It’s a well known fact that music bloggers read music blogs. It’s a large chunk of the traffic on the busy blog highways. We’re a chatty, well-networked bunch you see. So last year we decided to canvass the opinions of those music bloggers by asking them to nominate their favourite blogs in a peers-only vote to see who they thought was the Best Music Blog of the year.
They responded in their hundreds. This year we’re doing it again.
There are millions of blogs out there, as varied as the waves on the ocean and just as far reaching. It’s often hard to know exactly which one to catch, so we hope this vote will act as a guiding light, then you too can discover those blogs that are truly outstanding, worthy of praise and a repeated visit.
We now declare the books OPEN!
It’s very easy – simply leave a comment on this post listing your favourite three music blogs of 2011. There are some rules that apply (read below!), so make sure you check them, then double check them, before you vote! Any votes that don’t follow the rules will not be counted (last year we had 68 incorrect votes that couldn’t be counted, so please don’t make that same mistake). If you edit, write or contribute to a music blog then what are you waiting for! Get voting!
Closing date is November 30th. We will aggregate the votes as they appear. The winners will be announced early in December. Please follow us on Twitter for updates and announcements. The winner will receive an award that they can place on their music blog and virtually polish with pride.
The results from the 2010 vote can be seen here. If you have any questions, or issues, then please let us know. Remember, this should be a fun, encouraging and positive exercise for all. A poll for the best in music blogging, by music bloggers, for music bloggers. It doesn’t get more back-scratchingly awesome than this, so VOTE VOTE VOTE…
Thanks
Mike
Editor, The Recommender
Picking only three is crazy but here are three I like a lot:
1.) http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
2.) http://tympanogram.com/
3.) http://thedecibeltolls.com/
-We Listen For You
1. Unholy Rhythms
2. Crack In The Road
3. Yvynyl
I run This Music Wins (thismusicwins.com).
Great to see you’re doing this again Mike!
I’ll start things off then…
This year I’ve found myself spending far, far too much time on:
Lost lost lost http://www.lostlostlost.com/
MBBTYB http://mybandsbetterthanyourband.wordpress.com/
Song, by Toad http://songbytoad.com/
Tim | The Blue Walrus
http://www.thebluewalrus.com
Song. by Toad – songbytoad.com
Peenko – peenko.blogspot.com
Time For Twee – timefortwee.blogspot.com/
I write Aye Tunes – ayetunes.org.uk
No fear of pop.net
No modest bear.com
Gorilla vs bear.net
NOT COUNTED! We need to know which blog you edit/write for?
Thanks
Mike
Surrounding Sounds http://www.surroundingsounds.com
Stoney Roads http://www.stoneyroads.com
Electronic Rumors http://electronicrumors.com
C2 of theambitiousc.com
This is the Andy half of tympanogram.com:
I Guess I’m Floating // iguessimfloating.net
Rollo + Grady // rollogrady.com
We Listen For You // welistenforyou.com
But for real, I could vote for a lot more here. This was hard.
This is Lydia from Sunset in the Rearview. My votes go to:
1. Pigeons and Planes
2. New Music Collaborative
3. Hypetrak
Thanks, Mike!
1. One Thirty BPM
2. We Listen For You
3. TwentyFourBit
Will from We All Want Someone To Shout For
This is Hendrik and I edit a blog called One Week // One Band. Not sure that makes me eligible to vote? If it does, I’ll echo the sentiment that three is an impossible number to narrow down to but here goes…
1. Rawkblog
2. We Listen For You
3. TwentyFourBit
Cheers!
- Song, by Toad
- HearYa
- Das Klienicum
This is Sandy from Slowcoustic.
1) Pitchfork Reviews Reviews
2) Holy Warbles
3) The Needle Drop
Juan
Volantes de Privados
Hi!
1. http://www.listenbeforeyoubuy.net/
2. http://www.lagasta.com/
3. http://pigeonsandplanes.com/
Enervantes From Felipe y con tenis and TCLY
http://felipeycontenis.wordpress.com/
and http://thecitylovesyou.com/
Sunset in the Rearview
Pretty Much Amazing
Mostly Junk Food
Love a lot of the blogs mentioned up here though. It hurts to pick only three.
