What is the state of the global music blogging scene in 2012? Are music blogs a more established form of media than they were 12 months ago? Do you read more of them, or have you refined your RSS feed? Are they seen to be growing or diminishing when it comes to their popularity or influence? Difficult questions to answer, but one fantastic way to get the discussion going and to find out which blogs are leading the way is to ask the people at the centre of the music blogging world, other music bloggers.
Regular readers will know that we open up this poll every year and it’s become something of an annual barometer. It’s a well known fact that music bloggers read music blogs. It’s a large chunk of the traffic on our busy blog highways. This peers-only poll – which strictly only canvasses those who run their own music blogs – asks them to nominate which three blogs have become their favourites in 2012 .
It is by far the most-visited article The Recommender writes every year, as the poll goes globally viral, with votes counted in their hundreds from all around the world. The commentary it provides reaches beyond the editors of these music sites though, as with so many millions of blogs out there, it’s helpful to know which ones truly stand out. If you don’t know where to start, or are looking for some new suggestions, then we hope that this poll will act as a guiding light to the best in music blogging in 2012.
We now declare the books OPEN! Let the voting begin…
It couldn’t be easier to get involved – simply leave a comment on this post listing your favourite three music blogs of 2012. There are some rules that apply so please make sure that you read the below framework before you vote! Any votes that don’t follow the rules will not be counted (last year we had 47 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 go for it and get voting!
Closing date is November 30th 2012. 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 and 2011 votes can be seen here and here respectively. 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.
Thanks
Mike
Founder, The Recommender
Top two blogs are easy for me, the two I check the most often and have probably the most duplicated posts with, although Robin does go off with his robot-sex a bit more than me!
1. Breaking More Waves
http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/
2. Flying With Anna
http://flyingwithanna.wordpress.com/
Third one could go to a few different ones, TVPME, Gold Flake Paint and Faded Glamour are all in my reading list but this year I’m going to go with Sociopaths are Glam, I like it because the author has a similar taste to me (surely the reason to visit a blog) and they actually give reference to discovery, a thing fewer people tend to do in my humble opinion. I’d like a bit more ramblings but you can’t have everything!
3. Sociopaths Are Glam
http://sociopathsareglam.tumblr.com/
Best,
Leigh
http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/
1. Breaking More Waves
2. Gold Flake Paint
3. The Von Pip Express
Is it that time of year already? Grief.
Thanks again Mike. My votes as follows:
Over Muziek http://www.overmuziek.net/
Gold Flake Paint http://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/
Breaking More Waves http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.co.uk/
Matt from SGTMT http://soundsgoodtometoo.com/
1. Discobelle
2. Some Kind of Awesome
3. We Are SME
Will (Radio ClubFoot)
1. Fuzzbook
2. LostLostLost
3. Music Fans Mic
our blog is: http://www.sleepinmusic.tumblr.com
1st tipping point
2nd my bands better than your band
3rd Pigeon post
1. Aquarium Drunkard (http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/)
2. Everybody Taste (http://www.everybodytaste.com/)
3. The Mad Mackerel (http://madmackerel.org/)
Carter (Rollo Grady)
1. Crack In The Road
2. Lost Lost Lost
3. No Fear Of Pop
1. Breaking More Waves
2. Gold Flake Paint
3. Poule d’Or
Adam H – Alphabet Bands
Good to see this is happening again Mike
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Breaking More Waves
3. Drunken Werewolf
1. crack in the road
2. disco naïveté
3. music fans mic
Joly, Storm’s Brewing (http://stormsbrewing.tumblr.com)
1. Aquarium Drunkard
2. Slowcoustic
3. The Needle Drop
-Zach (We Listen For You
1. Antiquiet
2. Disco Naïveté
3.The Culture Of Me
<3 kibbe (some kind of awesome)
1) THE RHYTHM RUG!! – http://therhythmrug90.wordpress.com/
2) Turntable Kitchen
3) Indie Shuffle
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Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Pigeons and Planes
2. The Needle Drop
3. Earmilk
- Todd (Oh So Fresh! Music)
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. It’s The Bino
3. Potholes In My Blog
Marc (from mostlyjunkfood.com)
1. Indie Shuffle (www.indieshuffle.com)
2. Turntable Kitchen (www.turntablekitchen.com)
3. We Are Hunted (wearehunted.com)
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Mike
@ The Recommender
Sorry bout that!
