Other music sites you visit

[Ruki Katiakicz]

For news and stuffs, besides absolutepunk of course

punknews.org

[Neo Cassady]

folkalley.com

[lew_1987]

www.punktastic.com

[Until The Bombs]

No other site with any regularity.

[versus_god]

http://www.punknews.org/

I don't even check the news here.

[Maxwell]

www.punktastic.com (http://www.punktastic.com)

Same.

I used to use musicmademe.com for lyrics.

[ugman_2000]

www.punktastic.com (http://www.punktastic.com)


Seconded

Great for News on UK punk bands

[drivthru182]

pitchfork, strikegently, stereogum, and brooklynvegan

[so typical]

daytrotter.

[heyzombiehitler]

xpeeps

[Praetor]

Lambgoat (sometimes) and Pitchfork (daily).

[Ruki Katiakicz]

http://www.punknews.org/

I don't even check the news here.

sometimes the comments can be funny... other times... =\

[IWasaCamera]

I'm a pretentious hipster so Pitchfork obviously.

[absolutecrunk]

Just AP

[Chris Fallon]

Honestly, our competitors suck. Punktastic gave The Maine an A-grade review ... I don't see anything punk or 'tastic about that.

[Klatzke]

I use Highbeamreview.com a lot.. but only because i review for it.

[Chris Fallon]

I use Highbeamreview.com a lot.. but only because i review for it.
You too?! Ohhh man....

[EchoPark]

songmeanings.net for Lyrics, occasionally punknews.org but Absolutepunk is always the first site I check in the mornings and where I spend most of the day.

[TheOtherAndrew]

There are other sites?

[Chris Fallon]

There are other sites?
Correct answer

[HangsLikeHeaven]

wut?

[Klatzke]

You too?! Ohhh man....
Why the Ohhh man? haha.

I think he recruited from here. He's got me Bradley and Adam i know.

[reissgoespunk]

Punktasic.

[Chris Fallon]

Why the Ohhh man? haha.

I think he recruited from here. He's got me Bradley and Adam i know.
Drew is an asshole. He would pester every reviewer here and when they told him they weren't interested in his shitty site, he would just harass them and insult their work in an incredibly rude & immature fashion. Plus, he thinks he's got something going with that site, which just steals new posts from here and not to mention, if you guys didn't post your reviews on AP.net ... no one would ever read them.

[reissgoespunk]

I use Highbeamreview.com a lot.. but only because i review for it.

That site is horrid on the eyes.

[Klatzke]

Drew is an asshole. He would pester every reviewer here and when they told him they weren't interested in his shitty site, he would just harass them and insult their work in an incredibly rude & immature fashion. Plus, he thinks he's got something going with that site, which just steals new posts from here and not to mention, if you guys didn't post your reviews on AP.net ... no one would ever read them.
ahh, i see.
Well, i don't post the reviews from either of these on the other sites.
And, i sometimes link to mine from there.

Who all did he pester/insult?

[Klatzke]

That site is horrid on the eyes.
yeah, there's a new layout in the works.

[Chris Fallon]

ahh, i see.
Well, i don't post the reviews from either of these on the other sites.
And, i sometimes link to mine from there.

Who all did he pester/insult?
Personally, I don't care if you post your reviews from there on here - shit, it will help you more in the long run anyway.

The one I spoke to him about that I had a problem with was duffmanetc. whatever the rest of his name is hahaha

I've been messaged by a few others in the past about it but I'd have to find the PMs, if I still have them.

[Chris Fallon]

That site is horrid on the eyes.
For so many reasons? lololololololol

[Klatzke]

Personally, I don't care if you post your reviews from there on here - shit, it will help you more in the long run anyway.

The one I spoke to him about that I had a problem with was duffmanetc. whatever the rest of his name is hahaha

I've been messaged by a few others in the past about it but I'd have to find the PMs, if I still have them.
duffmanrxbandit? haha... He reviews for highbeam...
If he was complaining then that doesn't make sense..

I do believe you though, i know his one account got banned on here or what not.
It gives me the oppertunity to do NEW albums though, as compared to here where i get year old ones. lol

[Brokenhill]

http://pinkfloyd.net/

[AP_Punk]

lol^^

punknews
meatspin
and i used to frequent punktastic a few years back. not so much nowadays.

[hockeyguitar99]

That site is horrid on the eyes.

