I've been thinking about this for the last few days, and after reading @BARELY HUMAN and @Ryan Leach posts in the Music Blog thread decided to post about it. I love putting out records and have been doing so for 20 years now. I started right as Horizontal Action was winding down but Terminal Boredom (forum and reviews), Gonerboard, Maximum Rock N Roll, Victim of Time were all great ways to get attention on your releases that resulted in actual sales. There are still great sites writing about music but even when that happens the best way to make people aware of it is by posting it in your instagram story or feed. A lot of people will like the post, some might even post a comment of flames or high-fiving hands but few are actually motivated to click the link and stop scrolling social media. So much of running the label has turned into just reposting stories or racking your brain trying to figure out ways to repost the same thing. I can't stress enough how much I hate that format, how shitty it can make me feel, and how ineffective it actually is.
Anyways its been really great seeing people posting music they are listening to and their thoughts on it. We have a bunch of people here who not only love music but are also good at writing about it, so I thought it would be fun to have a record review thread where people who are so inclined can post reviews of new releases they like. I figured if we get enough of them I can organize them every once in a while and publish them on the Total Punk site. All I ask is that you don't post reviews of your own releases or bands and that you try to keep it to stuff that has been released / reissued no longer than six months ago. Also please make sure to list a link to the where to buy/ listen to the release. Long story short if you like writing record reviews or would like to start taking a stab at it post them here. All I ask is:
- don't write reviews of your own release/ bands
- try to keep it to stuff that has come out/ been reissued in the last 6 months or so
- make sure to include a link to buy/ listen