indie mp3 returns!

Erm we are back!

I'm Starting To Feel Guilty But It Was The Right Thing To Do!

From Skatterbrain. Thanks Matt.

I know I'm a bit late in my goodbye, but I felt it important to mention. In case you don't already know, Indie-MP3 has finally closed it's internet doors. I knew Tom and Trev were getting pretty busy with all their LostMusic dealings, but I had always been oblivious to the fact that Indie-MP3 might one day be affected. I owe a great huge debt of gratitude to what they've been doing over there since 2001. It's in large part to Indie-MP3 – and also Roque's old blog Mira El Pendulo (inspired by Indie-MP3) – that I even got into the fantastic and lovely world of Indiepop in the first place, so for that I am forever thankful! Indie-MP3 will be very missed, but I can't wait to see what the guys have got planned in the future!

Original post here.

By the way, can I say that I felt a little sad on reading that the indie mp3 blog is coming to an end. You did an amazing job there and it was always the blog I consulted first to find out about all the great indie stuff that is out there. I used to come home exhausted from another hectic working day and then just lose myself in all these great sounds and honest reviews. I will miss it terribly, but I will look out for your further adventures ...

From bartblueboy on the anorak forums.

This Makes Me Want To Start Up Again!

For five years this was the column where Tom Bartlett and his contributors have been recommending and championing indiepop. Some was good, some was bad. Some I loved, some I thought ‘what are they thinking about’. But this didn’t matter at all. What they did for indiepop is what matters. Their taste became an authority: what they recommended ended up as a snowball, all the other little blogs would follow them. They were trend setters. Pretension wasn’t their flag, their input was real and trustworthy, even if you didn’t like what they recommended. The total opposite that Pitchfork does.

The full piece can be found here.

Lostmusic Blog Up and Running

The Lostmusic blog was formed out of the ashes of indie-mp3. We aim to blog about the best music that we find. Lostmusic also puts on pop shows and releases records and CDrs. We come across many great new bands. We like to share what we hear, what we like - be that some noisy oiks or some fragile indiepop. And all that comes in between. We hope you find something you like on our newly launched blog.

It can be found here.

Intermittent Ramblings

There will be the odd intermittent rambling from yours truly here in the future. That blog will also replace Are You Scared To Get Happy which I will pull in the new year and once I remember what my FTP password is! You had better grab what you want why it is still up.

Apologies for the somewhat scary banner. It's work in progress at present.

Indie Pop News

Indie Pop News has been created to take care of the news in indie pop land that indie mp3 used to post about. This time it is a blog with a difference as the onus is on labels, artists etc to post directly to the blog themselves.

To find out more and to get an account see the about page on the site.

New Url

I am archiving indie mp3 at http://jangle-pop.blogspot.com/.

For the time being indie -mp3.co.uk will redirect to that domain name for the next few weeks or so but please update your bookmarks before then. Some images/tracks will disappear (sorry!) as I clear out the files on the old domain but the text (the important bit) will remain.

Oh thanks for all the kind words in the farewell post. It's nice to be appreciated!