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"Rumble" Riles Censors 1958-1959
A richly illustrated history of Link Wray's instrumental Rumble, the 1958 guitar track banned by radio stations for supp…
10 Japanese Jazz Artists You Need to Hear
A listening guide to Japanese jazz from the post-war era to the present, introducing artists like Hiroshi Suzuki and Kyo…
24/192 Music Downloads Are Very Silly Indeed
A clear, classic explainer from a Xiph audio engineer on the limits of human hearing, sampling and bit depth, and why 24…
A Hepster's Dictionary
Princeton's Graphic Arts Collection shows off Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary, the 1930s and 40s guide to jive talk…
A Sound Effect
A community hub for sound designers sharing free sound libraries, interviews, and behind-the-scenes stories of film and…
A Strangely Isolated Place
A label and blog curating ambient, drone, and modern classical music with annual retrospective mixes and artist features…
Afropop Worldwide
A public radio and journalism project exploring African and Afro-diaspora music through articles, interviews, and featur…
Algorave: The Live Coding Movement
A feature on algorave, the movement where artists write code live to generate dance music and visuals, and how laptops b…
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Algorithmic Symphonies from One Line of Code
The essay that launched bytebeat: viznut explains how tiny one-line C programs can generate surprisingly complex chiptun…
All This and World War II
An essay by film critic Keith Phipps on All This and World War II, a bizarre 1976 documentary that set an all-star lineu…
Ambientblog
A Dutch music blog reviewing ambient releases and hosting long-form drone listening sessions and podcast mixes since the…
Ambrosia for Heads
A hip hop culture blog covering classic and current rap with essays, rare footage, and features on the genre's history.
Aphex Twin Guide
An obsessive fan notebook on Aphex Twin, collecting quotes, the full equipment list, a selected discography and referenc…
Attack Magazine
An online magazine offering in-depth tutorials, interviews, and reviews focused on electronic music production and sound…
Audiokarma
A discussion forum devoted to home audio and vintage stereo gear, covering turntables, tube amps, speakers, and receiver…
Audiophile Style
A forum community focused on high-end audio playback, from turntables and DACs to amplifiers, run by hands-on hobbyists.
Bachtrack
A global listings and reviews site for classical music, opera, and ballet performances, useful for discovering what's on…
Bad Songs of the Seventies
Perfect Sound Forever's affectionate roast of the worst musical refuse of the 1970s, compiled with Billy Bob Hargus and…
Banjo Hangout
A large community site for banjo players sharing tablature, lessons, classifieds, and forum discussion about the instrum…
Bass Player
A magazine covering bass guitar technique, gear, and interviews with bassists across rock, jazz, and funk traditions.
Beatport's Definitive History of House Music
Joe Muggs traces house music from Chicago warehouses to deep, acid, French and tech house, with the key records and scen…
Bedroom Producers Blog
A blog curating free and affordable virtual instruments, plugins, and sample packs for home recording musicians on a bud…
Bettye Kronstad on Lou Reed's Berlin
Lou Reed's first wife Bettye Kronstad recalls the dark 1973 making of his album Berlin and how private details of their…
Biophony
A long-form essay on soundscape ecology, following how recordist Bernie Krause hears whole ecosystems as orchestras of a…
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