<3, Confusion, from Pigeons & Planes
Damn choosing 3 is hard.. so I’ll choose 3 I make no contributions to in no particular order.
1. Tympanogram http://tympanogram.com/
2. We Listen For You http://welistenforyou.com/
3. Pigeons and Planes http://pigeonsandplanes.com/
-Tiana
Ride the Tempo
http://ridethetempo.com
1. Yvynyl
2. We Listen For You
3. The 405
Rob (One Thirty BPM)
My favorites:
Slowcoustic
Natural Beardy
HearYa
1. musigh.com
2. remix86.com
3. nomodestbear.com
This is Yaz from Upside Sounds
1. Listen B4 You Buy
2. New Music Collaborative
NOT COUNTED. Please read the rules. We MUST have 3 blogs nominated. Please re-try.
Thanks
Mike
Rollo & Grady
Everybody Taste
HearYa
Chris from Harmon Drive
1. Latest Disgrace : latestdisgrace.com
2. Music Savage : musicsavage.com
3. The Ruckus : whatstheruckus.com
Christina | Promising Chord
promisingchord.com
Greetings! This is Frank from Music For Perfect People.
1. Some Kind of Awesome
2. Listen Before You Buy
3. You Ain’t No Picasso
I probably should have noted that I post as Mangtooth on Music For Perfect People (http://www.musicforperfectpeople.com)
I’m down with:
Natural Beardy
http://www.naturalbeardy.com/
Common Folk Music
commonfolkmusic.blogspot.com/
Uprooted Music Revue
http://www.uprootedmusicrevue.com/
Their Bated Breath
No Fear of Pop
Everybody Taste
This is Arjun from Sunset in the Rearview.
1. Pretty Much Amazing
2. The Chuckness
3. Pigeons & Planes
Pigeons and Planes
Mostly Junk Food
illRoots
I write for Sunset in the Rearview as D Prep
1. Abeano
2. Hard Candy
3. Rollo & Grady
Troy, blahblahblahscience.com
RolloGrady.com
AquariumDrunkard.com
TwentyFourBit.com
- Matt, EverybodyTaste.com
Not enough dance in here!
1. Too Many Sebastians
2. Nite Versions
3. Sloth Boogie
Ubbs from Stoney Roads
Pigeons and Planes
Song, By Toad
Rollo & Grady
Pooch–on temporary hiatus–Le This Bonus Track
Realized i messed up the voting so I’ll do it again.
1. Sunset in the rearview
2. Pigeons and Planes
3. Music Ninja
- Raj from Mostlyjunkfood.com
I’ve approved this one over that last one then.
Thanks
Mike
We Listen For You
Disco Naivete
Yvynyl
I seriously love each and every one of you,
Erik from 130BPM
[1] Mostly Junkfood
[2] Pretty Much Amazing
[3] We Listen For You
I hate picking only three. You know full well that I have mad love for a bunch of you other blogs as well, these are the three I read every single day.
1. ListenBeforeYouBuy
2. WeListenForYou
3. BearsEatBeats
Sam from middleclasswhitenoise.com
http://neongoldrecords.blogspot.com/
http://kickkicksnare.com/
http://niteversions.com/
I run Music Fan’s Mic.
- Lost Lost Lost (http://www.lostlostlost.com)
- No Fear Of Pop (http://nofearofpop.net/)
- Hearing Gold (http://hearinggold.tumblr.com/)
Not sure how you can individually decide on ‘the best’, so I’m voting for ‘my favourites’.
It’s a bit like Manchester United or Manchester City are currently the best English football teams as they are at the top of the league but my favourite is Portsmouth.
So these are my Portsmouth’s. They may not be the most high flying or well known, but over the last year overall they have for one reason or another (different for each) given me the most entertainment. They are all UK blogs because to be honest I hardly ever look at US blogs as they seem less relevant to me, my tastes and also my sense of humour.
