MUSIC LINKS - FANSITES
Here is a bunch of fansites, wikis, podcasts and archives lovingly created and (mostly) maintained by fans...
Eyesore - 4AD Database
Damon Albarn Unofficial Archive - magazine scans, interviews, articles, reviews and more
Beach Boys Fan Club - with lots of links to other Beach Boys sites
Bellagio 10452 - Beach Boys reference site
Whiskeyclone - Beck Fansite
Veikko's Blur Page (archived) - the best Blur fansite (RIP)
Pushing Ahead of the Dame - David Bowie Song by Song
Bowie Golden Years - day-by-day Bowie Happenings
BowieStation - Bowie bootleg torrents galore
Black Market Clash - comprehensive Clash live and in-studio information
If Music Could Talk - the best Clash forum on the web
Don J Whistance's Clash site - old-school Clash fansite (many links broken)
Dev-o Obsess-o - Michael Pilmer's Devo fansite
Expecting Rain - Bob Dylan fansite
The Fall Online - The Fall fansite since 1998
Zombie Hip Hop - play around on the old Gorillaz websites (Phase 1 & 2 plus extras)
GBVDB - Guided by Voices/Robert Pollard database
Pollyharvey.co.uk - PJ Harvey fansite
Hersh Head - Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses/50 Foot Wave Fansite
The Kristin Hersh Archives - extensive archive of press cuttings & photos by Estanis Solsona
Kristin Hersh bootleg list - ch33sl3y's list of known Hersh/Muses/50'~ boots, found here
El Rat Designs - excellent official fan-made Hersh merch, with proceeds going to KH
Third Av - Paul Hilcoff's Hüsker Dü database
Just Ace - 90s Australian alternative music podcast (and book!)
KLF Online - comprehensive KLF/JAMs/Bill & Jimmy fansite
La'zarus - old-school GeoCities fansite for The La's (slow to load but it gets there in the end)
Red Lines - legendary Massive Attack fansite (no longer updated)
Massive Attack.ie (archived) - Massive Attack fansite (RIP)
Mo' Wax Discography - discography, info and photos of Mo' Wax '92-'97
MuseWiki - the OG daddy of all music fan wikis
LiveNirvana - the most comprehensive Nirvana fansite
Noise Levels - lovingly curated archive of Sydney alternative music, zines and venues late '80s-2000s
Numanme - comprehensive Gary Numan fansite with links to other Numan fansites
LizPhair.net - Liz Phair fansite
PrinceVault - the ultimate Prince encyclopedia
R.E.M. Rock - old school R.E.M. fansite
Murmurs.com - old REM fansite relaunched to combat the Facebook domination of fan groups
Green Plastic - classic old Radiohead fansite
SPCodex - (The) Smashing Pumpkins wiki
You Don't Know Mojack - SST fan podcast (with some Cruz intrusions)
The Stone Roses fansite - serving Stone Roses' fans since 1999
The Insatiable Ones - Suede fan club since 2012
U77 - UNKLE/Mo' Wax Forum
Paul Weller Fan Podcast - Dan Jennings' podcast interviewing 100s of Weller collaborators, now a book!
JCW Bootlegs - Paul Weller/The Jam/The Style Council bootleg info
WhiteFang's Who Site - comprehensive Who fansite
Hank Williams: The Complete Website - the most comprehensive Hank Williams site
Wesley Willis archive - links to various internet archive pages
Chalkhills - the XTC resource
Limelight - original XTC fanzine is back with podcasts and books
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young gigography and setlists
Thrasher's Wheat - bringing you Neil Young news since 1996
MUSIC LINKS - (SOME) OFFICIAL MUSIC SITES AND LABELS
These days most official band websites are pretty dull, but here is a selection of some, that are either informative, contain goodies or I just like them a lot.
Also in this list are some great labels to check out.
Fred Abong - solo music site for Throwing Muses & Belly multi-instrumentalist
Belly - official site including official downloads with all money going straight to the band
Bully - keep up to date with all things Bully here
Chopped Herring Records - limited runs of obscure and underground hip hop gems
Tymon Dogg - musician, composer, producer
Thomas Andrew Doyle - TAD legend, composer and producer
Factory Benelux - reactivated Factory imprint releasing great reissues
Jennifer Finch - legendary L7 bassist. Check out her photography site here too
Page Hamilton - Helmet legend and guitar teacher
Happy Squid Records - home of the Urinals, 100 Flowers and related
Kristin Hersh - home of Hersh/Throwing Muses/50 Foot Wave. Become a Strange Angel here.