I review there, but i have to agree, the site manager is trying to review bcause it's sort of a shitfest right now.

[hockeyguitar99]

duffmanrxbandit? haha... He reviews for highbeam...
If he was complaining then that doesn't make sense..

I do believe you though, i know his one account got banned on here or what not.
It gives me the oppertunity to do NEW albums though, as compared to here where i get year old ones. lol

Whats up?

thats pretty much why I do it too.

[Klatzke]

Whats up?

thats pretty much why I do it too.
Mmhmm.
Nice review for Pres of United.. btw.
I only know one song by them, and it's not my thing, but good job on the review.

[FeynmanWannabe]

rateyourmusic is the big one - where i usually find the new releases I'm interested in.
also: AMG, pitchfork, last.fm, sometimes cokemachineglow & tinymixtapes though less frequently these days.

[hockeyguitar99]

Mmhmm.
Nice review for Pres of United.. btw.
I only know one song by them, and it's not my thing, but good job on the review.


Thanks.

I liked your wolftron review as well as your one for CinSun. I knew you would like that one! also, you seem to enjoy reviewing albums by frontmen of bands you don't particularly.

[Klatzke]

Haha, sure seems that way. I think I just get lucky, i try to approach them un-biasedly.

[TheGuillotine]

Bombshellzine.com, Australian music news/tours etc.

[hockeyguitar99]

Haha, sure seems that way. I think I just get lucky, i try to approach them un-biasedly.

Have you talked to drew? he said he was going to get me a copy of the new HTL album, but he hasn't been online at all.

Shit. I just realized I probably should get that danger radio review up by midnight.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Drew is an asshole. He would pester every reviewer here and when they told him they weren't interested in his shitty site, he would just harass them and insult their work in an incredibly rude & immature fashion. Plus, he thinks he's got something going with that site, which just steals new posts from here and not to mention, if you guys didn't post your reviews on AP.net ... no one would ever read them.
I didn't know that he was insulting people's work. That pisses me off even more.

I got a PM from him a while back. He offered me a staff position at his website but didn't respond because I never got around to it. A few days later I posted in my blog about it because I was flattered by the offer, but said I probably would say no. I also posted in a chat thread that I disliked the site's layout because I thought it looked like a metal site. Somebody from that site apparently found both my blog and my post and sent them to him. He PMs me all pissed off. First he tells me that the original PM he sent me offering the staff position was spam. I respond by saying "Cruel." Then he follows up with this gem.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: DrewSkylinepres

Well I know the zine looks like A metal site right now, but it's getting re-designed and I don't like people passing off the site as just some lame site that you "Really Really don't think you'll be a part of." A polite no is good enough. Ya know what I mean?

The guy has nerve. I never said a bad thing about his website besides the fact that I didn't want to work for it. I was going to be quiet about this, but if he's being a cock and insulting AP's reviewers, fuck him. He should be permanently IP banned from this website so he can't harass anyone else.

[Brokenhill]

lol^^

punknews
meatspin
and i used to frequent punktastic a few years back. not so much nowadays.

Believe it or not, every few weeks or so, there are news about them / related things.

[Chris Fallon]

duffmanrxbandit? haha... He reviews for highbeam...
If he was complaining then that doesn't make sense..

I do believe you though, i know his one account got banned on here or what not.
It gives me the oppertunity to do NEW albums though, as compared to here where i get year old ones. lol
Does he really? hahaha no, he wasn't complaining to me, others have - ones who don't write often, actually. That is funny but I just lost respect for the way he handled people dismissing his site. The way he did it was just very immature.

Have you talked to drew? he said he was going to get me a copy of the new HTL album, but he hasn't been online at all.

Shit. I just realized I probably should get that danger radio review up by midnight.
I'm not surprised - he's no Jason Tate or Linda Ferreira.

I didn't know that he was insulting people's work. That pisses me off even more.

I got a PM from him a while back. He offered me a staff position at his website but didn't respond because I never got around to it. A few days later I posted in my blog about it because I was flattered by the offer, but said I probably would say no. I also posted in a chat thread that I disliked the site's layout because I thought it looked like a metal site. Somebody from that site apparently found both my blog and my post and sent them to him. He PMs me all pissed off. First he tells me that the original PM he sent me offering the staff position was spam. I respond by saying "Cruel." Then he follows up with this gem.

