Line Out - Comments on <![CDATA[The Wire <3 Splinters]]> http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_wire_3_splinters Splinters: masterly minimalism on a shoestring budget. One of the hardest working men in micro-indie-label land, Seattle electronic musician Ben Torrence (AKA Splinters), has received a positive review of his new album in ">The Wire’s January 2007 issue. This... Copyright 2008 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:27:43 -0800 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:26:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Scott G Gotta take issue with this, Dave. The Wire is notoriously out of touch with any kind of American made music that the magazine covers -- electronic, experimental, improv, black metal, etc for sure. Some friends had to get interviewd by and Australian freelancer for thier three page feature in the mag because he was the closest geographically to the Bay Area the Wire had at the time (with one excpetion, I think).

I know Good For Cows, Bonus, and all the Jyrk releases that have been reviewed were either sent out to Wire contributors or the mag from the band or the label to the Wire's address. Just like most magazines. Hell, Yann Novak, Na, and us were reviewed by 3 seperate folks in the same issue.

I think you're right to point out that its hard to get press in that rag, but not so much so than anywhere else. Congrats to Ben, though.

]]> Scott G http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_wire_3_splinters#c589197 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_wire_3_splinters#c589197 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:03:19 -0800 Comment by segal Scott: As I said, I heard from a few people about that ads-for-editorial policy; I have no first-hand experience to verify it. Maybe that's a thing of the past, but the folks who told me about it are trustworthy and have no reason to lie.

Kudos to Bonus and any other small-label artists from this area for getting into The Wire.

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