1. Turntable Kitchen (www.turntablekitchen.com)
2. We Are Hunted (wearehunted.com)
3. The Bay Bridged (http://www.thebaybridged.com/)
1. Drunken Werewolf
2. Cruel Rhythm
3. Flying With Anna
Jon Sidwell – Music Liberation (www.musicliberation.blogspot.com)
1. Mostly Junk Food
2. Live For The Funk
3. Sunset in the Rearview
swag me the fuck out!
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. Sunset in the Rearview
3. Disco Naïveté
Jessie (Mostly Junk Food)
Is it just UK blogs or can you vote for blogs from around the world? Anyway:
1. Breaking More Waves
2. The Von Pip Musical Express
3. 2 U I Bestow
Christopher McBride – The Metaphorical Boat (http://metaphoricalboat.com)
(If it’s UK only blogs, I’ll change my no.3).
1. Mostly Junkfood
2. Pigeons & Planes
3. Potholes In My Blog
Catfish (Mostly Junkfood)
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Turntable Kitchen
2. Pigeons & Planes
3. The Music Ninja
1. Indieshuffle
2. Hypefloats
3. Mymusicisbetterthanyours
G.I.L.D. – Obey The Grind (obeythegrind.com)
1. Rubber City Review – http://rubbercityreview.com/
2. I Rock Cleveland – http://blog.irockcleveland.com/
3. Aquarium Drunkard – http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/
1. Verb Reverb
2. The Needle Drop
3. Everybody Taste
Colin from BPM (beatsperminute.com)
1. Breaking More Waves
http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.co.uk/
2. Just Music that I Like
http://www.justmusicthatilike.com/
3. Faded Glamour
http://www.fadedglamour.co.uk/
xxxx
1. Pigeons & Planes http://pigeonsandplanes.com
2. Potholes In My Blog http://potholesinmyblog.com
3. Mostly Junk Food http://mostlyjunkfood.com
preeeeeesh, love y’all
1. Mostly Junk Food
2. Miss Info
3. Potholes In My Blog
Joyce (Pigeons & Planes)
1. Aquarium Drunkard
2. Rollo Grady
3. We Listen For You
Matt – Everybody Taste
1. Live For The Funk
2. Pigeons & Planes
3. Potholes In My Blog
Dan (mostlyjunkfood)
1. Breaking More Waves
2. TwentyFourBit
3. No Fear Of Pop
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Yours Truly
3. Gravyheart
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Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
Chosed 2 local (Latvian) blogs and my favorite one foreign blog.
Have cooperated with them writing about Joywave
1) CITA MŪZIKA
http://www.citamuzika.lv
Just awesome stuff and choises
2) Earlab
http://www.earlab.lv
Well, it’s authority for me so far
3) All Things Go
http://www.althingsgomusic.com
Rodrigo from Click And Listen It (clickandlistenit.blogspot.com)
1. HYPETRAK
2. Pigeons & Planes
3. Barrelhouse BKLYN
Andy (Prefixmag.com)
1. pigeons and planes
2. mostly junk food
3. hypetrak
1. Pigeons and Planes
2. Potholes In My Blog
3. Smoking Section
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. Hypetrak
3. mostlyjunkfood
1) Pigeons & Planes
2) The Music Ninja
3) Potholes in my Blog
- Raj (MostlyJunkfood.com)
1. IndieShuffle
2. Potholes In My Blog
3. Friends From Far
ahealthymedium (ahealthymedium.com)
1. Click And Listen It
http://clickandlistenit.blogspot.com
2. Toms Grēviņš
http://tomsgrevins.lv/
3. Cita Mūzika
http://www.citamuzika.lv/
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. The TapeDeck.net
2. http://www.digital-drop.net/
3. Pigeons and Planes
Dave, back2pluto.com
1. The Tipping Point
2. Gold Flake Paint
3. Lost Lost Lost
Dan (The Abacus Post)
1. Big American Night
2. Passion of the Weiss
3. The Singles Jukebox
I am Nathan S. from The Brown Noise.
