What music sites have good writing?

think for me if my blog had turned out to be just a music blog I would have been horrified. Quite obviously I'm well aware on what very small measure my relative 'fame' rests, and it's all the music writing I've done. But said writing will in large part appear elsewhere and I'll link to it as it appears; this leaves me free to talk about whatever I'd like to. And I'll freely admit that the blogs I most often refresh and review on a daily basis are the socio/political ones I track.

Yes, otm. Then again, often I post on a whim, after hearing or reading something that struck me, and while I often start thinking it'll be brief I write more than I intend.

Sideline operations have a tendency to become, unwittingly, your life.The announcement of the end of Stylus a few months ago reminded me that I'm a book and film guy by nature.

trolling for pitchfork knock-offs was not meant as an insult, ppl (or was it just lj) said that this was something they did. sigh. for music websites that i read, pitchfork and then blogs, basically idolator (best music blog on the internet right now and its not really close), status aint hood blog on village voice and a few of the blogs you mentioned upthread.

agreed that Idolator is #1 no contest.

Alfred, where's yr blog at? not sure i've come across it before.

I like 17 Dots a lot. Yes, it's "the unofficial blog" of eMusic. No, it doesn't blindly promote anything and everything on eMusic. In fact, given it's affiliation with eMusic, I'm surprised at how independent-minded and critical it is. And the writing is straightforward and consistently top-notch. I think at least a few of the regular 17 Dots authors post (or used to post) on ILM: Yancey Strickler, Todd Burns (coincidentally, the EIC of Stylus, I think), and J. Edward Keyes, among others.

^^yes.

hey thanks!

Alfred, where's yr blog at?

This is it, right? It's good. Lots of interesting film discussion, too.

ah i have that bookmarked already. didn't know it was Alfred. yeah it's good!

x-post from way up there

As for Jess admitting things, I'm not sure why it's troubling you, I admit.

-- Ned Raggett, Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:51 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

It is not troubling me at all. It is a good thing. M (Mark ?) Coleman had posted upthread does "jess harvell actually like any music?" and I was explaining that he does and that he, in his article on hype blogs, had touched on the subject of he, himself, hyping bands he liked in his reviews for Pitchfork. I think it is too bad that Jess is not gonna write any more reviews for Pitchfork.

I think ethnomusicologist Wayne Marshall's wayne and wax site that I linked to above, along with DJ Rupture/Jace Clayton's Mudd Up?Negrophonic blog are very interesting reads. I don't always agree with Simon Reynolds but I always read his site as well.

Alfred, where's yr blog at?

This is it, right? It's good. Lots of interesting film discussion, too.

-- Daniel, Esq.,

Yup, that's it. Thanks for reading.

To add to the list of music-crit blogs I posted above:

Clap Clap
http://www.clapclap.org/

Pretty Goes with Pretty
http://prettygoeswithpretty.typepad.com/

The Good Dr. Bill's blog (Intensities in Ten Suburbs) is the one I check the most. Andrew has a brilliant mind and his writing is consistently entertaining and updated almost daily.

btw, I don't read Idolator, but judging from the overwhelming praise here, I'll definitely start reading it.

so no one reads junkmedia? i've been writing for them (at this point mainly out of habit) for five (!) years. it never seems to come up in any of these discussions, but according to the webmaster and editor, we have a fairly sizeable readership. or at least a fairly sizeable number of people who look at the site, i don't know if they actually read anything.

it's never been a site with any amazing editorial slant (we're not very organized) but it's got decent reviews/interviews ... coverage runs a bit more indie schmindie than my tastes these days, but maybe worth a look?

Eric Harvey = Eric H, horror movie buff extraordinaire, non?

Non.