Pretty Much Amazing is a finalist in the 2007 Weblog Awards and is nominated in the Best Music Blog category. This is really exciting and pretty damn cool. Its a great honor to be considered one of the best music blogs, especially with the likes of Fluxblog, I Guess I’m Floating, and Stereogum. Please vote for PMA here. Thanks!
Hey guys, its time for a PMA Reader’s Survey. Its high time I update PMA’s demographic information for advertisers, and I’m kind of curious as to how the readership has changed since May. There will be a series of polls, so please try to fill out each one. Thanks.
The NEW Hype Machine wants to see 10,000 of you before it comes out to play.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE HYPE MACHINE IS CLOSED UNTILE 10,000 PEOPLE ARE VIEWING IT AT ONCE!
Sick of waiting? Tell your friends.
Hollaa!
Hello PMA readers, I wanted to introduce myself: I’m Emily and I will be contributing to PMA along with the other magical musical tour guide Luis.
Just to give you an idea of the type of music you can expect from me, a taste of what pumps through my speakers:
Retro.. music like your grandma likes it.. but with a good bass beat:
Shirley bassey – Where Do I Begin (Remix): 86%
Same chica who was on Kanye’s Diamonds track… recognize?
Raw, edgy female voices… on the verge of masculinity
Joss stone – Girl They Won’t Believe It: 95%
From Joss’ album “Introducing Joss Stone” earlier this year, I absolutely love this track. At just 20, this soulful songstress has lasting vocal power!
Mash-ups.. you take one song, and then you take another song.. and then you beat the shit out of them and smash them together.
Covers
Covers are really a love/hate thing.. because I truly find cover attempts to be special. Sometimes special ed, but in the rare occasion that the cover is better the original, sparkly special. Although they don’t present any new material in particular, it’s always interesting to me to see artists interpret old material in different ways.
Marie Digby – Umbrella Cover: 89%
Ashlee Simpson does “Sweet Dreams”
I saw Ashlee perform this version of Sweet Dreams are Made of This live and I have to admit, I was surprised at how compelling her cover of the Eurythmics‘s classic 80s song was (and that she could sing at all.. haha).
Happy Songs
Sweet sweet pop. I love Magnet’s almost Caribbean like beats.. mades me want to kick back with a icy, mango margarita on a white sandy beach… an aural oasis in the concrete jungle.
Well, readers, that’s the end for now, but I will continue to serenade you with sweet ballads like Andy Samberg’s heart-warming ode to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
You belong to me / Like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me..
And I ran….