A New Band A Day http://www.anewbandaday.com/
Just Music That I Like http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/
The Von Pip Musical Express http://vonpipmusicalexpress.wordpress.com/
Over and out
Robin @ Breaking More Waves http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/
Thanks for doing this again Mike.
In no particular order;
Breaking More Waves
The Blue Walrus
My Bands Better Than Your Band
Matt from soundsgoodtometoo.com
Thanks for doing this. Here are my top 3:
1. Aquarium Drunkard
2. Rollo & Grady
3. Abeano
Clif from The Dadada
- YVYNYL
- Gorilla vs. Bear
- Disco Naïveté
Love,
John / OctopusWindmill.com
My blogging has slowed to almost non-existent levels this year, and so unfortunately has my reading of other blogs. But here are three that I still check regularly:
Song, By Toad
Breaking More Waves
Sweeping the Nation
Tim
The Daily Growl http://thedailygrowl.co.uk
Nice idea!
1. Peenko
2. Fuel Friends
3. Drunken Werewolf
Tom Johnson // GoldFlakePaint
The Blue Walrus
Cruel Rhythm
Faded Glamour
Jon // Music Liberation Editor
http://www.musicliberation.blogspot.com
My nominations:
Old Age Hipster
No Fear of Pop
Tuna The Day
JP from Slutty Fringe (www.sluttyfringe.com) here…
could easily provide a top50 but without wanting to offend anyone (i have to be a suck up seeing as i deal with so many of you as a PR too) i’d say…
1. Stoney Roads – http://stoneyroads.com/
2. Slothboogie – http://www.slothboogie.com/
3. Harder Blogger Faster (4.0!) – http://www.harderbloggerfaster.com/
1. Pigeons and Planes
2. Umstrum
3. Disco Naïveté
- Frank from Lost In The Sound
1. Deep Blues: http://realdeepblues.blogspot.com/
2. Rubber City Review: rubbercityreview.com
3. Aquarium Drunkard: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
I run Now This Sound Is Brave.
Get Bent
Styrofoam Drone
Rose Quartz Blog
Brianna from Nu Rave Brain Wave
I run a Facebook page, called “Thy Daily Noise”, dedicated to good new music daily. Not sure if that qualifies me, but here are my votes:
1. Listen Before You Buy – http://www.listenbeforeyoubuy.net/
2. Rock Cousteau – http://rockcousteau.com/
3. New Dust – http://www.newdust.com/
Murf
HearYa
I Am Fuel, You Are Friends
We All Want Someone To Shout For
Adam from songsfortheday.wordpress.com
Bah this is hard, but these guys all went above and beyond this year:
- Electronic Rumors : http://electronicrumors.com
- Tympanogram : http://tympanogram.com
- Gorilla vs Bear : http://gorillavsbear.net
Mikayla from LOOSE L!PS
1) Abeano
2) No Modest Bear
3) Dipped In Dollars
Sim from Hotcakes (hotcakes.fm)
Lol @ Rebecca Black.
Same as last year.
1. Stoney Roads
2. SSSSOUND!
3. Nashville Nights
Pikachu from Too Many Sebastians…
Side note – Not wanting to ‘rock the boat’ but, fuck it. It’s dissapointing to see a couple of blogs that consistantly pirate music getting votes in this list. Namely the one that shoehorned half of the M83 album into their posts, weeks before it’s release.
Have to agree with that sentiment
Hey this is Todd from Oh So Fresh! Music
This is really hard to narrow it to 3 but….
