I Love Music

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I Love Music (ILM) is a popular Internet music forum. Notable regular posters have included Momus, Simon Reynolds, PappaWheelie, Drew Daniel of Matmos and The Soft Pink Truth, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, internet personality Ned Raggett, Mark Sinker, Guardian journalist Dom Passantino, former Village Voice music editor Chuck Eddy, and Fluxblog author Matthew Perpetua. ILM originated as the message board for music website Freaky Trigger.

I Love Music shares server space with its sister board, I Love Everything, which rivals it in size. These two forums fall under the 'ilx' banner, as do a number of smaller niche boards, such as All Noise Dude Summertime Fun Board and Pickle Bar, I Love Comics, I Love Books, and I Love Games.

The 2001 ILX compilation Do Not Listen (If You Hate Us) featured songs from regular contributors (such as the Pinefox, Chaki, Vietgrove and the Dayglo Fishermen) to the I Love Music message board. The cover artwork was designed by Mark Sinker.

As of late November 2006, ILX had ceased operating at its former Australian host and was preparing to move to a Canadian server, sponsored by PaperThinWalls.

Press coverage

Guardian Unlimited described ILM as "a hugely popular discussion board where music bloggers swap ideas and insults."^[1] ILM has been mentioned in The New York Times as a "critic-infested" site.^[2] Entertainment Weekly ranked ILM 14th on its list of the 25 best music websites.^[3] A thread from I Love Music was published in the music writing annual Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002.^[4]

References

^ "Talkin' my language", Guardian Unlimited, 2003-09-25. Retrieved on 2006-02-15.
^ Sanneh, Kelefa. "The Rap Against Rockism", The New York Times, 2004-10-31. Retrieved on 2006-02-15.
^ Endelman, Michael. "The 25 Best Music Websites", Entertainment Weekly, May 22, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
^ "NYLPM response: The Strokes Coverage" thread on ILM, reprinted in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002 ISBN 0-306-81166-9