As a frequent, repeat customer of Boomkat, I feel compelled to rise to their defense.
I write music reviews for a local free paper, and have written in the past for a variety of publications. What one realizes very quickly in writing reviews, is that it is difficult to do at all, let alone well. Especially when it comes to electronic music, where you don't often have lyrics to provide some sort of 'meaning' to critique. And the more you do it (and I've written hundreds over the past 10 years) the less you actually have to say. Boomkat's reviews are actually well written, and are much, much better than any other download store site on the internet. They are consistently helpful to me -- they provide context to each release which sends me off to research other related music. They are also sometimes humorous without succumbing to the jokey Britishisms that grate the ear when you read a lot of UK music publications. They are definitely oriented towards trying to shift units. They definitely reflect the personal prejudices of the writers. They, no doubt, occasionally give more weight to their friends or labels they don't want to make into enemies. But it's like reading anything -- you have to consider the source and make up your own mind. It isn't as bad as Beatport. Beatport tries to be all things to all people, so they pimp absolute sh1t. Beatport has discovered that you can make money catering to DJs with no taste, no shame, and no soul. On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Martin Dust <mar...@dustscience.com> wrote: > > On 27 Nov 2009, at 15:23, Odeluga, Ken wrote: > >> I like Boomkat's random shards of disdain. >> >> Although the fact that 99% of their reviews make each item sound like the >> next best thing since sliced bread, still leaves the final joke on them! > > This comes up a lot from techno heads, what do you really expect them to put? > > m
