MP3 blogs are a never-ending series of blockbuster microbands.
Lucas Gonze wrote a really great post that I find so true:
don’t know that band, nope.
Or that one.
Or the other one either.
And it’s not because I’m old and out of it, it’s because there are that many bands. I mean, I *am* old and out of it, but even if I wasn’t the answer would be the same.
MP3 blogs are a never-ending series of blockbuster microbands.
I’m not bringing this up to put down MP3 blogs or blockbuster microbands, but to point out that it almost never makes sense to think somebody else should have heard of an act that you know. The act might be huge in its genre, but genres are very thinly sliced. Every day of every year I hear another five new bands mentioned. The only thing that’s wrong with this picture is when you have to say “no, I don’t know them,” because that is almost always going to be the answer.
I commented on his post:
Here are my top 10 artists of the last 6 months:
Eulogies
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Starfucker
The Bird and the Bee
K’naan
James Yuill
Mother Mother
Angus & Julia Stone
Viva Voce
Shout Out Out Out Out
Bell X1
Anderson
The Killers
The Boxer Rebellion
IAMX
At the beginning of 2008, I had heard of:
Viva Voce
The Killers
The other 8 bands I had not even heard of until last year. I discover all my new music here - http://www.spinner.com/new-releases (disclaimer: I work there). At this point I expect to find a new artist that I end up really liking every single week. I am positive this is not going to stop for the rest of my life.
