*Importantly, I am not trying to shamelessly self promote here! Not trying to get you to purchase my record or anything.  Rather, I am inquiring information related to promoting a self released album.  Suggestions related to where to send tangible items or digital files for record review, gargage punk music blogging sites, active record labels, podcaster submissions, or any contacts/connections of any kind are greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your help!

Much has changed in the world of promoting your band's music since I last owned a working computer, and released a record. Since the demise of myspace (yeah it still exists, but not to the same capacity), I kinda feel lost of the various places to actually try to connect with other bands, labels, reviewers.  Of course, I have not embraced facebook until most recently, so I'm sure this has something to do with it.  So, in the past 4-5 years, the social media landscape has exploded: blogs, reviews, etc.. Some record labels are still thriving, some in idle, and some have disappeared.  I can say, the Garage Punk Hideout, has certainly helped my previous band, with meeting bands and cool tunes, and the comp series brought me a lot of attention.  With that, I return to your great advice for getting an album reviewed, blogged about, podcast, performing, label submissions.

So, where should I send my music for the possibility of review? Any blogging review sites you follow? Podcasts info on GP Hideout/ or elsewhere that accept submissions.  What record labels do you currently purchase records from or follow their band's releases?  What current bands do you listen to that actually tour in US or elsewhere? Any other types of print or digital sites related to garage punk music?

Any ideas or suggestions are very much appreciated!  The Great Dismal Swamis thank you!

 

 

Thanx for checking us out, Matt.  I have submitted our album for review with Get Bent.  I appreciate the advice.  Cheers, Jason

Get Bent is my main source for current garage punk/psych/lofi stuff. They are pretty friendly too.

http://www.getbent.fm/

I like what I've heard so far.

Sure! Really enjoy sharing music with podcasters.  Thank you!

Found another podcast on Wolf Wolf's Face Book in Scotland. Interested?

Cool. Thanks for the links!

When we were last in Japan we played a gig with Wolf Wolf (Switzerland) who put me onto FatCat  Radio. They’re in Illinois somewhere. I’ve written to them myself, FatCat Radio, but they’ve not gotten back to me.

 

An Australian page is www.i94bar.com. I know the… editor? Whatever the title is for a web page magazine editor. I’ll e-mail you a direct postal address. My address is turbonun@gmail.com. If you want to give Australia a serious stab, I’ll compile a list of radio stations and programs for you to hit here.

 

Thanks for the kudos on our You Tube page. I’ll check out yours later today. As to the little quasi-documentary, I always tell bands to film everything. You can easily amass a film out of footage you take. Against Me’s “We’re Never Going Home”, Lucero’s “Dreaming of America and other, countless, films, too numerous to mention start out as an extra party just taking footage of you hanging out. Look at the one Bob Gruen made of the first trip the New York Dolls took the your west coast back in the early seventies. (I forget the title but I do have it at home.) It’s well worth it, cheap and damn easy.

Really digging your youtube channel.. Like that behind the scene recording aspect.  I would really like to play with your group.  Very rockn stuff indeed!

Our youtube channel has been created! http://www.youtube.com/user/greatdismalswamis

Yeah, feel free to share our track death mansions or whatever else I post.  I'll do the same for you.

Never, heard of fat cat radio.. checkin out pages ..now! Thanks!

Have you heard of FatCat radio? Also got you an address here in Aus.

Do you have a You Tube channel and is there a clip up there for the song you'll be using as a single? Also, if I may, offer to swap with over seas bands. Bunt tour Japan annually and we've helped out three Japanese bands here in Australia. I'm also going to put up a few radio contacts for you plus a few web pages that, I guess, are e-magazines. If you have a few minutes, our channel is www.youtube.com/BuntTV. Let me know what you think.

My pleasure. : )

Wow! Thanks for your help!

Hey, mate. We have a few albums and have just started returning to the early sixties single-every-few-months business model by punching out one track at a time and running them as free down load. I need to do this myself for various reasons. I've printed off your original start of this conversation and will get back to you soon. I have a list of Australian and a few European pages to send you.

Sorry, I should have included that necessary information in the post. The Great Dismal Swamis are from Norfolk, Virginia USA.

Where are you guys based? We're in Australia.