Links
- KSPC on the Web
- Online Music Publications
- Local Bands
- Underground Labels
- Venues
- Other Great Stations
KSPC on the Web
Online Music Publications
- Blank Generation: Interesting Rock'n'roll zine from the midwest.
- http://www.byofl.org: A great resource for DIY bands, has a bunch of information about venues, labels, stations, and even places to crash.
- Dusted Magazine: New Online Music Magazine, reviews, charts, articles, etc.
- The Garage: Online resource for garage rock.
- Geek America: Online zine about music n' other stuff.
- Grunnen Rocks: Great site with band histories, discographies, and more.
- Hectic World Magazine : List of indie record release dates and reviews.
- Perfect Sound Forever: A fantastic site, very well written and always interesting.
- Pitchfork: Lots of reviews and articles.
- Premium Magazine: Online calender for live shows.
- Ptolemaic Terrascope: Legendary Bevis Frond-connected magazine covering the best in psych-rock, pop, folk, etc.
- Punk Planet: Just like the printed zine, well done and informative.
- Rockin' Rina's: Rad page on women in 70's punk.
- Sky Lab Commerce: EBay for indierockers.
- Scenepoints: The List for shows in Southern California.
- Splendid Magazine: Daily Music Reviews.
- Underground Music Monthly: A resource for independent musicians. Has an excellent list of college radio stations in California.
- Worship Guitars: Covers guitar-centric rock and beyond.
- The Wire: Covering a wide variety of genres and styles and written with a sense of history, this is probably the best music zine around.
- The Unofficial Wire Companion: Contains more information about music reviewed in Wire Magazine.
Local Bands
- Inland Empire Music
- Katie the Pest
- Mae-Shi
- The Manifolds: Urgent rock 'n' roll from the Inland Empire.
- Rattlesnakes: Great local band from Corona. They play mod garage rock.
- The Uncalled For
- wckr spgt: One of the essential Claremont bands.
- Jazz
- All About Jazz: A comprehensive jazz site that has reviews, articles, and interviews.
- Aum Fidelity: New York free jazz label with David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Matt Maneri and others.
- Eremite The best in Jazz.
- Jazz Visions Photos: Wow! Lots of pictures of jazz musicians.
Underground Labels
- 5 rue christine: KRS subsidary with Godzik Pink...
- 404 Records: Forstella ford, Faraquet etc.
- Alternative Tentacles: Extremely well organized and informative. Jello Biafra, Pattern, Half Japanese, Mumia Abu-Jamal, and many others.
- Amish Records: There is still good indie rock.
- Anal Log Records: xbxrx, Miss Pussycat.
- Anomalous Records: extensive selections in experimental, electroacoustic, soundscape, and modern classical music.
- Atavistic: Lots of MP3s, links, pictures, and tour information. Vandermark 5, Nels Cline, Spaceways Incorporated.
- Basta: Beau Hunks, Arling and Cameron, Raymond Scott. A great dutch label.
- Bloodlink Records: Groundwork, Policy of 3, Frail, Atom & His Package, Kill the Man Who Questions, Struggle.
- Camera Obscura Records: Australian label specializing in the art of the psychedelics: Black Sun Ensemble, Dunlavy, Salamander, Primordial Undermind, etc.
- Chainsaw: Olympia queer label. Sleater-Kinney, The Need, Team Dresch.
- Cortical Foundation: Dedicated to the preservation of unusual music.
- Crank Automotive: Alan Licht, Improv out-rock.
- Crypt: Oblivians, Pagans, New Bomb Turks. Great music.
- Dead CEO: Experimental electronics and more.
- DIFFUSION i MeDIA: Headquarters of Musique Actuelle.
- Dionysus Records: More garage rock than you can shake a stick at.
- Drunken Fish Records: Roy Montgomery, Atman, Brother JT, etc.
- Ebullition:
- Elefant: Label from Spain.
- Empty: Bands include Dead Moon, the Catheters, Lost Sounds, and many more.
- Epitonic: MP3 download site for great underground stuff.
