Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll

Help Wanted

2009-09-21T23:49:00.003-04:00

I will be moving to Oklahoma in two days. I have no idea how long it will be before I have internet access again. During the last few months I have had a number of very important responsibilities to take care of in my personal life. Please see this post for a more detailed explanation: http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com/2009/07/regarding-my-absence.html

I am currently looking for someone who would be willing to contribute over at my regular music blog, Digital Meltd0wn. At the moment I have a few guest contributors helping out, and they have done an amazing job. In fact, I wouldn't have been able to keep the blog going without their help. However, two of those contributors recently started college and live very busy lives, so it is unlikely that they will be able to contribute much until their semester is over. J-Unit1 has agreed to post for a couple of weeks, but will be resuming work on his own blog once he is finished. NØ originally agreed to guest blog here for a couple of weeks, but fortunately for me he decided to stick around and continue to post. Being the absent minded person that I am, I have neglected to send him a message regarding this, but I'm not sure how long he plans to help me out.

What I'm looking for is someone who can regularly contribute on a permanent basis. The only requirements are a large music collection, the willing to share the more obscure albums, and the ability to post a couple of times a week. Knowledge of HTML and the Blogger platform would be a plus, but is not absolutely necessary because I can always go back and edit the posts if I need to.

If any of you are interested in this position please try to contact me within the next two days. I will be unable to check my messages or comments after that. You can e-mail me at Shockw4ve_X at hotmail dot com or leave a comment here with details about how I can contact you.

Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll

2009-06-12T13:00:00.008-04:00

Recently Added Blogs:

Last Update: October 15, 2009

• Buns O'Plenty Soul/Funk/Jazz
Funky Sodom of Non-Commercial Arts • Various/Eclectic
Hellcrust • Punk
Bongos/Flutes/Guitars • Exotica • Library Music
Dr. Fusion • Jazz
Into the Rhythm • Jazz
flageolette • Trip-Hop
aerophones and aeroplanes • Experimental/Avant-Garde
Punk Friction • Punk
SAM1957 • Progressive
JJ's Jazz & Such • Jazz • Japan
The Mixdiggerz • Various/Eclectic • Music Blog Lists
Dr Faustroll • Rock - General
nostalgie de la boue • Industrial
mohaoffbeat • Jazz
World Fusion • Jazz
Electro Premium Choice • Electronic - Dance/Techno
aduna.blog • Africa
Surreal Applications • Experimental/Avant-Garde
New Moodswings • Various/Eclectic
De 78rpm a 33 1/3rpm • Mexico/South America
brutdegroove • Podcasts/Mixes
Into the Rhythm • Jazz
Rare MP3 Music • Progressive
The Bovine Life Support System • Podcasts
Flabbergasted Vibes • Soul/Funk
San Pasquale Ent. • Soul/Funk
Analog Africa • Africa
Awesome Tapes From Africa • World - Africa
Rockabilly Rules OK!!! • Rockabilly
Lossless Bootlegs • Music Sharing Communities
Blog Stoned • Bootlegs/Demos
Brazilian Nuggets • Latin/Brazil
The Doledrums • Australia/New Zealand
Abracadabra-LPs do Brasil • Latin/Brazil
Funky16Corners • Funk/Soul
The Mixdiggerz • Mixes/Podcasts
JJ's Jazz & Such • Jazz & Japan
Captain Crawl • MP3/Music Blog Search Engines
I'm Learning To Share! • Vintage/Lounge/Exotica
Free Rockabilly Music • Rockabilly/Country
RatBoy69 Category: Punk/Hardcore
Fantod Under Glass • Pop/Power Pop/New Wave/Post-Punk
Baistophe • Podcasts/Mixes

Communities

gabba
.RARmy
RockHall • Early Rock • Rockabilly
AnySwing
It's PSYCH • Psychedelic
FunkySouls • Russian Language
Groovy Fab
Reggae DDL • Reggae
Lost In Tyme
Electrofreaks • Electronic Music
The Blues Club • Blues
Dubstep Forum Dubstep
Versionist Riddim • Reggae
Lossless Bootlegs • Bootlegs
SkaFunkRastaPunk
Stairway to Heaven

Music Blog Aggregators/Music Blog Lists:

TUNING
XChannel
Rockshot
Freewave
Nau Pyrata
Totally Fuzzy
The Mixdiggerz
Link The Butler
Whole Lotta Blog
All Music, All Blogs
Mega Super Mammoth MP3 Blog List

Search Engines:

Songza • Song Search Engine • Flash Music Player
SeeqPod
Chewbone • Music Blog Search
ShareMiner • Music Blog Search
radio.blog.club
Totally Fuzzy MP3Blog Search • Music Blog Search

Specialty:

lemonjohn • Creative Commons • Independent Artists
Cover Me • Covers
Scar Stuff • Halloween Music
Vinyl Room • Instrumentals
The "B" Side • B Sides
Manson Music • The Music of Charles Manson ? Featured Blog
Way Out Junk • Novelty Records
Galbadia Hotel • Video Game Music
John Peel Tapes
Audiobook Corner Audiobooks
The Ancient Star-Song • Christian Music
Virtuosos Guitarristas • Guitar Virtuosos
Turtle's 78rpm Jukebox • Early Phonographic Records
DeaconBlues1103Femmes • Female Artists • Vintage • Retro
Radio Drama Revival • Radio Drama • Podcast
Children's Records & More
mec fais tourner les skeuds • Bill Laswell Material • Electronic • Jazz • Folk
Cylinder Preservation Project • Early Cylinder Recordings
Videogame Music Preservation Foundation • Mp3 Downloads
Flying Omelette's Video Game MP3 Downloads • Video Game Music

Various/Eclectic

Précis
FoeWeel • MP3 Downloads
Oloraviejo • Krautrock • Psych • Punk • Space
Aurgasm • MP3 Downloads
Uno al día
Mewzique!
MusicNews • Rock • Rockabilly • Blues • Progressive • World
Bravo Juju • Classical • Electronica • Jazz • Noise
Diddy Wah • MP3 Downloads
tapperware • rock • indie • punk • metal
Muse Asylum • Psych • Prog • Folk • Jazz
Electric Mud
April Winchell • Non-Blog • MP3 Downloads
Spiral Circus • Post-Rock • Metal • Progressive • Electronic
Sonic Process • MP3 Downloads
MP3MANIACO
1PocodMusica
Chronic Music • Rock • Electronic • Progressive • Psych
Zero G Sound
Singer-Saints • Jazz • Avant-Garde • Classical • Cabaret
Grown So Ugly
The Mixdiggerz
GRINDTHIEVES • Rock • Metal • Hip-Hop • Dub
Killed In Cars • Noise • Avant-Garde • Folk • Jazz
Cosmic Hearse • Punk • Metal • Psych • Soundtracks
Blogger's Delite • Punk • Rock • Reggae • Ska • Soul
A Pyrex Scholar • Rare LPs • Rock • Soul • Electronic • Psychedelic
Whorepresents?
New Moodswings
Rocket Remnants
Digital Meltd0wn • Punk • Garage • Psych • Experimental • Electronic
The Devil's Music • Vinyl Rips • Obscure
Eclectic Synthetic • Avant-Garde • Blues • Punk • Electronic
What Fucked You?
Back On The Road • Pop • Rock
Stigma Rest Room • Electronic • Soundtracks • Classical • World
What's in my iPod? • Jazz • Rock • Funk • Afro • Roots
We Drink Old Gold
Totally Free Music • Legally Free Music
beautifulnoise/skin
Fantasmi Macchina • Electronic • Experimental • Garage • Punk
Star Maker Machine • mp3 Downloads • User Submitted Songs
The Pessimist Club • New Zealand • Avant-Garde • Psych • Pop • Rock
I Killed The Darkness • Rock • Hip-Hop • Electronic • Classical
Nothin' Sez Somethin' • Rock • Pop • Punk • Jazz
Best of ...Both Worlds • Mixes
A Closet of Curiosities
THE COMMERCIAL ZONE
Perceptions. Delusions. • mp3 Downloads
The Sky Moves Sideways
Psychotic Leisure Music
Staring At The Apocalypse • Experimental • Fusion • Post-Rock • Punk
WFMU's Beware Of The Blog • MP3 Downloads
An Overdose of Fingal Cocoa • Rock • Blues • Jazz • Soul • Progressive
Death of the Left Unfinished • Noise • Experimental • Post-Rock • Jazz
Broken Teeth and Mouthwash • Folk • Electronic • Rock • Metal • Hip-Hop
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right • Rock • Pop • Indie • Folk
Funky Sodom of Non-Commercial Arts • Ethnic • World Fusion • Avant-Garde • Reggae • Classical • Punk

Podcasts/Mixes/Compilations

brutdegroove • Lounge
Baistophe • Band Compilations/Mixes
Fusion 45 • Mixes • Accoustic Rock
WFMU Radio
Mottey's Garage • Rock • Garage • Punk
Choplogic Radio • Podcasts • Eclectic
Revolution Rock • Punk • New Wave • Garage Rock
Radio Drama Revival • Radio Drama • Podcast
Thundercrack Playlist • Compilations • Bootlegs
DJ Infinite's Blogspot • Mixes • Hip-Hop • Dubstep • Drum & Bass
Toffee Sunday Smash • 60's UK Underground • Pop • Psychedelic
Jim's Child of the 60's • Podcasts • Rare 60's
RADIO FREE WOHLMAN • Podcasts • Eclectic
Birds With Broken Wings
The Bovine Life Support System • Podcast
E-mile Says Songs Do The Matter • Eclectic
The Best Radio You Never Heard • Podcasts
The Deuce Project: Science Fiction Radio • Podcasts • Sci-Fi

Soundtracks/Scores

13 • Vintage Horror Movie Music
Cinemedia
FilmTracks
Film Music • Russian Language
Sleazy Listening
Sideshow Cinema
Soundtracks Lover
The Crime Lounge • Retro • Crime • Thriller • Spy
Blaxplotation Pride • Blaxplotation • Kung Fu
Inferno Music Crypt
World of Soundtrack
Blade Runner Soundtracks
Music From The Third Floor • Bollywood
You Don't Have To Visit This Blog

