Back in the day blogs were considered pretty exotic. They covered everything from knitting to Star Wars and were more often than not very, very personal. A decade or so later and blogs are still pretty personal but they\u2019re not longer quite so exotic. Seems like everyone has a blog these days and everyone reads blogs.<\/p>\n
I myself follow 40+ blogs. Some blogs are by my friends or various people I find interesting while the rest are news blogs or blogs related to the industry I work in. And, of course, I follow quite a few blogs about electronic music so I can keep up to date.<\/p>\n
The problem is that blogs are like music: 99% of it is crap. Either the writing is terrible or I completely disagree with what most of the blogs are covering. Not so with Headphone Commute<\/a>, which is a blog I love.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been reading Headphone Commute for a couple of years now and for good reason. Headphone Commute covers the music I care about and exposes me to music I\u2019ve never heard of before. The album reviews<\/a> and label profiles<\/a> are spot on. Headphone Commute does interviews<\/a> are concise and to the point with everyone from Frank Riggio<\/a> to Rena Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a quality blog to read about electronic music then I can\u2019t recommend Headphone Commute enough and it is with great pleasure that I present to you a mix from Headphone Commute.<\/p>\n The mix is called DSM-IV-TR<\/i>, which is short for Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders<\/a>, which was republished in the 4th text revision back in 2000. Headphone Commute\u2019s mix will take us from moody IDM to glitch to techno to drum and bass to dubstep and to music that defies genres. If you want to hear today\u2019s mix without listening to me babble click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before I go, I\u2019ll be interviewing Ellen Allien<\/a>, who is the founder of BPitch Control<\/a>, about her label and her forthcoming album, Dust<\/i>, which will be released in May, this Monday. If you have a question you\u2019d like me to ask Ellen, email me at solipsisticnation@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n See you next week!<\/p>\n