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- 33 Rebellions Per Minute - Reviews focusing on obscure records. Pop, progressive, folk, avant, industrial, and anything skewed.
www.geocities.com/voxpoptart
- Altair 5 - Billed as the alternative guide to interesting music by Mark Prendergast. If definitely has an e-zine feel to it. Chatty.
www.collective.co.uk/altair5
- Alternative Rock Review - Small collection of album reviews.
www.entertainment.inuk.com
- Alternative Rock World Reviews - Alternative, if Smashing Pumpkins is your definition of Alternative.
www.altrockworld.com/reviews
- Artist Direct CD Reviews - Links to loads of new reviews. Updated very often.
ubl.artistdirect.com/music/ubl/news/general/0,,,00.html
- Consumable - A collaborative E-zine with a wide-range of reviews.
www.westnet.com/consumable
- Beta Music - Underground music reviews from Singapore.
home2.pacific.net.sg/~ch_lee
- Big Orange Crayon - A zine by a just-graduated high school kid. Music reviews, mainly indie pop/rock; random writing; links.
www.bigorangecrayon.com/index.html
- Brit Pop Music - Reviews of new british pop music and other online resources for brit pop music and style. Fairly mainstream, music-wise.
www.britpopmusic.com
- Bryan's Album Reviews - A simple layout with less simple content. Contains a mixture of things, including Pink Floyd, Beethoven and Duke Ellington. Also has cinema, book, game, website reviews etc.
www.fortunecity.com/boozers/oldhouse/54/reviews.html
- CD Reviews by Mark Weddle - Basic format. Bands include Coil, Dead Voices on Air, Psychic TV, The Legendary Pink Dots, more. MP3 sound samples.
www2.southwind.net/~markw/cdreviews
- CDReviews.com - well-organized site on independent artists: Friendly, yet opinionated writing style. Sound samples.
CDReviews.com
- Chester - UK indie pop and dance. Not particularly well updated, but generally nice.
www.chester.org.au
- Curious Goods - Promises to continue to bring you bad reviews from students, drop-outs, nerds, and those with nothing better to do with their lives.
www.curiousgoods.demon.co.uk
- Dr. Rock's Online Prescription - This site includes album reviews for rock 'n roll bands.
www.angelfire.com/rock/doktorrock/index.html
- Ear Plugs for Atlanta - Covers the Atlanta music scene.
www.mindspring.com/~dgenpres/earplugs.html
- EEEI Data Smasher - In depth database with releases, reviews, biographies and interviews covering industrial and related genres. Fully searchable, updateable and like all Deterrent Industries sites, 100% DIY.
industrial.org/releases.html
- elsol's Album Reviews - Album reviews / CD reviews. Reviews of newly released albums and classic albums from the 80's & 90's. Updated weekly.
homepage.eircom.net/~rwhelan/elsol2/index.html
- Entertainment Multiple - Reviews of prog rock, jazz, alternative and classical music CDs. Directly linked to amazon.com.
www.innternet.de/~peter.patti/shop.htm
- FAX Record Label: Reviews of Releases - (Detailed, adulatory reviews.)
www.2350.org
- Get Fancy! Music Magazine - Unsigned and independent musicians trade magazine welcoming all styles of music, worldwide, with a focus on commercial radio and major label exposure.
www.getfancy.com
- Indie Monkey - Reviewing minor label and self-released artists. Reviews, interviews, opinion pieces, and prizes.
www.indiemonkey.com
- Indiepop Spinzone - Indie and alternative reviews, interviews, and links.
www.indiespinzone.com
- Internet Underground Music Archive - All styles covered. Short reviews. Full songs in Real Audio. CD sales.
www.iuma.com
- Lazyeye - A music magazine that includes interviews and band profiles, reviews and hype. The focus is on the indie music scene (but not restricted to) in Omaha.
www.timmcmahan.com/lazyeye.htm
- Leonard's Lair - Latest album reviews. Includes track listings, cover shots, and links.
www.leonardslair.co.uk
- MHotel Music Media - Reviews of current independent releases. Includes an archive and links.
www.mhotelmusic.com
- Minor 7th - Reviews of guitar CDs, from jazz and folk to rock and new age. Emphasizing acoustic, independent and obscure releases.