Pigeons & Planes
Mostly Junkfood
Listen Before You Buy
no fear of pop
gorilla vs bear
schmooze blog
My votes go to:
Chromewaves (www.chromewaves.net)
Neon Gold (http://neongoldrecords.blogspot.com/)
Rollo & Grady (http://www.rollogrady.com/)
I run the blog Indie Music Filter (www.indiemusicfilter.com)
1- Gotta Dance Dirty
2- Chemical Jump
3- Vacay Wave
(i am from http://www.electronicaoasis.com)
BeatMyDay – http://www.beatmyday.com
The Kollection http://thekollection.com/
Vacay Wave- http://www.vacayvitamins.com/
Peace,
Ambro from http://www.electronicaoasis.com/
http://www.nialler9.com/
http://redthreat.wordpress.com/
http://besttuna.blogspot.com/
Barry – barrygruff.wordpress.com/
1) http://www.passionweiss.com
2) http://www.fleamarketfunk.com
3) http://www.steadybloggin.com
TinaCast Music- http://www.tinacastmusic.com
Stags Flow- http://www.stagsflow.com
Absolute Punk- http://www.absolutepunk.net
Hi, I’m Shikey from Electronica Oasis.
http://www.electronicaoasis.com
1) Too many sebastians
2) HarderBloggerFaster
3) Remix86
1 – Breaking More Waves
2 – Whats The Ruckus
3 – Too Many Sebastians
Running Out Of Batteries
http://runningoutofbatteries.tumblr.com/
(1) Rock It Out Blog
(2) Some Kind of Awesome
(3) Consequence of Sound
-Jason (Pax Americana & Antiquiet)
Hard to choose three, but these are consistently my favorites:
http://www.gorillavsbear.net
http://www.somekindofawesome.com
http://www.onethirtybpm.com
I hope one day my http://www.oldwaver.com will grow up to be a big boy blog.
I realize this won’t count, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give an honorable mention shout out to http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com
Hey, this is Alex, reviews editor for Listenbeforeyoubuy.
1) Tympanogram
2) We Listen For You
3) The Needle Drop
1) http://harmlessnoise.entertainment.ie/
2) http://raritiesandb-sides.blogspot.com/
3) http://nessymon.com/
I write 2 U I Bestow http://www.2uibestow.blogspot.com/
http://www.nialler9.com
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/
http://disconaivete.com/
1) http://musiccrushgirl.tumblr.com/
2) http://gimmetinnitus.com/
3) http://www.qromag.com/
-Lisa (from Magnetic Island)
magneticisland.bandcamp.com
1) Disco Naivete
2) The Blue Walrus
3) Dipped In Dollars
I run New Things to Like
So many to choose from, but OK…
Gorilla vs Bear: http://gorillavsbear.net
Aquarium Drunkard: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
Music Crush Girl http://musiccrushgirl.tumblr.com/
Eric from EC Groove Productions: http://www.ecgroom.com/
Leftasrain.com
*NOT COUNTED*
You must nominate three blogs and leave the name or link of the blog you contribute to.
Many thanks
Mike
1) I Guess I’m Floating
2) Indie Music Filter
3) Aquarium Drunkard
This is Nada from Friends With Both Arms!
http://leftasrain.com/
http://thismusicdoesntsuck.tumblr.com/
http://www.iguessimfloating.net/
http://freebreaksblog.posterous.com/
http://schitzpopinov.com/
http://ghettofunk.co.uk/
This is Manalogue from http://manalogue.com/
http://thismusicdoesntsuck.tumblr.com/
http://dingusonmusic.com
http://mxsxk.fm/
So it’s not just UK blogs then ?
Now worries
1.Breaking More Waves
2. Drunken Werewolf
3. Song, By Toad.
And …I am Andy of the Von Pip Musical Express
This was very very nearly my list as well. There are a good 5-10 music blogs I read regularly to be honest. My top three (above) was a very close call.
Everybody Taste http://www.everybodytaste.com/
Aquarium Drunkard http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
The Mad Mackerel http://madmackerel.wordpress.com/
Carter from Rollo & Grady
1. Abeano
2. Real Horroshow Tunes
3. Basement Fever
Have fun counting all these Mike,
Phil.
PS – May I just add that 1 For The People has been horrendously under-voted so far. Not that I voted for them, although it was close, but it would be lovely to see a more discriminate distribution of the love.
haha <3
• Yvynyl
• Rose Quartz
• I Guess Im Floating
Wayne // One For The People (http://www.1forthepeople.com)
Mr HBF’s Top three.
http://toomanysebastians.net/
http://www.looselipsmusic.com/
http://electronicrumors.com/
In no particular order.
