Music

Reddit Music (www.reddit.com)

Mostly music sharing, and usually more obscure stuff––nothing from the Hall of Fame here.

• Ben Folds Five - Song For The Dumped [Alternative]
• Randy Newman - NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert [Jazz Pop]
• A Playlist creator for Spotify, with context based inputs like mood, genre and amount of novelty
• Steve 'n' Seagulls - Thunderstruck (live) [Bluegrass]
• FM-84 - Atlas [Synthwave]
• Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy [Classic/Outlaw Country]
• Fastball - The Way [Alternative]
• Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fuchs won over $14k on 'Jeopardy!' last week

We Are the Music Makers (www.reddit.com)

A subreddit for musicians of all sorts: hobbyists, professionals, and semi-professionals.

• My home set up. Just put the TLA’s in. Feels like I’m sitting in a fortress now.
• What equipment for a starter?
• If you play 2 instruments, is it a good idea to switch practicing every 30 mins
• How this sub made me $4,000
• What are some things that a musician should do to protect his music, collect royalties and to have the most control and transparency of their own music?
• Was just given these very tasty valve pre-amps by a very good friend for Christmas. He said they were gathering dust in his shed and he’d rather I had them. What an absolute gent.
• (HELP) How to achieve this type of vocal?
• I love this bass sound. I hear this tone in several artists but I can pinpoint how it's done. Can anyone tell me how I can make this?

Listen to This (www.reddit.com)

A great place to discover new music, usually music you haven't heard of before.

• Mass of the Fermenting Dregs -- Kono Supiido No Saki He このスピードの先へ [Japanese Post-Hardcore/Shoegaze] (2009)
• Pinkyshinyultrablast - Blaster [Shoegaze] (2009)
• The Floorboards - Ain't It All [Rock, Folk, Americana] (2017)
• Pisk - Black Coffee [Electro Swing] (2018)
• Vindkaldr -- Ambient I [Dungeon Synth] (2015)
• Sadness - To stay [Depressive Black Metal] (2017)
• wishicould. - Ross is (not) fine [Lofi/Chill] (2018)
• NOARU - For Us [electronic] (2018)

Spotify Blog (news.spotify.com)

A helpful way to keep up with the latest developments for the streaming service, including recently-released music.

Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)

Rolling Stone is the classic music magazine. Though it was founded on rock and roll, it now covers everything.

• D’Angelo F-cking Loves Playing ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
• See Lukas Nelson, Margo Price’s Swooning ‘Find Yourself’ at Wildfire Benefit
• Rivers Cuomo Loves That ‘SNL’ Weezer Sketch, Even Though He Hasn’t Seen It
• 11 Great Albums You Probably Didn’t Hear in 2018
• The ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Soundtrack Might Be the Biggest Album of 2018
• Bad Bunny Plots 2019 North American Tour
• Flashback: The Cure Play ‘The Holy Hour’ at 2011 Reunion Concert
• ‘The Voice’: See Chevel Shepherd’s Cover of Tanya Tucker’s ‘It’s a Little Too Late’

Consquence of Sound (consequenceofsound.net)

Chock full of music news, reviews, features, and commentary.

• Top 30 Metal + Hard Rock Songs of 2018
• KISSWORLD – The Best of KISS to arrive as band launches final tour
• R.I.P. Penny Marshall, Laverne & Shirley star and renowned film director has died at 75
• Drummer Jeremy Spencer exits Five Finger Death Punch
• Album Review: Vic Mensa Doesn’t Fool Around on Hooligans
• Goblin announce Fearless (37513 Zombie Ave), featuring reimagined version of Dawn of the Dead score
• Steve Perry serves up toasty cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Stream
• Nick Offerman almost competed on Survivor — and remains open to possibility in the future

Fact Magazine (www.factmag.com)

A hub for all things music: new music, music news, music-making tools, and reviews.

• FACT mix 685: Ron Morelli
• Deep Inside: The best house and techno of 2018
• Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury, Alexandre Desplat and Carter Burwell shortlisted for 2019 Oscars
• Bristol-based label Polity Records launches with Szare EP
• Soundcloud launches Serato DJ software integration
• Speaker Music debuts on Xiao Ma Production Corporation
• Club Chai co-founder Lara Sarkissian, aka FOOZOOL, drops debut EP DISRUPTION
• Red Bull São Paulo 2018: Resistance from the marginalized communities under fascist pressure

Brooklyn Vegan (www.brooklynvegan.com)

Focuses on the New York music scene, but the site gives space for Austin and Chicago, too. Read up on all sorts of music here.

• tours announced: Death Grips, Estelle, Descendents, Dream Syndicate, more
• Swedish "man free" festival ruled discriminatory; fest organizers fire back
• a first look at Nitehawk Prospect Park (menu, screenings, pics & more)
• Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018
• Cate Le Bon & Tim Presley brought Drinks to Market Hotel w/ Eleanor Friedberger (pics, video, setlist)
• review: Taking Back Sunday played their first 3 albums at Irving Plaza
• Kurt Vile made a playlist of his favorite songs of 2018
• The Goon Sax's Louis Forster tells us about his favorite music of 2018

Slipped Disc (slippedisc.com)

For the classical music lover; engage in all the aspects of classic music and culture here.

• Conductor quits Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus
• Ivry Gitlis: My very, very, very long life
• Star rage as university shuts practice rooms for holidays
• Mirageas gives up his other job
• Chicago grabs Philly’s marketing maven
• Germany’s next music director is from … Kuwait
• BBC takes Proms to Japan
• Here’s what Mahler’s principal horn sounded like

Idolator (www.idolator.com)

Compiles music news, photos, videos, and top lists. It focuses on pop music.

• Should Have Been Bigger: Christina Aguilera’s “Express”
• Lady Gaga & Troye Sivan Make The Shortlist For The 2019 Oscars
• Brynn Cartelli Comes Out Swinging With “Last Night’s Mascara”
• Miley Cyrus & Mark Ronson Cover “No Tears Left To Cry” In ‘Live Lounge’
• MNEK Shows Off His Powerful Pipes On “Stopped Believing In Santa”
• Maluma Taps Anitta & Becky G For A “Mala Mia” Remix
• From “APESHIT” To “thank u, next,” The 30 Best Music Videos Of 2018
• Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” Rises On The Hot 100

Fluxblog (www.fluxblog.org)

The first mp3 blog, and it was created in 2002. It gives you both free mp3s and reviews of the songs.

• A Student Of The Drums
• Shining Diamond Clear
• That’s My Life
• There’ll Be No Rumours Or Blood On The Tracks
• Like A Cluttered Garage
• To Stop The War
• Imprecise Words
• Living So Lonely

Popjustice (www.popjustice.com)

Brings together music, music videos, news, and interviews.

• Vote now in the 2018 Popjustice Readers’ Poll
• New Music Friday: Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus with a late bid for one of the songs of the year
• “I’ll stay true to myself for my entire career”: Zara Larsson is back!
• New Music Friday: Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo! Robyn!! Lady Gaga twice!!! Etc!!!!
• Four Of Diamonds mix up their drinks therefore/in order to/and do stupid things
• Meet Blithe. She’s an excellent new pop entity
• Sophia Somajo talks Private Dancer, women in pop and writing with Max Martin
• Lauv interview: “I’m trying to focus on doing positive things for the world”