Nah, if I could go back in time, I might not have included Sputnik in order to avoid that headache 
Along with them removing Staff / Emeritus status from reviewersā¦
Nah, if I could go back in time, I might not have included Sputnik in order to avoid that headache
Along with them removing Staff / Emeritus status from reviewersā¦
I think what Erik meant was moreso adding their first published review attributed to an album, but I can see how that would be too tedious of a task to keep track of, especially when moderating the site.
Youāre the leader of this site, so remove Sputnik if youād like. But you are aware a lot (and I donāt use that word loosely here) of albums will have more non-reflective score aggregations because we donāt know how to handle dealing with sites where albums get reviewed by more than one critic.
No, Iām fine with Sputnik staying. Iām just quite hesitant on bringing any similar publications into the mix. Which is why I think it was best to avoid All About Jazz.
Iām thinking of starting a separate forum where users come up with a consensus on how to handle a situation like this, and how we would handle what publications to add or not. Iām going for a site that has the most amount of reliable reviews to make sure the most amount of albums we can of all kinds get on the siteās rankings.
Evening Standard would be a good one for both recent and older albums
They give a score out of five and review on weekly basis and are used on ADM https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music
emphasize *^
My sugestion
G1 (Brazil)
Since, The Needle Drop is the only YouTube based critic (to my knowledge) on AOTY, might I suggest another YouTuber, ARTV. He has 137k subscribers, and has a rating scale out of 5. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOjJR_2CwJpGZ5JJhkeFfQ).
Looks like PopMatters is still rating albums, but they arenāt appearing correctly on the review pages?
If you look at the source code thereās a rating in <div class=ācustom-field-article-ratingā> like this:
So these are safe to add to the site, but itās a little more work to find.
The Digital Fix https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/category/review/
Theyāve been rating albums since around 2006 I think with a score out of 10. Also used on ADM
I agree about Christgau. I know most users of AOTY arenāt historians, but Christgau is pretty vital to the history of music journalism. His reviews ought to be represented on AOTY.
I recommend Russian publications and Youtube bloggers
I hope you take a closer look at them
So many suggestions but I think we should focus more on critics with consistent review, at least one published review per week and they also have their own rating system. It will be nice if some members can suggest some non-English sites to expand our lists. My recommendations
If we stick with Youtuber critics, ARTV has been reviewing music just as long as TheNeedleDrop. He covers more alternative/emo/pop-punk artists, but should still be considered on this site.
Classic Rockās sister magazine Classic Pop would be a nice addition.
My suggestion would be Alternative Addiction. They are a pretty good website and their popularity has grown a lot recently.
Tortoise - features some ex-NME and GQ writers