My Votes (hard to pick 3, these are in no particular order):
http://www.consequenceofsound.net/
http://www.theneedledrop.com/
http://www.explodinginsound.com/
My Site:
http://www.buytheserecords.com
EULA’s 3 favorite (in no particular order of awesomeness)
MusicCrushGirl: http://musiccrushgirl.tumblr.com/
Gimme Tinnitus: http://gimmetinnitus.com/
Brooklyn Rocks: http://brooklynrocks.blogspot.com/
we love you Shanda, Bob, and Mike:)
-Alyse
EULA.bandcamp.com
Thanks for your vote Eula, but band blogs don’t quite count. Every band has a tumblr these days so it would end up straying away from idea of a peers-only vote. I hope you understand. For what it’s worth I listened to your music and enjoyed it!
x
Everybody Taste (http://www.everybodytaste.com/)
Folk Hive (http://folkhive.wordpress.com/)
Draw Us Lines (http://www.drawuslines.com/)
Felt harder to choose this year, been following so many other blogs too.
Jessica from New Music Collaborative http://newmusicco.blogspot.com
I enjoy
Left as Rain
Gorilla vs. Bear
StereoGum
*NOT COUNTED*
We need to know which blog you write for before counting your nominations??
Thanks
Mike
1. Abeano (http://www.abeano.com)
2. Truants (http://truantsblog.com)
3. Gorilla vs. Bear (http://www.gorillavsbear.net)
Veronica @ creamteam.tv
1. We Listen For You – http://www.welistenforyou.com/
2. Wholly Roller – http://whollyroller.com/
3. Ear Buddy – http://www.earbuddy.net/
Adam from http://www.alphabetbands.co.uk
simple, funny, good finds
You’ve totally lost me.
Two good names for blogs there
This is the Dave half of tympanogram.
In no particular order, the three I favor above the rest.
-The Yellow Stereo
-I Guess I’m Floating
-Knox Road
http://rockcousteau.com/
http://www.sad-bastard-music.com/
http://backstagerider.com/
I run Dan Gordon’s Song of the Day as a Facebook Page, not sure if that qualifies me to vote, but i do feature content daily and have over 2500 likes.
This is an impossible task.
Et Musique Pour Tous
Pigeons and Planes
No Modest Bear
Selomé bka Danger from Dipped in Dollars
1. The Wild Honey Pie; http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/
2. One Week One Band; http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/
3. Yours Truly; http://yourstru.ly/
Direct Current Music
Kings of A&R
Pretty Much Amazing
Editor, Digging For Days
diggingfordays.blogspot.com
dipped in dollars
gorilla vs bear
no modest bear
chris – dailybeatz
Very hard for a top three, but here’s three that inspired me to start blogging and are still rocking with best today.
> La.Ga.Sta. – http://www.lagasta.com/
> Binary Entertainment (blog) – http://wearebinary.com/blog/
> Nashville Nights – http://nashvillenightsblog.com/
I’d also like to shout out to all the blogs and their people we’ve met this year, nothing but love.
I’m Lance Wicks and I co-own and write for Remix86 (http://remix86.com).
cream team
nialller9
real horroshow tunes
This is Tom from Hey Man, Check My Band… And in no particular order:
- Sounds Good To Me Too
- My Band’s Better Than Your Band
- The Recommender
Thanks. That’s actually the first vote for The Recommender on this! I’ll just assume that by hosting this vote most of the people can’t quite see what’s immediately under their noses (ahem). lol
x
Tune the proletariat
anegativenarrative.com
miscmusic.net
Leigh from http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/
My three votes:
Breaking More Waves – http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/
Dots & Dashes – http://www.dotsanddashes.co.uk/
Flying With Anna – http://flyingwithanna.wordpress.com/
Almost changed the last choice as Anna’s been quiet recently but over the past 12 months I’ve discovered more music from those, than any other blogs (though another two or three are close behind).
