Sorry to be so nitpicky, but the mailman’s really angry and we’ve run out of space so we’re no longer accepting unsolicited cds. Please email us with a link to your stuff (bonus points if you’ve set up a mp3 page, a live stream or a secret myspace page where we can hear the whole thing). If we really need a cd we’ll let you know. And if we don’t respond to your email right away, please bear with us – we’ll be doing some renovations in October 2009 which will consume most of our energy and resources until about mid-month.
Before you contact us, peek around a little. You might find something new and exciting and you’ll get a picture of what Lucid Culture is about. The music index is here; posts on visual art are here. Otherwise, please take sixty seconds or so, help us not waste your time and vice versa. For theatre, film, literature, nonfiction, civil disobedience, etc. – we intend to step up our coverage of all of these areas, but please don’t send us unsolicited books or dvds, email us a link instead.
For music: there are some styles we don’t review, ever. Please, no grunge, no emo, no corporate rock (Nickelback, Seether, Fall Out Boy), no “R&B” (Beyonce, Usher), nothing with a drum machine on it unless A) it’s hip-hop, B) you’re being satirical or C) it’s on a demo that you intend to put real drums on at some point. Otherwise, we cover a wide variety of genres:
Jazz – pretty much anything unless it’s composed of loops and samples
Classical/new music – ditto
World music – pretty much anything as long as it doesn’t have a drum machine (see above)
Indie rock – if you’re in the same ballpark as Deerhunter, the Vivian Girls or Erase Errata, that could be a yes. If what you do resembles Animal Collective, Bon Iver, the Ting Tings or Grizzly Bear, definitely not.
Hip-hop – we like it conscious, we’ll listen to gangsta, but definitely no pop or “R&B” garbage, please.
Reggae – roots reggae, yes. Dancehall is ok too. Fake reggae, i.e. Santogold, no.
Blues – if you sound like AA Bondy, Mamie Minch or Lucky Peterson, yes. If you sound like Eric Clapton or John Mayer, definitely not.
Singer-songwriters – if you sound like Neko Case, James McMurtry, Aimee Mann or Jennifer O’Connor, yes. If you sound like Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift or James Blunt, emphatically no.
Metal – Iron Maiden, Metallica, Blue Oyster Cult, definitely. Puddle of Mud, definitely not.
Jam bands – Widespread Panic, Poi Dog Pondering, grasscore, yes. Dave Matthews, Phish, Allman Bros., no.
Pop – New Pornographers, New Collisions, the Secret History, yes. Anything you hear on corporate FM radio, no.
Punk rock, ska, garage rock, country (that’s real country, not Garth Brooks), bluegrass, and pretty much all oldtimey or vintage styles are always welcome. We’re pushovers for gypsy music, the Middle East, the organ repertoire and pretty much anything in the dorian scale.
For listings in our weekly NYC live music calendar, please be aware that we only list shows that are less than $40 including TicketBastard inconvenience charge, if applicable. If you want us to list your ticketed show and advance tickets are available either for face value or for a discount, please let us know where the box office is and what its hours of operation are. We don’t list shows where discounted advance tickets are only available online to credit card customers, or where all tickets are only available online. The more advance notice you give us, the better the likelihood that we’ll list your gig. And in case you haven’t noticed, we don’t list events whose main component is lipsynching or prerecorded material being piped over a sound system. Please email us at lucidculture@gmail.com before you send anything! Thanks!
Love,
The Lucid Culture crew
