On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Roger Kulp <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>There are no websites,or other outlets,that I
> know of,that perform the duties magazines like Trouser Press
>  did back in the day,and if there are,they certainly are not as obvious
> or as high profile.Most people are not going to pay to go to a concert
> by somebody they have never heard before.

I respectfully disagree. Look at the Coachella lineup. Genre-wise,
it's not insular at all. (It is, of course, basically every name
you've seen on pitchfork.com for the past two years. It's insular
that way. Just like the HFStival ~15 years ago...) There's also
Blabbermouth and similar sites for the metal heads, punknews, and so
on.

It's been much easier to find out about new acts and order the CD/LP
**if you choose** since the internet really took off 12+ years ago.