Bootlegs

dexondaz
MP3@3PM • Jimi Hendrix
Music-Hole
Blog Stoned
Geant Vener
Mixing Desk
Musica Acida • Doors Bootlegs • Rare Psych • Folk • Pop
Soundaboard
Quality Boots
Grateful Breed
BEEHIVE CANDY
Smuggled Sounds
burtonbootlegger
Green Alien Chick • Classic Rock
Ape Shall Never Kill Ape • On Hiatus - 2/08
The Ultimate Bootleg Experience
Dino & Princess' Bootleg Tunz World

Rock - General

mad parade • On Hiatus - 2/08
musictraveler • Indie • Garage • Prog • Jazz • Funk • Folk
Rock and Roll
Dr Faustroll • Garage • Psych • Punk • Folk • Rockabilly
MUSIKAGOGO
C-60 Low Noise • Alternative • Punk • Garage
Shakin' All Over • Invite Only
Wilfully Obscure

60s/70s

7-Floor • Progressive • Folk • Psychedelic
My Generation
Time Traveller • On Hiatus - 2/08
Ezhevika Fields • Prog • Psych • Folk • Garage
Chris Goes Rock • Prog • Psych
Garden of Sounds • On Hiatus 11/07 • Links Still Active
Floodlit Footprint • Prog • Folk
Echoes In The Wind • Mixes • MP3 Downloads • Full Albums
Akashaman's Kosmos • On Hiatus - 3/08 • Pop • Psych • Folk
Las Galletas De Maria • Punk • Folk • Psychedelic
The World Is Only One

Punk/Hardcore

RatBoy69 • Punk • Garage • Surf • Funk • Soul
Hellcrust • Crust • Metal • Doom •Sludge
7inchcrust
Deathrockk • Death Rock • Gothic Rock • Post-Punk
7 Inch Punk
Punk Tapes • Rare • Tape Rips • On Hiatus - 07/06 • Links Still Active
Bloodjunkies • Punk • Hardcore • Horror Punk
Bleedin' Out • MP3 Downloads
Punketisticos • Spanish Language • • Punk • Psychobilly
1000 Asprines • World Punk • MP3 Downloads
Nation On Fire • UK Punk • 80s
Punk Friction • Punk • Post-Punk • Psychobilly
Annie's Animal
Punk Not Profit
Sound And Fury • Rare • Punk • Hardcore
Strange Reaction • Hardcore • Podcasts
Outside My Scene
Pzycho Graveyard • On Hiatus - 7/07 • Some Links Active • Psychobilly • Ska
Nothing But Trash • On Hiatus - 3/08 • Some Links Active
Saapasnahkatorni • Hardcore • Finland • World
Punk Rock Station • Spanish Language
Down Underground • World • Punk • Hardcore
Nuzz Prowling Wolf
Punks Make Your Day • Punk • Garage • Psychobilly • Rockabilly • Aussie
luguria do it yourself • Spanish Language
Crucified For Your Sins • Spanish Language
Spending Loud Night • Garage
Born In The Basement
Licentious & Dissolute • On Hiatus - 2/08 • Hardcore • Noise • Experimental
Hangover Heart Attack
Killed By Death Records • Rare • 7" Vinyl Rips • MP3 Downloads
Only In It For the Music
Rare Punk Music To Share
Always Searching For Music • Punk • New Wave
Good Bad Music For Bad, Bad Times

Garage Rock

Ausrock • Garage • Punk
Chocoreve
GaragePunk • Podcasts • MP3 Downloads
Trashsistors
O Canadarm!
Garage Music
Thee Head Vein • Garage • Punk • 60s • Psych • Pacific Northwest Sounds
Garage Hangover • 45s • MP3 Downloads
Mojo Repair Shop • Vintage • Psychedelic • Surf • Blues
The Wicked Thing
Turn Right To Open • Punk • Psychedelic • Power-Pop
Canco!! I Hate Rock N' Roll
Paradise of Garage Compilations On Hiatus - 3/08 • Compilations • Italian

Metal/Stoner/Doom/Sludge

4metal
Loadown
Linkworld
Stonerobixxx • Doom • Sludge • Stoner • Drone
Blood Is Truth • Stoner • Doom • Sludge • Psych
Lo-Res Viscera • Doom • Death • Black • Hardcore
Acefalia Musical • Stoner Rock • Psychedelic
The Dark Factory • Spanish Language • Industrial • Black • Death • Melodic
Metal Is The Law • Black • Doom • Thrash • Symphonic
Lestat-Metal Union • Black • Death • Symphonic • Melodic
IronClad Metal Music • Categorized List Format
Death Metal Invasion
Carnival Of Headache
Mundo Charles Manson • Thrash • Black • Symphonic
Under Fire Metal Radio • Spanish Language
Heavy Planet Stoner Rock Blog • Stoner Rock • Sludge • Doom • Psych
Doomed To Be Stoned In A Sludge Swamp • Sludge • Doom • Stoner

Progressive Rock

Sakalli • Psych • Folk • Space
SAM1957 • Prog • Psych • Hard Rock • Blues • Soul • Folk
Nukebass
Prog Not Frog • Psych • Folk
Rare MP3 Music
Pigs & Sheeps • Classical • Jazz • Krautrock
8 Days In April • Psych • Folk
Proggy's World
Electric Flower • Psychedelic • Folk
Museo Rosenbach • Jazz • Krautrock • Folk
The Undercover Man
Merlinus & Samantha
A Fabulosa Lira Lisergica • Prog • Avant Garde
Krishna's Golden Dop Shop
Hal's Progressive Rock Blog

Psychedelic

FM Shades • Folk • Space • Noise • Strange
Black Acid • Prog • Metal
D.C. Share • Psych • Folk • Blues • Punk
hippy-djkit • Rare • World
Musica Acida • Rare Psych • Folk • Pop • Doors Bootlegs
Lost In Tyme
Burning Minds • Metal • Punk • Hip-Hop
Manson Music
Faintly Blowing • Garage • Progressive
HeavyPsychMan • Heavy Psych • Prog
Psych Spaniolos
Orexis Of Death
Redtelephone66
Psychedelic Lion • Garage • Pop • Folk
Peppermint Store • Progressive • Folk
Twisted Perceptions • Garage • Folk • Pop • Punk
Anthem of the Space
Homemade LoFi Psych • DIY • Lo-Fi
Dr. Schluss' Garage of Psychedelic Obscurities

Folk

PsychFolk • Psychedelic
Folkbunker • Russian Language
Scrumptunes • Freak Folk • Experimental • Indie • Grunge • Electronic
Folk Yourself • Celtic
Cukoo's Nest
songs:illinois • Americana • Alt-Country • Indie
Merlin In Rags • Blues • Americana • Jug Bands
Cover Lay Down • Covers • MP3 Downloads
Italian Folk Music • Italian
Time Has Told Me
McGuinn's Folk Den • MP3 Downloads
microphones in the trees!
Garden of Earthly Delights • Psych • Pop • Garage
I Dunno - What D'you Think?

Pop/Power Pop/New Wave

Eternally Yours • Power Pop • Garage • France • Australia
Retro Remixes • Pop • Dance • 80s
Pop Apocalypse
Take The Pills • Pop • C86 • Post-Punk • New Wave
PVAc to 44.1kHz • Power Pop • New Wave
Jangle Pop Boutique • Formerly "Indie Pop Heaven"
Fantod Under Glass • Post-Punk • New Wave • Synthpop • Dub • Electro
Power Pop Criminals • Rare • Power Pop • Indie
Music Ruined My Life • Pop • Power Pop • Punk-Pop
The Sons of Power Pop • Power Pop

Indie Rock/Alternative/Post-Rock/Math Rock/Shoegazing:

No Hits
Gyeeker
StereoGum • MP3 Downloads
SirenSound• Experimental • Post-Rock • Ambient • Shoegazing
RADIOBUTT • Pop • Rock • Post-Rock • Neo-Psychedelia
Pop Apocalypse
Be Independent!
Symbols and Sounds • Electronic • Noise • Experimental • Post-Punk
Rare Indie Classics
See What You Hear • MP3 Downloads • Streaming
Blessed_Clever_Compromiser • Folk • Electronic • Ambient
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow • Spanish Language

Experimental/Avant-Garde/Musique Concrete/Ambient/Drone

nodatta
Cagedream • On Hiatus - Mar. 2009
soundweave • Experimental • Psych • Metal • Post-Rock
Mutant Sounds • Experimenta • Avant-Garde • Noise • Cassette Culture
Idle Minds Inc ? Featured Blog
UbuWeb: Sound • Non-Blog • Experimental & Avant-Garde Musicians Archive
Netlabels Noises • Creative Commons • Experimental • Avant-Garde
Phoenix Hairpins
Tonton Manhood
Experimental Etc
Radio Alphawellen •On Hiatus - Feb. 2009 • Ambient • Noise • Experimental
Continuo's Weblog
Surreal Applications
Synopsis Elektronica • On Hiatus - Jan. 2009
Avant-Garde Project • Non-Blog • Torrents • Classical • Experimental
no longer forgotten music
The Thing on the Doorstep
Sure 'nuff'n yes I do • Avant-Garde • Noise • Drone
Because God Told Me To Do It
aerophones and aeroplanes • Experimental • Indie • Folk • Electronic
Deleted Scenes, Forgotten Dreams

