Graffiti the Ghost

Is you dad a deala cause you dope to me

One of the beautiful things about my job is that I work in front of a computer all day. That might sound like its own version of hell to many people, but aside from the occasional neo-nazi spam zombie attack, and people who send emails to support IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT WILL MAKE US ANSWER THEM MORE QUICKLY, I like it just fine. I can come in pretty much dressed how I please, sit down in front of a huge window with a view of downtown, put on my headphones, and tune out the world. Well, at least any parts of the world that don't come in through my inbox.


And when not busy instructing people to uninstall/reinstall, I have unlimited access to the wealth of information and opinion that exists on web sites all over the world. My addiction started innocently enough- Colin posted a link on comecorrect to Music for Robots, a well-written and now very well known MP3 blog for mostly indie music. From there I started to discover other MP3 blogs, and BANG I was hooked.


We've discussed on GTG recently how music blogs helped introduce the world to MIA and Diplo long before her CD was even released. This is by no means an isolated incident of these bloggers being waaay ahead of the game. These sites are gold. It's like having a personal shopper for music. The authors have excellent taste and a wealth of musical knowledge- they usually write a whole entry introducing the clip and providing background on the artist, genre, sometimes even their own associations to the song. They also support the artist by posting information on how to buy the album and by helping to promote shows locally.

In addition to Music for Robots, here are some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do:


The Suburbs are Killing Us A very eclectic mix of music from all over the world. Reggae, electro, hip hop, jazz- no matter what your taste you will find something here that you like. Or, at the very least, you will learn something about what's going on in the world of music.

moebius rex This site is worth checking out as much for the photos of urban art as for the music. The focus is mostly on electronic music, with a lot of cool remixes featured.

Boom Selection Both individual clips and whole sets are available for download here.

Fat Planet KC included the link to this site in her last post, but I just had to post it again. A great source for interesting music from around the world of all genres.

This is but a small sampling of what there is out there, and each of the above sites has a list of links to other sites that are equally cool.



Here are some additional sites that are not blogs per se, but do have great archives of live sets for download:

Endclub dot com The official site of The End in London. Archives from 7 years of hosting some of the hottest DJs in the world.

Annie Nightengale's show on BBC Radio 1 Both interviews and archived live sets. Annie Nightengale is a true veteran of the breaks scene in the UK.

Mastermix.org "RARE MIXES MASTERMIXES REMIXES BOOTLEGS AND PIRATE RADIO FROM THE MID 80s" Thanks to Colin for the link.

posted by Jess @ 11:43 AM