Whats your main source of hearing/finding out about new music?

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Mine:
the wire
careless talk costs lives/plan b/loose lips sink ships magazines
http://www.collective-zine.co.uk
http://www.planbmag.com
http://www.lostatsea.net
various mailing lists to band and label websites
friends

― Mark Jasper, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM and my internet girlfriend.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

The Beat
Global Rhythms (I'm not sure why I bother though, it's not very good)
Wire
Stopping into Tower, Borders, and local independents: Sound of Market East, aka records
"El Viaje" on WRTI
http://www.descarga.com
http://www.rashid.com
http://www.maqam.com
http://www.allaboutjazz.com
Virtual friends and acquaintances
ILM
Etc.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

c'mon.

www.pitchforkmuzak.com

― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't read pitchfrok [sic] except when there's an ILM threa about it.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)

This isn't very trendy or underground, but they play some interesting stuff late night on MTV2 (UK), especially the hip-hop show. I discovered MC Abdominal, Lyrics Born and Atmosphere amongst others through watching it.

― Wooden (Wooden), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 11:41 (twenty-one years ago)

WAY too much time shuffling through the new release sections of AB-CD, Boomkat (although their tendency to praise everything Baked Goods/CCO/Morr is more than a bit irritating), Smallfish and Forced Exposure, among others.

Also, DJ Martian's page is scarily useful. http://djmartian.blogspot.com/

― bohford, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I open slsk on my desktop, then point a divining rod at the monitor.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Boomkat descriptions carn't be trusted!

I believe they also help run/distribute CCO, so they are obviously going to hype it to death.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

my letter box as ireallylovemusic has become a seriously lucky monkey of late.
other than that .. umm ILM/playlouder

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I take the Boomkat descriptions with at least 20 or 30 grains of salt... it's the samples I'm there for, which are quite nice when something isn't available to preview on slsk yet.

I'm tempted to open an online record store which doesn't offer any blurbs, just sound samples. But I guess people wouldn't know what the "hot" records are supposed to be?

― bohford, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

In order:
Allmusic
ILM
Pitchfork
friends

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM
Allmusic
KCRW radio and stream
1xtra stream
Radio1 stream
Skykicking
Blissblog
MTV.com
NME.com
pitchfork
freakytrigger/nylpm

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM
Allmusic
KXLU
Pitchfork
The Big Takeover

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

dubplate.net
mixtapekings.com
power 99 fm
106 & park
nylpm sidebar links

― jess, Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"KCRW radio and stream"
-Spencer you are a brave man.

1-KXLU/ILM
2-KCRW ERIC J on-air and hanging round music library, Janda B on-line
3-"Santa Claus" aka Jason Groman-the-KCRW-mail-dude's postal presents
4-Allmusic
5-KEXP online
6-The Wire
7-whispering voices in my head

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I want the Mail Dude to send me postal presents...

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

ha - send yr resume

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM, mp3blogs and other blogs but less so, mates, mtv2 for new silly indie and the request-video channels for new pop. Sometimes the Wire, I guess, but not often. Random listens in rough trade. Support bands, very rarely.

― cis (cis), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"KCRW radio and stream"
-Spencer you are a brave man.

Why?

also, I forgot to mention KXLU, gabba.net, Power106

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

1xtra
Rewind Forums
Deucemag
Inependance
Boomkat
Discogs (for back catalogues)
ILM
106KMEL
Jess, Tim, Philip S , Simon R, Matt I, etc. etc.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Wish i could get channel U. :(

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Wish I had cable. :(

I used to be addicted to BET when we lived in Ohio.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Oooooooh, I forgot about Deuce, are they still printing it? I haven't seen it at my usual newstand lately.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

There hasn't been a new one for a while.

Martin C to thread.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I have to give much love to Fluxblog. Even if Matthew's been more into the Scandanavian dance pop than I ever will be lately, he still has turned me onto some amazing shit. And if he doesn't have anything I'm feeling, his list of links on the site is bound to turn up something.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah Fluxblog is the shit, made all the more enjoyable cuz I share Matthew's hyper-affinity for the Fiery Furnaces.

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

In order:

Allmusic (though falling very, very fast)
ILM
friends
All About Jazz
college radio
mp3 blogs

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"KCRW radio and stream"
-Spencer you are a brave man.
Why?

- This sounds paranoid but it's not, really: I just don't think that anyone would contest that KCRW is not particularly popular on ILM. When I first logged on I noticed that there were many more haters than fans of K-CREW...but who cares? Fa-la-la

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Haters tend to be louder, but I think that KCRW is actually a very good station. MBE is a little MOR, but that show and the others consistently play new and interesting music. That woman on the weekend has been busting micro-house for ages and 'Metropolis' regularly debuts great tracks (at least they're a debut for me). I think alot of people think that the station is too professional and/or commercial, but I know a good thing when I hear it!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I just can't stand a couple of their djs. KCRW I mean. Jason Bently and the guy on weekday mornings.

Bently just seems so unadventurous.

― hector (hector), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I am probably just spoiled though. In any other town in the States I would be worshiping KCRW.

― hector (hector), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

in no particular order:
slsk rooms
amg
ilm

and i used to read pitchfork before i found out its not cool to.

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

whatever the guy who runs pop polar recommends. i avoid anything parasol recommends, tonevendor is also getting sloppy with their recommendations.

― keith m (keithmcl), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

bloggers, fluxblog, mailing lists, MP3 trading groups, ILM, ILM, ILM, and the postal service. (i mean the US one, not the Sub Pop one.)

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Mags,
ILM,
but rarely friends, radio, tv

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Why the Matador Records' discussion board of course!

Also mags, friends, and very recently ILM.

― piers, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

in no particular order:
allmusic
ILM
slsk
www.absorb.org
friends
various blogs
dustygroove.com
pitchfork
discogs

I also get weekly email updates from the following:
www.boomkat.com (though I warn you that they write glowing reviews for everything)
www.forcedexposure.com
www.normanrecords.com

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Friday, 30 July 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

In decreasing order...

-ILM
-Friends
-Cable TV at my friends' house

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 30 July 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

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