jm this sounds fantastic!

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      BARELY HUMAN yeah i havent really identified with the paperface zine name for a while now so im finally changing it

        Faster and Louder blog. (https://fasterandlouderblog.blogspot.com/), I Don't Hear a Single (https://hearasingle.blogspot.com/), 12XU (https://onetwoxu.de/) are some of the first ones I can think of that I check out that havent been brought up. I check out those and a few youtube channels to hear new stuff often.

        I like Faster and Louder... he doesnt review things he doesnt like, so hes really enthusiastic over things he really likes. Sometimes I need that. It doesnt hurt that he really likes my bands.

        It all kind of ended for me when Termbo died. I was trying to keep that going near the end with interviews. In its prime, I could move a couple dozen 7"s by posting on the forum alone and the reviews/content were totally free of PR influence. I'm hoping this forum can revitalize some of what was lost with Termbo's demise. It was vitally important for underground music.

        Other than that, WMFU and KDVS give music that John Peel attention.

          Every time I read the month's update to Yellow Green Red, I feel like the lousiest music writer. How can someone have such a breadth of knowledge and know so much about seemingly EVERY genre? Then package it all in punchy writing with a singular voice that's full of character. Meanwhile every review I've written lately feels like I've been banging rocks together trying to think of some reference point or angle that isn't tired. Anyway great write ups this month over there.

            terminalsunset Yellow Green Red,

            We should get him here too. One thing that's for sure is he loves Total Punk

              terminalsunset How can someone have such a breadth of knowledge and know so much about seemingly EVERY genre

              ...and still like emo.

              Just kidding I really like his writing, primarily cause it's actually entertaining! that and pretty open minded and self aware in terms of "journalistic authority" and subjectivity, etc. but yeah main thing is he allows himself to be funny.

                  11th hour stubble ...and still like emo.

                  Hahaha, well I can't pretend I don't have some emo bands I really like too. I'm mostly a 90s emo purist, though. Never owned a white belt in my life.

                  His sense of humor and conversational tone are excellent! Even if he's reviewing some techno 12" I'll never have the chance or interest to listen to, I always find it entertaining.

                    ISO…. Years ago, probably like 2011, I was really into this tumblr account called DocShoe. It was just this guy who just posted what he was listening to almost daily and it was super critical to the development of my musical taste. I still think about it from time to time. However, the account has been inactive since like 2014. Docshoe, are you out there? Are you here?

                    Ryan Leach I'm hoping this forum can revitalize some of what was lost with Termbo's demise. It was vitally important for underground music.

                    This was a large motivator for me starting the board. I had been thinking a lot about how dependent my label had become on social media and how much I wished that weren’t the case, which got me thinking back to how I used to be able to post new releases there and it would result in actual sales.

                        Randall it's been so mad man.. i've already listen to a bunch of stuff through here i missed by not being connected to the 'right' instagram accounts or whatever, and moved about a dozen copies of the barely human book by posting on here, all to people who hadn't heard about my stuff before. it feels so good to not have to be stuck in the instagram hole of trying to come up with a new way of posting about everything.. fucken rad being here!

                            Randall Das stimmt. I refuse to pay for PR. I'd rather allocate that money into future releases or put more money into assisting bands. I also view it as simply contributing to the problem.

                            After decades, I think people have just assumed that PR-paraphrased record reviews appearing on most sites is rock journalism. It's brutal. I recently got a couple of OG copies of Slash -- the last one with Darby and the David Byrne issue -- and I'm constantly impressed by the quality. I did a lot of work on Gun Club and the NY Rocker piece -- Ira Kaplan's interview as I recall -- was excellent. It's not that people can't write critically and intelligently like that anymore. There are just few forums for it. I saw the business model collapse.

                              BARELY HUMAN it feels so good to not have to be stuck in the instagram hole of trying to come up with a new way of posting about everything.. fucken rad being here!

                              Oh god it pains me just reading those words. I've barely been on instagram the last few weeks and have barely thought about the finding different ways to post the same thing problem. Glad its working out for you and that you are enjoying being here.

                                2 months later

                                We’re doing features again over at MRR!

                                If any of y’all would like to contribute something like an interview or scene report (or I’m open to other ideas), shoot me an email at features@maximumrocknroll.com. I’d love for us to cover some non-US scenes , or some off-the-beaten-path US scenes, or really some on-the-beaten-path scenes even. So, yeah, hit us up if you have ideas!

                                Here’s the first interview we’ve posted since…2021!

                                https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/article/interview-with-phillys-eraser/

                                  sixbigboys that's awesome news! really missed the MRR interviews over the years.. congrats!