Industrial/Coldwave/Power Electronics

Querbeet • Electronic • Ambient • Noise • Post-Rock
soundhead • Minimal • Synth • Coldwave • Experimental • Punk • Post-Punk
Aphawellen • Ambient • Drone • Noise • Industrial
Industrial Scum
Sickness Abounds • Rhythmic Noise • Power Electronics • Dark Ambient
Misterioso Impossivel • Industrial • Ambient • Electro
Terror Noise Audio • Industrial • Noise • Power Electronics
Static Collaborative • Electronic • Noise • Experimental • Merzbow
nostalgie de la boue • Cassette • Industrial • Experimental
Systems Of Romance • Industrial • Post-Punk • Synthpunk
The Wheel of the Year • Ambient • Esoteric • Industrial • Noise
trenutki omamne srece! • NSFW • Ambient • Lounge • Dub • Kraut • Psych
7" from the underground • Minimal Synth • Post-Punk • No Wave
Industrial::Music::Library • On Hiatus - 10/07 • Industrial/Noise Pioneers
..::DIGITAL::MIND::KONTROL::.. • On Hiatus - Nov. 2009 • Power Electronics • Noise • Minimal

Early Electronic/8-Bit/Chiptune

dualtrack
36 15 Moog • Moog Synthesizer
8-bit NoNaMe • Russian Language • Registration Required • 8-Bit Music
Minimal Land • Minimalism
Moogsensations • • Moog Synthesizer
Wiel's Time Capsule • On Hiatus - Feb. 2009 • Early Electronic • Synthesizer • New-Wave • Pop
WHENEVA WE BONE... • Psych • Experimental • Infrequent Updates

Electronic - Techno/House/Trance/Drum N' Bass:

Gabba • Non-Blog • Registration Required
T A P E • On Hiatus - May 2009 • Mixes
Linkset
Sick Mix • On Hiatus - March 2009
fluo kids • MP3 Downloads
Acrocosm • Ambient Techno • IBM • Ambient
IDM Trade
Verd Music • Electro • Pop • Disco • Indie
Flash Vegas • MP3 Downloads
BIGSTEREO • MP3 Downloads
wiki /music
Tricky Disco • Disco • House • Techno • Funk • Soul
Nova-Express • Spanish Language • EBM • Industrial • On Hiatus - Feb. 2009
Strictly Riddim • Experimental • Minimal • House • Techno • Downtempo
Digital Eargasm
Zona Industrial • Spanish Language • EBM • Industrial
Hypnotic Breaks • Techno • Progressive • Minimal
The ill-ec-tro-nic • MP3 Downloads
These Rocks Pop
Caucasian Tabloid

Trip-Hop/Acid Jazz

flageolette • Breakbeat • Jazz • Funk • Latin • Trip-Hop

Lounge/Downtempo/Chillout

The Best of...

Hip-Hop/Rap

The Kru
elmattic • Podcasts
UnderSpot
Rap Dungeon
RapGodFathers • Discogs
Bust the Facts
THE ZRO HOUR • Podcasts
Hip-Hop Is Read
Back In The Day • Rap • Hip-Hop • Funk
WhatsTheWordYo • Hip-Hop • Electronic • Art
GoldenAgeHipHop • Early 90's Hip-Hop & Rap
Soul Psychadelicide • On Hiatus - July 2009 • MP3 Downloads • Hip-Hop • Funk • Electronic
To The Break of Dawn
The Hip Hop Collection
Real Hip Hop Beholders
Original Underground Hip Hop
Underground Hip Hop Collection

Rockabilly/Country/Bluegrass

Just Country • On Hiatus - Sep. 2008
A Truer Sound • Alt-Country
Spunky Onions • On Hiatus - Feb. 2009 • Rockabilly • Surf • Psychedelic
TWILIGHTZONE! • Rockabilly • Garage • Surf ? Featured Blog
El Diablo Tun Tun • Country • Folk • Blues • Jug Bands
Broke Down Engine
DeaconBlues1103CW • Modern Country
Western Swing on 78 • Western • Country • Blues
Rockabilly Rules OK!!! • Rockabilly • Oldies • Rock&Roll • Psychobilly
Spread The Good Word!
Free Rockabilly Music • On Hiatus - July 2009
Wrath of the Grapevine
Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archives • Country • Western Swing • Rockabilly • Blues
Roots of American Fiddle Music • Non-Blog • Country

Surf

Boppeslag • On Hiatus - March 2009
EekTheCat • On Hiatus - May 2009
Endless Summer
Trustar Vibrations
Fat City Cigar Lounge • Surf • Psychobilly • Experimental

Exotica/Space Age Pop/Library Music

brutdegroove
Blue Hipster
Stax o' Wax
Third Island
Zip Your Rip
Licorice Pizza • On Hiatus 11/08
Xtabays World
Library Music
The Tuna Melt
Hall of Records
Bongolong Land
Lounge Legends
monone's library • Italy • France • Library Music • Soundtracks
Singin' & Swingin'
's Marveous Distro
The Crime Lounge • Retro Spy Music
Grooves of Delight
Bongos/Flutes/Guitars • Easy Listening • Exotica
LP's Vinyl Lounge Hut
I'm Learning To Share • Vinyl Rips • Vintage • Pop • Rock • Vintage Culture
Music You (Possibly) Won't Find Anyplace Else

Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Big Band

El Reza
Acid Jazz • Acid Jazz
mohaoffbeat
Dr. Fusion •Jazz Fusion
World Fusion
Be Bop Wino • Vintage • Jazz • Big Band • Swing
Ile Odumare • Out Of Print Rareties
Bitches Brew • Fusion • Jazz Rock
Zona de Jazz
My Jazz World
Orgy In Rhythm
Into the Rhythm • Lossless • Jazz • Blues • World Music
JJ's Jazz & Such • Japanese Jazz & Fusion
Call It Anything
JazzRock World • Fusion
Dark Blue Notes
Pharaoh's Dance • Soul • Funk
My Favourite Sound • Funk • Soul • Disco • Psychedelic
Strata-East Fan Club • Strata-East Label Releases
You Are What You Hear • Live Performances
Jazz-Rock-Fusion-Guitar • Fusion • Jazz Rock

Blues/Blues Rock

Blues-Rock
Blues Town
Blues-Centar • Blues • Progressive • Psych • Krautrock
Boogie Chillin' • On Hiatus - Jan. 2009
Blues Everyday
Crossroads Club 27
Honey, Where You Been So Long? • Pre-War Blues
Don't Ask Me ..... I Don't Know

Soul/Funk

ear fuzz • Soul • Funk • Jazz • Rock • World
Fullundie
Blaks Lair • Soul • Funk • Jazz • Hip-Hop
Shindiggit • On Hiatus - Apr. 2009 • Soul • 70s • 45s
Oufar Khan • On Hiatus - July 2009 • Soul • Funk • Jazz
Buns O'Plenty • Soul • Funk • Jazz
Funk My Soul
Voodoo Funk • 70s • Africa • Funk • Pop
Baby Grandpa
Soul Spectrum
Funky16Corners • Soul • Funk
Soul Detective • Soul
4 Brothers Beats • Soul • Funk • Jazz
Flea Market Funk
Milk Crate Breaks • Soul • Funk • Hip-Hop • Jazz
Original Funk Music
DeaconBlues1103Soul
San Pasquale Ent. • Funk • Jazz • Electronic • Soundtracks
Flabbergasted Vibes • Funk • Soul • Jazz • MPB • Salsa
A Flat Soul Spreading • On Hiatus - Feb. 2009
An Overdose of Fingal Cocoa • Blues • Jazz • Electronic • Prog
Get On Down With The Stepfather Of Soul
A Small Selection Of Whatever Fills My Head • Soul • Jazz • Blues

Reggae/Dub/Dancehall

Fya Babylon
Reggae DDL • Music Sharing Community
kaya na noite
Sixties Fever! • Ska • Dancehall • Rock Steady • Revival Mod
Versionist Riddim • Music Sharing Community
Reggae En Malaga
Black Magic Plastic • Podcasts
S.A.T's Shed Boogie • On Hiatus - Jan. 2009 • Working Downloads
Distinctly Jamaican Sounds
You And Me On A Jamboree
It's Coming Out Of Your Speaker • Reggae • Dub • Roots
Brighton's Treats With Jamaican Beats • Reggae • Dub • Mixes

Classical

Classics
Opera mp3 • Non-Blog • Opera
Classic Cat • Non-Blog
Jacob Sudol
P.Q.P. Bach
Good Vibrato
Violão Erudito • On Hiatus - May 2009 • Accoustic Renditions
Asian Classical MP3 • Non-Blog • MP3 Downloads • Asian Classical
El Rincón Melómano
Wikipedia: Sound/list • MP3 Downloads • Contemporary Classical
On An Overgrown Path • Non-Blog
Maravillosos - NoName • Non-Blog
Handelmania's Podcast • Podcast • Opera
Boyunglee's Classical MP3
CCME - Aula Electroacustica

World - Various/Eclectic

Africolombia • African • Colombian • Vintage
Na Bula Bula • Classical • Jazz • Rock • Gypsy
Paul Durango • French • Soundtracks • Electronic • Pop
Global Groove • Samba • Salsa • Reggae • Merengue
We Love Music
Planeta Musical • Folk • Jazz • Celtic • Blues • Soul
Different Waters
Japan Underground • Japan
Republica de Fiume • Brazil • Latin • Jazz • Funk • Soul
Pathway to Unknown Worlds
Bluesmen's World(Music)
JJ's Jazz & Such • Japanese • Jazz • Fusion
Italian Folk Music • Italian • Folk
Anni di piombo, anni di paillettes • Italian

Africa

oro • Voodoo Music
Likembe • mp3 Downloads
aduna.blog
Voodoo Funk • 70s • Funk • Pop
Analog Africa
With Comb & Razor • Africa
Awesome Tapes From Africa

Australia/New Zealand

Ausrock • Garage • Punk
The Doledrums • On Haitus - May 2009 • New Zealand • lo-fi
That Striped Sunlight Sound • Rock • Folk • Ambient

Mexico/South America/:

Loronix
Musicoteca
Soul Spectrum • Soul • Funk
J Thyme...KIND • Samba • Salsa • Rock
Brazilian Nuggets
De 78rpm a 33 1/3rpm • Mexico • Spanish Language
Abracadabra-LPs do Brasil

I would also like to thank the wonderful people who run the Mega Super Mammoth MP3 Blog List, and the Totally Fuzzy and XChannel music blog aggregators. Without them this list would have been much harder to start. You can find links to their respective sites in the sidebar.