www.minor7th.com
- Mish Mash Independent Music Reviews - A review site that centers exclusively on independent music in all genres.
mashmusic.tripod.com
- Muse's Muse Songwriting Resource: Music Reviews - Reviews of CDs, tapes and demos; by Ben Ohmart.
www.musesmuse.com/musicreviews.html
- Music Den - The Music Den reviews all kinds of non-mainstream music. You can even win free cds.
musicden.freeservers.com
- Music Review Central - Reviews of rock / alternative music CDs and live shows.
www.angelfire.com/tx3/MusicReviewCentral
- Music: indie theory and practice - An e-zine with straight-forward approach.
dsl.org/music
- MusicEmissions.com music reviews - Music reviews of alternative rock, pop, jazz, electronica, no depression, world, folk, blue, and even a contemporary classics section.
www.musicemissions.com
- Musique[Machine] - Reviews in many genres, mostly indie artists.
www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/index.php
- My Music Reviews - Detailed music reviews for Portishead, Fatboy Slim, and Propellerheads, along with recommendations for other music. (CDNow affiliate)
members.tripod.com/jeanneleez/music.htm
- One Billion Robots - Covers alternative, indie, noise, punk.
www.io.com/~wasson/records.html
- Opus Album Reviews - Specializes in independent, underground, and experimental music. Contributions welcome.
www.opuszine.com/album_reviews
- Outsight - Monthly reviews of non-mainstream music, by Tom "Tearaway" Schulte, with related links.
detroitmusic.com/outsight
- Pillowfight - recorded music commentary.
Pillowfight.com
- PostPunk.com - Fan and professional reviews of alternative artists, including polls.
www.postpunk.com
- Privy Magazine: Reviews - Alternative and independent reviews, with a rating system.
www.PrivyMagazine.com/noisereviews.html
- Rants and Raves - Ezine of record and show reviews by Milwaukee indie band Cudahy.
www.geocities.com/cudahymusic/rants_raves.html
- Seattle's Cruelest & Coolest Reviews - Archives of past and present live show, CD, and book reviews from a Seattle music journalist.
www.speakeasy.org/~nthorn
- SmaK Music - Review site featuring mainly Indie bands. You can download samples and there is a news section.
www.smak.co.uk
- SOTRW: Review Realm - The showcase for new, unsigned and independent bands on the Web.
www.geocities.com/reviewrealm
- Splendid E-zine - With thousands of reviews online, weekly updates and writers who actually *listen* to the music they review, Splendid always has something you haven't heard before...and More Music Than You Know.
www.splendidezine.com
- Tapefuzz Music Reviews - Music-focused magazine reviews newly-released independent "indie" records.
www.tapefuzz.com
- The Architectural Dance Society - Reviews of "unpopular" and independent albums, by Jeff Norman.
www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html
- The Cincinnatlas - Reviews of Cincinnati bands submitted by readers.
www.cincinnatlas.com/reviews
- The Down Beat - News, views, and reviews about underground music and culture. Run by a handful of genre afficionados.
www.thedownbeat.org
- The Guilty Pleasures of Art - Features New Reviews and Links to recent music and artists. Fairly basic layout, therefore quick to load.
www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Forum/6370
- The Milk Factory - Monthly alternative music news and reviews of electronica, pop and world music.
www.themilkfactory.co.uk
- The Patchetic Caverns - Opinionated and eclectic reviews of music, film and books. Emphasis on Washington-Baltimore area
www.pathetic-caverns.com
- The Reviews - Links to record review sites.
members.home.nl/altmusic/reviews.htm
- UnoMas - Mix of reviews from the e-zine, based near Washington, D.C.
www.unomas.com/reviews/music/index
- UsedWigs Music Reviews - Rock and alt rock reviews.
www.usedwigs.com/listenup.html
- Wiretap music review - Reviews of indie and unsigned demos/CDs/7"s/etc. Submissions of any style welcome.
wiretap.8k.com
- x33rpm - Vinyl. Music and reviews; '90s rock mostly.
www.geocities.com/x33rpm
- Zum - Reviews of the latest independent releases.
www.zumonline.com/musicreviews.html
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