Australian Music Blogs 2007 Update
Man, I’ve been meaning to do this for ages.
It’s coming up to that time of year again where I solicit responses from Aussie bloggers for the Top Australian Bands/Artists poll (Third Annual!). Anyway, I’ve been meaning to stay up to date this year with new Australian or New Zealand music blogs and have found a few that I keep my eye on but I get the feeling I’m missing out on some. So if you know any other Australian/NZ music blogs that aren’t listed in my sidebar please leave a comment or email me. I know I had a Perth one bookmarked but I apparently deleted and can’t remember the url!
I was pleased this year that a Brisbane based music blog got up and running. If you’ve not checked out Before Hollywood be sure you do as they have their collective eyes on lots of young bands maybe not getting much press outside of Brissie.
Electrorash is a blog I’ve just discovered the past couple months but it looks great and has a dance/electro focus.
Fangirl is a blog that’s been around a while and features some of the best music writing in Australia. Her current piece on the film Control is pretty damn thought provoking.
Joe Hardy loves Radiohead so he’s alright with me. He also remixed Gotye so he should be alright with you too.
Lexicon Devil has been around ages but for some reason I am a relatively new reader. I like this one as I never know what Dave is going to write about.
Move Still is a new Sydney blog that features a collective of writers contributing and they all seem to have pretty great taste. They are also not afraid to get excited about things.
The MulletGod takes great photos.
Songpod always has a clutch of flyers up so you don’t miss a great gig in Sydney.
And Syms LOVES The Basics and hates Richard Kingsmill.
Who else am I missing?
It has also been brought to my attention (by Syms actually) that some of you may be having problems leaving comments on the site. I have NO idea why this is happening as some comments are getting through just fine. I will try to get to this.
And yes, this post had virtually nothing to do with Control but last night I couldn’t decide which poster to upload so I used this one tonight. [/nerd]
October 18th, 2007 00:47
Thanks for the props!
havefunclub.blogspot.com are on my hit list and move still have been rocking.
Being from Perth I should know more about the blog scene over there but all i have is high-lighter.blogspot.com – awesome new startup coming out of a city with a serious passion for music.
Top Oz artists and tracks… Will have to have a think about that, it is a very tough call.
October 18th, 2007 14:41
rosequartz.blogspot.com is a blog by a couple of friends of mine, one of whom is in brisbane, but it’s not exclusively brisbane- or even australia-centric.
October 18th, 2007 21:07
thanks for the added traffic sean. i’ll try and repay the favour one day.
October 19th, 2007 13:11
check out “digging for fire” a melb music blog
http://jgantic.wordpress.com – friend of a friends.
Im a big fan of a-reminder .. keep up the good work.
cheers
October 23rd, 2007 10:54
Check Pedestrian.tv + http://www.havefunclub.blogspot.com for 2 mo goos sydney blogs
October 31st, 2007 01:15
Hi, I just found you through Electrorash! And I really liked the idea of your post, I commented to nek the other day that it was always nice to find a good Aussie blog. Apart from the ones listed on your blog list and above a good Aussie blog I read is “Hyperbole” (http://masshyperbole.blogspot.com/)
I’ve just started one too, but I don’t even want to mention it’s name around all these others. If you must tho… click on my name and check out my work in progress.
Cheers.
November 2nd, 2007 15:32
my own effort is (con)temporary. possibly claims title for the most wanky music blog in aus/nz – check it out!
http://contempblog.blogspot.com
Cheers!
November 6th, 2007 21:31
hiya,
thanks for the kind words! I finally updated my blog roll today, returning the favour.
cheers,
eh