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Alternative Rock
A catch-all phrase which refers to non-main stream music starting from the early '80s onwards.Subcategories:
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- Pop Underground@ (1)
- Post-Punk (7)
- Punk (1396)
- Riot Grrrl (22)
- Shoegaze (0)
- Ska@ (150)
- Bands and Artists (483)
- Festivals@ (13)
- Magazines and E-zines (60)
- Personal Pages (196)
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- #1 For Coolest new Music - Hear and buy signed white label CDs from the coolest new acts before they hit the shops.
- 1mMIDIJaDay - 1 mini MIDI Jam a Day by Stergios Kottas. It's a daily free concert. It's a music calendar.
- 4Alternative - Directory guide from 4anything.com
- 4IndieRock - A guide to indie rock from 4anything.com
- A Modern Alternative Multimedia Journey - A rock/modern alternative/ambient/house/world beat multimedia presentation. Downloadable music, video and images for you.
- About.com: Alternative Music GuideSite - Arabella Clauson's links to alternative and modern rock sites; reviews, interviews.
- Alt. Kingdom - Links to 70+ bands, including official sites, fan sites, and mailing lists.
- Alternative Addiction - Alternative Music: new singles, unknown bands, and rare music.
- Alternative MP3 site - Alternative MP3 site with industrial, alt rock, krautrock and lo-fi MP3s
- Alternative Music Site - A directory of Alternative Music sites: Bands, Reviews, News, Tours, Concerts, Festivals, Radiostations, Lyrics.
- American Icon - Includes a biography, Real Audio clips, tour dates, pictures and news.
- Current/Independent Music - Dedicated to the promotion of independent music. Features reviews and interviews.
- CyberMusic - A page about Alternative music, with sections on Alanis Morissette, No Doubt, Cake lyrics, an extensive report on The Music Industry.
- Dead Rock Stars - information on dead generation x musicians with links to the top information sites
- EuroRanch Music - Music related Weblog and Sounds. Music-samples in mp3 and realaudio.
- Fifth Dream Today - Features Switchblade Symphony, the Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Prick, author Poppy Z. Brite, Vampyres, and original writings in the 'zine Intestinal Noises & Poetry.
- Hoolahan - Official site of Australian band with news, tour details, photos and RealAudio.
- Hypermusic.net - Independent music site, with artst profiles, downloads, links, radio streams, video clips, zine, and news.
- InSound - Indie music resource, with interviews, reviews, band profiles, downloads, store, and links.
- Inside Indie Music - Offers independent musician resources as well as music, reviews, and interviews from a variety of bands within the genre.
- Internet Music That Rocks - Information and music from a small group of independent artists, such as Alex James Muscat, Rainbow Flava, 503 Holding and Fleeting Trance. MP3s, biographies and news.
- ModernRock.com - Featuring MP3s, new music, free artist promotion, a large selection of CDs, reviews, news, interviews, weekly Hot 30 chart, links to band sites, internet radio station and free email.
- Mustard Only Music - Official site of the music label. Includes photographs, lyrics, news, and a biography of the head of the company.
- New Alternative Flava - A punk/metal/crossover/hip-hop site with band information, guitar tabs, music news, pictures, and downloads. Featuring bands like KoRn, LimpBizkit, Incubus, CypressHill, Greenday, and other similar bands.
- Origin of Emo - Traces the origin of the emo genre, with references and shopping links.
- PopEx Free Music Trading - Fantasy music share trading game. Buy and sell shares in your favourite bands, then reap the dividends when they make the news.
- SoYouWanna.com - Indie Rock - A sometimes tongue-in-cheek view of how to look and act the part of a serious indie rock fan. With pointers to labels and books to study, genre history, and general advice.
- Take A Nap - A growing database of introspective and introverted musical artists such as Hayden, Howie Beck, Elliott Smith, Lisa Germano.
- The Guardian: Top Alternative - News network's guide to the top 100 alternative albums ever.
- The Knowledge - Featuring labels, bands, news, sales, interviews, reviews, gigs, soundclips, music careers info, competitions and free membership.
- The Symphony Of Noises - A site about alternative music, like the Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Joy Division, featuring news, rare graphics, rare guitar tabs, MP3.
- Tunefilter.com - Offering an eclectic selection of indie music reviews, best-of-year lists and CDs available for purchase from their label.
- Women of Alternative Music - Summarises the alternative music careers of ten women, with a top ten based on the criteria of talent, success, and originality.
- digital Music Nation, Alternative Music Websites Portal - Links; downloadable songs (wav files, Liquid Audio, Liquid Music Network.)
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Newsgroups
- rec.music.alternative - news: - Google Groups
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