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The Line of Best Fit

Online music magazine

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The Line of Best Fit is an independent online magazine based in London, concentrating on new music.[1][2]

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It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media. Founded by Richard Thane in February 2007 and currently edited by Paul Bridgewater, the webzine's name derives from a song on Death Cab for Cutie's You Can Play These Songs with Chords.[1][3]

Album reviews by the webzine are used for music review aggregate sites AnyDecentMusic? and Metacritic.[4][5] The Line of Best Fit also publishes music premieres, exclusive live performances, podcasts, and playlists.[6]

The webzine has its own record label, Best Fit Recordings,[7] and since 2015, has hosted its own annual music festival in London, the Five Day Forecast.[8] It also presents a stage at SXSW.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "About". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    Coldwell, Will (3 April 2017). "10 of the best music festivals in Europe". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Rich Thane". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. [4]
    "The Line of Best Fit". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "The Line of Best Fit Profile at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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    Cragg, Michael (15 August 2013). "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – This Life: New music". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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    Cragg, Michael (24 April 2012). "New music: I Ching – It's Me". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. [8]
    "The 10 best things to do this week: Paramore, Terry Pratchett: HisWorld and Amadeus". The Guardian. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. [9]
    "SXSW Announces More Than 300 More Bands, Including Wet Leg, Big Joanie and La Doña". Billboard. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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