http://www.thebrownnoise.posterous.com
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. The Needle Drop
3. Indie Shuffle
- Kades (Portadelphia)
1. Mostly Junkfood
2. Potholes in my Blog
3. Aquarium Drunkard
Jon (Pigeons and Planes)
1) Crack In the Road
2) Breaking More Waves
3) Gold Flake Paint
Really, really tough to narrow it down.
Will Tompsett – Music Broke My Bones (www.musicbrokemybones.co.uk)
In no specific order:
1. http://dotheastralplane.com
2. http://www.abeano.com
3. http://disconaivete.com
Love from
http://soundblob.blogspot.ie
Is this for UK blogs only? Or for worldwide blogs writted in english? If someone would to visit my blog i will be proud
and later i choose my candidates. Good luck!
This global poll is by music bloggers voting for their favourite music blogs. Geography is irrelevant, so get voting!
Thanks
Mike
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Crack In the Road
3. The Needle Drop
Jorge – Editor from Listen Before You Buy
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Overmuziek
3. Alltomorrowmusic
braynaud (www.miscellaneousleblog.fr)
Hey
My top 3 would be -
1) Rose Kohl
2) Very Tiny Songs
3) Sexbeat
My blog is fuzzbook
1) Disco Naïveté
2) Music Fans Mic
3) Dots & Dashes
Aaron – Foreground Noise
1. Sunset in the Rearview
2. Mostly Junk Food
3. Salacious Sound
1. Disco Naivete
2. Neon Gold Records
3. Mostlyjunkfood
>> thesoundsofmilk.blogspot.com.au <<
ash i fuck with you, thank you!
1. http://www.indiespot.es
2. http://www.noise11.com
3. http://www.pigeonsandplanes.com
1. Pigeons and Planes
2. The Needle Drop
3. Potholes in My Blog
–LoneXionc (mostlyjunkfood)
1. Poule d’Or
2. Breaking More Waves
3. Gold Flake Paint
Hello. I’m always uncomfortable with the title of ‘Best music blogs of (insert year)’. I like the idea of this poll being ‘bloggers favourites’ rather than best of.
Anyway, I’m embarrassed to admit that except for a few minor excursions to American blogs such as Neon Golds blog and Listen Before You Buy the vast majority of my blog reading / listening is via UK blogs, and so it is for those that I will be voting. (Note to self to check out more of these U.S blogs listed)
My favourite blogs do a number of things.
1. (The most important thing) They entertain me. Personally I can happily read about music that I don’t personally like if they do this.
2. (The second most important thing) That the music they post I like at least sometimes.
3. That they interact – if I leave a comment they respond and make me feel valued as a reader – either in their comments or on twitter.
These blogs achieve all the above criteria and hence are my 3 favourites this year
1. The Von Pip Musical Express
2. Sounds Good To Me Too
3. Faded Glamour
Big shout outs to Flying With Anna, The Recommender, Just Music That I Like, The Blue Walrus,The Electricty Club, Beat Pyramid, Alphabet Bands and Electronic Rumors who all come a close joint 4th !
Robin from Breaking More Waves
http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com
Aww, The Recommender very nearly got it’s first vote there! It’s nice to hear a little explanation behind the decision making. I agree with your points and I personally find that I look for similar criteria in the blogs I love too, although I found I’ve been getting more from European blogs this year.
