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Music Blogs That Want Your Music

ListenLooking for ways to get your music heard by the right people? Included is a list of music blogs that actually want to hear from you!

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Guest Post from Ditto

Getting your music heard is hard. Getting your music heard by the right people is even harder. You hear so many blogs, journalists and other industry big names complaining about unsolicited PR emails from bands, so its difficult to know where to tread. This is why we have set up this blog post, containing info and links to all the influential sites and blogs who not only accept these emails but welcome them.

Just a word of warning, though before you get emailing. Never, under any circumstances send a group email. I know it saves time, but putting all these addresses into a BCC field and firing over a group email would burn more bridges than it would build. Spend some time looking at each site, see what sort of music they are into and try and relate. If you are a sensitive singer songwriter crooning over an acoustic guitar, don’t contact a Hip-hop blog. Find them on twitter, look at their recent articles, and try and find common ground between them and your music. 

Below is a list of blogs that are accepting submissions.

Aurgasm

Aurgasm is a must-stop destination for passionate music lovers around the world.

Aquarium Drunkard

Aquarium Drunkard is an audio blog with reviews, interviews, features, mp3 samples and sessions. It covers contemporary sounds with vintage garage, psych, folk, country, soul, funk, r&b and everything that falls in between.

Birp.fm

BIRP is a playlist aggregator and blog devoted to new music as well as act as a hub for a growing community of people that love to share and talk about music.

Consequence Of Sound

Consequence Of Sound is a Chicago publication that's the missing link between mainsteam pop culture and the underground

Country Fried Rock

Country Fried Rockis a one-hour, weekly radio road trip that features some of the most exciting off-the-radar artists talking about, and playing, the music that moves them.

Drowned in Sound

Drowned in Sound have everything to keep you up to date with reviews, music news and community posts.

FACT

FACT has built up a reputation for featuring some of the biggest breaking artists. They have offices in the UK, US and Australia and their own online TV channel!

Gorilla VS Bear

Gorilla vs. Bear writes about relevant artists of the day, with no particular genre-specific focus.

HearYa

HearYa is an indie music blog that gives indie music enthusiasts a destination to cut through the clutter when discovering new music. They’re a community of fans that want to see the music they love reach the ears of new friends and survive.

Indie Music Filter

Indie Music Filter is Toronto-based music blog finding the best new music available on the internet.

Indie Shuffle

Indie Music Shuffle is a diverse group of people excited about sharing music. They don’t write bad reviews, so everything you read about is something they like and believe is worth checking out

King of A&R

Kings of A&R is a one-stop shop for information about new music trends and finding new music.

Knox Road

Knox Road is your music fix, and sometimes more. Support what you like. It's pretty simple, really.

Metal Injection

The latest news and gossip from around the metal world, mainly for metal videos. Also has the feature to upload your own videos.

Music Emissions

Music Emissions was created to present one person's critical thinking on independent music.

The Music Ninja

The Music Ninja is a multi-genre music discovery site based in the deep, dark and melodic shadows of the internet.

Ninebullets

Above all, ninebullets.net is about music; recorded music, live shows, music documentaries, musical news and the occasional reality television show or update/rant about my favorite sports team. While no genre is off limits, we tend to write about country, rock, blues, metal, folk, bluegrass and all the hyphenated sub-genres that may fall under those labels.

Pigeons & Planes

Pigeons & Planes is the one place you can go for all new music, whatever genre from anywhere in the world.

Potholes In My Blog

Potholes In My Blog is an award-winning hip-hop blog based in Phoenix, AZ, and “your lifeline to good ass music” as they say.

The Line Of Best Fit

The Line Of Best Fit champion new music that they love and for their efforts were awarded most influential music blog in the UK in 2014.

If anyone has any more suggestions, feel free to post in the comment section below!

Good luck!

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  3. A useful list of music sites that actually want to hear from new artists, instead of regurgitating indie trends.

  5. Excellent information with unique content and it is very useful to know about the information based on blogs. I went through your blog and it’s totally awesome. Keep on updating your site with such informative post.

  9. A site I recommend for music submissions is DOPECAUSEWESAID.com. It showcases the music of emerging/independent artists from around the world in the genres of Pop, Hip-Hop, Soul, EDM, and RnB. Plus, the artists don’t have to pay for their music to be posted.

  13. LAUREL CANYON RECORDS
    Annex Office: 1 Raintree Drive Hamilton New Jersey 08690
    I’m interested in seeing if you can help us get a contact (name and email) to set up an article on a upcoming CD release that was co-produced by David Crosby entitled, Versions of The Truth by singer/songwriter Marcus Eaton. Please know that David Crosby not only performs on three of the tracks, but also promotes Marcus in a video. Since Crosby, Stills and Nash recently disbanded perhaps there is added interest, and this new music is outstanding and unique.
    We would like you to let us know if you can help us get the word out to your vast readership.
    Many thanks for your attention.
    Best,
    Maureen
    Maureen Daye Pietoso
    Laurel Canyon Records
    Director of Publicity
    (908) 415-1034

  32. Thank you Ditto for this guest post. Your list is really good and it’s working for me. I find something like this and i found this your post.Thank you again keep posting like this.

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