I am Hugo, I run alternativodisruptivo.com
My picks are:
1. prettymuchamazing.com
2. indiespot.es
3. indierockcafe.com
Aquarium Drunkard http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
Consequence of Sound http://www.consequenceofsound.net/
Pretty Much Amazing http://prettymuchamazing.com/
Liv, Luv & Rock…..Cousteau! http://www.rockcousteau.com
1. left as rain (http://leftasrain.com/)
2. The Burning Ear (http://www.theburningear.com/)
3. Stereogum (http://stereogum.com/)
Tympanogram
Pigeons & Planes
New Music Collaborative
Derek of Last Stop, Wonderland
This is Matt from Stags Flow
Pigeons and Planes
Hypetrak
Electronica Oasis
why do you have to have a blog in order to vote?
scratch my back and i’ll scratch yours. you all bleed the same.
It’s about asking music bloggers who they believe is the finest blog in the world. We don’t want to open it up to the public or the industry. This is about music bloggers having a collective voice.
Thanks
Mike
1) Abeano
2) The 405
3) Cruel Rythmn
Camilla-The Art of Stuffing
We Listen For You
Large Hearted Boy
You Ain’t No Picasso
Nick
http://www.backseatsandbar.com
Pigeons and Planes
Mostly Junk Food
Hilly Dilly
Hey Tube http://www.heytube.de/
Shoegazr http://www.shoegazr.de/
Schallgrenzen http://www.schallgrenzen.de/
All German music blogs
Thank you!
NOT COUNTED – As per the rules, you cannot vote for your own site, so please re-vote with your site not nominated?
Thanks
Mike
1. Breaking More Waves- http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/
2. Anika in London- http://www.anikainlondon.com/
3. Faded Glamour- http://www.fadedglamour.co.uk/
SO tough!
Anna
http://flyingwithanna.wordpress.com/
Listen Before You Buy
We Listen For You
Bears Eat Beats
Every day I view multiple websites for all the newest music, but there was no way I would be able to keep it to 3 so here is the 5 that standout.
The Burning Ear: http://www.theburningear.com/
Indie Current: http://indiecurrent.com/
No Modest Bear: http://www.nomodestbear.com/blog/
Pigeons & Planes: http://pigeonsandplanes.com/
Earmilk: http://www.earmilk.com/
That’s actually against the rules – we have to aggregate the nominations, so you cannot have 5.
I’ll just take your first three nominations as your choices then.
Thanks
1) http://exystence.net
2) http://killingmoonlimited.com
3) http://www.weallwantsomeone.org
zontik from indiebirdie.ru
http://www.iguessimfloating.net/
http://www.xlr8r.com/
http://dippedindollars.com/
obviously
http://artdecade.blogspot.com/
http://www.saidthegramophone.com/
http://www.chromewaves.net/
I contribute to mp3hugger
The Burning Ear (http://www.theburningear.com)
Did. You Hear the New? (http://did.youhearthenew.com/)
Stereogum (http://stereogum.com/)
This is Napping Duck / Dave from FairlyCoherent.com
1. Breaking More Waves
2. Faded Glamour
3. The Recommender
Ta
Ach (editor), killingmoonlimited.com
Turntable Kitchen
I Guess I’m Floating
Pitchfork
NOT COUNTED. You haven’t listed the blog you write for. This is a peers-only vote by other music bloggers. Please re-vote and mention which blog you write for?
Thanks
Mike
32ft/second votes:
1. Said The Gramophone
2. Indie Music Filter
3. I Guess I’m Floating
TKOL Part 2
We All Want Someone To Shout For
You Ain’t No Picasso
James the main dude at Fake Plastic Tunes
Pitchfork
Gorilla vs. bear
Some kind of awesome
NOT COUNTED – Sorry Ty but you haven’t listed the blog that you write for. This is a peers-only vote. Please re-read the rules and try again.
