Thursday, May 26, 2011

Attention Musicians!

We've been getting a lot of requests from musicians for a list of magazines we carry to submit music for review. Everyone here at ISSUES is a huge supporter of local music, so we have happily obliged  and present to you a list of all the music magazines we carry, as well as mags on other topics that do music reviews! 

If you have an amazing album or EP that the world needs to hear, stop by and check out some mags that might be a good fit for your music! We will be more than happy to help you out :).

This isn't the be all end all list - let us know if you think we missed anything, or if there is a title out there that you want us to carry! We haven't included a lot of fanzines, but Maximum Rock and Roll has a pretty in depth zine review section, and of course, we always accept zines on consignment - so submit your awesome music zine!

OK...Here we go!

Alarm: Quarterly. Independent, underground, or otherwise non-mainstream.

The Big Takeover: Bi-Annual. “Music With Heart” - independent and major label bands from punk to electronica to slowcore.

Big Up: Quarterly. Underground electronic, dub, ambient, glitch.

Decibel: Monthly. Heavy metal.

Fader: Bi-Monthly. Hip-hop, reggae, indie rock, pop, dance.

Ghettoblaster: Quarterly. Alternative.

Kerrang: Weekly. “Nu metal”.

Maximum Rock n Roll: Monthly. Punk.

Mixmag: Monthly. Dance, club.

Mojo: Monthly. Classic/new/underground rock.

Musicworks: 3x a year. Avant-garde.

Neural: 3x a year. New media, electronic music.

New Music Express: Weekly. Wide scope, but mainly rock.

Razorcake: Bi-monthly. Punk.

Relix: 8x a year. Live music.

Respect: Quarterly. Rap, hip hop.

Shindig: Bi-monthly. Psych, garage, beat, power-pop, soul, folk.

Shook: Quarterly. Jazz, soul, electronic music.

Signal to Noise: Quarterly. Avant-garde jazz, electro-acoustic, improvisation and left-of-center modern rock.

Tom Tom: Quarterly. Female drummers and musicians!

Uncut: Monthly. Americana, rock, alternative country.

Under the Radar: Quarterly. Indie.

Vibe: Quarterly. R&B, hip hop, rap.

Wax Poetics: Bi-monthly. Vintage and contemporary jazz, funk, soul, Latin, hip-hop, reggae, blues.

Wire: Monthly. Avant-garde, hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation, post-rock, electronic music.

The Word: Monthly. Classic rock, but reviews on new rock, indie, alternative.

XLR8R: 10x a year. Electronic, indie-rock, hip-hop, reggae, and dance.

Yeti: Yearly. Indie.

Other Magazines (not music) that do reviews:

The Believer (Culture, Lit): 9x a year. Yearly Music Issue. Last issue featured everyone from John Cage to M.I.A.!

Bust Magazine (Feminist Pop Culture): Bi-monthly.  Indie, punk, female-musician focused.

Color Magazine (Skate Culture): Quarterly. Rock, punk, indie, psych.

Dazed and Confused (Fashion, Style, Culture): Monthly. Indie, dance, rock, electronic, rap, hip hop.

East Bay Express: Weekly. Free. Local review section as well as more mainstream.

Monster Children (Skate/Surf/Street Culture): Quarterly. Indie, rock, electronic.

Paper (Fashion, Pop Culture): 8x a year. ‘Sound Bite’ Column. Indie.

Oxford American (Literary): Quarterly. Annual Southern music issue.

Pork (Pop/Street Culture): Bi-monthly. Free. ‘Sweet & Street’ Punk, rock (think Burger Records, 1-2-3-4 Go!)

San Francisco Bay Guardian: Weekly. Free. Everything local.

San Francisco Weekly: Weekly. Free. Everything local.

Thrasher (Skateboard Culture): Monthly. “Zounds” music section. Rock, punk, metal.

Vice: Monthly. Free. R&B, hip hop, electronic, dance, rock, folk, indie, punk, ETC.

Oh yeah - and then there is this thing...the 'internet'! We here at ISSUES are not adverse to technology as some may think :P! Here is a (very) brief list of blogs to visit!


We hope this helps!!!!
Good luck & happy music making!
xoxo
ISSUES

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