Thanks as always
Mike
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Yours Truly
3.Hypetrak
Totally forgot to list my blog, let’s try this again!
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Pigeons and Planes
3. Stereo Gum
-Philip Friedman from http://intentionalindependentinspiration.wordpress.com/
1. PORTALS
2. Stadiums & Shrines
3. Don’t Die Wondering
1) Indie Shuffle
2) The Music Ninja
3) Blahblahblahscience
1) Alancross.ca
2) LiveMusicTO
3) Songs & Cigarettes
- JJ (juliettejagger.com)
1. Everybody Taste (http://www.everybodytaste.com/)
2. Music Savage (http://www.musicsavage.com/)
3. We All Want Someone To Shout For (http://www.weallwantsomeone.org/)
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Common Folk Music
3. Grass Clippings
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Everybody Taste
3. We Listen For You
Rhett (Yagotamullet’s Song of the Day)
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. Hypetrak
3. Mostly Junk Food
Right then, so…
Confession time, we (me) tend to stick to about 8 to 10 blogs whose taste we trust… maybe we should get out into cyberspace and do some virtual meet and greets a bit more often?
When is a blog not a blog? When it has its own PR Company? Record label? Shop? More than say 15 writers? … Will simply calling it “a blog” make it so ? … Indeed, does any of that really matter as long as the content is good?
On Planet Pip, we tend to be drawn to blogs that are well written, show real passion and aren’t particularly concerned with scoring hipster points by being “first.” If you’re genuine it shows – blogs that post without context or merely regurgitate PR verbatim are all well and good but aren’t really our ‘bag’ – we can all cut and paste. A sense of humour, a unique voice and doing things a bit differently are all desirable attributes in our view – therefore we’ll go for
1. Breaking More Waves
(Funny and thought provoking, which occasionally morphs into Pop Justice meets Benny Hill)
2. Drunken Werewolf
(Tells it how it is with warmth, intelligence wit, and when required, righteous anger)
3. Just Music That I Like
(Constantly unearthing musical gems that are possibly closer to our taste than other blogs)
Of course, we could have gone for The Recommender, The Blue Walrus, Not Many Experts, The Metaphorical Boat, Gold Flake Paint … who all do a wonderful job… but we can only have three
And yes, we too really need to check out some American blogs, but there are so many, where does one start?
Again, I’ll take that as another nearly-vote for The Recommender. This is torture! lol
You know our tastes align, both in terms of music and your choice of blogs.
I’m hoping that this poll gives people a window on blogs they’ve never heard of, so scan it and perhaps a few new (American) sites will jump out?
Thanks for voting mate.
Mike
@ The Recommender
Fresh On The Net (essentail for music lovers and music makers alike)
Jungle Indie Rock
MCR Wire
Simon, editor at Silent Radio
http://shinyshinynew.com/
http://www.lostlostlost.com/
http://shinyshinynew.com/
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Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
A tough one but:
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Gold Flake Paint
3. Neon Gold’s Blog
Though Breaking More Waves and Dipped In Dollars really should be a joint third!
Joe – http://www.themusichoarder.com
1) The Needle Drop
2) Electric Jive
3) Mutant Sounds
P.S.: RIP Holy Warbles =(
Juan Francisco – Volantes de Privados
89decibeles
We Listen For You
Consequence Of Sound
1. DirtyGloveBastards.com
-For the trappers.
2. Pigeonsandplanes.com
-For the ultimate music lover of all genres. Oh, and Confusion is the basegod of music blogging.
3. TheSmokingSection.uproxx.com/TSS
-For all your hip-hop needs. Gotty is the goat.