Thanks
Mike
Hi, I’m Cassandra, I write reviews for The Audio Perv (www.theaudioperv.com)
My 3 music sites are:
1. http://www.somekindofawesome.com/
2. http://www.pastemagazine.com/
3. http://www.antiquiet.com/
This catagory is really awesome, I’ll definitely check out some of the blogs others have listed!
My Blog: http://www.aerodynamite.tv
best other three blogs:
1. Some kind of awesome
2. The Music Ninja
3. 22 Tracks
Some Kind of Awesome – http://www.somekindofawesome.com/
Bored 4 Music – http://www.bored4music.com/
Under The Gun Review – http://underthegunreview.net/category/news-tidbits/
oh, and i contribute to http://mostlyjunkfood.com/
Well, here it goes. This is tough… I read so many blogs.
http://thedecibeltolls.com
http://yvynyl.tumblr.com
http://welistenforyou.com
I’m Emily, my blog is whollyroller.com!
Kyle here from Those Who Dig. Gonna have to go with:
Aquarium Drunkard
Slowcoustic
Largehearted Boy
Cheers!
I don’t really dig the idea of “best blog.” We all put in effort, and I doubt many of us do this to be “top dog.” That said, giving props where it’s due is all said and fine:
1. Rawkblog
2. Mostly Junk Food
3. Said The Gramophone
-David (I write the SF Critic). Thanks Mike for putting this together again. It’s always cool to see the support out there.
Hi hi, my name is Kenny Bloggins and I manage a shit show known as The Decibel Tolls dot com. It is not a good website, but these three are:
1) Awesome Tapes from Africa
2) The Rising Storm
3) We Listen For You
Gorilla vs. Bear
24 Bit
NPR All Songs Considered Blog
I help run the site Sleepover Shows in Boston.
1) http://leftasrain.com/
2) http://wearehunted.com
3) http://www.headunderwater.com/
Reselect.com
Record Fiend
Dr. Schluss’ Garage Of Psychedelic Obscurities
I’m Zot from Vinyl Exam
I’m Dave, of the Reselect.com music blog. Here are a few other music blogs I particularly enjoy:
Vinyl Exam (http://vinylexam.blogspot.com)
Captains Dead (http://captainsdead.com)
Fluxblog (http://fluxblog.org)
Thanks for running the poll — it’s great to be able to give fellow music writers a nod…
Fun idea. Great people. Great blogs.
1. Tympanogram
2. New Music Collaborative
3. Folk Hive
Jim @ Draw Us Lines
Brendan from Draw Us Lines here. Duh, 3 is way too few to nominate, but here are mine:
We Listen For You
The Needle Drop
Gimme Tinnitus
1. Some Kind of Awesome
2. Pretty Much Amazing
3. Indie Shuffle
I run a Pittsburgh-based blog called NakYouOut. http://www.nakyouout.com Please visit!
1. SoundRoots: http://www.soundroots.org/
Olympia-WA based world music blog
2. Alt.Latino: http://www.npr.org/blogs/altlatino/
Latin music blog published by NPR’s Alt.Latino hosts
3. Small Town Romance: http://en.smalltownromanceblog.com/
Musician Yair Yona’s eclectic blog about music past and present (Hebrew and English)
1. The Needle Drop
2.Schmooze Blog
3.Over The Edge Mixtape
I’m Terry from The Wise Men
I must be in the minority, as I don’t really read other music blogs. These are the ones I look at the most, and they’re great.
* When The Sun Hits
* Revolt Of The Apes
* The Music Slut
I’m the sole proprietress of DC-based music blog Fuzzy Logic.
Mário from Indiependente (indiegalia.blogspot.com)
My votes:
Bolachas.org
Indiecaciones.wordpress.com
welistenforyou.blogspot.com
Cheers.
Decibel Tolls http://thedecibeltolls.com/
We Listen For You http://welistenforyou.blogspot.com/
Dead Journalist http://www.deadjournalist.com/DJdc/
Joey – Backseat Sandbar
(http://backseatsandbar.com/)
Matthew from Song, by Toad here.
