Are there any music review sites out as extensive and as frequently updated as allmusic.com and Rolling Stone?

January 12, 2004 12:18 AM

I've been looking for some good music review websites besides Allmusic.com and RollingStone, since they often don't know what they're talking about and I like to get a lot of opinions. Are there any websites out there that are as extensive and as frequently updated? It seems those are the only 2 I can find that are both.
posted by Slimemonster to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

You said you liked to get a lot of opinions: metacritic.com
posted by jca at 12:29 AM on January 12, 2004

Pitchfork.
posted by anathema at 3:39 AM on January 12, 2004

I like the user reviews on Amazon, particularly the charts that show average ratings for a band's entire catalog.
posted by mischief at 3:56 AM on January 12, 2004

The following are all online versions of proper magazines out of the UK: Q is huge and not bad. I've never found the real world version of this one - but I like its attitude. NME is a standard but nowhere near as good as it used to be. And finally Bang.

I also use Metacritic and The Guardian . And off-question, this is a good place for music news.

Here's a previous Ask Metafilter where quartermass wanted some links to slightly underground music reviews.
posted by meech at 4:27 AM on January 12, 2004

Dotmusic isn't bad (although now owned by Yahoo, and not as good as it once was) - also Playlouder.
posted by ascullion at 5:04 AM on January 12, 2004

This thread might give you some ideas.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:11 AM on January 12, 2004

The War Against Silence mixes good reviews of a mix of music with (sometimes long) personal commentary.
posted by kirkaracha at 7:14 AM on January 12, 2004

Try Gnod's for some very clickable relatedness exploration.
posted by scarabic at 11:00 AM on January 12, 2004

wow, that War Against Silence site is wonderful! I can't believe the range of the stuff this guy reviews. I can read about the latest prog-metal shred-fest and the latest japanese pop releases. This is a real find. thanks!
posted by GeekAnimator at 12:21 PM on January 12, 2004

War Against Silence is my absolute favorite, but if you like to participate in the reviewing i would highly recommend Rate Your Music.
posted by krisis at 10:32 PM on January 16, 2004