Pop, Rock & Alternative

Resources in this category:

Afropop Worldwide
http://www.afropop.org/

A searchable database and international music archive of African popular music. Includes reviews, news, and links to live radio broadcasts from Africa.

The Great Empire of China: The Internet Chinese Music Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/

A vast collection of audio resources. Genres represented include children’s songs, traditional, popular, and ceremonial genres. The site is available in both Chinese and English.

A History of Banned Music
http://ericnuzum.com/banned/

"A selective on-line chronicle of popular music that has been censored, banned or altered in the name of community standards and morals." Site includes decade-by-decade timeline of censorship events beginning in the 1950s as well as links within the text to relevant topics.

Hyperreal
http://hyperreal.org/

A collaborative publishing effort by over one hundred volunteers whose mission is to give a home to alternative culture, music and expression. There's information on electronic music, rave culture, recreational drugs, and a small "library of sound tools, video tools, and eye candy."

MusicFinland.com
http://www.musicfinland.com/

Resources for Finnish popular, classical, jazz, and contemporary folk music. Artist profiles are included as well as recording reviews and audio samples.

Pitchfork
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

Stay current with newly released independent music by reading daily reviews, interviews and news. Search through an extensive archive of content for older artists or albums

popscene.com
http://www.popscene-sf.com/

Indiepop site. "Within this site you'll find downloadable audio files, loads of links, and tons of great records."

Punk Chronology
http://www.emplive.com/explore/punk_chron/index.asp

The Experience Music Project's Punk Chronology is an examination of punk from its American roots with the MC5, The Stooges and Velvet Underground to its more contemporary incarnations. Includes essays, images, and sound clips.

Reverb Central
http://www.reverbcentral.com/

Instrumental surf music is the focus of this website by Phil Dirt, a DJ at KFJC 89.7FM in the San Francisco Bay Area. Features include CD reviews, a collection of articles about surf music, and some audio examples.

Riot Grrrl Retrospective
http://www.emplive.com/explore/riot_grrrl/index.asp

The Experience Music Project's Riot Grrrl Retrospective "is an in-depth online exhibit that seeks to document and offer new insight into this important musical phenomenon." Includes an essays, photos, audio clips, and links related to the Riot Grrrl movement, primarily all female independent rock and punk bands from the Pacific Northwest.

RockNews.Com
http://www.rocknews.com/

"Serves up daily alternative music news in headline summary format with links to full coverage, plus daily website picks and weekly features."

TweeNet
http://www.twee.net/

Includes a comprehensive database of information on indiepop bands, record labels, zines, and other resources. Also provides a link to the archives of the Indiepop listserv.