Fluxblog
Fluxblog is an MP3 blog created and updated by Matthew Perpetua, music editor of BuzzFeed and contributing writer to Pitchfork, Slate, Vulture, Rolling Stone and MTV.{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2012/07/buzzfeed-matthew-perpetua-music-editor-23-dogs-who-look-like-avey-tare-07242012 |title=Making the Band: Buzzfeed Hires a Music Editor |first=Foster |last=Kamer |website=Observer |date=24 July 2012 |access-date=9 October 2018}}
History
The blog began in 2002 and began to host MP3s at the end of that year. Two MP3s are commonly posted every weekday along with descriptions and links to artists' websites or places where an album or single can be purchased.
Media sources have cited Fluxblog as a key influence in the founding and development of MP3 blogging.{{cite web
|url=http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=262
|title=Last night an MP3J saved my life
|last=Huculak
|first=Chad
|date=2004-05-27
|work=Vue Weekly
|access-date=2009-02-20
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108005506/http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=262
|archive-date=2009-01-08
|url-status=usurped
|url=http://www.dailypress.com/features/lifestyle/sfe-mp3blogs,0,5832928.story
|title=Bringing music to the masses
|last=Dougher
|first=Colleen
|date=2005-01-05
|work=Daily Press
|access-date=2009-02-20
|title=Listen And Learn
|last=Mitter
|first=Siddhartha
|work=The Boston Globe
|date=2005-07-31
}} According to Rolling Stone, "almost all of the MP3 blogs trace their roots to Fluxblog",{{cite magazine
|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6478068/the_music_blog_boom
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612201131/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6478068/the_music_blog_boom/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=June 12, 2006
|title=The Music Blog Boom
|last=Werde
|first=Bill
|date=2004-09-24
|magazine=Rolling Stone
|access-date=2009-02-20
}} and an article in The Guardian stated that Fluxblog "is acknowledged as a pioneer of MP3 blogging."{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/features/story/0,11710,1458706,00.html
|title=The internet DJ
|last=Alden
|first=Chris
|work=The Guardian
|date=2005-04-14
|access-date=2009-02-20
}} Fluxblog was reviewed positively in The New York Times.{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/arts/music/17play.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=fluxblog&st=cse
|title=London Calling, Even Louder
|last=Balk
|first=Alex
|date=2004-10-17
|work=The New York Times
|access-date=2009-02-20
}} In 2006, Entertainment Weekly named Fluxblog the tenth best website for discovering new music.{{cite magazine
|title=25 best music websites
|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1195793_2,00.html
|last=Endelman
|first=Michael
|magazine=Entertainment Weekly
|date=2006-05-26
|access-date=2009-02-20
|archive-date=2012-10-20
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020215400/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1195793_2,00.html
|url-status=dead
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.fluxblog.org Fluxblog] (official website)
Category:American music websites
Category:Internet properties established in 2002
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