Tom Hingley - Inspiral Carpets 'glory years' ex-singer
LA Explosion - the online home of legendary band The Last with lots of info by Joe Nolte
Don Letts - the Rebel Dread
Louder Than Words - literary music festival held in Manchester every year
L7 - the official site of L7 now has online games!
Negative Frame - official Negative Frame merch can be bought here
Liz Pelly - archive of articles & lots more from the writer of the seminal 'Mood Machine' book
Posion Summer Records - home of Trotsky Icepick, Danny and the Doorknobs and related
Princepaulonline.com (archived) - the old site of the Devastating PP which has its own jingle
Protomartyr - check out the old flyer and t-shirts galleries
Radiohead Public Library - official Radiohead online archive
Bernie Rhodes - punk mastermind is also a web design genius
Rockathon Records - the factory of raw essentials
Greg Dread Times - occasional blog updates from Greg Roberts (Dreadzone, B.A.D. etc.)
The Rock 'N' Roll Public Library - Mick Jones' impressive archive
Jeff Rougvie - Rykodisc legend
Scopitones - the home of The Wedding Present & Cinerama
The Sisters Of Mercy - goth legends also web design legends
Sniffin' Glue - the online home of the legendary punk fanzine & Alternative TV
Soft Cell - official site with 'memorabilia' archive of press clippings
Some Bizzare Network - currently in 'soft launch', check out the new era of the legendary label
Sonic Youth - very comprehensive official site
SST Superstore - you're such a wonderful label, but you've got problems
Joe Strummer - punk rock warlord
The The - not the easiest artist to Google (or Bing) so here's a direct link
Trotsky Icepick - official website and history of the legendary band
Twin/Tone Records - view the defunct classic Minneapolis label's history
The Urinals - official website and history of the legendary band
The Viper Label - independent label est. 1999 in Liverpool by Mike Badger and Paul Hemmings
Brian Wilson - official site hosting rare & unreleased recordings to listen to on the 'Timeline'
WordSound Records - site not updated in a long time but a great catalogue to explore
Guitargonauts - a nice site by nice Dave Gregory of XTC
You Am I - Australia's greatest band
Neil Young Archives - get lost in the archives of Shakey
Young Knives - Love the Knives
MUSIC LINKS - RELATED ESSENTIAL SITES
These ones don't fall into the two previous categories but are all worth checking out...
Dimeadozen - bootleg torrent tracker
Steve Hoffman music forums - argue with audiophiles about vinyl/CD mastering
Nardwuar The Human Serviette - archive of interviews and more
Rock's Backpages - the world's largest archive of music journalism
Sacramento Music Archive - music + concert footage from 1981-present - 1500+ live recordings!
Select Magazine Scans - endless scans of Select Magazine from 1990-2000!
Sleevage - (archived) great old blog about record sleeves
Soulseek - use responsibly, e.g. that $500 Thai cassette exclusive track from 1987, not a brand new LP
SuperDeluxeEdition - box set news, reviews and deals
Trouser Press - "the bible of alternative rock" - music portal with reviews, interviews & much more
COMEDY LINKS
A mixture of fansites, official sites and forums worth checking out...
The Best Show - three hours of mirth, music, and mayhem
Adam Buxton - 90s pop culture parodist turned podcasting titan
Cookdandbombd - comedy forum, best place for Chris Morris info
The Establishment - Peter Cook appreciation society
Go Faster Stripe - independent comedy thriving thanks to Chris Evans (not that one)
Richard Herring - probably best known for playing snooker against himself
Bill Hicks - lovingly maintained by Bill's family
Dom Joly - Trigger Happy TV star & travel writer
Stewart Lee - he's let himself go
DDY's Late Show With David Letterman Fan Page - impressive and detailed!
Longmont Potion Castle - phone fun
Richcolour's Old Chris Morris tapes - ripped tapes of 1990 GLR shows, with pics of the original tapes!
Pilkipedia - fansite dedicated mainly to the XFM shows/podcasts of Gervais, Merchant & Pilkington
Seinfeld fan - fansite dedicated to the classic sitcom
Seinfeld Scripts - full scripts of all 180 Seinfeld episodes!
SOTCAA - British comedy, in insane detail
The Unofficial 11 O'Clock Show Page - 25+ year old site is still up for nostalgic fun of a not great show