- Estrus: A great garage label. Good Audio and Video page, home of the Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Drags, Lord High Fixers, and the Mooney Suzuki.
- Forced Exposure: Lots and Lots of records.
- GSL/ Three One G: Two labels for the price of one. Locust, Black Dice, !!!, Pattern, and many more.
- Hand Held Heart Records: Orchid, Lightning Bolt, Red Scare.
- Hydrahead: Botch, Converge, a bunch of boys.
- Intellectos: Winterbrief, Guy Who Invented Fire, great comps and 'zines.
- In the Red: Wonderful Garage Rock Label. Dirtbombs, King Brothers, and Deadly Snakes to name a few.
- K: SubDebs, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Modest Mouse, Old Time Relijun. Really interesting zine page.
- Kill Rock Stars: Great site with lots of cool features. Check out the Links page! Home of Sleater Kinney, Tight Bro's, Unwound, etc. Great Label Great Site!
- KillShaman: Manifolds, Die Princess Die, Days End, Sxbrs, Expo70, Babys Breath, White Suits/Brown Boots, Warts on Your Balls
- Kindercore: Japancakes, Olivia Tremor Control, Kincaid. Lots of links, mp3s and things to read.
- Load: Arab on Radar, Lightning Bolt, Men's Recovery Project. Great music. okay site.
- Mego: Fennesz, General Magic, Hecker, the best in digitalia.
- Midheaven: The fabulous site of holy Communion.
- Mordam: Extremely important independent distributor.
- The Mountain Collective for Independent Artists: A label founded by former KSPC Music Director Chris Jensen. Atom and His Package, Your Adversary.
- Mr. Lady: Love this label. Great video section and tour info. Le Tigre, Butchies, Kaia.
- My Pal God: Really informative and interesting site lots of history, tour info and music. Embarrassment, Drums and Tuba, A Minor Forest.
- Norton: Fantastic rock'n'roll label.
- OM: A great selection of underground and experimental music.
- Peek A Boo Records: Kiss-offs, Silver Scooter, etc.
- Punk in my vitamins?: Thrones, Unwound, Karp, Mocket.
- Recommended Records: Chris Cutler's legendary UK label: Faust, After Dinner, Biota.
- Redwood Records: Sharks Keep Moving, Kill Sadie, Mara'akate, etc.
- Resonance/London Musicians Collective: The beautiful place where art meets music. Avant-garde from the academic to the accidental.
- Roadcone: Organica, out-rock and improv. The great label of former KSPC MD Mike Hinds.
- Samplistic: Bay area label - very cool music!
- Skin Graft Records: Not just records, but comics too! Melt Banana, Flossie and the Unicorns, Zeni Geva, Ruins, Quintron.
- Squealer Records: Experimental, out-rock, improvisational, and electronic music.
- Smithsonian Folkways: The wonderful world of lost musics - folk, blues, indigenous, children, etc.
- Sound Pollution Records: Assuck, Spazz, 9 Shocks Terror...
- Southern Records: Distributes Dischord, Ace Fu, Saddle-Creek, My Pal God, and Teen Beat to name a few. Great Tour Database.
- Sublingual: Jazz, rock and the avant-garde.
- Suicide Squeeze: Has some mp3s. Black Heart Procession, Red Stars Theory, 764-Hero, Pedro the Lion.
- Sympathy: White Stripes, Von Bondies, Rocket From the Crypt, etc?
- Thin the herd: This is newer site from a WA based label which features Witchypoo, Thrones, Men's Recovery Project, Enemymine plus many more.
- ToYo Records: Pink and Brown, Zeek Sheck.
- Troubleman: Powerful music and an okay site.
- Tumult: Diverse and excellent label.
- Tzadik: Avant Grade and experimental music. John Zorn etc?
- Vermiform: Great site. Well put together and interesting. Men's Recovery Project, Amps for Christ, Born Against.
- Yeah It's Rock Records: Bell, Valentine Killers.
- Yod: Obscure punk, jazz and basement rock courtesy of Mr. Father Yod, aka music writer Byron Coley.
- Young God: Home of SWANS and M. Gira.
- KZSU online label resource