Discovering Music: last.fm Alternatives Part 1

2009-05-23T02:21:00.019-04:00

In my last article discussing the recent addition of several features to last.fm, I discussed the possibility of many of it's members leaving due to the decision to require members living outside of the US, UK, and Germany to pay a subscribtion fee to be able to use their software. Since being bought out by CBS in May of 2007, last.fm has implemented a number of changes to it's website and software based on a corporate business model being implemented rather than listening to it's members. Last July last.fm angered thousands of it's users by overhauling the entire site without giving them an option to revert back to the old layout. In the process they changed much of the functionality and did away with the simplicity that attracted many users in the first place.

last.fm still remains my preferred method for discovering new music, but I must admit that the alternatives are beginning to look better and better. So without further ado, allow me to introduce a few great alternatives to last.fm for discovering, streaming, and downloading music.

Social Networks

I would consider last.fm a social network for discovering music, so I will start with the services that best match up with the features that last.fm has to offer. First up is the network that has been making a lot of headlines recently:

Spotify - http://spotify.com

Many are calling Spotify the last.fm killer. This is a bold claim considering it is still in it's infacy, remaining in the beta testing phase at the moment. Membership is also limited to UK residents for now, but this will change as soon as they transition out of beta phase, and there are methods for bypassing this restriction. Spotify isn't as much of a social network either, but I have included it in this category because it is the most like last.fm in it's functionality, and for it's features such as collaborative playlist sharing, Spotify boasts an impressive number of features, a vast collection of music ready to stream, and most importantly, the necessary momentum that would make it the most likely candidate to eventually win over last.fm's members.

Pros: Massive selection including many full albums available for streaming, advanced player with "previous track" and "pause" buttons, Create and share unlimited playlists, playlist Sharing

Cons: Only available in the UK for now, Audio Adverts (Removed by paying a fee) Lesser known genres and even some mainstream artists aren't represented yet.

Mog:
Mog shares many features with last.fm, although it's limited selection of streaming music will prevent if from ever topping last.fm. Mog generates charts based on the tracks you have listened to, allows members to create a profile page, and recommends music and user contributed articles based on your taste. Unlike last.fm, Mog requires you to download a small program called MOG-O-MATIC which is used to auto-sync your music library and listening history with your Mog profile.
User generated content is more prevalent on Mog, as member's blog posts are presented as articles, and delivered to you based on your listening habits. The biggest downside to Mog is that it appears to be geared more towards allowing you to discover new music, rather than actually listening to it, as the selection of songs available for streaming is very limited at the moment.

Pros: Very active member base including many well known artists, Recommendations based on your musical taste, Personalized feed informing you of new albums and friend's activities

Cons: Poor selection of music available for streaming, No player for streaming music offline, MOG-O-MATIC client tried to take control of other services and apps

Grooveshark - http://grooveshark.com

The power of Grooveshark lies in it's simplicity and speed. Upon visiting the site, one can almost instantly search for and play music, build a playlist, and share it with anyone. The great thing is that there are millions of fully streamable tracks to choose from. Although social networking features are available, they take a backseat to the music discovery aspect of the site. The recent addition of the "Autoplay" service turns the site into a Pandora style radio station as it allows visitors to search for tracks, listen in and then click on "Autoplay" which will build a playlist based on your initial choice. Autoplay can then proceed to build a picture of your listening interests as it gives you the option to give tracks the thumbs up, thumbs down or add the it to your favorites. Another great feature offered by Grooveshark is the ability to upload your music collection using the Grooveshark Music Uploader, and then then play it from any computer via the Grooveshark website. I have yet to test out this feature, but a few friends have informed me that they have been using the uploader and listening to their collection from work without a hitch.

Pros: Simplistic speedy interface, large selection of full length streamable songs, upload your music and access it from any computer, embeddable web widgets

Cons: Search results need work, social networking features are lacking, deep navigation can be tedious

Blip.fm - http://blip.fm

Blip.fm is the equivalent of Twitter for music fans. Once you sign on you simply search for a song or upload your own mp3, "blip" it, and write a short message limited to 150 charcters. Each member is dubbed a DJ, and you are given 13 "prop credits" when you first sign up to give out to other DJs. The developers have hinted to the fact that these credits will serve some sort of practical purpose in the near future. Once you find fellow members with similar taste, you can follow them and their updates will appear on your personal page (not to be confused with your profile page). You can also automatically send updates to a select number of social networks including last.fm, twitter, friendfeed, and ping.fm. I recently wrote a more in depth review of blip.fm which you can find here: Join me on blip.fm

Edit: I just read a bit of unfortunate news on the official blip.fm blog. Blip.fm will no longer allow their members to upload their own mp3 files, and they will be be offering streaming music exclusively through Imeem. This is a huge blow, and has outraged a number of long time and devoted blip members. This could prove to be the beginning of the end for blip unless they are able to implement a new plan soon.

Pros: Simple to use, integration with social networks, embeddable widgets

Cons: Lack of a message board and private messaging system, Developers have opted for stream tracks exclusively through Imeem, and will soon no longer allow members to upload their own mp3s (This has yet to be implemented)

Deezer - http://deezer.com

Deezer, formerly known as Blogmusik, is a French site which provides free on-demand music from several major record labels, including Universal, Warner and Sony BMG. Deezer's main strength is that it allows you to play any track from it's catalogue on demand, which is the only major advantage it has over last.fm. There are currently over 2.6 million tracks to choose from, which is mighty impressive for a relative newcomer to the scene. As with similar sites, members are able to create profiles, create and share playlists, along with a few other basic social networking features. There are also a few generic radio stations to choose from, although don't expect to hear anything too obscure being played.

Pros: Massive selection of free on-demand music, active community and forum, SmartRadio plays tracks based on your favorite artists and previous input

Cons: Recommendations need more work, developers are considering using adverts in the near future, record companies are pressuring deezer to put regional restrictions in place

Next Installment: last.fm Alternatives Part 2

Due to time restraints, I will have to conclude this segment of last.fm alternatives. In the next installment I will finish reviewing music sites which incorporate social networking elements. I plan to cover iLike, Imeem, as well a few other lesser known services. Once I’ve finished up with the social networking segment, I’ll begin the next segment which will be covering music discovery sites, ranging from those that help you discover music based on similar artists ala Pandora, to those that recommend music based on a mood you select, such as Musicover. In the final segment I will focus on programs and web services which focus on streaming radio.

If you know of a good website for discovering music please help me out by leaving a comment. I will continue to update each segment of the “Discovering Music: last.fm Alternatives” series of posts as I am made aware of and review new websites. As always, feel free to share your thoughts concerning the services I have reviewed, as well as any criticism you might have, constructive or otherwise.

Join me on Blip.fm

2009-05-13T04:45:00.005-04:00

I just recently discovered a promising and relatively new site by the name of Blip.fm. Blip allows it's members to DJ music using a Twitter-like interface, with a massive selection of songs available from Imeem to choose from, in addition to the content uploaded by members on third party sites.

I first decided to use the service to share music that I wouldn't normally post here, such as recently released material or music that is commercially available. However, since I have started using the service I have come to realize that it also happens to be a great resource for discovering music that I am unfamiliar with, and has also allowed me to rediscover a few old favorites.

As with Twitter, members have 140 characters to play with when writing their messages. Despite the simple interface, there are a number of options available to blippers that allow them to share music and interact with one another. If you are familiar with Twitter commands, such as replying to another person using the @User command, then you will have no problems using the service. Despite the similarities to Twitter, there are a number of music related features that set it apart from it also. DJs are able to create playlists, "reblip" their own blips and those of others, find other members who have blipped the same artist, search blip.fm receive artist's tour info based on your their area code and more. Members are also able to upload their own songs to third party hosting sites, import the url, and blip the song. This is the best method for sharing music that isn't available on Imeem. I recommend using http://boxstr.com if you don't already know of a host that allows hotlinking to mp3 files. Blip.fm has also added integration with other services. At the moment you can scrobble songs you have listened to on blip.fm to your last.fm account, and post updates to Twitter, Ping.fm, FriendFeed, Tumblr, and LiveJournal.

Blip has also set up a system for showing your respect to other DJs for the songs they select. Each DJ receives 15 prop credits to award other DJs when they first sign up. At the moment the props have no practical purpose, other than to show appreciation; however, the developers have hinted around on the blip.fm blog that this will change in the near future.

If you're looking for a truly eclectic listening experience I would recommend going to the public page where you can view every blip being posted in real time. Every style you can imagine eventually makes its way on here. The majority of it is mainstream music, although there are several DJs who make it a point to offer up lesser known yet interesting music. After only a few days of using Blip.fm I have already discovered a few people worth following, and have gained a few followers myself. I would like to invite you all to join me on blip.fm. Please use the invite link that I have posted here, as blip rewards you 10 prop credits to dish out to other members for each person you invite. I hope to see some of you on Blip.fm soon. Please don't be comment shy if you join up. I love interacting with others, especially when dealing with music. I've been sharing music with visitors to this blog for nearly three years now. Now some of you can finally introduce me to the music that you love in return.

Blip.fm: http://ping.fm/vu2yY
My Blip.fm Page: http://blip.fm/Zer0_II/Zer0_II

I would also like to thank OneLuvGurl for inadvertently introducing me to Blip.fm. Check out her blog @ http://dorkmuffin.com

last.fm Unveils New Features - Visual Radio, Combo Stations, Station History and More

2009-05-06T21:57:00.010-04:00

Upon logging into last.fm today I was greeted with a rather pleasant surprise. last.fm rolled out several new features for their website today including a new version of the radio used on their website which they have dubbed "Visual Radio", the ability to play combinations of tag radios, improved station history tracking, and a new "in your library" station. Although they are doing their best to heavily promote the new visual radio section, mainly because they will be selling advertising space on it, I believe the most exciting new feature is the ability to play combinations of tag and artist radio stations. It seems as if last.fm just increased the potential for discovering new music a great deal with this new feature. Here is a rundown of the new features:

Personalized Visual Radio In Action

Personalized Visual Radio

The feature that last.fm is touting the most is the personalized visual radio, although I find this to be the least interesting development considering I very rarely use the web radio player. The reason they are promoting this over the other features is because they plan to sell part of the space to advertisers and sponsors. The visual radio is a major improvement to the previous web player, featuring a sleek new interface. They have also added a slideshow which appears while a visitor is listening to the web radio. The slideshow showcases both video and images uploaded by the last.fm community. Unfortunately these aesthetic improvements come with a price, as they have done away with the album art and info that was previously displayed, coupled with the fact that they plan to use this space to display adverts.

