Our Story

Once upon a time, a brown-haired, hazel-eyed girl named Jen moved to Scotland in pursuit of something greater than her small life on Long Island. There she found Jamie, a Ph.D. classicist with sparkling blue eyes and a penchant for S Club 7. As their friendship grew, so did their foray into music geekery.

Then one drunken summer’s eve, Jamie came up with an idea. They should bring their obsession to the world. They should start, A MUSIC BLOG and it shall be called, THE MUSIC SLUT because unlike other blogs, we wouldn’t be mired down with obscure indie snobbery, we would embrace our love of Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams just as much as Sigur Ros and Arcade Fire.

As the pair stumbled to the local pub with their friends they discussed all that the site would be and all the music that they would inflict on the world. The pub was a local place. The kind of place where fights were not uncommon and the un-Scot was most unwelcome. The group that night consisted of two girls and five guys. Local over-the-top, middle-aged, drunk mother, Shazzy saw the odds in her favour. With the command of ‘Come on now, toots!’ the boys were one at a time dragged onto the dance-floor and The Music Slut’s slogan was born.

Later in the summer, long term German courses and extended holidays meant that The Music Slut would die for a month. So Jen’s concert-hopping-in-NYC friend Matt was called in to take over and in the end, completed the package with perfection.

Just The Three Of Us

Jen (JK) likes long walks on the beach, Queen, lemon sherbet, pints of ale, traveling anywhere and everywhere, painting, taking pictures, writing and cuddling. She is a (mostly) vegetarian, anti-capitalist who is clinically obsessed with Robbie Williams.

Matt (m) has been wearing horn-rimmed glasses before emo was on the musical map, has an unhealthy obsession with lip balm, never turns down a free anything, won the spelling bee in second grade, and wishes he had an unlimited MetroCard for life.

Jamie (Skye) is the worst kind of music snob. He’s always right.

Do you accept music submissions?

We are always looking for new music to become obsessed with, so yes. We just ask that you not pester us, hunt us down or beg us to post about it. We have lives to lead, jobs to do and sometimes, your stuff may just not be our thing.

In an effort to save bands money, and hopefully save some trees along the way, our preferred method of submission is digital. But we’re reasonable people so if you need our address, just ask.

Will you come to a show?

If we can, sure. We are based in New York City and Cambridge, England but may be willing to travel further afield. We have only one condition: if you send us an e-mail asking if we want tickets to a show please, for the love of god, mean it. It’s poor form to ask if we want to attend a show then when we say yes, tell us no. We make concert review schedules months ahead of time and don’t really have the patience or time to negotiate our way onto your list. Sorry. And please remember that there are two of us in NYC.

Are you for hire?

Depends on what you had in mind. If your mind includes the words “freelance,” “DJ” or “kick-ass event”, then yes.

Jen and Matt are available in NYC and the surrounding area to dj events either separately or as a duo. We can create custom playlists for any event, album release party, wedding, bar mitzvah, whatever. We’re down to party.

Both Jen and Matt write about music not only here but for others. Jen is also a freelance travel writer.

Event Sponsorship

In addition to writing about music at an obsessive daily rate, The Music Slut is an event production and marketing agency. We produce memorable events that our readers dare not miss with cutting-edge entertainment that speaks clearly to the coveted young, trend-setting demographic. Our production capabilities, promotional services (via our own website, mailing lists and social media avenues) and strong relationships with other media outlets result in remarkably buzz-worthy and effective promotional brand campaigns.

How can we contact you?

We check e-mail obsessively. If you are in need of further information, like a postal address, please e-mail us first.