Music blogs are a great medium for artists that want to grow their audience. Receiving shout-outs from tastemaker blogs can increase an artists’ subscriber base, song streams, and outside opportunities including brand partnerships. Of course, making contact with bloggers poses a challenge for artists since many of the blogs receive hundreds of music submissions a day. Many bloggers freely admit that their inbox looks like a war zone.

Rapper Kellee Maize notes, “When I started reaching out to blogs many years ago, the volume of emails coming to these sites wasn’t as large. I definitely received some blog love, and it helped my SEO a great deal, but more and more folks are making amazing music, (which is awesome), and this marketing strategy of emailing music blogs is now over-saturated.

Just imagine how many submissions Stereo Gum and Pitchfork get? And, getting no response, time and time again can be a discouragement that you don’t deserve – but don’t worry, blogs will start reaching out to you, once you build a fan base”.

If you make good music and build a fanbase, then generally blogs will find you and start posting your music. This can lead to licensing opportunities and brand partnerships.

So who are the top 100 music blogs on the web? Pitchfork and Consequence of Sound are at the top of the list according to Feedspot . Others include Your EDM, Pigeons & Planes, Hype Machine, The 405, Ear Milk, Largehearted Boy, Kings of A&R, Brooklyn Vegan, The Wild Honey Pie and The Music Ninja.

The full list of the top 100 music blogs on the web can be viewed here.

Naations is blowing it up with Kingdom.  The track which landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds Playlist and New Music Friday has elements of Lorde, Rihanna, and M.I.A.

The Australian duo consisting of Natt Dunn & Nicky Night Time have written for artists including Jess Kent, Alex Winston, and Bearson.

Having quickly made a name for themselves, the dynamic duo just wrapped up performing at Australia’s BIGSOUND festival.
andrew@youngandvicious.com, holler@mucho-bravado.com,

DC’s Young Summer releases her third song Fallout from her latest EP with great results. With a couple of streams, the hook laden synth pop track will get stuck in your head.

The indie songstress beautifully explains the backstory behind Young Summer; “I wanted something that represented the way this music felt to me which is free and untethered. When the summer has just begun and it feels like anything is possible, that freedom is what the name encapsulates to me and of course it has evolved into meaning much more but as whole it is about freedom and being unafraid.

Having just wrapped up a pack show at NYC’s Mercury Lounge, more big news will soon follow.
nancy.lu@fancypr.com, scott@naturenurturemgmt.com

Dan Owen is going places with Made To Love You. A song that is centered around domestic violence, Owen displays his vocal chops coupled with a haunting melody. The thought provoking track has reached #2 in the French Spotify Viral Chart, #4 in Belgium and also took hold in the Netherlands and Hungary.

In fact, Owen quickly rose in popularity several years back after someone uploaded his performance covering Bob Dylan’s The Ballad Of Hollis Brown

The Shrewsbury singer-songwriter has been selling out headlining shows and just wrapped up a European tour in support of Birdy. The latest album Open Hands And Enemies was just released on LAB Records.
david.sullivan@wilfulpublicity.co.uk

I’m blown away by the UK indie duo Iron Lines consisting of Anthony Goldsbrough & Gavin Powell which are seasoned writers, producers, and musicians. They’ve been in good company having worked alongside Ed Sheeran, Bastille, and James Bay.

With the recommendation of a publishing company, the dynamic duo came out with their own material which is nevertheless impressive. The single Voices sounds slightly reminiscent to the beat of Ho Hey by The Lumineers and is catchy as Avicii’s top charting songs. Need I say more?
eva@mysticsons.com, tony@madm.co.uk