Combo Stations

This is easily the most exciting new feature to be implemented by last.fm in quite some time. The addition of "combo stations" is something that many last.fm users have been requesting since the birth of last.fm/audioscrobbler. I tried several combinations of tags which didn't yield any results, despite the fact that I know of bands which could have been returned in the results, so there is definitely room for improvement as far as this feature is concerned. Fortunately the content of both the similar artists and tag radio stations is generated by the listening habits of last.fm users, and the results for combo stations will improve as this feature is used more often. At the moment combo stations can only be listened to via the web radio, but word has it that this functionality will be implemented in the desktop client soon.

Improved Station History:

last.fm has expanded upon it's "recent stations" module to create a much longer list, and has also added the ability to remove unwanted stations from your history. This feature was added a few months ago, and it keeps track of all the tag, user, artist, and group radio stations that a user listens to. The most recently listened station will automatically rise to the top of the list. They also recently worked this into the latest version of the last.fm software, which was a very smart move in my opinion.

Additional Minor Changes:

The most obvious features have already been mentioned, but last.fm also made a few less obvious changes. The newly added "in your library" displays statistics related the currently playing artist, along with a graph that shows the frequency at which the artist is listened to. They have also added a scrobble toggle, which gives users the option to turn scrobbling on and off with ease, and allowing one to listen to music without any data being transmitted to last.fm.

The Future of last.fm

The future of last.fm is still very much in doubt. The recent decision to require members outside of the US, UK, and Germany to pay a subscription fee to be able to use the radio has generated an enormous amount of negative feedback and publicity. A mass migration has already started, and will no doubt continue as members who are unwilling to pay the fee make the move to competitors such as Spotify.

Up until this point last.fm has dominated the niche of social networking for music, but with all the recent negative publicity and competitors popping up left and right, it's easy to believe that last.fm is slowly but surely losing the firm grip it once held. They are no doubt feeling the pressure to convince current members to stick with them and subscribe rather than leaving for upstart services such as Spotify, which is one reason they are rolling out updates such as this one. While competition may hurt last.fm, it is definitely beneficial to the rest of us, as it forces them to improve their service in order to be profitable, or be left behind as their competitors are able to fulfill the needs of the people.

Later this week I will be reviewing a number of different alternatives to last.fm. If you are aware of a worthy last.fm alternative, please leave a comment and let us know about it. I would also like to hear your opinions concerning the future of last.fm and their recent business decisions, so please leave a comment and let your opinion be counted.

last.fm Blog: http://blog.last.fm
Forum Discussion: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/531248

aTunes - A Fully Featured Audio Player & Manager

2009-05-06T13:58:00.021-04:00

Default aTunes SetupView Full Size

I am amazed that the aTunes audio player (no affiliation with iTunes) managed to fly underneath my radar for so long. I have tested out a countless number of different media players over the years, and rarely have I encountered programs that have impressed me as much as this one shortly after installing it. After testing it out I felt it was necessary to write an unbiased review to inform more people of this great alternative to the more recognizable media players being used by the majority of people.

Basic Info:

aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in the Java programming language. It can run on different platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux and Sun Solaris. It current plays mp3, ogg, wma, wav, flac, mp4 and radio streams. aTunes also functions as a music manager allowing users to easily edit tags, organize music and rip CDs.

Installation:

The aTunes installation went as smooth as could be expected. I had it up and running in minutes shortly after installing it on my ancient 7 year system. There were no attempts to install any type of toolbar or other third party software. Installation was a breeze. aTunes simply prompts the user to make a few necessary choices, such as the installation path and start menu folder, and then installs in seconds. The good news is that aTunes is platform independent, so there are versions available for Mac, Linux and Solaris users also.

Startup:

Upon running aTunes the first time, the user is prompted to select the location of their music collection, after which the selected folder is scanned for media. It took a little less than 15 minutes for aTunes to scan my main music folder, which contains over 14,000 songs. I can't compare make a comparison to other media players in terms of the speed of this process, as this was the first time I made it a point to record such info, but it didn't seem to take an unnecessary amount of time.

Features:

aTunes true strength lies in it's features.There are few media players that can compete with aTunes in terms of features straight out of the box, without having to install plugins to achieve the same effect.
The features that I was most impressed by were option to embed controls for the player in the system tray, the similar artists module (fetches similar artists from last.fm based on the track you are currently listening to), the recommended YouTube videos module, karaoke mode, tabbed playlists, built in last.fm integration, cover navigator, and radio and podcast support. Here are a few other features currently available in aTunes:

Player:

Supported formats: mp3, ogg, wma, wav, flac, mp4, m4a, ra, rm, cue

Online radio supported

Player engine: mplayer for all environments, xine for Linux systems

Volume control, mute function

Karaoke function

Equalizer

Normalization

Shuffle and repeat options

OSD (On-screen display)

Tags:

Reads mp3, ogg, flac, wma, mp4, ra, rm tags

Writes mp3, ogg, flac, wma, mp4 tags

Reads and shows pictures included in ID3v2 tags

Tag editor window

Auto tag edition tools: set track number, genre, lyrics and so on automatically

Some auto tag tools for all repository

Extended search function

Support for 18 different languages

Navigator:

Allows users to view music categorized by artist, album or genre in a hierarchy tree, or by folders

Fast access to songs and albums

Filter option to find easily artists, albums or genres

Cover Navigator

Playlist

Support for huge playlist, with thousand of songs

Support for multiple playlists at the same time

Shows multiple columns: title, artist, album, genre, length, track number…

Can be sorted by any of the columns

Columns can be hidden for simplicity

Support for open or save m3u playlists

Full Drag-and-Drop support. Songs can be dragged from the navigator or from the OS file system

Can be filtered

Device view

Connect your portable player or anything that could be mounted as a file system, and view in aTunes, copy to repository, synchronize, etc.

Favorites:

Songs, albums or artists can be selected as favorites

Favorite elements are shown in the “Favorites” tab in Navigator

Internet:

Artist search tool in different web pages: YouTube, Google Video , Wikipedia, etc.

Last.fm information: when a song is being played, album information, artist albums and similar artists are shown

Last.fm profile update: songs played are submitted to your Last.fm profile

Lyrics information: when a song is being played, automatically aTunes shows lyrics

Related videos at YouTube

Podcasts:

Subscribe your favorite podcast feeds and listen them in aTunes

Download podcast feed entries to your hard disk

Audio CD:

aTunes includes a cd ripper tool, using cdda2wav, lame, flac and oggenc. Just put an audio cd into your computer, and select “Import CD” in the “Tools” menu. You can select which tracks to rip, and get track names automatically from Amazon.

Support for optional Nero AAC encoder. See Adding the Nero AAC encoder

Support for optional FAAC encoder (except Windows OS)

Support for CDParanoia on Mac OS X and Linux (limited functionality)

Statistics:

Songs played, songs never played

Songs most played

Album most played

Artist most played

Last date of play

GUI:

Standard view with all controls and features

Multi window view. Every window element (navigator, playlist, context information) is shown as a separate window. Every window can be located and / or arranged as you want.

System tray icon to control player

Themes support: you can change aTunes colors by changing theme

Full Screen Mode

Performance:

The biggest downside to aTunes would undoubtedly be it's speed, although I still think that the sheer number of features more than makes up for this weak spot. Unfortunately, aTunes runs on the sluggish Java runtime environment, which most users will already have installed on their system. While I wouldn't consider aTunes to be unbearably slow, I did notice that it wasn't as responsive as the more streamlined players out there. If you're looking for a minimalistic and speedy media player, that is extremely light on system resources then I suggest you try other media players such as foobar, xmplay, or 1by1. However, if you're looking for a media player with power that gives you a number of methods for exploring your music, as well as discovering new music, then aTunes is worth checking into.

It is possible to disable a number of window elements if you are the type that prefers a minimalistic appearance (See screenshot below); however, aTunes is still going to use more memory than a player such as foobar regardless of the number of window elements that you choose to display.

aTunes with window elements disabled

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Conclusion:

Most programs that I test out on my computer are uninstalled shortly afterwards. Despite it's shortcomings in terms of speed, I decided to keep aTunes installed on my system to see how it grows on me, and I will continue to closely monitor it's development. I hope that they will eventually decide to stray from programming in Java and go open source with their code, but I'm not going to hold my breath as this would require the developers to completely rewrite the code from the ground up. There are a number of standard features that appear to be missing such as visualizations, skins (various color themes are available) and plugin support. Although I don't own an iPod, it would also be nice to see the limited iPod support improved upon. This would do a great deal to convince more people to make this their default player of choice. This player is still in it's infacy though, having only recently released the version one milestone, so their is a lot of time to expand on the ideas already present. Hopefully these features will be present in future releases. While in the longrun aTunes might not dethrone Winamp as my overall media player of choice, or MediaMonkey as my preferred music manager and tagger, it is still a very robust player that I would recommend at least giving a try

Homepage: http://www.atunes.org
Download: http://www.atunes.org/?page_id=6
Download Size: 19MB

Featured Blog - Chronic Music

2009-05-02T02:52:00.006-04:00

The Chronic Music blog has been going strong since January of 2008. One of the first things you will notice upon visiting the blog is the simple, yet stylish three-column layout, which features a number of different navigational options and interesting links to choose from. The thing I love the most about this blog is that it is truly eclectic, offering up everything from acid jazz to melodic death metal. I love exploring the tag clouds on eclectic blogs such as this, as they tend to be a invaluable resource, either for broadening my knowledge of genres and artists that I know very little about, or introducing me to those that I am completely unaware of.

