People often ask how I know so much about music. The truth is I follow my musical curiosity. And in doing so I have found some magical places and met music educators and junkies like me who have shown me all kinds of new and wonderful sounds, styles, and singers. This page is a short list of some of my most favorite and trusted internet spaces for music mind expansion. Some for genres I don’t listen to that much but still understand the relevance and importance. All of these links are run music fans not corporate shills. These are local community people with a passion for music and it’s related ephemera. I promise, you won’t go wrong just clicking a link and going down the musical rabbit hole. And if you like what you discover please support them.
Bay Area music for local by locals. Supporting local for over 40 years! My musical family. Watch, listen, and submit your music.
Each week a theme and a new playlist. Just because it’s across the pond doesn’t mean you can’t play along as guest or guru for the week. Plus great new music reviews
and other music nerd stuff.
Need the history of electronic music. How about the history of just about every sub-genre of electronic music with song samples by year? And how about all the commentary being really funny to boot? This is the spot!
Support local radio! And with Radio Garden you can support radio from all over the globe! From tiny islands in the Caribbean to the peaks of Nepal and the valley of the Nile River go explore the radio stations of the world!
The up to date (plus debates) on one of the most culturally important genres in the USA and my 2nd favorite genre of all time. Everybody loves some country music, even you.
Helping you cope with mainstream music muck by taking the piss out of all the corporate crap and mainstream pap in americana, roots, and country music.
The title says it all! A deep dive in the new, good, classic, and all thing neon of synth-pop.
New stuff. Classic stuff. Post-post-punk stuff. Music videos, reviews, commentary. The deepest of dives into the dark not quite goth realm of fuzzed out punchy music.
A one stop shop for extended keyboard noodling and songs over 10 minutes long. Helped me enjoy music I at one point could not understand.
The god to metal music resource. It ain’t flashy but it sure is exhaustive. You want to look for power-symphonic-prog metal? Nigerian folk metal? This is your place.
The nest place for news and reviews on all your favorite
and undiscovered talentless wankers. ;-)
The sibling site to <—- With a focus on the DIY, underground, and small indie label sides of punk.