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[moches]

in celebration of reaching a page 2, some experimental rock:

Ann - Life is on Track


and a recommendation from a user on one of our other threads

Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea In Between

[zajac]

I went ahead and added your guys' contact email to my promo list, so expect to get a few emails from me per month.

I understand if the music isn't in your guys' tastes, but if you come across a release I'm promo-ing and you like it, feel free to blog it

Thanks

[Aldentron]

hey moches, i'm pretty wise to the underground DIY punk scene here in the states and have been looking for a collaborated blog to write for. the diy scene is choc full of artists who give their music away for free and think i could contribute a whole lot to this blog!

[moches]

Originally Posted by zajac

I went ahead and added your guys' contact email to my promo list, so expect to get a few emails from me per month.

I understand if the music isn't in your guys' tastes, but if you come across a release I'm promo-ing and you like it, feel free to blog it

Thanks

Awesome. Keep in mind that all the music you send must have a bandcamp link!

Originally Posted by Aldentron

hey moches, i'm pretty wise to the underground DIY punk scene here in the states and have been looking for a collaborated blog to write for. the diy scene is choc full of artists who give their music away for free and think i could contribute a whole lot to this blog!

That's great! I'll contact Marco about this right away. Do you have an email you can give me?

[Coolboyrulez0]

Still haven't reviewed Omnicore :'<

[moches]

Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

Still haven't reviewed Omnicore :'<

Ahh, sorry! We have a lot on our plates right now. can you give me a bandcamp link so I can format your post?

[Coolboyrulez0]

No bandcamp possible due to it being a 320 only release (need lossless for bandcamp)
the direct download like is here though: http://www.mediafire.com/?edbowvnxelm2si2

[moches]

Ooh, that may be a problem. The program we use only has bandcamp support right now. I'll see what I can do about it; maybe we can figure out how to support other sources.

[Choofers]

Ooh, I found an album that you can review.
http://veqtor.bandcamp.com/album/analogik3

A lot more accessible than analogik1 and 2, imo.

edit: There's actually a video of him making the final track. http://vimeo.com/19323893

[moches]

lovely, I'll take a listen later.

here's a dubstep/electronica release, a bit rough but very catchy:

Jjoi - Jjoiful EP

[moches]

for those of you waiting for warmer days...

Novel Ideas - Summer Demos

[who_cares973]

definitely one of the better releases

[moches]

instrumental classic/post rock. comes highly recommended, so give it a whirl!

Departures - Departures

[moches]

here's a big round-up:

Dan New York - Thist Four (rock)
The X-Structure - Liberation (downtempo electronica)
Indie Anna Jones - Demo EP (acoustic indie pop)
Renaissance Sound - Renaissance Sound (groovy post-rock)
Gulls - Down The Hatch (indie/surf-pop)
Houdan The Mystic - Archer's Jamboreer (psychedelic rock)

[moches]

For duders who want to promote their discoveries, today's a good day:

Originally Posted by Marco

Quite a few people contacted me about publishing a review about those bands, while others contacted me for a way to write a review "once in a while" without being part of the bigger picture for the blog.

How about this:

If you like the band you found, and you want to give them some promotion, write a review and post it here or send it to me via PM.

Some "rules" we need to consider for that though.

- make it about 250-500 words long, if longer I might need to cut parts.
- You can attach a recommended score , but we reserve the right to adjust the overall score slightly depending on comparable bands we already posted on the blog. If you think the record is a 4/5, we wont make it 1/5 just because we feel like it, but we know the other releases posted so far and I think its important to have other releases of the same genre on a comparable scale. Consider that when going for a certain score, we also need to do that to counteract anyone who might just want to push his own band with a 5/5 review.
- If the review is nicely done (It doesnt need to be the most eloquent literary piece in history) and the music is fine, we'll post it without further ado, but of course we won't promise anything and we reserve the right to internally vote on whether something might be published.
- You'll be credited however you wish (by nickname or real name or even your own blog)

I could make up a small list of do's and dont's if anyone wishes, but I am fairly open-minded about what might go into a review. If you are using a bit of common sense and especially try to consider what might be a fair score by checking out a record from the same genre on the blog, you should be fine.

How does that sound? I know the "reserve the right whether it might be published" sounds a bit ... eh, and you dont want your review writing effort wasted. We'll comment on almost every release posted in the thread, and if Gabbo or I make positive comments about it, its an almost safe bet that we'd love to have someone writing a review for it. So, if you are unsure: Post the band, wait for an okay, and then write the review (or even write a review on something that already has been commented).

If you are unsure about a review, style, information etc, contact me via pm. I'll try to help.

He doesn't have an FFR account, so I'll be the FFR rep, I guess. All questions about reviewing releases and recommendations can be PM'ed to me

[Aldentron]

basically it sounds like we post a bandcamp page, you give us the ok, and then we submit the review? that's simple enough

[moches]

You don't need to post it here beforehand, just PMing me the review with the link is fine

[moches]

Ahem - Adrift EP (indie electronica)
Nathan Pugh - Permanent Marker (trip-hop)

two for this week

[Aldentron]

check this out, nu-jazz/trip-hop from Sydney Australia, featuring some sexy female bebop vocals (Kitty Wong)
http://oneofus.bandcamp.com/album/disengage

[moches]

pretty incredible. are you going to write it up?