About

Pretty Much Amazing was started in the summer of 2007 by Luis Tovar and since then he has welcomed many other music geeks to join him in his quest to spread the love and call the bullshit that is sprinkled throughout today’s music. The average PMA reader comes in many shapes, sizes, and with many credentials, ranging from Artists and Repertoire executives, hipster DJs, and everyone in between.

CONTACT

If you want to contact me, you can do so at this address: pma dot editor at gmail dot com.

Here are the general rules:
1. If you’re going to send me music — do so by dropping your music via my dropbox.
2. If you want to send me press releases — email me
3. If you want to set up a contest — email me

Pretty Much Amazing has writers in both the Los Angeles and New York areas, if you’d like to invite us to a show, party, screening, or event — email me.

TEAM

Luis Tovar (Editor), Daniel Koren, Chris Barth, Peter Tabakis, Genevieve Oliver, Adam Offitzer, Richard Kemp, Patrick McGinn, Nick Herrmann.

DISCLAIMER

Every mp3 posted here is legal and free. If for some reason, an audio file is not meant to be here and is, please email us and we will fix the issue immediately. Please support your favorite artists by visiting your local record store, or reputable online retailers like InSound. Another great way to support your favorite artists is to attend live shows.

PRESS

    • The New Yorker – “Music blogs — the really good ones, like Pretty Much Amazing… are the true keepers of serendipity, which is the one crucial ability that continues to elude computers. I, for one, welcome our new cybernetic overlords.”
    • MTV O Music Awards – “Best Independent Music Blog” Nominee
    • MTV – “Music blog you should know”
    • NY Post – “Pretty Much Amazing is one of those little website crumbs of deliciousness I visit every morning.”
    • Jango Airplay – “…key tastemakers driving new music discovery.”
    • The Hype Machine – “Top 50″ Music Blog
    • Toronto Star – “Indispensable music blog.”
    • MatadorNights – One of the “50 Music Sites That Matter“
    • Mixcloud - “LA-based trendsetting blog Pretty Much Amazing… and it’s imitable indie-electro style… quickly became a hub for music geeks and trendsetters alike.”
    • The Bloggies – Best Weblog About Music Finalist (2010)
    • Weblog Awards – Best Music Blog Finalist (2007)
    • Published in: The Chicago-Sun Times, USAToday.com, Routers, The Printed Blog
    • Cited Frequently by: BBC’s Chart Blog, Pitchfork’s Forkcast, New York Magazine’s Vulture and Rolling Stone Magazine’s Rock & Roll Daily.
    • Featured on: Billboard Magazine, People Magazine, E! Online, and BBC Radio 1.
    • #41 on Web100.com‘s INDIE 100
    • QUICK TAKE: Pretty Much Amazing legitimizes music blogs by discouraging piracy while still giving readers the latest music news, reviews and more.  Music blogs get a bad rap. With their blatant pirating of music through full album leaks and unauthorized downloads, they’ve been partially blamed for lagging record sales. But you can’t accuse Pretty Much Amazing (or PMA for short) for the downfall of the record industry. Unlike other music blogs, PMA doesn’t provide full albums for fans to steal. The blog posts full tracks from time to time, but major releases are only available to listen, and there are links to download songs. PMA focuses primarily on independent and alternative music, but when Kanye West and Britney Spears tracks started leaking in late 2008, PMA was there to cover it all for ardent music fans. When Kanye and Britney aren’t making headlines, indie/alt artists like Santigold and Vampire Weekend steal the spotlight, and the blog’s album reviews, contests and pmaCAST podcasts round out its robust music coverage.
    • My Yahoo‘s RSS Feed Pick for July 14, 2009 – “Expose yourself to alternative rock from the obscure to the popular.”
    • Brighton Source – “Six of the Best Music Blogs: No Longer online vanity projects, blogs are among the best places to try out new music before you buy.”
    • Thrill Call – “A staple in the online music blog community… content is top notch.”
    • Cowbell FM – “Trendsetting Blog”
    • ExtentionFM – “Site of the Day” on May 30, 2010