Blastitude
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Blastitude is an online music publication edited by Colby Stark of Head of Femur, Bobby Conn fame, dedicated to finding the genius behind the wonkiest and noisiest music available from avante-rockers, most of whom are generally influenced by artists like Thurston Moore and Sun Ra. Its contributors include Weasel Walter among them. Its content is amazingly comprehensive, displaying a particular, studied love of frenzied, complex and dorky virginal freakouts -- call it emo-squonk. Its style is written in a "yeah boy" gonzo manner, conflicting with its often prim farmboy point of view -- both particular attributes of midwestern music critics in general. That said, Blastitude can't be beat for a blow-by-blow narration of some of the weirdest, coolest music happening in Chicago and surrounding areas.
The Wire is probably the most obvious predecessor to Blastitude, but Blastitude focuses much more on the noise music of labels like Load Records, and focuses particularly on the music of the midwest. Its contemporaries include the texas publication Dead Angel and the bi-coastal Arthur Magazine.