E-zines

The Onion A/V Club: just a great music section
Bangsheet.com: the web home of Fufkin.com contributor
Kurt Hernon, featuring great writing on a variety of subjects
The Power of Pop: the web home of Fufkin.com contributor
Kevin Mathews, featuring music reviews
Buhdge.com: pop culture e-zine by Fufkin contributor Alan Haber covering music, movies, television, books and pop culture with a daily blog
Splendid: excellent general music e-zine
30 Music: excellent general music e-zine
Delusions of Adequacy: excellent general music e-zine
Pitchfork Media: excellent general music e-zine
Pop Matters: right now
Shake It Up!: right now
Consumable Online: see their archive
Miles of Music: right now : check out Tops of the Pops by Rick Cornell and MOMzine
Cosmik Debris
LMNOP: nice reviews site
Q Online: daily music news
Music Dish: music industry news
Back of A Car: pop, lots of Big Star, garage, melodic music
Dr. Bristol's Musical Prescription: good writing on music by
Bill Holmes
Billion Brads: quality writing on pop by Brad Harvey
Swizzle-stick.com: excellent general music e-zine
Twangzine: music with a twang
Altar Native: excellent alternative music e-zine
All About Jazz: definitive Jazz website. You have to check this site out.
Punk Planet: well done punk site
Girl Punk: uhhh...girl punk e-zine
Pop Punk: pop punk e-zine
Stoner Rock: no Air Supply here
Glorious Noise: general music e-zine
Little Cracked Egg: promising punk/garage site
NY Rock: rock from New York
In Music We Trust: excellent general music site
Play Music Magazine: Norwegian music site with unique design
Gramaphone: one of the best classical music sites on the internet

Online Versions of Music Magazines

Big Takeover : excellent general music magazine edited by Jack Rabid
MAGNET: alternative rock
New Musical Express (UK): see their archive
Dot Music (UK): see their archive
Mojo (UK): see their archive
UNCUT: excellent UK mag on music and film
No Depression: the alt country bible
Harp: roots, alt rock, alt country
Amplifier: melodic music
Blue Suede News: roots rock
Blues and Soul: UK blues legendary magazine
Mixmag: dance and urban music
Downbeat: music journalism started here. Jazz bible.
Kerrang: metal

Online Versions of Recording Magazines

Home Recording : mag for the novice engineer
Tape Op : mag for engineers who make actual records, no SSLs here, one of the best magazines you will ever read.
Recording: mag for engineer, not that great
Mix : mag for the "professional" engineer

Indie Labels

Matador: groundbreaking indie; great bands across the board
Sub Pop: home (formerly) of Pernice Brothers, Nirvana, Beachwood Sparks and Iron and Wine...with Matador, Barsuk and a few others listed here, Sub Pop sets the bar for everyone else
Barsuk: Long Winters, Death Cab for Cutie and other excellent bands
Mint: Vancouver, BC label; home to New Pornographers, Neko Case, The Gay and others
Kill Rock Stars: quality releases
Parasol: home of, among others, The Like Young, Unbunny, timewellspent, Angie Heaton, Fonda, Velvet Crush, Adam Schmitt, June & the Exit Wounds and Mark Bacino
Merge: The Ladybug Transistor and other quality bands
Tiger Style: American Analog Set and other good bands
Jetset: Go-Betweens and others
Arena Rock Recording Company : quality NY label
Not Lame: home of, among others, The Shazam, The
Rooks and Michael Carpenter
March: home of see venus and sophisticated pop
Confidential: home of Wildweeds and others
Bus Stop: good releases
Saddle Creek: home of Bright Eyes and great message board
Drag City: High Llamas and others, excellent label
Black Vinyl: home of Jeff Murphy and The Shoes
Rhino: home of The Knack and the finest reissues
To M'Lou: home of The Masticators and the Unsound
Series
EggBERT: home of Jupiter Affect, the Hollies tribute
CD and others
Rainbow Quartz: home of great psych pop across the board
Frigidisk: former home of Anton Barbeau
SpinART: home of Apples in Stereo
Groove Disques: home of Nixon's Head
Ashmont: home of Pernice Brothers
Bullseye
Del-Fi

Pop Sites

The Golden Age of Pop site focusing on sixties and seventies pop music, with reviews, interviews and more.
Making Time: '60s British Music
Bubblegum The Punk: A comprehensive guide to mod,
pop and power pop 1975-82

AAA/No Depression/Roots/Alt Country Labels

Bloodshot: home of The Blacks and Robbie Fulks
Sugar Hill: home of The Bad Livers
Checkered Past: home of The Ass Ponys

Garage Labels

Get Hip: home of The Cynics, Mystic Eyes and Resonars, great, just great label.
Sundazed: home of ? & the Mysterians and amazing reissues
Dionysis
Bomp!: label which grew from the seminal 'zine, Who Put The Bomp!, edited by Greg Shaw, one of the publications that set the standard for most quality rock mags of today and certainly every issue of Fufkin