It is evident that a great deal of time has been spent perfecting this blog. Several modifications have been made in order to provide a variety of methods for navigation. Dropdown menus replace the traditional archived posts and labels lists, and as I mentioned above, he has also added a tag cloud for labels. Chronic Music also provides more information than the average blog about the content being posted.
In addition to the great write-ups, you will also find links to the artists' official sites, wikipedia entries, discogs page, a preview track, and links to several different sites where you can buy the album. He also uses one of my favorite file hosting solutions, Sharebee. One thing is certain, the Chronic Music blog certainly believes in offering a broad range of choices to it's visitors.

The administrator, Foehammer, happens to be a very friendly guy also. He is one of the few visitors here who is kind enough to regularly leave feedback, and often comments simply to wish us well on a holiday. In fact, I have considered adding a comment box in the sidebar once again simply because I miss his presence on it. If you are eager to discover another great music blog, pay Foehammer a visit, and be sure to thank him for the amazing job that he does running Chronic Music.

Chronic Music:
http://chronicmusic.blogspot.com

Firefox Extensions for the Music Enthusiast

2009-04-18T07:41:00.001-04:00

With thousands of extensions developed for Firefox, it can be a tedious task trying to find the extension that suites your needs. I have tried to take the guess work out of hunting for the best music related Firefox extensions by putting together this list. If you use Firefox, these extensions will give you more control over your music collection, as well as online content. As with any list of this sort, it is far from being all-inclusive, so if you know of an extension that should be added to this list please leave a comment.

Fire.fm - Fire.fm was the winner of the Extend Firefox 3 contest, and with good reason. It gives you full access to the Last.fm library from anywhere you may surf to. Discover new artists, play favorite tracks, explore people with similar music tastes and more.

FoxyTunes - With FoxyTunes installed you can control just about any media player from directly inside your browser. Also finds album covers, displays lyrics and more.

GoMuzik - You can search the GoMuzik library of over 1 million songs and play those you like, make playlists and more.

Lala Control - While this extension has same drawbacks (a tab must be opened, songs must have started playing or be in your queue), it will allow you to control the Lala.com flash player without having to constantly switch tabs all the time.

Music Hutch Toolbar - This toolbar works exclusively with music and videos on The Music Hutch, and with it you can shuffle and search all of the files for playback.

Music Player Minion - This extension operates as a client for the Music Player Daemon network, allowing you to control music from one computer on your home network from another.

My Opus Radio - Adds a player to the status bar to play India’s first online radio station for international music.

Online Music Player - This music player installs down in your status bar and allows you to play MP3 files either from the web or from local files. It is also capable of displaying lyrics and managing playlists.

Play Them All - Play Them All scans all of the links on a page for ones that end in .mp3 and creates a M3U playlist from them so that you can easily play them.

Radio Eksen - This add-on will allow you to see what is currently playing on Radio Eksen, a rock radio station in Istanbul, Turkey. You can click on the display to listen to the station in your media player, check the artist out on Wikipedia (Wikipedia reviews) or Last.fm, get lyrics from Google (Google reviews) and more.

Album-Cover-Art.org - Allows you to search Album-Cover-Art.org for album cover artwork you may be missing for your music collection.

FindThatBand - Allows you to highlight a band name on a site, right click to select search, and it will pull up information about that band on MySpace (MySpace reviews), LastFM, Pandora (Pandora reviews), or Wikipedia.

FiTunes Sidebar Extension - Shows you a sidebar built around the top 25 iTunes Store categories such as singles and albums.

Harmony - This add-on integrates with Pandora or FoxyTunes to give you real-time information about the music you are listening to, and will also scrobble the songs to your Last.fm account for you.

Song.ly - Song.ly allows you to share songs with all of your Twitter followers with just two clicks, and will take them to a page where the song is embedded in a player for them to hear. Sort of like Blip (BLIP reviews).fm, but it works more directly with Twitter.

TwittyTunes - From the same people who make FoxyTunes, TwittyTunes will allow you to post whatever music you have playing to your Twitter stream. What is nice is that this isn’t done automatically, but only when you click the button, so you won’t end up spamming your followers with song title after song title.

SkipScreen - This is an extension that I'm sure all those who frequent music blogs can appreciate. While it wasn't created specifically for music, I felt it was necessary to include it on the list considering it's relevance.

That's all for now. I will continue to update this list as I discover new music related extensions. Again, if you know of an extension that should be included on this list, please leave a comment.

New URL for 4 Brothers Beats

2009-04-17T02:49:00.010-04:00

The boys are back in town. I've been out of touch with the ongoings of the music blog scene, and although I'm sure it's old news to some, I'm happy to report that the gentlemen who run the 4 Brothers Beats blog are back up and running, only this time they have relocated to Wordpress. The blog, which is one of the elite soul/funk music blogs, recently made their blog private in order to take a brief break from blogging. Many of you enquired about invitations to the private blog, so I'm sure you all will be as pleased as I am to see the brothers back in the saddle. The format of the blog is a little different this time around, as they have adopted a "album of the week" presentation, but you'll receive the same top-notch quality material that you've come to expect from 4BB.

New URL for 4 Brothers Beats:
http://4bbweekly.wordpress.com/

New & Improved Design - Feedback Needed

2009-04-13T05:33:00.014-04:00

Welcome to the new and improved Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll. I would like to apologize for taking so long to unveil the new layout. I have been working close to 60 hours a week each and every week, which didn't leave me much time to work on the design.

There are still a number of small fixes that need to be applied to some older posts, as the new CSS stylesheet isn't compatible with some of them, particularly the featured blogs posts. I'll work on fixing these over the course of the next couple of days depending on how much free time I have. Once I've finished that, I'll make the necessary changes to this design so that I can apply it to my regular music blog also. The good news is that the meat and potatoes of this blog, the blogroll itself, is in fine working order. I think that it is much easier to navigate now, and I hope that you all will agree. There are still a number of small hacks that I intend to make in addition to the fixes, which will not only increase the functionality of the blog, but will also improve the aesthetic quality. I hope these changes are favorably received as well.

As always, feel free to leave me some positive feedback or constructive criticism. Please let me know if there is a feature that you would like to see added. I have started a list of known issues, which you can find below. If you spot a problem that isn't on the list, please leave a comment identifying the problem, and be sure to include some info about the browser you are using. I hope you all enjoy the new and improved Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll.

Known Issues

"Back to top" links are broken in Firefox

Fix all posts which are broken due to CSS Stylesheet change

"Post a Comment" link is split when post is in expanded mode

Change colors of "Previous" and "Subscribe" links below post element

Dropcaps aren't displaying in their entirety within certain browsers. Consider changing either the font or margin/padding.

Additional Changes to Make

Add tooltips for select urls

Add Highslide script for images

Attempt to improve page load time

Change position of post footer links

Add CSS definitions for various headers

Finish adding "Featured Blogs" to tabbed menu section

Add CSS definitions for additional custom link sections

Change the color scheme for custom google search results page

Whole Lotta Blog Down

2009-02-23T13:49:00.008-05:00

A visitor kindly pointed out that the site Whole Lotta Blog is down. For those who didn't have the pleasure of visiting it, it was one of the better music blogrolls to be found. If any of you have information concerning wholelottablog please leave a comment. I will keep you all informed of news concerning the site as soon as it becomes available to me. Thank you Dan for passing this news onto me.

Edit: Great news... Apparently Whole Lotta Blog wasn't deleted as I had feared, and was only temporarily down. I want to thank the anonymous visitor who left us a tip concerning the matter.

Whole Lotta Blog:
http://wholelottablog.info

Major Update to the Blogroll Coming Soon

2009-02-20T12:01:00.001-05:00

I would like to apologize for my absence once again. These last few of months have been very tough for me, and I simply needed some time to myself. My girlfriend and I both lost our jobs, and my grandmother died a couple of weeks ago. I'm beginning to feel as if I'm returning to my old self again though, and I plan to make a major update to the blogroll very soon. A ton of people have left comments requesting to be added to the list, so it will take me some time to sort through them all and choose the ones that are worth listing.

I know a few of you were having trouble with the site design, particularly the font changing when you hovered over a link. I made a few alterations that I hope will please everyone. If any of you are still having problems with the layout, please leave a comment and let me know what the problem is and which browser you are using. I'll do my best to see that the blog displays properly for everyone.

I will also be resuming updates to my regular blog http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com, although updates won't be as frequent as they have been in the past. I'm still searching for a couple of people who could contribute regularly to either project. If any of you are interested in doing so, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail (profile), and let me know how you would be able to contribute. I hope you all enjoy the changes to come in the near future. As always, thank you all for your support. I wouldn't do this if it wasn't for you.

ChrisGoesRock blog has been Deleted - New URL Down

2009-02-20T10:42:00.003-05:00

As some of you already know, the legendary Chris Goes Rock blog was deleted recently. Chris was kind enough to stop by here and give us the url to his new blog a few days ago, but unfortunately the new blog that he set up at a different address was also deleted. I'm sure that Chris isn't going to give up, as he has started up various incarnations of the blog over the years, so if any of you catch word of the new url, please pass it along here. Chris if you're reading this, please let us know the new address for your blog once you get it up and running.

Licorice Pizza Calling it Quits

2008-11-27T11:32:00.003-05:00

I am sad to report that the legendary Licorice Pizza is calling it quits after nearly two years. For those unfamiliar with the blog, it is well known for being one of the best lounge music blogs. There is a great deal of vinyl rips of jazz, exotica, space age pop, and many other vintage sounds to be found there also. If you are familiar with LP, please do go pay your respects and thank this man for two years of music blogging. I will be leaving Licorice Pizza on the blogroll, as it still receives a great deal of traffic; however, you may want to download what you can before it is too late.

