“When I got the music…

…I got a place to go” – From “Radio” by Rancid

This is a page of music links and we want it to be the best. Please suggest other websites to the Young Adult Librarian on your next visit to the library. I have my favorite bands – old school groups like Clash, Gang of 4, Rancid, Frank Black, Rage Against the Machine – but I try to listen to new music, too. Some of my current favorites include The Thermals, Saul Williams, Jay Reatard, Battles, Girl Talk…and many others. I’m sure you have your favorites, too. But listen to one new band every month for all of your life!

Exit Left @ 2009 Swampscott Library Beach Show

Unshelved 5/11/09 Yes, another look at how librarians see teenagers…

Newbury Comics – the best independent music store chain in America
WFNX 101.7 – one of the few independently owned rock radio stations left in America
JAM’N 94.5 hip hop radio station
WBCN 104.1 Boston rock radio station
WZBC 90.3 Boston College – for those who want music that blows a hole in the radio
WMBR 88.1 MIT – you never know what you’ll hear
Kiss108 top 40
Live Daily – music news website
Alternative Press magazine – rock
Blender Magazine – heavy metal
Rolling Stone – all things music
Spin Magazine – alt rock
Vibe Magazine – hip hop
The Source – hip hop
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Experience Music Project (and Science Fiction Museum) – Seattle’s answer to the Rock Hall
Warped Tour – now the longest continuously running music festival
Guerilla Union – one of the best hip hop music sites and sponsor of hip hop music festivals like Paid Dues 2009
MTV
Fuse.tv
Epitaph – the label for many great groups, including The Coup, Rancid, Bad Religion, and many others and you can listen to lots of their music for free on the site
Last FM – The Social Music Revolution
Rhapsody & Real Player
Let’s Sing It-music news and lyrics
Hip Hop Summit
Punk Planet
Pitchfork Music – alt music reviews and articles
Daytrotter – site where musicians put down-loadable mp3’s and talk about the tracks
Myspace Music Pages
Music Drives Us Foundation – support for music education, grants for musicians…
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus – touring and teaching kids about songwriting and music production
The Brad Delp Foundation – grants for school music programs
Green Day Official Site
Dropkick Murphys Official Site
Live Nation – they are taking over the world, but we still need them when we want to know who is touring where