----------------- Original Message -----------------
From: DrewSkylinepres

Well I know the zine looks like A metal site right now, but it's getting re-designed and I don't like people passing off the site as just some lame site that you "Really Really don't think you'll be a part of." A polite no is good enough. Ya know what I mean?

The guy has nerve. I never said a bad thing about his website besides the fact that I didn't want to work for it. I was going to be quiet about this, but if he's being a cock and insulting AP's reviewers, fuck him. He should be permanently IP banned from this website so he can't harass anyone else.
Honestly, as much as I like the user reviewers who post there ... I think they've been duped. It's a shitty rip-off of AP.net - it's amazing how far superior we are to every other music site around. Don't worry though, dude ... he'll be staying on his site forever now. AP.net doesn't want him.

[x togepi x]

i seriously hope you're joking about this place being "far superior to every other music site around".

[TheOtherAndrew]

i seriously hope you're joking about this place being "far superior to every other music site around".
We're up there.
Honestly, as much as I like the user reviewers who post there ... I think they've been duped. It's a shitty rip-off of AP.net - it's amazing how far superior we are to every other music site around. Don't worry though, dude ... he'll be staying on his site forever now. AP.net doesn't want him.
Good.

[x togepi x]

We're up there.
.

Not really.

sure there isn't a site that covers pop rock better than AP.net, but there are other forms of music.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Not really.

sure there isn't a site that covers pop rock better than AP.net, but there are other forms of music.
Its clearly a website devoted to a few specific genres. No one who listens to free jazz is going to sign up for a website called absolutepunk.net.

Except for yourself, obviously.

[Ruki Katiakicz]

Care to list some Togepi?

[x togepi x]

Its clearly a website devoted to a few specific genres. No one who listens to free jazz is going to sign up for a website called absolutepunk.net.

Except for yourself, obviously.

but since it leaves out most music that isn't trendy pop punk, it isn't better than popmatters or pitchfork that at least attempts to cover other forms of music.

[x togepi x]

Care to list some Togepi?

better than this one?

pitchfork
popmatters

if i were all about like three kinds of music this place would rule, but i'm not. people here know what they're doing, but they're not the best at it.

[TheOtherAndrew]

but since it leaves out most music that isn't trendy pop punk, it isn't better than popmatters or pitchfork that at least attempts to cover other forms of music.
When I look at the reviews and the front page of this website, I frequently see music that is far from the realm of pop punk. Even if you were right about AP sticking to "trendy" bands, of course they're going to cover bands that people want to hear about.

AP has also helped bands become trendy. That's not conforming to only covering trendy bands. A lot of the groups that get exposure here become relevant in the music scene.

[brokenlungs]

It makes no difference which sites are the biggest or the best. What really matters in the end is that music mends broken hearts.

lol

[x togepi x]

When I look at the reviews and the front page of this website, I frequently see music that is far from the realm of pop punk. Even if you were right about AP sticking to "trendy" bands, of course they're going to cover bands that people want to hear about.

AP has also helped bands become trendy. That's not conforming to only covering trendy bands. A lot of the groups that get exposure here become relevant in the music scene.

They're all within the realm of rock or pop though. Pitchfork covers such a wider variety of music that it's obscene. It's not the "indie" site everyone tags them to be. They do features on all sorts of different music, plus their interviews are of a lot more varied nature, instead of just being poppy punk bands.

and as for "helping bands get trendy", i can't really think of any good bands this site has pushed to get popular. oh cool, they hyped the Format. *yawn*

I don't know why you're getting so defensive. I didn't say the people running this site suck or don't know what they're doing because they're good at what they do, pushing pop punk, but you can't claim this is the best music site out there.

[TheOtherAndrew]

They're all within the realm of rock or pop though. Pitchfork covers such a wider variety of music that it's obscene. It's not the "indie" site everyone tags them to be. They do features on all sorts of different music, plus their interviews are of a lot more varied nature, instead of just being poppy punk bands.

and as for "helping bands get trendy", i can't really think of any good bands this site has pushed to get popular. oh cool, they hyped the Format. *yawn*

I don't know why you're getting so defensive. I didn't say the people running this site suck or don't know what they're doing because they're good at what they do, pushing pop punk, but you can't claim this is the best music site out there.
I won't disagree with you about the majority of the material covered here is in the realm of rock and pop, but for a site that is clearly devoted to a certain type of music (pop punk), we have a pretty impressive amount of material covering other genres.

