Comments on: What are some niche, street credit, cutting edge music sites where new bands can come to be found?

Question: What are some niche, street credit, cutting edge music sites where new bands can come to be found?

herbiehancock00 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:59:08 -0800

What are some niche, street credit, cutting edge music sites where new bands can come to be found?

By: cholly

cholly — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:05:37 -0800

MySpace.

Seriously.

By: kneelconqueso

kneelconqueso — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:19:55 -0800

purevolume?

maybe last.fm?

By: Minus215Cee

Minus215Cee — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:30:49 -0800

VIRB is pretty cool. They're owned/run by purevolume, which is not as okay, but still okay.

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:33:46 -0800

mp3 blogs like Stereogum. Find one that fits your taste at the Hype Machine.

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:36:27 -0800

and myspace, but now the only bands that get "featured" are ones that pay for that privilege, and that means ones that the label thinks may be able to parlay that into sales. that may not be bad, but i think it diminishes chances for fan driven growth.

By: subtle-t

subtle-t — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:31:34 -0800

I find these two message boards to be pretty tasteful and cutting edge:
I love music
Dissensus

By: citron

citron — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:45:43 -0800

http://20jazzfunkgreats.blogspot.com/
http://fluokids.blogspot.com/
http://discobelle.net/

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:10:15 -0800

I've discovered lots of great music via 3hive. There's a few other blogs out there that simply catalog smaller bands, up-and-coming artists, and the like -- i.e. TofuHut. Check the links section of 3hive.

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:59:00 -0800

I strongly second caddis' comment on Stereogum + the use of hype machine to find an mp3 blog suited to your tastes. I also add Tiny Mix Tapes as well as Music for Robots to the list of ones to check out.

By: boreddusty

boreddusty — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:16:54 -0800

seconding citron's suggestions along with the following (some of these might be a little electro-heavy for your tastes):

http://music.for-robots.com/
http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/
http://this.bigstereo.net/
http://theyellowstereo.com/
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/
http://youaintnopicasso.com/
http://www.daytrotter.com/

One nice thing about music sites/blogs is that if you find one that you like they tend to link to others that are similar.

By: electroboy

electroboy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:44:34 -0800

Just look at the highly rated bands on pitchforkmedia.com, then tell everyone you liked them before they sold out.

By: DudeAsInCool

DudeAsInCool — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:01:54 -0800

Lots of good suggestions above. If I had a band, I would probably try to get my music up on all the places above, but I would also post a video of your songs at Youtube, too, and some of the other video sites. You have to be really agressive these days to get heard.

The blogs are a good way to go, but you have to send them something, and hope you get noticed...We provided a fairly good overview at Beatking earlier in the year, on the best of them:

http://www.beatking.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19444

Hope this helps.