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MUSIC REVIEW WEBSITE

Currently with over 1,600 reviews in our archives, we have been describing music since October 2001.

TEN IN OUR EARDRUMS - updated August 6, 2010
IamIs - Trance Enducer (self released)
Royal Forest - self titled EP (self released)
STE Guy - Fairground in the Trees (self released)
The Harvey Girls - I've Been Watching A Lot of Horror Movies Lately (Circle Into Square)
Unbunny - Moon Food (Hidden Agenda)
Tre Orsi - Devices + Emblems (Comedy Minus One)
Bottomless Pit - Blood Under the Bridge (Comedy Minus One)
The State Lottery - When the Night Calls (Salinas)
Dina Maccabee - Who Do You Suppose You Are? (Antephonic)
Hillstomp - Darker the Night (self released)


Why 75orLess?
It's a reasonable question. The idea was born during our daily music chats back in the Fall of 2001, while discussing reviews we'd read. There was only one thing we consistently agreed on: they were too long. It seemed the point of how the music sounded and whether or not it was good was lost in an overlong mess of lyric quotes, personal accounts and a seemingly desperate attempt to fulfill a word count. Eventually someone said, "It's gotten to the point where if you can't say it in 75 words or less, you should shut the eff up". Within a week, 75orless.com was born. The best part about our limit is its reversal of typical music reviews. We limit the amount of words we use, and are not required to reach a number.

Welcoming brit pop, flip hop, hip hop, trip hop, nintendocore, nerdcore, sadcore, grindcore, hardcore, rockabilly, shockabilly, psychobilly, disco, narcocorrido, techno, turbo, electro, tango, zolo, soul, new new wave, new age, nu gaze, nu metal, new grass, new romantic, black metal, tap, neo-psychedelia, prog, kabuki, surf, noise, show tunes, prison metal, synth, ragtime, tuvan throat-singing, death, improv, idm, swamp, tin pan alley, crust, electronic, indie, pagan, folk, merseybeat, punk, lo-fi, pop, western, gothic, samba, travesty, reggae, jazz, blues, acid, avant-garde, easy listening, sludge, viking, polka, garage, country, no wave, wizard, rap, jug, twee, swing, electronic hardcore, comedy, math rock, nordic, space age, medieval, thrash, muzak, beatbox, old metal, world, yer major label industry crap and all other music submissions.

To be considered for a review, send musical submissions to:

75orLess
ATTN: Reviews
23 Laurel Lane
Warren, RI 02885

I should mention, we also love vinyl submissions.

Another option available for submissions is to make your release available for easy download. Please make sure that your music is available for download as 160kb mp3 (or better). Zip files with music and info are very welcome. No streaming, wav, flac, real player, windows media or quicktime files will be considered. We will not install any proprietary music players that are required to hear your music. Send your link to: 75orless [at] gmail.com

No matter how you submit your music, here's a few things to keep in mind...

Please include some info with your submission, it doesn't have to be fancy. We just need some sort of starting point like, "This album sounds like heavy metal mixed with Brazilian pop music." Giving us a description of your music greatly increases your chances of getting reviewed. We are sorry to report we cannot review all submissions. We are a very small operation and our staff is completely volunteer. If your music is great, we will let our readers know. It doesn't matter to us if you are on a major label or you recorded it in your basement. On the flip side of that, if you are too sensitive to handle an unfavorable review, please refrain from submitting. We like to give descriptive or generally positive reviews but sometimes can't help ourselves. You should not email us to ask us if it's alright to submit music.

If you have the desire to write about music, let us know. we are always looking for contributors. you can email us at info [at] 75orless.com for the submission guidelines. Here are the basics:

1. our writers do not get paid.
2. if you work for a label, promotional company, band or have other connections, be prepared to not write about them.

Some of the compliments we have received

Dolphin Music Top 100 Music Related Blogs of 2008 - #82
Best Music Weblog "Bloggie" nominee 2004
Providence Phoenix Nominee for Best Blog 2008-2010
Time Magazine's Fifteen Great Sites for Musicians and Fans 2003
Yahoo! Pick of The Day 2002
Yahoo! Best of 2002
USA Today's Hot Sites 2002
and thank you, Shift Magazine. It's a real shame you went bankrupt.

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