Sites We Like

Visit our new, crazier younger sister blog, New York Music Daily!

Here’s some other favorites:

1000 Secret Songs - a fun rock list page

All About Jazz New York

All Ages NY - punk shows around NYC

Archive.org – your source for free concert downloads

Artcal.net - art openings around NYC

Awesome Tapes from Africa

The Beefstock Festival - upstate New York’s annual edgy music extravaganza dedicated to the memory of NYC firefighter Darren Bohan, killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Big Apple Jazz - plus their nostalgic clubs page featuring much of what’s now gone

Blue Unicorn Press – everything you’d expect from a blog run by the violinist from Kotorino and B Is for Baroness: eclecticism and excellence.

Brooklyn Country – great country music around NYC

Concerts and events in NYC public spaces and buildings

Digital Meltdown - Music blogs around the world

Feast of Music - new music/the avant garde, opera and the occasional trendoid band in NYC

Free Music Archive - all kinds of surprising stuff

Gallery Guide

The Gigometer NYC live music calendar specializing in Americana roots and singer/songwriters

Gotham Early Music Scene

Harlem One Stop events page

I-94 Bar - excellent Radio Birdman and garage rock fansite

Jamie Frey’s kick-ass NYC rock blog

Jazz Lives – Michael Steinman’s lyrical, knowledgeable jazz blog with tons of great live video

Jemsite - everything for guitarists and guitar fans

Steve Kilbey’s blog – hilarious and insightful commentary from the greatest rock songwriter alive.

Ines Kuusick’s nifty NYC jazz blog

Link TV’s astonishingly eclectic world music blog

Marisacat – politics with a sensible distrust of authority and the status quo

The Mixedveg NYC concert calendar

Myfreeconcert – free concerts around NYC – not as comprehensive as us, but sometimes they hear about stuff before we do.

My Open Bar – places to meet alcoholics who have no money

Nextmosh – THE source for heavy metal in NYC

Nippon Rock – cool Japanese rock blog

New York Tango - where to find a milonga in NYC

NYCarts.org concert calendar

NYC Bluegrass calendar of concerts and jams

nowiveheardeverything provocative music blog

Ohmyrockness - indie rock calendar and venues list

Peoples’ Symphony Concerts – cheap classical concerts around NYC

Punknotprofit awesome punk rock classics and obscurities

Q2 cool classical and avant garde radio for people sick to death of Brahms and Mozart

Radio Luxotone very cool rock stream from the insurgent Chicago label

Rockers TV - legendary reggae figure and Bob Marley pal Earl Chin’s site

Roots & Blues in New York – also check out their comprehensive venues page

Search and Restore NYC live music calendar

The Soda Shop - stoner music heaven

Tubeify – are you on Tubeify? The ultimate search engine for youtube music.

Vanishing New York dedicated to all remaining good things in NYC being destroyed by Bloomberg, the trendoids, developers and yuppies from out of state.

Viva Les Bootlegs rock and metal concert recordings

Wolfgang’s Vault of rare classic rock shows

World Village Music - global sounds from a classy label

Steve Wynn’s website with music and commentary by the king of noir rock

You and Me on a Jamboree - rare ska, rocksteady and reggae downloads