website focused on showcasing the best of music, film, television and wrestling. You can order a copy of the magazine in print from vulturehound.bigcartel.com. Our wrestling section has it’s own spin-off magazine called STEELCHAIR. You can order a copy of the magazine in print from steelchairmag.bigcartel.com. Like writing on pages? VultureHound is always looking out for great up-and-coming writers, so why not contribute?
This site includes lengthy, humorless reviews of about 5,000 records, with separate pages on several hundred artists. They are mostly the fault of John Alroy (JA) and David Bertrand Wilson (DBW). Jed Leigh Mosenfelder also contributed pages on the Meat Puppets and Sonic Youth. CLIFFE helped with the graphics. Our newest record review pages cover everything from Hollies to the Clash to Janelle Monáe to Gary Numan. If anyone can see a coherent theme in that little list, we'd love to hear about it.
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