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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: DeathFromAbove1979 on September 07, 2007, 06:14:00 pm
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A lot of people here seem to have sort of the same-ish taste in music. Where did you find out about these bands? I get Spin, Rolling Stone, and Blender every month and the random top friends on bands searches from their myspaces. Where do you find your music?
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Mostly from discussions on here. That's enough to keep me plenty busy.
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ditto.
i'm also on a few e-mail lists for niche electronic genres. but for rock, indie, acoustic, djs, electronica closer to the mainstream, etc... this board is all i need (and could possibly ever attempt to keep up with)
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http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/ (http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/)
If you think the people on this board are hipster-music-dorks, you should not visit the above site.
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Blender, URB, myspace browsing, itunes new release previews..
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friends, myspace friends requests which usually are pretty good bands, lots and lots of email lists - filter, ohmyrockness, and a bunch of nyc lists, and the Popscene (http://www.popscene-sf.com) website for SF usually has a bunch of new bands im interested in, and FFWD (http://www.ffwdnyc.com), a dj night in nyc, usually is playing brand new bands - and my friend posts most the songs for d/l on his site of what he's playing.
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i go with insound.com a lot
also, heres a funny thing i do:
go to amazon.com , look for "new and future releases" and then i just browse through them. i usually sort them alphabetically and go through them week by week and when i see an album that i dont recognize, i click on it.
after a while i can spot the albums i would like by their album work, band name, label, etc.
i.e. - if a band is called "Beneath the Dead Corpse" i know its not my cup of tea (at least odds are its not!)
this process takes forever really and i need a spreadsheet to keep up with it, but i have found literally hundreds of new bands this way (this was how i first learned of the white stripes back in 2000).
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In addition to reading Rolling Stone, Blender, and Spin. I listen to Left of Center on Sirius. They constantly play new artists.
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I find most of my music online, while reading blogs and through updates on Hype Machine. I'll occasionally find new artists through Under the Radar, Filter and whatever blurbs are included in non-music oriented magazines such as Nylon and Bust. Also, I enjoy previewing random albums in music stores and often end up loving things I've bought on a whim.
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Anyone else think the best music mag bar none is Magnet?
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Mostly recommendations from friends...
... plus DJ night setlists :)
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Originally posted by bearman:
Anyone else think the best music mag bar none is Magnet?
I've never read!
Where do you get your magazines from?
Recommendations on the 9:30 forum.
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Paste Magazine is also a pretty good source. Plus you get a sample cd with each issue.
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Originally posted by bearman:
Anyone else think the best music mag bar none is Magnet?
The best music mag is The Wire.
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Ever read
hipinion? (http://www.hipinion.com)
That's the worst of the worst. I've been there a couple times and couldn't stomach the pretentiousness (is that a word?).
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/ (http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/)
If you think the people on this board are hipster-music-dorks, you should not visit the above site.
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I just use the "the you might also like" suggestions on amazon. A lot of them are pretty accurate. Last.fm has good suggestions as well.
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I acutally bought a CD from Amazon over the weekend. A used import from an aussie band called Big Heavy Stuff. Bad name, yes, but in the mid 90's they released a great album called Maximum Sincere. I somehow acquired a cassette of it years ago but don't even have a tape deck anymore. Can't wait to get it in the mail.
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I read The Big Takeover,Stone,Blender,Mojo,Melody Maker,etc. and I also check web sites and I still know a SHITLOAD of people in the radio biz across the country that clue me in and some give me promos to listen to....
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wow
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i like a lot of the stuff that is featured on the Other Music (music store here in ny) email blasts.
other than that, there's so much new music popping out of everywhere that i've kinda tuned it all out and just wait for either my brother or my friend marc to say the magic words: "man, have you heard ____?!".. and then i'll check it out.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/ (http://www.soundopinions.com/forum/)
If you think the people on this board are hipster-music-dorks, you should not visit the above site.
They have a 55-page, 1,000-post thread devoted just to Jay Reatard's Blood Visions. That's pretty awesome. Can't imagine what they'd do with a Radiohead disc or a reunion MBV.
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Dusted Mag often has good reviews/recommendations of stuff I'd never heard and I more often than not end up happy with the recs I do check out.