Researching and finding good music can sometimes feel like a full time job. Finding reliable sources for music news and commentary is half the battle. These places help.
ZINES
Freaky Trigger - "Pop Music Think Tank". The best place for music writing -- on or offline. Reviews, features, and lively discussion forums.
New Musical Express - Who is the best band ever this week?
Pitchfork Internet Media
- Hot indie rawk action.
Splendid
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Like Pitchfork, but nicer.
The Horse
- A UK-based music/pop culture zine.
Perfect Sound Forever
- Less pop-oriented than the above sites. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
RESOURCES
Art of the Mix - Mix-tape madness.
All Music Guide - Not as all-encompassing as it claims but still a good place to get a rough overview of most artists' careers.
Harmony Central
- Guitar heaven. Equally indispensable for experts and beginners.
INDIEPOP
Ad's Homepage and Indie Pop
Links - What it says.
IndiePOPradio - Lots of obscure cutesy indiebands in streaming Real Audio.
Indie MP3 - MP3s of hard to find indie vinyl from the '80s.
Twee Kitten Records - A good and cheap on-line store. Lightning fast service.
'60s MISC.
The Garage
- Yer one-stop links page for garage, mod, beat, psych rock pop stuff.
The Classic Bubblegum Music Page
- Oooey gooey goodness.
Alternative Sixties Jukebox
- Streaming Real Audio files of great lesser known '60s songs. Excellent
selection and sound quality.
WORLD
All Brazilian Music
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So much more than "The Girl From Ipanema".
Slipcue E-Zine
- Around the world with Joe Sixpack. The section on Brazilian and French music is especially helpful to newcomers.
EXOTICA
Space Age Pop Music - Exotica, lounge, cocktail and the in sound from way out.
Cool and Strange Music -
Online version of the magazine dedicated to some of the world's more obscure and weird musicians.
PSYCH
The Ptolemaic Terrascope
- "We cover music old and new of a vaguely 'psychedelic' nature via interviews and reviews, but have been known to stray into folk, pop, rock and any other territory that takes our fancy."
The Broken Face
- A Swedish based music 'zine covering psych, space and post-rock.
MISCELLANEOUS
George Starostin's Classic
Rock and Pop Album Reviews
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If anyone dare say I'm too obsessive about music they should visit this site. With the kind of crazed dedication that would make the characters of Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity blush George has painstakingly reviewed albums, bands, genres...even his site's feedback! His taste may be occasionally suspect (dismissal of '90s music and punk...loves prog) but you have to admire the guy's dedication.
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