These are the blogs I have been agreeing with mostly this year:
http://basementfever.blogspot.com/
http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/
http://isinginthekitchen.com/
Song, by Toad
Peenko
Ayetunes
Stu @ The Tidal Wave of Indifference
(http://thetidalwaveofindifference.com)
Breaking More Waves (http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/)
Some Of It Was True (http://www.someofitwastrue.com/)
MBBTYB (http://mybandsbetterthanyourband.wordpress.com/)
Cheers Mike,
Charlie from Sevensevens (http://sevensevens.wordpress.com/)
- Song, By Toad
- The 405
- Last Years Girl
Phil from Elba Sessions
For your side of the pond:
17 Seconds
Song By Toad
Peenko
I’m Rocksteady74 on When You Motor Away
Song, by Toad – songbytoad.com
The Vinyl Villain-thevinylvillain.blogspot.com
It All Started With Carbon Monoxide-itallstarted.wordpress.com
From: Tricia
I write: I Sing In The Kitchen-isinginthekitchen.com
I kinda stopped reading lotsa blogs three or four years ago due to time constraints, and as there isn’t much to actually read. But these ones I most-like and that I do still read…
1. http://www.rawkblog.net/
2. http://disconaivete.com/
3. http://yvynyl.tumblr.com/
This is the vote from The Mad Mackerel (www.madmackerel.wordpress.com)
This year we’ve spent lots of time on
1) Raven Sings The Blues
2) Rollo & Grady
3) Folk Hive
Song By Toad
The Pop Cop
Aye Tunes
1) http://alternatuveworldspin.wordpress.com
2) http://xworldmusic.wordpress.com
3) http://foryourmusication.wordpress.com
1) should be http://alternativeworldspin.wordpress.com
sorry spelling was wrong
Left As Rain
New Dust
Pretty Much Amazing
-Will from All Things Go
1. Slowcoustic
2. I Guess I’m Floating
3. My Old Kentucky Blog
Pj of 1000xpm.com
YAWAM : http://www.yawam.info
A french independant webzine and radioshow about indie music.
We are a non-profit association.
I dont know if a non-english webzine/blog can win thus i can say easily that your blog is great !
Sorry but you cannot vote for your own blog. Please check the rules.
Thanks
Mike
1. You’ll Soon Know
2. No Modest Bear
3. 92 BPM
I’m Chief from Dipped in Dollars.
Abeano – http://abeano.com
OverMuziek – http://overmuziek.net
Gorilla vs Bear – http://gorillavsbear.net
- Jarri – http://disconaivete.com
01 http://www.disconaivete.com
02 http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/
03 http://danceyrselfclean.tumblr.com/
http://www.thedayjobs.com
http://www.largeheartedboy.com
http://www.southernshelter.com
So many good blogs but here’s three:
Flying With Anna
Killing Moon Limited
Music Liberation
- Saam, editor of fadedglamour.co.uk/@saamFG
consequenceofsound.net
stereogum
prettymuchamazing
THE RECOMMENDER gets to vote last. It’s been another massive year for this poll, so thanks to all those who’ve voted, chatted about it, and generally got involved in the fun.
The full results post will be up soon, so head back to hear the full details on the winners. We list our three votes below.
These are the blogs that The Recommender visits most regularly and gets loads from each time we do. There’s lots of blogs we love – hopefully you know who you are – but these three are outstanding and great for discovering new music…
1) My Band’s Better Than Your Band
2) Abeano
3) Pretty Much Amazing.
That’s it for this year folks. We will of course do it all again next November.
We have a record-breaking new winner at the top. Details up shortly.
**POLL NOW CLOSED** (as of midnight GMT on 30th November 2011)
Thanks once again.
Mike
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An amazing thing you’ve done here, shame i missed it
if you like good music and are looking for a site with no bullshit hit up http://www.freshcutbeats.com and you will never need a new site.
For this years addition I’d recommend http://www.londoninstereo.co.uk/
http://www.frontstagemusic.net/ and
http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/
Way too early to vote on 2012! Come back around November for the new poll.
Thanks
Mike
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