Music blog aggregator Elbows shutting down in November

Elbows, a popular site that brings together the content of the most popular music blogs as well as the artists and songs they cover, has announced it is shutting down.

As Pitchfork point out, its creators explained the closure in a blog posted online:

“With a heavy heart, however, we feel it’s time to turn off the bot. It’s not an easy decision, but a few factors have proven hard to overcome. We get more DMCA notices these days than ever before (mostly regrading photos, believe it or not) and our advertising has dried up. Google doesn’t appreciate our aggregation as it once did.”

Elbows originally launched back in 2005.