Off Book, a web series by PBS Arts published on tumblr created this video about the evolution music distribution and discovery online. It features interviews with individuals whose blogs and sites sluice the flood river of online music for the specks of gold carried in its current.
Websites like Pitchfork, FADER, and Hype Machine play a vital curatorial role that enable people to discover new artists amid the host of self-produced music and videos online. (One such artist I'd like to recommend is MPSO who releases a free album this month.) These sites do serve a function similar to the music press but they publish more reviews and daily. It is music journalism on the abbreviated time scale of the internet. Audio and video are often published with the review so you can judge it for yourself as you read their take on it.
Although I will be a subscriber to Rolling Stone for as long as it is published, these sites have been invaluable to me as a music fan. BP
Although I will be a subscriber to Rolling Stone for as long as it is published, these sites have been invaluable to me as a music fan. BP