''The Line of Best Fit'' is an independent
online magazine
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based in
London
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, concentrating on new music.
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''.
Album reviews by the webzine are used for music review aggregate sites
AnyDecentMusic?
AnyDecentMusic? is a website that collates album reviews from magazines, websites, and newspapers. Primarily focused on popular music – covering rock, pop, electronic, dance, folk, country, roots, hip-hop, R&B, and rap – albums are ad ...
and
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...
. ''The Line of Best Fit'' also publishes music premieres, exclusive live performances,
podcast
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s, and playlists.
The webzine has its own record label, Best Fit Recordings, and since 2015, has hosted its own annual music festival in London, the Five Day Forecast. It also presents a stage at SXSW.
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Internet properties established in 2007
British music websites
Online music magazines published in the United Kingdom
British record labels
Music review websites
2007 establishments in England