1) Pigeons and Planes
2) Potholes In My Blog
3) Sunset In The Rearview
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Crack In The Road
3. The Fader
1. indieshuffle.com
2. dothepantsdance.com
3. xlr8r.com
1. Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Portals
3. Yours Truly
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Indieshuffle
3. Pigeons and Planes
Russell – TeenageEars.tumblr.com
1. Cherrybombed
2. That Eric Alper
3. We All Want Someone To Shout For
Dipped in Dollars
Turntable Kitchen
Gorilla vs bear
chris – dailybeatz.com
<3
1. Yours Truly
2. Nialler 9
3. All Things Go
Can’t believe it’s been a year already!
Danger from Dipped in Dollars
1. BANDxCITY.com
2. BuzzChips.com
3. supergoodmusic.com
Link to my blog: http://www.chelseainla.com
1. Nialler9 http://nialler9.com/
2. I Guess I’m Floating http://www.iguessimfloating.net/
3. La.Ga.Sta http://www.lagasta.com/
Alan @ Bitzl R
for The Best Music Blogs of 2012
1) BuzzChips
2) BANDxCITY
3) Blogness on the Edge of Town
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Brapscallions
2. Skeletory
3. Laissez Faire Club
Jeah x
Tied between BuzzChips and BANDxCITY followed by SuperGoodMusic
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1_ Disconaivete
2_Nialler9
3_http://www.dealerofpeopleemotions.com/
1. Potholes In My Blog
2. Pigeons and Planes
3. The Needle Drop
Fred from Mostly Junk Food
1. Song by Toad
2. The Pop Cop
3. Breaking More Waves
Tom (from Eaten by Monsters)
1. Fun1959 http://fun1959.canalblog.com
2. Warmer Climes http://warmer-climes.blogspot.co.uk
3. Foggy Girls Club http://foggygirlsclub.blogspot.co.uk
1. http://greatalbumoftheweek.tumblr.com/
2. http://www.itsallindie.com/
3. http://nialler9.com/
1: We All Want Someone To Shout For
2: Three Beams
3: Fishy tunes
First time i’ve come across this, really cool idea. Sorry not to throw in the first vote for you lot… Was a close one.
1. Antiquiet
2. Pigeons and Planes
3. Disco Naïveté
This year has flown by!
Shey – Some Kind of Awesome
1. Potholes in my Blog
2. The Needle Drop
3. Disco Naïveté
and of course I enjoy The Recommender as well…
1) NME BLOGS
2) P4K
3) The Recommender
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Disco Naivete (http://disconaivete.com)
2. Nordic by Nature (http://nordicbynatureberlin.blogspot.de)
3. Is Not Tropical (http://www.isnottropical.co.uk)
Hendrik – Poule d’Or, http://www.pouledor.com
1. The Recommender
2. Turntable Kitchen
3. Rock Insider
Thanks!
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Indie Shuffle
2. The Music Ninja
3. KickKickSnare
1. Nothing But Hope And Passion http://nbhap.com
2. Pretty Much Amazing – http://http://prettymuchamazing.com/
3. The Sound Of Confusion – http://thesoundofconfusionblog.blogspot.de
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Nothing But Hope And Passion (www.NBHAP.com)
2. Gorilla vs Bear (http://www.gorillavsbear.net/)
3. Tracasseur (http://www.tracasseur.com/)
1. Prefix Mag – prefixmag.com
2. Pretty Much Amazing – prettymuchamazing.com
3. Nordic By Nature – http://nordicbynatureberlin.blogspot.de
––
Robert | http://nbhap.com
1. The four-oh-5
2. the recommender
3. the stereogum
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Mike
@ The Recommender
I vote for:
Sounds Good to Me Too …. http://soundsgoodtometoo.com/
Breaking More Waves ….. http://breakingmorewaves.blogspot.com/
My Music is Better than yours ….. http://www.mymusicisbetterthanyours.com/
And my own music blog, which is infinitely better than all of these losers, is:
The (mainly) music blog with no name ….. http://deedsmeister.blogspot.co.uk/
Regards,
Ed
1. The Burning Ear
2. Disco Naïveté
3. Pretty Much Amazing
Thank you
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. http://indiedunes.blogspot.com.au
2. http://amusicblogyea.com
3. http://www.frontstagemusic.net
1. http://nbhap.com
2. http://www.letsgethey.de
3. http://ponydanceclyde.com
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@ The Recommender
1. http://www.pouledor.com/
2. http://nothingbuthopeandpassion.com/
3. http://www.lucyvstheglobe.com/
Steffi – I love you, you delicious creature. X
Whoa! I got a vote. Well, here are mine:
1) My Eyes Are Diamonds
2) Turntable Kitchen
3) yvynyl
Special mention to I Guess I’m Floating, Gorilla vs Bear, and Listen Before You Buy.