And who's getting defensive? haha

[x togepi x]

I won't disagree with you about the majority of the material covered here is in the realm of rock and pop, but for a site that is clearly devoted to a certain type of music (pop punk), we have a pretty impressive amount of material covering other genres.

And who's getting defensive? haha

not really since most of it is just the trendiest of whatever scene it is.

no offense to the staff, but the features popmatters does about music slay anything they've written (they're quite good). which is why i can't go along with the idea that this site is the best music site.

[TheOtherAndrew]

not really since most of it is just the trendiest of whatever scene it is.

no offense to the staff, but the features popmatters does about music slay anything they've written (they're quite good). which is why i can't go along with the idea that this site is the best music site.
1) You don't get as highly ranked as AP is by covering bands nobody cares about. I agree with you that a lot of the bands covered here aren't so great, but you gotta give credit to the site in that they know how to stay relevant.

2) I'll read a few and get back to you.

[TheOtherAndrew]

I'm reading a popmatters feature right now. Good shit. I'd like to see some features like that on this site.

[x togepi x]

1) You don't get as highly ranked as AP is by covering bands nobody cares about. I agree with you that a lot of the bands covered here aren't so great, but you gotta give credit to the site in that they know how to stay relevant.

2) I'll read a few and get back to you.

what music site worth anything is not staying relevant? that doesn't make it better than everyone else.

[TheOtherAndrew]

what music site worth anything is not staying relevant? that doesn't make it better than everyone else.
No argument there. But the reason AP is so highly ranked/well known is because their finger is on the pulse of what people who listen to pop rock and pop punk are interested in. That's worth something.

[harveyn590]

Its clearly a website devoted to a few specific genres. No one who listens to free jazz is going to sign up for a website called absolutepunk.net.



I love free jazz. But you do have a good point this site mainly sticks to the rock/pop genres. Its done very well though

[TheOtherAndrew]

I love free jazz. But you do have a good point this site mainly sticks to the rock/pop genres. Its done very well though
Agreed.

Also, you like BTMI!, therefore you are cool.

[TheOtherAndrew]

I used to go to punkdisasters.com, that website was hilarious haha. So terrible.

[chipdip18]

This site is pretty awesome and organized quite well. What other site do i have to visit?

[El_Jeffe]

the only other site i visit & enjoy doesn't have forums, bugger it. if it did, i may have never of found ap to start with (for better or worse haha)

[TheOtherAndrew]

the only other site i visit & enjoy doesn't have forums, bugger it. if it did, i may have never of found ap to start with (for better or worse haha)
which site is that?

[El_Jeffe]

global rhythm! that place rules soo much, i'll never be able to thank them enough for passing me on to the magical & daring ways of tinariwen

[_><_]

Last.fm

[3mpire]

Pitchfork, Rateyourmusic, Sputnikmusic (occasionally) and Last.fm.

[Regards]

I used to visit sputnik til I discovered ap, even still I don't really use ap for music news.

[absolutecrunk]

I've never seen a website whose forum layout is less busy than this one. This is by far the most organized one that I've come across and all of the other ones just seem confusing, what with the signature pictures and the different fonts and not being able to differentiate between post and signature...what a mess!

[absolutecrunk]

I also have a very limited taste in music so I don't like to go to too many websites because I don't CARE about music news.

[secretsociety92]

Sleazeroxx, Last.fm and Rateyourmusic

[Regards]

I also have a very limited taste in music so I don't like to go to too many websites because I don't CARE about music news.
This right here.

[SLoT]

zero.

[CellarGhosts]

I've never seen a website whose forum layout is less busy than this one. This is by far the most organized one that I've come across and all of the other ones just seem confusing, what with the signature pictures and the different fonts and not being able to differentiate between post and signature...what a mess!
Agreed.

[anonymousgirl]

Last.fm
also i check my favorite bands' myspace, youtube, and official Web sites a lot.

[ThemChains]

Last.fm, Lambgoat, DeathTalk, FoodFightRVA

[handlikesecret]

last.fm, that's it.

[IWasaCamera]

I've never seen a website whose forum layout is less busy than this one. This is by far the most organized one that I've come across and all of the other ones just seem confusing, what with the signature pictures and the different fonts and not being able to differentiate between post and signature...what a mess!
Agreed.