July 2011
7 posts
Remix Circa Survive, Win a Pro Account on... →
This is a fantastic idea.
June 2011
15 posts
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Wugazi
wugazi:
We dig mashups.
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We love Explosions in the Sky. Thanks to their first music video ever, it’s now an unhealthy, codependent type of love.
Their new album, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, is getting great reviews on MusicGrid.me.
Girl Talk Gives Vulture His Ideal 154-Track... →
gdolboys:
Definitely some interesting choices here. Doesn’t read “backyard barbeque” so much as “midday kegger.”
BUT, to each his own.
You can’t hold northerners accountable for understanding barbecues.
Read & Write Album Reviews on “Yelp for Music”... →
That’s us! Thanks for the review and suggestions, Mashable!
It looks like the new Foo Fighters album is still... →
Giveaway Winners and More Improvements
#Winning (That’s still a funny meme, right?) In a tremendous display of karma (or mathematical logic), the winners of our $25 and $50 gift cards to iTunes/Amazon are the #2 and #1 posters on MusicGrid.me and have been for weeks. For the 125th review, Kyle Stapleton lauded the mind-altering “Swordfishtrombones” album by Tom Waits. Besides doing the public some good by convincing...
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is...
– Aldous Huxley, “Music at Night”, 1931
New Features and a Giveaway!
Review to win free gift cards for tunes! There’s now over 100 reviews on MusicGrid.me, and we’d like to celebrate by giving you free music. Here’s the deal: the author of the 125th review will win a $25 gift card to either iTunes or Amazon- your choice. For the 150th review, we’re upping the ante to a $50 gift card. There’s no terms and conditions link, no...
The Top 25 Modern Metal Guitarists (as listed by... →
Does anyone care to share their opinion on this list where you won’t get eaten by metal nerds?
The Chariot's Long Live on MusicGrid.me →
Check out the album that spawned the idea of MusicGrid.me.
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A "Thank You" and Some Upcoming Changes (Already)
It looks like we have one inevitable change and one hopeful improvement coming over the next month or so:
1. Facebook has now decided to ignore the ‘message’ parameter in Feed Dialogs, so our nifty feature that automatically fills your Facebook post with your review will no longer be as nifty. You can certainly still post your review in the same way, but the filling will not be...
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Introducing MusicGrid.me →
About six months ago, a discussion with a friend over the new Chariot album actually got me to stop hating them long enough to listen to it, and I ended up really liking it. I realized the only reason I even considered spinning the record was because of that conversation, and I further realized how many artists I’ve come to love simply because I trusted the opinion of a friend. But now, our...