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Title: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: MyGlove on May 23, 2012, 09:46:13 PM Or what specific critics do you find agree with your taste most of the time? It's odd, but I've found that both Pitchfork and Robert Christgau are the ones i find myself reading all the time. what about you?
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: doinnothin on May 24, 2012, 01:00:44 AM I check out Pitchfork, FACT Mag [ http://www.factmag.com/category/reviews/ ], and Resident Advisor [electronic music] pretty much everyday, and tend to swing by AllMusic when I'm looking for older releases.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: cablegeddon on May 24, 2012, 03:19:47 AM I go to allmusic because they have all the credits and chart positions there as well.
I know many people hate that Steve Irwing but I like his reviews. He tells you, these were singles, this is were the band was in their career and stuff like that. Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: buddhahat on May 24, 2012, 03:51:09 AM Yeah I find the ratings on All Music a good indicator, although I think they're a little harsh on Holland (2 1/2 stars!).
Metacritic is also good for a general sense of what is recent, and worth checking out. Pitchfork too. Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: kookadams on May 24, 2012, 12:44:15 PM rateyourmusic.com & epinions.com
/josh Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: Ovi on May 24, 2012, 12:46:45 PM I really enjoy George Starostin's ones.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: RadBooley on May 24, 2012, 12:56:35 PM Honestly? I'll often check out the general consensus on Amazon.com to get an idea of how good an album is.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: Runaways on May 25, 2012, 06:09:19 AM I usually just check the wikipedia page on an album and look at the reviews posted. I generally like allmusic too, but there's little things that bother me. One being every beatles album is five stars
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: onkster on May 25, 2012, 07:06:46 AM Metacritic is probably best and easiest to get a consensus.
I don't have an individual favorite source--The Onion/AVClub is great for film reviews, but fairly awful for music reviews. Every half-assed indie band with a moronic name gets way too much praise there, sorry to say. Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: MyGlove on May 25, 2012, 08:47:33 AM rateyourmusic.com & epinions.com /josh Rate Your Music is one I use as well. Except they definitely have way too much of a bias towards bands like Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Shins etc. (modern indie). That kinda bothers me. Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: Aegir on May 25, 2012, 12:27:12 PM I really enjoy George Starostin's ones. oh man, I used to read those all the time! I don't agree with a lot of his opinions but from a literary standpoint I love reading his reviews. they're so entertaining. Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: I. Spaceman on May 25, 2012, 03:54:38 PM The Record Room.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: Puggal on May 26, 2012, 11:13:04 PM Anywhere and everywhere. I read a lot of reviews before I buy anything.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: cablegeddon on May 27, 2012, 08:46:24 AM Oh sorry, Stephen Erlewine is the name of the infamous reviewer on allmusic. Steve Irving I think is the late crocodile hunter.
Title: Re: Which sites do you look up album reviews on? Post by: thatjacob on May 30, 2012, 12:15:10 AM I generally read Pitchfork's reviews, but often disagree with their number ratings. Aside from that, I'm another fan of rateyourmusic.com
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