Music Resources: Print & Digital

The Internet is overflowing with music resources. Heck, Seattle is home to a few hundred music blogs and everyone is an expert at what they like. So how do you wade through all that information and find something relevant and helpful? First of all, READ MY BLOG!!! Secondly, try a few of the publications listed below. These are the resources I use to help me select music for my library system and I would consider them to be authoritative on all things music. Nearly all have print versions to supplement their web content (or vice versa.)
For those of you keeping score at home I have institutional subscriptions to:
§ Billboard
§ Dirty Linen
§ Downbeat
§ InRadio
§ Spin
And I personally subscribe to:
§ Global Rhythm
§ No Depression
§ Paste
§ Rolling Stone
§ Seattle Sound

Of course I get The Stranger and The Seattle Weekly. You can't swing a cat around here without hitting one of their distribution boxes and they have great content for the local music scene.

Have fun, feel free to let me know what you like and please, give me a heads-up for any great resources that I’ve missed.

More to follow…

Magazines, Newspapers and Other Resources
Daily
Christian Science Monitor (all genres) http://www.csmonitor.com/arts/musicPerformingArts.html
News, Pop-ups, Reviews, RSS feed,

New York Times (all genres)
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/music/index.html
Blog, News, Pop-ups, Reviews, RSS feed, New York venue calendar

Weekly
Billboard (major labels, all genres)
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
Charts, News, Pop-ups, Reviews, RSS Feed

Entertainment Weekly (what’s hot, all genres) http://www.ew.com/ew/music/0,,,00.html
Charts, News, Reviews, RSS feed

The Stranger (major label and indie music, all genres) http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Home
Blog, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS feed, Seattle venue calendar,

The Seattle Weekly (major label and indie music, all genres) http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/
Blog, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS feed, Seattle venue calendar,

Bi-Weekly
Rolling Stone (major label and indie music, all genres, but leans heavily toward Rock) http://www.rollingstone.com/
Artist info, Blog, Listen to Music, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS feed, Tour schedules

Monthly
BBC Music Magazine (Classical, Opera & Jazz)
http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/
Artist Info, Concert Search, Reviews

Downbeat (Jazz)
http://www.downbeatjazz.com/
Artist Info, News, Reviews

Gramophone (Classical & Opera)
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/
Concert Search, News, Podcast, Reviews

Paste (major label and indie music, all genres, but leans toward Rock) http://www.pastemagazine.com/
Blog, Free music sampler CD with every print edition, Listen to Music, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS Feed

Seattle Sound (major label and indie music, all genres) http://www.seattlesoundmag.com/
News, Reviews, Seattle venue calendar,

Spin (major label and indie music, leans heavily toward Alternative Rock) http://www.spin.com/
Artist info, Blog, Listen to Music, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS feed,

Bi-Monthly
Country Music (major label C&W)
http://www.countryweekly.com/
Artist info, Charts, News, Reviews

Dirty Linen (major labels + indies, leans toward Roots: Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk & Rockabilly) http://www.dirtylinen.com/
News, Reviews, Tour Schedules

Global Rhythm (World)
http://www.globalrhythm.net/
Charts, Concert Search, Downloads, Free music CD with every print edition, News, Podcast, Reviews, RSS Feed

No Depression (Alternative C&W and Roots)
http://www.nodepression.net/
Blogs, Downloads, News, Reviews

Other
Metacritic (what’s hot, all genres)
http://www.metacritic.com/music/
Reviews,

Pollstar (concert searches by artist, venue & city)
http://www.pollstar.com/
Concert Search, News, RSS Feed