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As my musical taste changes and continues to develop, I’m finding that indie-pop and folk music is becoming a regular and dominant portion of my music collection. I’m just wondering if there are any good music sites that showcase and focus predominantly on indie/folk bands and artists. I’m consistently advised and recommended bands, but I’d really appreciate if I could discover and find new music. Your help would be appreciated.

Hey. good taste!

First up is myspace. this is kind of lame as it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch so it diminishes the indie value, however, a LOT of unsigned bands put their music on this site. You can browse music by genre (eg. folk) and sort into categories of ‘MAJOR’ ‘INDIE’ or ‘UNSIGNED’ (in terms of record labels). This can be quite handy if you want to hear relatively small bands (ie. indie or unsigned). Myspace pages also have ‘friends’ so you can see which other bands the band you’re looking at recommend.

Another similar website is last.fm. This site is good as it lets you create an account to create playlists. Also, if you’re on an artists page, a collection of ’similar artists’ are shown – a great way to discover new music with an expectation of their sound!

Here are some more websites:

http://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/

http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/

http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/

Although these website are fairly good, my best advice is this:

You can browse the internet all day for good music but you’re never going to get that same romantic feeling of finding a truly awe inspiring album inside a cramped, independent record shop. Buying a second hand, or home produced record is always the best!