Music Scenes
282 sites
https://be.electrobel.org/
Electrobel has been a free music sharing platform for Belgian and Luxembourg artists since 2003, hosting over 21,000 copyleft tracks spanning genres like IDM, Electronica, and Nu-Jazz. Visitors can stream, discover, and share independent music from thousands of artists, with features including a netlabel, shop, forum, and curated daily suggestions.
http://fan.koukeisha.net/him-fanlisting
A fanlisting dedicated to the Finnish love metal band HIM, hosted as part of the koukeisha.net network. Fans of Ville Valo and the band's gothic rock sound can join and show their appreciation through this classic old-web fanlisting format.
https://mews.neocities.org/
Mews' Music Room is a personal music curation site featuring seasonal 'new mewsic' playlists packed with the creator's latest discoveries, spanning K-pop, indie, and more. Alongside the music content, the site hosts heavily annotated fandom playlists tied to games like Deltarune and Umineko, making it a charming blend of music taste and fan obsession.
https://tylerhellard.com/categories/pop-loser
Tyler Hellard's Pop Loser is a music-obsessed journal packed with curated mixtapes, a podcast, and eclectic commentary spanning indie, punk, and alternative artists from Stereolab to Viagra Boys to David Byrne. Running since 2014 through various formats, it's a rich personal log of musical obsessions, cultural observations, and links that rewards regular readers with both audio playlists and sharp writing.
https://girlandqueerbands.neocities.org/
A regional directory of women, queer, and trans-fronted DIY hardcore and punk bands, organized by geographic area from New England to Asia and Australia. The site also includes record labels, distros, and an alphabetized master list, making it a handy reference for anyone seeking out underrepresented voices in the punk underground.
https://sendbackmystamps.org/
Send Back My Stamps is a deep archive of scanned underground metal fanzines spanning the late 1980s through 1990s, covering death metal, black metal, thrash, and grindcore scenes from around the world. Created by Jason Netherton of Misery Index, the site catalogs rare zines from Sweden, Peru, Finland, the USA, and beyond, preserving a vital piece of extreme metal history.
https://nationaldayofslayer.org/
The International Day of Slayer is a humorous yet earnest annual celebration held every June 6th, calling metalheads worldwide to blast Slayer at maximum volume all day long. Packed with album artwork, a live set archive, multilingual participation pages, and a parody of the National Day of Prayer, it serves as a genuine cultural touchstone for the heavy metal community.
https://anticipaterecordings.com/media/audio/summertour_remix/index.php
Anticipate Recordings is an independent music label showcasing experimental and electronic artists, including this free compilation 'Summer Tour Remix Volume 1' built entirely from field recordings captured during Sawako's summer tour. Eleven artists from labels like 12k, Kranky, and Mille Plateaux each interpreted the source sounds in their own way, resulting in a diverse collection available for free download under a Creative Commons license.
https://napkinonline.nekoweb.org/
Sillynapkin's personal corner of the web centered around their love of Oasis, featuring an Oasis fansite link, a Last.fm profile, and a featured Oasis track on the homepage. The site also includes shrines, fanlistings, and webring memberships, but music fandom is clearly the dominant pull.
http://pdxnet.net/bands/index.html
PDXnet is a comprehensive directory of Portland, Oregon bands and live music, listing hundreds of local acts from acoustic to hip-hop alongside a searchable A-to-Z band index and show calendar. The site also features a musician bulletin board, local record labels, live venue listings, and links to buy PDX CDs, making it a one-stop hub for the Portland music scene.