Allmusic.com - Release Dates, Reviews, Track Listings and Discographies. Billboard Online - Trade magazine of the music industry featuring several internationally recognized record charts. Fact Magazine - UK based independent music review site with lots of great interviews and features. NPR Music - A staff favorite, with a plethora of well-written reviews, interviews, podcasts, and more. Tunefind - An index of music and songs appearing in popular TV shows and movies. Not comprehensive, but certainly accurate.
Discover New Music
Every Noise at Once - A one-page map of playable audio samples for more than 1500 music genres, from dance pop to bossa nova to black metal to Turkish new wave to swamp blues to deep opera. Prepare to kill an hour or more with this exhaustive and comprehensive interactive site. Gnoosic- A search engine for music, featuring a mapping system to locate music that is closely (or remotely) related to the artists you love. Music Ninja - A unique music review website, that has dozens of playlists covering all genres and moods. Noon Pacific - A playlist of music from hundreds of music blogs, hand-picked and delivered to your e-mail inbox every week.
Music in Film
Music makes a pretty compelling subject for a film, and our streaming movie database Kanopy has hundreds of music-related features for you to enjoy. Whether it’s a cradle-to-grave story biopic about a famous musician, or an enlightening documentary about a specific music scene, or simply a film with a killer soundtrack, Kanopy has you covered. You can access Kanopy through a variety of devices and platforms, and you get 10 play credits per month. Click here to peruse the music films available and stream (and listen to) a great movie today!
Magazines
Browse our collection of magazines on RBdigital! Music-related magazines are available to download with your Chandler Library card to your tablet or phone, or read in PDF or HTML formats on your computer. If you have any trouble, contact us. For more information, view our tutorial!
Pandora - Free, personalized music that plays music according to what you love. Bandcamp - Discover amazing new music and directly support the artists who make it. Spotify - Free music, for tablets, smart phones, or computers. Slacker Radio - Hundreds of stations, adapted to your personal taste.
Freegal Pick of the Week
Are you using Freegal? How can you call yourself a music fan and not be using this excellent service that gives you five songs per week – absolutely free that you can keep forever. There are thousands of songs from popular artists (AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash) and tons of new & upcoming bands and musicians to enjoy. Whether you want to check out Grammy-nominated Travis Scott's newest tour-de-force Astroworld, or jam out to ZAYN's limber new single "Too Much", or chill out to Childish Gambino's groovy "Feels Like Summer", Freegal is perfect for any music fan.
This week's pick: Macy Gray – Ruby R&B singer Macy Gray, known for her distinctive raspy voice and critically-acclaimed career which has spanned over 2 decades, has just released another gem in her impressive catalog. Ruby is her 10th LP, and it showcases her unmistakable voice in a diverse variety of genres, from the stirring R&B confessional “Buddha” (featuring guitarist Gary Clark Jr.), to the reggae-inspired/gospel tinged “Witness”, to the torch-song romanticism of “Over You” – Gray absolutely kills it on this fantastic record.
