Who We Are
Underrated Magazine began as a radical idea by a frustrated 19-year-old wannabe journalist. After living in New York City for a year, she realized that there was great music out there going unheard. With a computer and a dream in hand, Underrated was born. Started in 2003 as a print ‘zine, and moved to an online publication in 2005, the site has explored and shared great underground music from all over the world. The Underrated Blog breathed fresh air into the publication; giving readers instant access to music, show reviews, and the daily exploits of a crazed fan.
Underrated aims to bridge the gap between musician and fan, and to take an open discussion of contemporary music and the industry to the streets. While the magazine itself is no longer in print, underratedmagazine.com provides readers with interviews, features, podcasts, events and a daily blog.
You are underrated. So are we. Let’s rock.
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Rachael Darmanin is the editor and creator of Underrated Magazine and current News Editor at CMJ. Most of the time you can find her out and about in New York City, bobbing her head and talking incessantly about her favorite bands. In between djing at various clubs in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, she regularly books sold-out showcases in some of the city's best venues. In 2006, she teamed up with Nora Walker (from I Rock I Roll) to create "The Blog Show," a weekly radio show on BreakThru Radio . She has written for publications such as CosmoGirl and NY Press, as well as featured in NYU’s Washington Square News, USA Today’s Pop Culture Blog, Associated Content, and Best Week Ever. In early 2007, she accepted a job as News Editor at CMJ while still regularly updating her personal blog.
She does not intend to follow bands across the country, but if you ask – she’ll go.
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Rachael is a young woman who has her finger on the pulse of the New York City indie rock scene. She blogs about it on The Underrated Blog. As the editor of the magazine Underrated, she routinely gains access to the best of the set-to-explode bands. Her music blog used to provide more MP3 samples, but recently the format has been changed to quality over quantity, as she goes for a more in-depth profile of the bands she blogs about. One outstanding thing about Rachael is that she often puts on live shows in the New York City area that feature the bands she blogs about.
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