For music news junkies. Links to album release dates, music news, album reviews and tour dates. News and reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, BBC, USA Today, Yahoo!, Billboard, New Music Tip Sheet, NPR and links to more.
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Album Release Dates
- New Release from Amazon
- List of this curent and future releases
- All Music New Release homepage
- All Music Guide's home page for new releases. Find information for new, upcoming, and reissues releases.
- New Music Tip Sheet
- Current Week - Albums out this week from New Music Tip Sheet. Also includes music video DVD releases dates.
- cmj.com | new music first
- New U.S. Album Releases from CMJ. Focus on college radio leaning artists; various genres.
- Billboard Magazine
- Album scheduled for release in the U.S.
- All Music Current Week Releases
- Current Week -
Comprehensive list of album releases from all genres. - Alternative Press
- Release Dates from Alt Press; focus on punk, rock, and indie.
USA Today Music News
Music News
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- Rap / Hip Hop News & Album Release Dates
- Hip Hop News and Reviews
- Electronica Music News & Album Release Dates
- Electronica News and Reviews
- Ska by Andy Jeter
- This lens is dedicated to everything ska. For those who happened accross this lens out of curiosity and have no clue what ska is.
- Reggae by John Gladstone
- links to reggae info
- Bollywood by Adrienne Bruce
- Bollywood Music and Movie info
New Music Tip Sheet News Feed
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Online Magazines
- Pitchfork
- Pitchfork is a website dedicated to music and the discussion thereof. And we rule.
- Nude as the News
- Rock Writing for the Musically Obsessed
- PopMatters
- PopMatters... cultural matters / popular voices.
- Neumu
- A playground of cutting-edge content and design, this site features art and photography exhibits, music and film reviews, interviews, comics
- Splendid walks into the sunset
- Splendid: Daily music reviews, articles, interviews and more.
- Perfect Sound Forever: online music magazine
- Online music magazine, featuring interviews, articles, tributes, links, upcoming shows, book excerpts, essays by noted writers and musicians and more. Always looking for good material.
- Aversion.com - Music News
- Rock, Punk, & Indie
Music Magazines - more further reading
Print Magazines
- NME
- The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952.
- Mojo - The Music Magazine
- Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Often criticised for its over zealous coverage of classic rock acts it has nevertheless covered more newer and left-field acts.
- Spin Magazine Online: Music for Life
- US based New Music Magazine. Spin is a music magazine that reports on "all the music that rocks". It is the main competitor to industry stalwart Rolling Stone.
- Alternative Press Magazine
- Alternative Press is an American music magazine focusing on goth and punk together with emo music and rock bands.
- Blender
- Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more." It is also known for sometimes steamy photoshoots of female celebrities. It compiles many lists of albums, artists, and songs, including both "best of" lists and "worst of" lists.
- Paste Magazine
- US based - Paste's focus is music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on adult album alternative, Americana and indie rock.
- urban alternative culture
- URB is a monthly American magazine devoted to electronic music, hip-hop and urban lifestyle and culture. Based in Los Angeles, California, the magazine was founded in 1990
- XLR8R
- Since 1993, XLR8R magazine has covered electronic music, culture, style and technology - blending edgy design, the best in photography and a good dose of serious music journalism. Distributed worldwide, there's something for every club-goer, DJ and electronic musician in each issue.
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Discover your next favorite musicians here, with daily interviews and live in-studio performances from both seasoned veterans and new sensations. From member station WXPN, host David Dye welcomes acts from the worlds of blues, rock, folk and alternative country.
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