Sputnikmusic News: Wk 09.09.08 2008-09-07 by Jom | 30 Comments | Jom here with a quick update on the haps around the site and in the music world for the upcoming week.
September 9th Releases
Look for staff reviews for Metallica's Death Magnetic (Dave de Sylvia), Mogwai's forthcoming EP (Andrew Hartwig), and in a double-Ryan Flatley, The Sound of Animals Fighting as well as supergroup United Nations.
Do you have any review requests for the staff? If so, post them here.
Some quick hitters for this week:
A Static Lullaby - Rattlesnake!
Iain Archer - To The Pine Roots
Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
Eric Benet - Love & Life
Calexico - Carried to Dust
Catie Curtis - Sweet Life
Colourmusic - f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13
The Dark Romantics - Heartbreaker
Daughtry - Daughtry Deluxe
Michael Franti - All Rebel Rockers
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
I'm Not Jim - You Are All My People
Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect? EP
Hal Ketchum - Father Time
LL Cool J - Exit 13
Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights
Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Midnight Blues
Meiko - Meiko
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Mogwai - Batcat EP
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Joan Osborne - Little Wild One
Jessica Simpson - Do You Know
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun
Tricky - Knowle West Boy
United Nations - United Nations
Unspoken - Jim Brickman
Dar Williams - Promised Land
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New Staff Writers and the Contributor Overhaul
As some of you may have noticed (and to those of you who've been living under a boulder lately), the contributing status overhaul took effect within the past couple weeks.
We have also been looking to promote somewhere between 2-3 (give or take - this has been ongoing for awhile) more writers to the reviewing staff. The promotions will more than likely come first before Dave and I start promoting writers to contributing status.
There were eleven [serious] applicants to the staff writing position, who (among others) have been contacted for Phase III of the application process. Essentially a mini-audition, the applicants were asked by to meet certain criteria I had laid out to them.
It has been discussed, to some degree (although not set in stone), that we are going to strive for approximately a 3:1 contributor:staff ratio (id est, for every staff writer, there will be about three contributing reviewers). Whether or not this proposal sees the light of day remains to be seen, but it is one proposal that has been offered.
What this basically means is that contributing status will have a much higher designation than what they previously were, as spots will be at a premium. Also: contributing reviewers may be cyclical based on activity or inactivity. Lastly, the current staff will have some say in who gets promoted to staff positions as well as contributing positions.
Again: the promotions for both tiers are a couple weeks away, but either Dave or myself will keep you posted.
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Reminders
While Sputnikmusic focuses on American release dates, reviews may be published if a record has been officially released somewhere in the world and/or there is a legitimate stream somewhere online. It is encouraged - for everyone's sake, really - to find streamable content if you elect to publish reviews prior to the American release date.
The listening parties have been slow lately. Did you all forget that you can request listening parties? Simply follow the guidelines located in the LP Request Thread (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560841) and we can kickstart the LP feature.
As you can tell, we could use a new logo. Are any of you good with Photoshop/MSPaint/whatever? Send your proposals over to the community forums (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=563072) and if we see one that we like, it'll be our new logo for the news page.
Either Dave or myself will try to write these site news updates on Sundays. The aim is to keep you up-to-date on things occurring in music for the upcoming week as well as give a bit of an inside look on some of the discussions that take place. We'll keep doing them if people like them, but if no one cares, then so be it.
Until next time,
Jom (on behalf of Dave)
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Navel Gazing.
But ya, Adobe Illustrator for a new logo?
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LL Cool J most def, Mogwai, and Daughtry. Lay off the Meiko though, I want it. Just kidding go ahead, I want to see who does the Meiko album because I love it so far. As for staff, have more inetrest in Contributing reviewer.
I also side with the guy who said the new Klimt1918 album. That would be comendable.This Message Edited On 09.07.08
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Good call, Elim.
Can't wait to see Watershed/AHiG level of reviews for Death Magnetic.
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Klimt 1918
Just in Case We'll Never Meet Again
That would be an album I'd like to see reviewed, I don't think anyone has ever reviewed any albums by this band before. The album came out late June so it's still pretty fresh I guess?
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Ya where's that Mogwai review.
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THOR FOR STAFF
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cool. I might try to see what i can do with the logo just for fun
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THOR FOR STAFF
:lol:
Death magnetic is rule.
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Articles like this = win. For real.
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yeah this is good
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These articles are actually really useful. I like.
Can't wait to read the Death Magnetic review as well.
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Hal Ketchum and Patty Loveless? Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
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The Years Gone By - Forever Comes Too Soon (came out September 2nd)
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I heard there is a new The Butterfly Effect album coming out September 20th. It would be cool to see a staff review for that when it comes out.
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review:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_in_Numbers_(The_Music_album)
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I'm on it.
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Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect? EP
yaya!
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someone plz do
Piglet - lava land EP
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Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
I would like to see these reviewed.
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I would like to request
7l & esoteric - esoteric vs. japan
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MS paint to the rescue.
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Any news on Deftones' Eros?
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If someone could do The Blue Letter "Prima Facie" That would be wonderful.
I would love to see someone elses thoughts on it.
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I heard there is a new The Butterfly Effect album coming out September 20th. It would be cool to see a staff review for that when it comes out.
i'll second that, it's gunna be an awesome album
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just review it billy, and i'll request it to be featured :thumb:
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lol could do both
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Is the Jessica Simpson album the country one?
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new portugal the man should be reviewed
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Is the Jessica Simpson album the country one?
Yes it is.
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huh?This Message Edited On 09.08.08
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