How Do You Find New Non-RIAA Music?

burgundysizzle writes "Given the general reaction to the RIAA in comments, I assume that there are a number of users that try not to buy from RIAA sources. What alternatives do you use - or more importantly - what methods do you use to discover alternative sources of music? I use Sellaband.com (some free legal music available) and Amiestreet.com (new music is free and most music really cheap) to find new music, but I'm always on the lookout for interesting sites to discover new music. Tell me about your experiences and any other interesting places you get new music from. I'm looking for inexpensive, and legal."

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Riaa-Radar

[excelblue]

I use the site http://www.riaaradar.com./

It has a listing of many mainstream albums and shows whether or not they are published by the RIAA.

I usually look through their RIAA-free lists and see if there's anything I'm interested in.

Jamendo.com

[tehniobium]

I strongly recommend jamendo.com...there is a lot of good music (especially if you are a electronica/indie sound rock fan Its all 100% freely downloadable from .torrent or emule, and usually covered by some kind of permissive license (making it free beer and freedom). The site was started by french people so a lot of the music is from french bands, however lately stuff is being submitted by people from all over the world. A couple of good picks from jamendo: SGX - Synesthetic, White Light Riot - Atomism and of course the widely famous t r y ^ d. Check it out!

Re:college radio

[OAB_X]

I listen to CBC Radio 3 (the Canadian equivalent to BBC Radio 6(uk), TripleJ (aus), and the NPR music shows).
Oh, and it's good.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/

Also found in the "Alternative" and "Public" directories of the iTunes 'radio' section tab.

hand-picked list

[AlgorithMan]

http://www.garageband.com/
http://www.jamendo.com/
http://www.stage.fm/
http://magnatune.com/
http://www.soundclick.com/
http://www.myownmusic.de/

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