Music (reviews, news) website recommendations
 

Ok so I figure a part of my recent slump in excitement about new music has to do with the fact that I'm too reliant on Pitchfork for my reviews (and they are really struggling to find good music lately). Is there anything else out there, with respectable and eloquent journalists who can write well etc. but not lame like Rolling stone, NME etc...

I get emails from Allmusic which seem to be okay. I also get them from Tower Records.

hmm idk ..????

i still just go to the bookstore and raid the music magazines i take pictures of the pages i dont buy the mags lol maybe i should start they prob need the money lol

lucky i still got like 3 music stores in my city i just go there and buy random stuff and hope for the best

Can't believe I'm saying this but... Norg's idea is a decent one. Not the taking pictures of the pages of the magazines he wants rather than buy them, but in general, music mags can be a good source of information on new music. If you're into metal, I guess Kerrang! is still the go-to, or maybe Metal Hammer, whereas for Prog it's, well, Prog Magazine (formerly Classic Rock Presents Prog) and then there's Classic Rock itself, and its various spinoffs (AOR, Pop etc) and no doubt plenty of other mags on other genres.

If you don't want to buy all those mags, a subscription to Readly is a possibly cheaper alternative, which will allow you to read all the mags they have in their catalogue, including most, if not all, of the above for about 9.99 a month. Given that most mags cost more than that for a single issue these days, not a bad deal. You can also at the moment get two months free - which I'm availing of right now - and then cancel if you wish.

You ever used RYM (RateYourMusic)? If you ignore their snobbish users, they have the tools to discover a lot of great music that's new or new to you.

Is Trouser Press still in business? I used to like reading their reviews back in the day.

I agree that Allmusic is good for tracking new releases. I check out record company sites, like Frontiers. I also check out the sites for some bands that I like.