As you can see, we're a music website, based in the UK. Below the surface we have an informed and irreverent community that has so far generated 294038 threads . There have been 314 posts in the past 7days . It takes seconds to sign-up and it's free to join the conversation, and you'll also be able rate albums out of 10, follow the bands you love and various other things.

We also have a team of eloquent music lovers who review records, and since we launched back in October 2000 we've reviewed 15370 albums. We feature 35300 artists, those currently recommend by our members include 28 Days, 98 Degrees, Aereogramme, AKA, Akira (defunct), and Alabama 3.