1. Crack In The Road
2. Just Music I Like
3. Drunken Werewolf
It’s been a marvelous year, just seeing someone vote for the site blows my little mind. Thanks Mike, great work as always.
You have had 6 x votes up to this point, and we still have the rest of November to go. That makes you one of the best performing UK-based blogs, so congrats.
Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. We Listen for You
2. The needle drop
3. Consequence of Sound
Poule D’Or – http://www.pouledor.com/
World Class Disco Club – http://worldclassdiscoclub.tumblr.com/
Feel My Bicep – http://www.feelmybicep.com/
Ben – isnotropical.co.uk
1. disco naïveté
2. Lost Lost Lost
3. Gorilla vs Bear
Honorable mention to No Modest Bear which would’ve been included if it was still active. Plus to DIY’s Neu Magazine which I didn’t know if it counted.
-Johan (birdsneedfeet.blogspot.com)
gorilla vs bear
no fear of pop
aor disco
1) The Recommender
2) Music 4 The Masses
3) Tumblr
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Thanks very much
Mike
@ The Recommender
Brilliant idea, so glad to be involved. My top 3 are :
1. Lazer Guided Melody
2. Music for added Buoyancy
3. Breaking more waves
Cheers
Simon S. (from ‘Session Bloggers’ – http://sessionbloggers.blogspot.co.uk)
If your #2 is the blog that I think it is, then I think you might have got its name wrong.
You’re right – sorry I always thought it is was called something else, am new to all this!
Correction – my second choice is ‘The Metaphorical Boat’.
Cheers Chris.
OK, logged and sorted.
Thanks. Mike
@ The Recommender
Cheers Mike.
1. Slate The Disco
2. The 405
3. It’s All Indie
Daisy
http://iquitelikegigs.wordpress.com
Astronauts Really Fly has a pretty nice one. That’s if you enjoy crude humor, Philly hip-hop and some witch house, club tunes; with a splash of film.
astronautsreallyfly.tumblr.com
To vote you have to list 3 x different blogs and state which blog you are from.
Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Indie Shuffle
2. Potholes in my Blog
3. La. Ga. Sta.
-Sean from Pudding Club (http://mypuddingclub.com/)
I wanted to vote for:
1. Wake the Deaf – http://wakethedeaf.co.uk/
2. Artistic Manifesto – http://www.artisticmanifesto.com/
3. Your Music Radar – http://www.yourmusicradar.com/
I’m Prohaize, a writer & senior editor from Bended Boredom (coboredom.tumblr.com) & an American-based recording artist.
Good luck to all blogs!
1. Vertigo Schtick
2. Dear Song In My Head
3. OccupiedTerritories.tumblr.com
-Scott from Keepingupwithnewmusic.tumblr.com
1. Abeano
2. The Line of Best Fit
3. PMA
CG – pigeonsandplanes.com
1 tanana
2 lets go jive
3
precio from popoffcentral
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Thanks
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Lucy vs. the Globe http://www.lucyvstheglobe.com/
2. Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/
3- Brooklyn Vegan http://www.brooklynvegan.com/
1 – Abeano
2 – BPM
3 – 3 beams
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. Abeano
3. The Line of Best Fit
nah rez – mostlyjunkfood
OverMuziek – http://overmuziek.net
Crack In The Road – http://crackintheroad.com
Neon Gold Records – http://neongoldrecords.blogspot.com
Would also like to thank everyone that voted for Disco Naïveté so far – very happy to see this many of you sincerely enjoy DN.