Garage Sites

The Garage: A collection of garage rock resources
Little Steven's Underground Garage: site by a man who may single handedly save rock 'n roll. What can we say, Steven, except thank you, THANK YOU!
Beyond the Beat Generation: incredible streaming garage internet radio 24/7
Cutie Morning Moon: '60s punk site in English and Japanese
Apollojams!: soul, garage, psychedelic, any genre
Garage Nation
Garage, Punk and Psychedelic Pspot

Independent Online Music Retailers

Not Lame: pop and melodic music
Parasol: pop, alternative and melodic music
Other Music: online version of NYC retail store with incredible selection of rarities, electronica, krautrock, psychedelia and more
Sundazed: reissues
futurepopshop.com sophisticated pop
Songs I Wish I Had Written quality mail order pop located in Sweden
Miles of Music: AAA/No Depression/Roots/Alt Country
Apollojams!: soul, garage, psychedelic, '50s, '60s,
any genre

Brick and Mortar Music Retailers (please e-mail us with suggestions to add to this list)

Amoeba: huge selection in every genre with expert staff with locations in Berkeley, San Francisco and Hollywood, California, USA
Coalition of Independent Music Stores: Great indie retailers in the United States
Other Music: NYC retail store with incredible selection of rarities, electronica, krautrock, psychedelia and more
Twist and Shout: legendary Denver, Colorado store
Vintage Vinyl: Fords, New Jersey store voted one of best record stores in world. "From the Obvious to the Obscure"
Waterloo: Austin, Texas store which is Mecca at SXSW time
Sonic Boom: fantastic Seattle, Washington indie stores
Newbury Comics: Comic book store which grew into one of Boston, Massachusett's best music retailers
recordstorereview.com: great online resource which will help you find quality record stores around the world!

Vinyl (LP, 45, 78s) Retailers

Sundazed: Recently reissued many of Dylan LPs in mono on high grade vinyl. A leader in high quality, vinyl reissues.
Red Trumpet: online retailer of emerging high quality audiophile vinyl LP and 45 reissue market in jazz, pop, classical and all genres
Acoustic Sounds: online retailer of emerging high quality audiophile vinyl LP and 45 reissues in jazz, pop, classical and all genres
Beat Behind the Dykes: Dutch company specializing in rare '60s garage/psych/mod/punk vinyl...a very cool site

Stereo Equipment Retailers

Audio Advisor: buy here for the best quality stereo equipment at a price less than you'd pay at Best Buy, Circuit City or other mega chain in most cases. You may be unfamiliar with the brands that they sell, but if you do a little research, you will find that their products are the best at a bargain price. They sell quality turntables. I get nothing from this endorsement!

Independent Online Books

Powells: a model independent online book store. The large scale alternative to Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble.
The Strand: used and new book retailer located at 828 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, NYC, USA

Downloadable Music

iTunes Music Store: purchase legal downloads here
soulseek.com find anything online here

Artist Links

All Music Guide: it lists everyone and everything
International Pop Overthrow artist page: a lot of pop
bands
Ad's Indie Pop Links: voluminous links to artists and bands
Brian Wilson

Musical Equipment

Vintage Drums: classic vintage drums
Guitars: database of many new, used and vintage guitars
Harmony Central: lots of gear info
Musician's Friend: new gear, low prices
Full Compass: new gear, low prices
Sweetwater: new gear, best selection
of high end recording gear online
Odyssey Pro Sound: nice selection of
used high end recording gear
Digibid.com: auction site for pro audio
Shreve Audio: quality retail site for digital audio
Digidesign: home of the digital recording standard, Pro Tools
Wave Digital Systems: preconfigured PC audio workstations
Marquette Audio Labs: Pro audio gear, best quality. Look at those beautiful vintage Telefunken V-76 preamps. Can you hear that tone? Expensive as hell but that is what the best costs.
Mercenary Audio: pro audio gear, best quality run by audio guru Fletcher.

Music Recording Sites

Pro Sound Web: excellent pro recording site. Great message boards. Home of Mixerman!
Home Recording articles, forums and chats on home recording. Lots of valuable information that is easy to find on the site.
Home Recording dot com BBS message board
on home recording
Audio Forums: bbs on computer recording
Recording Studio Design Page
PCRecording.com: review site for computer audio hardware and software
Digidesign User Conference: BBS/message board for the industry standard, ProTools

Search Engines

Yahoo
Google
Dogpile
Lycos
Excite
Alta Vista
Hot Bot

Miscellaneous Sites

Ticketmaster
Taxi: subscription (you pay) A & R service. It works if your stuff is great, but don't blame them if your stuff isn't top notch. It is not their fault.
Price Watch: keeps track of lowest prices on computers

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