Licorice Pizza
http://my.opera.com/Licorice%20Pizza/blog/

Featured Blog: Weirdo Music

2008-11-22T02:59:00.003-05:00

Weirdo Music is the first non-blog to be featured here. You may be wondering why the featured blog isn't a blog at all. The reason I chose to feature Weirdo Music is because it's owner does a great deal to promote and share music that would remain largely unnoticed were it not for his efforts. The site is operated by Marco Kalnenek from Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Weirdo Music is a multi-purpose site, delivering news, reviews, and columns, in addition to serving as an online record shop. One of my favorite areas of the site is the downloads section, where Marco features a revolving collection of music blogs which focus on rare and unusual music.

In addition to Weirdo Music, Marco has also been operating his own net-label, WM Recordings, since 2004. The WM catalog features a rather eclectic selection of independent artists, offering everything from Pop to Afrobeat. The majority of the WM Recordings catalog can be downloaded for free, but there are also a few commercial releases available at a generous price. Marco is also an accomplished independent musician in his own right, having self-released several full length albums and EPs. You can read more about his musical projects here.

Weirdo Music:
http://weirdomusic.com/

WM Recordings:
http://wmrecordings.com

Previously Featured Blogs

A Few New Features and Plans for the Future

2008-11-20T21:09:00.002-05:00

As some of you may have noticed, I have replaced the Grazr widget that I used to display the latest blog updates with a new method. The Grazr widget was great, and is a more user friendly method for displaying blog updates, yet it only allowed me to list 50 blogs. I would like to thank Mindfield, who runs the Xchannel aggregator for introducing me to the Google Feed Ajax API, which is the script used to display the updates. It will allow me to list updates for every blog on the list. As of yet, I've only managed to add a few dozen blogs, but I will work my way through the entire list over the next few days.

I'm still not entirely pleased with the appearance of it though, yet my javascript skills are rather weak, so I will have to need further assistance before I can make any more modifications. I plan to increase the amount of text from each post that is displayed, and list the title of the blog instead of the post author, as I'm sure more of you are familiar with blog titles rather than their respective authors. If you're familiar with javascript and willing to help me out, please leave a comment.

I also plan to overhaul the custom search engine that I created. I just recently found out that more people are using it than I realized, so I will do my best to make it more user friendly. I will be adding more sources to search, changing the appearance, and possibly integrate it directly into the blog so that you don't have to exit the page.

The last bit of news I would to announce is that I have created a new button for the blogroll. The old button looked nice, but it gave one little clue as to the purpose of the site. I think the new version does a much better job of that. If you are currently displaying a button for the blogroll on your site, please replace it with the updated button. The new button can be found below, and if you need the code to display it click here. For future reference, you can find the button and code on the main menu where is reads "Show Your Support". I would like to know what you think of the recent changes, and the possible new features. Please leave a comment.

http://zer0ii.zer0ii.googlepages.com/dmblogroll.png

Featured Blog: Chocoreve

2008-11-08T20:57:00.002-05:00

The Chocoreve music blog hardly needs any introduction to many within the music blog community. It's operator, Chocoreve has been going strong since February of 2005. During it's first few months of existence, it simply linked to other websites, pointing out where to find quality albums. However, in June of 2005, Chocoreve started to serve up albums from his own collection. During the last couple of years it has developed into a vast treasure trove of vintage music from around the world.

Chocoreve is probably best known for it's huge collection of compilations of rare garage rock and psychedelic tracks from the 60's and 70's, the majority of which contain tracks that you won't find anyplace else. It is a simple site in terms of presentation and design, remaining largly unaltered in appearance since it's first inception. Most of the albums do not feature reviews; however, don't let this small fact discourage you from downloading any of them, as the majority of them are unsung gems well worth listening to. Chocoreve is a legendary blog to all who are familiar with it, and if you're unfamiliar with it, upon visiting it you will soon understand the reason why. Have you left your comment today?

Chocoreve:
http://chocoreve.blogspot.com/

Previously Featured Blogs

Featured Blog - Stigma Rest Room

2008-11-05T19:28:00.002-05:00

This week's featured blog is Stigma Rest Room. There is much that could be said about Stigma Rest Room, but unfortunately time permits me from writing everything I would like to about this amazing blog. Stigma Rest Room is one of the more eclectic blogs on the list. You can literally find music from all over the world at the Rest Room, as Stigma2 leaves no stone, (or nationality) unturned on his quest to share hidden gems from around the globe. There are also a number of great series/compilations to be found here, such as the Ultra Lounge, A Rough Guide, The History of Rock and Roll, Secret Museum of Mankind, and a number of others. It become obvious rather quickly that this blog doesn't shy away from music regardless of it's genre either. You can find everything from punk rock to soft jazz here.

One thing that really stands out to me about this blog is the exceptionally nice layout. It would be a daunting task to seek out a specific type of music on such an eclectic blog, but fortunately there is a very handy tag cloud at the top of the page, which makes finding what you are looking for on Stigma Rest Room a snap. The three column layout is also something that you don't see on most blogger-hosted blogs, and it serves to put all that free space to good use, and makes for a clean looking and easily navigable blog.

Stigma Rest Room:
http://stigmarestroom.blogspot.com/

Previously Featured Blogs

Major Update Tomorrow

2008-11-04T17:08:00.002-05:00

As some of you may already know, I spent the majority October working on uploading material for my other blog in celebration of the blogger community's Halloween Countdown. During that time I managed to put together two lists of blogs offering Halloween treats, but my work on these projects didn't leave me much time to update the blogroll itself.

Tomorrow I will be making extensive changes to the list. Unfortunately, several blogs have been deleted since then. I will update the urls if they have moved, and remove them from the list if they haven't. There will be a number of new blogs appearing on the list, and a few old blogs that I've only recently discovered.

I also plan to replace the grazr widget at the top of the page. The grazr widget is great, yet it limits me to including only 50 blogs, and I've also recently been made aware of better methods of sharing unlimited blog updates. It may take some time for me to implement this change, but it will definitely be worth the wait. I hope you all will enjoy the changes and additions to come. As always, please leave me feedback to let me know what's working, what isn't, and what could be improved.

Halloween Music Blogspot

2008-10-31T01:55:00.000-04:00

I had intended to put a list of Halloween related albums up much sooner than this, and wanted it to be much larger than this list, but I got carried away with uploading albums for my other blog - http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.com I suppose it's better late than never though.

Audio Books/Spoken Word
Aleister Crowley - The Great Beast Speaks
Alexander Scourby Reads the Pit and the Pendulum
Anton LaVey - The Satanic Mass
Christopher Lee Reads Edgar Allan Poe - Tales of Mystery and Horror
Christopher Lee - Fireside Tales
H.P. Lovecraft Audio Books
The Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection

Halloween Sound Effects/Ghost Stories
Alred Hitchcock Presents Ghost Stories For Young People
Boris Karloff - Tales of the Frightened Vol. 1 & 2
Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House
Ghost Stories - 2 Complete Halloween Ghost Stories
Hallmark Presents - Spooky Sounds
Sounds to Make You Shiver
Spooky Stories Halloween Flexi
The Haunted House - 20 Tracks to Make You Jump in the Night
Monster Mash - Sounds of Terror
Vincent Price - Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins
Vincent Price - A Coven of Witches' Tlaes
Vincent Price - A Graveyard of Ghost Tales
Vincent Price - A Hornbook For Witches
Weird Tales of the Unknown

Radio Shows
Dr. Demento's 1984 Halloween Show
Great Radio Horror Shows
Lights Out Radio Show - Old Time Radio Collection
Murder at Midnight - Old Time Radio Show
Nightfall - Old Time Radio Show
The Black Mass - Old Time Radio Show
The Creaking Door - Old Time Radio Show
The Hall of Fantasy - Old Time Radio Show
The Hermit's Cave - Old Time Radio Show
The Sealed Book - Old Time Radio Show
The Weird Circle - Old Time Radio Show
The Witch's Tale - Old Time Radio Show

Halloween/Horror Soundtracks
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Original Score
Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST
Charles Bernstein - A Nightmare on Elm Street OST
Charles Bernstein - April Fool's Day OST
Christopher Young - Hellraiser OST
Danny Elfman - Beetlejuice OST
Danny Elfman - Corpse Bride OST
Danny Elfman - Nightbreed OST
Danny Elfman - The Nightmare Before Christmas OST
Ennio Morricone - Exorcist II OST
Ennio Morricone - The Thing OST
Friday the 13th Special Edition Soundtrack
Goblin - Suspiria OST
Goblin - Zombi (Dawn of the Dead) OST
Graeme Revell - The Crow Score
Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen OST
John Carpenter - Christine Score & Soundtrack
John Carpenter - Halloween OST
John Carpenter - Halloween II OST
Joseph LoDuca - The Evil Dead OST
Joseph LoDuca - The Evil Dead 2
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Halloween III Season of the Witch OST
Michael Hoenig - The Blob OST (1988)
Michael Hoenig & J. Peter Robinson - The Gate OST
Night of the Living Dead OST
Philip Glass - Candyman Official Score
Popol Vuh - Nosferatu: The Vampyre OST
Return of the Living Dead OST (Special Edition)
Richard Band - H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond OST
The Addam's Family (TV Theme Music)
The Exorcist OST
The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST
Toby Hooper & Wayne Bell - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre OST
Wojciech Kilar - Bram Stoker's Dracula OST

Death Rock/Gothic Rock/Horror Rock
45 Grave - Autopsy
Ausgang - Manipulate
45 Grave - Debasement Tapes
45 Grave - Only The Good Die Young (Live 1989)
45 Grave - Sleep In Safety
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Single)
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Paint it Red
Christian Death - Catastophe Ballet
Christian Death - Deathwish
Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain
Christian Death - The Doll's Theatre
Cinema Strange - Cinema Strange
Cinema Strange - The Astonished Eyes of Evening
Plan 9 - Death With The Dead
Roky Erickson & the Aliens - Evil One
Skeletal Family - Futile Combat
Super Heroines - Love and Pain
Tragic Black - Articulate Lacerations
Tragic Black - The Decadent Requiem
VA - Kaliffornian Deathrock
VA - Songs of Terror: A Gothic Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe
VA - Undead - A Gothic Masterpiece (3 Discs)