- Jarri (http://disconaivete.com)
In no particular order:
1 – Disco Naivete (http://disconaivete.com/)
2 – Gorilla vs Bear (http://www.gorillavsbear.net/)
3 – Consequence of Sound (does this count as a blog? http://consequenceofsound.net)
Our blog is 1 of the 2 finalists for the Best Music Blog for the (unofficially official) Canadian Blog Awards. Would love any support.
Looking forward to adding some of these blogs to the RSS feed after checking them out.
Pete
PeteHatesMusic.com
I’ve been voting for the past two years, but feel like i shouldn’t be voting, since I shut down The Ambitious C in October. However, I practically run the label blog, so why not? I hope you count my vote, Mike.
1. Neonized
2. Electronic Rumors
3. Remix 86
Chris/C2 from Brilliantine
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Gorilla vs Bear
3. no fear of pop.
Luis
alltomorrowmusic.com
1.musicradar.com
2.sociopathsareglam.com
3.dearsongstuckinmyhead.com
1. Pigeons & Planes
2. Disco NaÏvete
3. Indie Shuffle
Current favourites, as in, I check very regularly and always throw up something different from the norm, not just a stream of what’s new new new:
1. No Fear Of Pop http://nofearofpop.net/
2. Bitzl R http://bitzlbitzlr.tumblr.com/
3. Disco Naivete http://disconaivete.com/
Niall of Nialler9.com.
Thanks for the above votes also. Means a lot.
1. Over muziek
2. Disco naiveté
3. Fishy tunes
Matthew from Song, by Toad here, and I would choose:
Gold Flake Paint
Drunken Werewolf
Folly of Youth
Hi guys and gals from The Recommender. Graham from http://www.yourmusicradar.com here. It’s hard to tell who is reading whose blog first these days. The good ones are plugged in across a lot of them and alerted through soundcloud emails.
The 3 blogs I’d pick for hitting the nail on the head of sourcing some great tunes and being ahead of the curve are:
1. Golden Scissors – http://goldenscissors.info/
2. Pop On And On – http://poponandon.com/
3. Music From Go To Whoa – http://www.fromgotowhoa.com
1. ollielife.com
2. disconaivete.com
3. gorilla vs bear
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Dots & Dashes
2. Aquarium Drunkard
3. XLR8R
Cheers for this… always a worthy endeavor.
1.) Truants
2.) Passion of the Weiss
3.) Live For The Funk
1. Disco Naivete
2. No Fear of Pop
3. XLR8R
Kasia
In Love Not Limbo
1 – Disco Naiveté
2 – blog.iso50.com
3 – overmuziek.net
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1 disco naivete
2 consequence of sound
3 pigeons and planes
1) The Needle Drop
2) Sleep In Music
3) Disco Naivete
Popman from tunesidig.com
1. Folk Hive
2. Songs For the Day
3. Music Savage
Jessica from http://www.newmusicco.com
1) Disco Naïvete (http://disconaivete.com/)
2) This Kid Is A Problem (http://thiskidisaproblem.com/)
3) Cruel Rhythm (http://cruelrhythm.tumblr.com/)
I blog at SelfBlown (http://www.selfblown.co.uk/)
1. We Listen For You
2. Ruby Hornet
3. Consequence of Sound
(Andrew from http://www.windycityrock.net)
Saam from fadedglamour.co.uk reporting for duty. Thanks for putting the poll again, Mike, and thanks to the people who have voted for or mentioned us! Here are our votes:
- Breaking More Waves
- Flying With Anna
- The Blue Walrus
Three great UK blogs, with three great bloggers at their helm. Also, big fan of the likes of Just Music I Like, Killing Moon, Don’t Watch Me Dancing, and so many others. Great music blogging is far from dead.
