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.

BNR Metal Pages
http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bruss/Metal/Metal.html

"The Internet encyclopedia of information and opinions of over 500 metal bands, ranging from the 70's to the 90's." The entries, which can be browsed alphabetically, include discography and listing of band members.

Detroit Rock History, 1965-1980
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48462

This IPL pathfinder is a research guide to rock music history in Detroit, Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan. The guide also provides tips on researching individual artists. Print, audio-visual, archival, and Internet resources are listed.

Experience Music Project
http://www.emplive.org/

Experience Music Project (EMP) is a music museum combining interactive and interpretive exhibts that document American popular music. Online exhibits feature both well known and underground artists and bands as well as interactive educational sections which provide instruction on harmony signing, recording techniques and guitar playing and more.

French Music Database
http://www.aplmusique.com/db/

A collection of resources related to French popular music. Here you’ll find information about artists including Zazie, Pascal Obispo, Ophélie Winter, Céline Dion, Genette Reno, Bruno Pelletier, Marie Carmen, Mario Pelchat, and Roch Voisine.

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."

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.

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.