Music Scenes
282 sites
https://mapofmetal.com/
Created by Patrick Galbraith, Map of Metal is an interactive visual tool that charts the full history of heavy metal music and its many subgenres, tracing the influential bands and evolutionary connections that shaped the genre. It offers a uniquely engaging way to explore how styles like doom, thrash, black metal, and dozens more branched out and influenced each other over decades.
http://m-base.org/sounds.html
The audio archive for M-Base, the influential jazz collective founded by Steve Coleman, offering free downloads of out-of-print CDs, previews, and original sound files including live concerts and workshops. Visitors can explore albums like 'Motherland Pulse' and 'Anatomy Of A Groove' alongside an essay by Coleman on his philosophy of freely distributing recorded music.
https://aliceinavocadoland.neocities.org/
Alice in Avocadoland is a nostalgic, retro-styled personal site with a dreamy aesthetic featuring autoplay music, vintage graphics, and a companion music blog. The site embraces old-web charm with flashing graphics pages and a cozy, laid-back vibe built for desktop browsing.
https://glitterskies.org/xjapan
Art of Life is the official fanlisting for X JAPAN, the pioneering Japanese heavy metal and visual kei band, maintained by Nathalie as part of Glitterskies.org and listed at The Fanlistings Network. Visitors can join the growing list of fans from around the world, browse member listings, and learn about the band's iconic blend of rock, metal, and classical music.
https://stanlaundon.com/
Stan Laundon, a former BBC Radio Teesside presenter who hosted the 'Country Time' programme for 21 years, shares a rich personal collection of photographs, memorabilia, and local history focused on Hartlepool and the Teesside region of northeast England. The site also celebrates the bands of Hartlepool and Teesside from the 1960s, making it a nostalgic treasure trove for anyone with connections to that corner of England.
http://webari.com/oldscope
Despite its misleading title, this site is centered around the folk music scene in Flagstaff, Arizona, covering acoustic guitar, picking, and local coffee house performances. It appears to be a hobbyist page for fans of folk and acoustic music in the Southwest.
https://herbus-serwus.nekoweb.org/
Kellin/Chell, a 17-year-old from Poland, has built a colorful personal homepage with a strong Porter Robinson fandom presence alongside stamps, buttons, and a fanlisting collection. The site features a chatbox, video player, blog, and guestbook, with a nostalgic early-web aesthetic including 88x31 buttons and webring participation.
https://dophinespage.tripod.com/
Created by a dedicated fan named Dophine, this site celebrates 1970s teen idol and actor/singer Leif Garrett with over 700 scanned photos, a music section, scrapbook, and personal accounts of fan meet-and-greet moments at venues like Mohegan Sun. A labor of nostalgic love, it offers one of the most comprehensive personal Leif Garrett photo collections on the old web.
https://feraltransexual.net/
The official web presence of FERAL TRANSEXUAL, an electronic/goth music artist blending witch house, noise, punk, and Y2K aesthetics into a provocatively styled old-web experience. Visitors can stream releases like 'FLOWERS SMELL LIKE CUM' across major platforms, browse merch, check tour dates, and sign a guestbook.
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.