1. Disco Naivete
2. Last Gas Station
3. ???
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Muchos thankings
Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Disco Naïveté
2. Indie Shuffle
3. We Listen For You
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Mike
@ The Recommender
1. Indie Shuffle
2. The Needle Drop
3. StereoGum
Eric from http://www.mittnmusic.tumblr.com
1) Indieshuffle.com
2) Hipsterrunoff.com
3) Earmilk.com
Lori
x
(from Nylon)
Hey.
1) Indie Shuffle
2) Smoking Section
3) Hypetrak
Dave (gumship.com)
1. Indie Shuffle – http://www.indieshuffle.com
2. BANDxCITY – http://www.bandxcity.com
3. Dynasty Podcasts – http://dynastypodcasts.tumblr.com/
3 great sites…
Indie Shuffle – Terrific new app and great content from across the fluctuating and expanding indie spectrum.
BANDxCITY – BxC is going hyperlocal by featuring 9 emerging local artists monthly in 8 different metros across the country. Look for them in a city near you, real soon!
Dynasty Podcasts – A one man show, Jaime Black interviews some of the best artists around, keeping true music journalism alive.
Hey Mike,
Thought I’d add some Aussie stuff in –
1. Who The Hell (http://whothehell.net)
2. One A Day (http://www.1songday.com)
3. Sound Doctrine (http://sounddoc.net)
Cheers!
Miks (meandallmyfriends.wordpress.com)
1. indieshuffle.com
2. sounddoc.net
3. 1songday.com
Dave (whothehell.net)
1. Listen Before You Buy
2. We Listen For You
3. Silent Shout
Tiana from http://ridethetempo.com
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1) Nanobot
2) Song, By Toad
3) IndieShuffle
Mars from http://marsbands.com
1.MarsBands
2.DEAD PRESS!
3.Two Guys Metal Reviews
Greg from http://nanobotrock.com/
1. Disco Naivete
2. All Things Go
3. Indie Shuffle
1. Abeano
2. Disco Naïveté
3. no fear of pop
Miguel Angel from Felinno (http://felinno.blogspot.com)
1. http://disconaivete.com
2. http://futuregrooves.tumblr.com
3. http://jonomartinlikes.tumblr.com
/ jay from dynmk.de/tumblr
1. disco naïveté
1. last gas station
3. indie shuffle
These are mine:
1. The Needle Drop
2. Smoking Section
3. Fishy Tunes
Eileen from http://www.istheviolinhardtolearn.com/
OK, so the poll is now closed. Any votes placed after this entry will NOT be counted.
Thanks to all those that took part. The full post with details on all the winners will be up on this blog very soon.
As with every year I leave my own votes until last, so here’s mine…
1) A NEW BAND A DAY – Joe set himself up for a fall, having to find a new band EVERY single day. However, he manages to be remarkably consistent, not only finding many exceptional bands on a daily basis, but he writes about artists that nobody else has uncovered. If you really want an original source for emerging music this is a daily reward.
2) CRACK IN THE ROAD – Josh and co provide one of the UK’s finest blogs. Regular posts, often very early to awesome new music, and consistently on trend, this is a great blog. They weren’t awarded the 2012 Record Of The Day award for ‘Best Blog’ for nothing you know. Truly deserved.
3) NO FEAR OF POP – Everyone knows Berlin is a hub of counter cool. This European blog is consistently brilliant. Blogs that stick to very underground, very alternative music or so often hit and miss, but somehow this blog is hit after hit.
Thanks. See you all next November!
Mike
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This article is great. In my opinion one of the best music blogs around is artradio. The site contains a fantastic mix of quality music and artwork, it is definitely somewhere that I would recommend visiting.
I know it’s a bit late but could you please consider my site for 2013?
http://www.themusicmag.com
Thank you!