Horror Punk/Psychobilly
Calabrese - 13 Halloweens
Calabrese - Midnight Spookshow
Calabrese - Traveling Vampire Show
Phantom Creeps and Damien Storm - Greetings From Hell
Samhain - Final Descent
Samhain - Initium
Samhain - November-Coming-Fire
Samhain - Unholy Passion EP
The Misfits - Walk Among Us
The Misfits - Earth A.D.
The Misfits - Static Age
VA - The Horror of it All Vol. 1
VA - The Horror of it All Vol. 2
VA - This is Horror Punk Vol. 1
VA - This is Horrorpunk Vol. 2... The Terror Continues
VA - Too Much Horror Business 1977-1983 A Tribute to the Misfits
Wednesday 13 - Fang Bang
Wednesday 13 - Transylvania 90210
Zombie Ghost Train - Glad Rags & Body Bags
Zombina & the Skeletones - Death Valley High
Zombina & the Skeletones - Halloween Hollerin'!
Zombina & the Skeletones - Monsters on 45
Zombina & the Skeletones - Taste the Blood of Zombina and the Skeletones

Dark Ambient/Dark Industrial/Dark Classical
Æthenor - Betimes Black Cloudmasses
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
Einstürzende Neubauten Discography
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
Ministry - Psalm 69
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing To Taste
Ministry - Twitch
Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
Skinny Puppy - Bites
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI
Swans - Children of God
Swans - Cop
Swans - Filth
Throbbing Gristle - In The Shadow of the Sun
Throbbing Gristle - Once Upon A Time
Throbbing Gristle - Mission of Dead Souls
Vern Langdon - The Phantom of the Organ/The Vampyre at the Harpsichord
Whitehouse - Birthdeath Experience
Whitehouse - Erector
Whitehouse - Total Sex
Zombie Girl - Back From The Dead
Zombie Girl - Blood, Brains and Rock 'N' Roll

Happy Halloween Music/Party Mixes/Compilations
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - The Original Monster Mash
Drew's Famous Halloween Party Music
Elvira's Vinyl Macabre
Halloween Stomp
Horror Rock Classics Vol. 1 & 2
The Rocky Horror Picture Show OST
VA - Doo Wop Halloween Is A Scream
Zacherle - Dinner With The Drac!

Blogger Halloween Compilations
Rock Sellout - Halloween Mixtape
Deepgoa - Time Is Weird Mix
Evolve Happy - Robot Mix Halloween
The So Very Show - The So Scary Mix
Moon Lit Night - Halloween - The Ultimate Mega Mix
Murder by Baltimore - Halloween Mixtape 2008
The Ghost Town - Werewolf by Night The Halloween Mix
Random Ramblings - 22 Minutes of Mayhem - Runaway Nightmare Scary Halloween Mix
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else - Halloween Slaylist
Idle Minds Inc. - Greetings For Halloween
C-60 Low Noise - C-60's Halloween Party - Alone In The Dark
Vinnie Rattolle's Records - See Me In The Mirror
This Is My Happening - |Part 1|Part 2|Part 3|
Distinctly Jamaican Sounds - Distinctly Non-Jamaican Halloween Mix
Scared Ya, Didn't I?: Halloween Hits - |2008|2007|2006|2005|2004|

Halloween Music Blogs

2008-10-30T12:45:00.001-04:00

Halloween is almost here, and this month the Digital Meltd0wn Music Blogroll will be putting the spotlight on all the music blogs that are celebrating the occasion. I will be featuring all the blogs that have posted Halloween compilations, Halloween soundtracks, and other horror related music. Of course I will also be listing the blogs which feature Halloween music year round. Once I have gathered enough blogs which are celebrating Halloween, I will also be temporarily replacing the widget currently at the top of the page with one featuring only those blogs. I will replace it with the current one once Halloween has passed. If you are a blogger paying tribute to Halloween, please leave a comment and let me know. Likewise, if you you know of a blog that should be included on this list, please leave me a comment. I hope to put together the most comprehensive list of Halloween related music blogs available. Please help me with my mission.

Year Round Halloween/Horror Blogs
13
Scar Stuff
52 Zombies & 1 Bullet
The Manchester Morgue
The Inferno Music Crypt
Universal Horror Sounds
Scary Sounds of Halloween
Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng
Mostly Ghostly Music Sharing Blaaaggghhh!!!
Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng: The Dungeon

Blogs Counting Down To Halloween
Electric Mud
Idle Minds Inc
Digital Meltd0wn
The Devil's Music
Harvey's Midnight Hour
Vinnie Rattole's Records
Distinctly Jamaican Sounds
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else

Halloween Countdown 2008

I am excited to report that there is a community event taking place with several blogs participating. John Rozum started the idea of Halloween Countdown 2008 (More Info: http://johnrozum.blogspot.com/2008/09/youre-invited.html). Basically the idea is to make one Halloween related post a day until the end of the month. I should point out that the majority of the blogs on this list do not primarily focus on music, and although some of them may post an album or two during the countdown, the majority of them are sharing a variety of Halloween related posters, comics, novelty items, etc. So without further ado.. here is the list of blogs participating in Halloween Countdown 2008:

13 Visions
Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng (Music)
Azathot's Abode on the Plateau of Leng: The Dungeon (Music)
All Eyes and Ears
Art By Bubba Shelby
Branded In The 80's
Calvacade of Awesome
Comic Coverage
Cool-Mo-Dee
Cool-Mo-Dee
Creepy Los Angeles
Dave Lowe Design!
Diversions of the Groovy Kind
Distinctly Jamaican Sounds (Music)
Digital Meltd0wn (Music)
Dr. K's 100-Page Super Spectacular
Drunken Severed Head
Frankensteinia
Franklin Mint Blog
Geektarded
Halloween Addict
Harvey's Midnight Hour
The Holiday Queen
Houses of Wax
The Horrors of it All
Horror Host Graveyard
I-Mockery
John Rozum.com
Mark Harvey's World
Monster Crazy
Monster Memories
Monster Rally
Monsters and More
Moongem Comics
Mostly Ghostly (Music)
Music From The Monster Movies 1950-69 (Music)
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anywhere Else (Music)
Musty TV
Neato Coolville
Negative Pleasure
Nostalgia Factory
A Nostalgic Halloween
Oh the Horror
Orange and Black
Para Abnormal
Plaid Stallions
Plastic Pumpkins
Pumpkin Hollow
Pumpkinrot
Random Acts of Geekery
The Retropolitan
The Sexy Armpit
Skull A Day
Sweet Skulls
Tikiranch Hallows
Trixie's Treats
Universal Horror Sounds (Music)
Valhella
Vinnie Ratolle's Records (Music)
Weird Hollow
Wonderful Wonderblog
X Entertainment

New URL for the TWILIGHTZONE! blog

2008-10-21T11:53:00.003-04:00

I am happy to report that RYP is up and running with a new TWILIGHTZONE! Unfortunately, it looks as if the old blog is gone for good though. I'm happy to see that RYP isn't giving up as so many other bloggers have done when their blogs were removed. When I posted the pages that google had cached, I had forgotten about the download links being in the comments, so I would like to apologize for that. Thanks to those of you who pointed that out to me. I'm going to attempt other ways to access the comments page, and I will let you all know if I have any luck. You can find the post concerning the removal here. Here is the new url for the TWILIGHTZONE!:

TWILIGHTZONE!:
http://twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.com/

TWILIGHTZONE! music blog down...

2008-10-20T18:36:00.001-04:00

I have just received terrible news. One of the best music blogs in existence, TWILIGHTZONE! has been removed. This is a huge blow to the music blog community. For those unfamiliar with the blog, it was the best resource for rockabilly/psychobilly and garage rock on the internet. To the best of my knowledge, all of the music shared there was out of print or otherwise unavailable. It makes me wonder how much of a chance other blogs have of staying up if the TWILIGHTZONE! has been deleted by blogger. RYP, if you happen to read this, please let us know something. If there is anything I can do to help you out I would be more than willing to do so, and I'm sure many others would also. I know of other places that you can host your blog where you wouldn't have to worry about it being taken down. If any of you hear any news as to why TWILIGHTZONE! was removed, or hear from RYP, please let me know. I will keep you all updated on news concerning this matter as soon as it is made available to me.

In the meantime, here is a the last cached version of TWILIGHTZONE! that was saved by google: link
I would recommend grabbing whatever you can in case it really is gone for good.

Featured Blog - Idle Minds Inc.

2008-09-25T04:04:00.001-04:00

I had the pleasure of discovering Idle Minds Inc only a couple of days ago, but I've been overwhelmed during that time by the amount of treasures ready for the taking on this fantastic blog. The first thing I've noticed is that one of my favorite experimental groups, The Residents, are featured extensively on IMI, which certainly isn't a bad thing. There are many Residents albums that I've stumbled across, which I have yet to see on any other blog, and a few that I wasn't even aware that existed. In addition to the numerous Residents albums, there are a host of other experimental albums, and although they may be obscure, they do not fail to stimulate with their distinct and innovative music. IMI isn't afraid to genre-hop either. You never know what type of music lurks around the corner, but you can rest assured that it will be good.

Idle Minds Inc.:
http://idlemindsinc.blogspot.com/

Previously Featured Blogs

Comments Deleted

2008-09-22T03:18:00.001-04:00

I deleted the majority of the comments that were left on the main blogroll post. There were close to 300 comments, and it was becoming a rather difficult task to go through the comments and figure out which blogs I had checked and which ones I hadn't. I finally managed to make it through the entire list and added all of the blogs that met the required criteria. The only comments that I did not delete were those that were not requests to be added to the blogroll.

If you are a blog owner who posted a comment requesting to be added, but your blog still isn't on the list, then it's either because I missed it, or it didn't meet the necessary requirements. Feel free to submit it again. I will reply to all requests to be listed, whether they meet the criteria or fail to.