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Wired's Top 10 Hottest Music Sites

blog.wired.com — We've assembled a list of the 10 hottest digital music websites in the world. Criteria were simple and admittedly subjective: Sites were chosen based not only on what they currently do for music fans, but also on their potential to impact the future development of the music industry.

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  • industryfinest, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Not complete for Top 10
  • albiniak, on 07/07/2008, -2/+26missing: http://www.thesixtyone.com - a lot of (*****) off the radar bands are making their way there. definitely some great finds there, though, which is more than i can say for most of the other 10 sites.
    • Logal, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2I'm gonna have to disagree with your '*****' comment, though I am confused as to why you used it. The majority of the music on thesixtyone is pretty good.
  • RegularJohn, on 07/07/2008, -1/+5MOG and imeem own. Muxtape, although new, is really growing on me.
  • smartcause, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13Hype Machine and Pandora only get honorable mentions? Inaccurate.
  • championchap, on 07/07/2008, -1/+22Buried for YouTube.
    OiNK is rolling in it's grave.
  • mgallery, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2What about NPR Music?! They have badass streaming concerts, tons of stuff from unknown artists and alot of clever interviews/features.
  • vexxefx, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2http://songza.com/

    awesome.
  • truebullfan, on 07/07/2008, -0/+22last.fm not in the top 10?!
    • shufan, on 07/07/2008, -0/+7I know, what is this? It's definitely my top music site.
    • jorelli, on 07/07/2008, -1/+0they obviously don't get it. for functionality they list "let your friends see what you listen to"....

      it's all about the recommendation engine. last.fm ftw.
  • howdareyou, on 07/07/2008, -7/+5Ooops bury me please.
  • username7410, on 07/07/2008, -2/+1I wish imeem wasn't such a cluster ***** to look at.
  • SillyDigger, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2of course they forgot http://www.shoutcast.com
  • jenny00, on 07/07/2008, -1/+0Ooh! digg the lists on the SeeqPod front page. Awesome!
  • Retrospekt, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11Pandora and Last.fm should definitely be in the Top 10.
  • DeusNova, on 07/07/2008, -1/+8No waffles or what.cd? Fail.
    • alecsputnik, on 07/07/2008, -3/+2you have an invite?
      • GibitStylin, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1asking for an invite in a digg comment, new low. what ever happened to private messages?
  • antipoet, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2It's probably a little bit different beast than what they're looking for, but I feel like radioparadise.com and their stream continues to do much for the world of music.
  • NoMercy, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1my thoughts exactly retrospekt but they were given honorable mentions. Pandora is still my favorite, especially to find new music youll love
  • bengod, on 07/07/2008, -1/+4no beatport?
    • rationalbeats, on 07/07/2008, -3/+1Beatport is amazing.

      This whole list is *****.
  • MrSkills, on 07/07/2008, -2/+3No thesixtyone?
  • djkrush, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1Forgot HearJapan
    http://www.hearjapan.com

    Finally getting all the great music from Japan out to the world.
    • championchap, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1We are Polysics.. from.. TOKYOOOOOOO JAPAAAAAAAAAN!!
      Melt-Banana FTW also.
  • jaynemother, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1If you use hottest in reference to anything other than actual temperature you don't deserve to exist
    • Onion575, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1If you whine about meaningless crap you don't deserve to exist.
      • jaynemother, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1What gives you the right to decide who should exist or not?
      • Chalks777, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1first guy: "You don't deserve to exist"
        second guy: "No, YOU don't deserve to exist."
        first guy: "lol, I'm retarded"
  • KrazyIan, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2No *my favorite music site* in the top 10? Buried.
  • MikeFallopian, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5SeeqPod is awesome wrapped in win. No registration, queue up as many songs as you like, no content restrictions, can find just about anything... hope that lawsuit doesn't shut them down.
  • ThatEvilGuy, on 07/07/2008, -1/+3http://musicovery.com
  • alecsputnik, on 07/07/2008, -2/+2seriously, no pirate bay?
  • myFriendDerrik, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1shameless self plug
    http://www.moodrex.com/
    • Chalks777, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1decent page. if the sliders actually worked like sliders I would like it more. Also, "adventureness" isn't actually a word, try "adventurousness" instead. ;)


      Edit: Oh man, I take it back. Your "are you sure you want to leave" confirmation box I _hate_. Yes, I'm sure, no need to ask me.
      • myFriendDerrik, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Thanks for the feedback, I'll make the confirmation box an 'opt-in' feature. Yeah, the sliders aren't perfect, it's so much easier in flash. And adventureness IS a word, I saw it on a website. :D Thanks again!
  • douglasr007, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2MOG gets in the Top 10 but not last.fm? *****. last.fm has so much more going on.
  • Vernicious, on 07/07/2008, -1/+2Pandora is the bee's knees in my book. If it's not in the top 10, I'm going to have to check out these other sites.
  • nicobat02, on 07/07/2008, -2/+5I prefer thepiratebay.org as my music site
  • thumbtackpress, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Live365.com?
  • rationalbeats, on 07/07/2008, -1/+1"Pandora probably would have made the list if its catalog were larger and if the Copyright Royalty Board wasn't threatening to drive it out of business with its high royalty rates."

    WTF? Who wrote this *****? Pandora has over a half million songs in their database and over 50% of that database are indi musicians that are not on major labels.

    That is a BS comment by the author at Wired.
  • graemee, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Google.
  • viacombusta, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Here comes the onslaught of thesixtyone-related responses.
  • asiantoast, on 07/07/2008, -1/+0www.brink.com

    music and then some.
  • MMS1184, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0www.discrevolt.com
    ...legit way for indie artists to make some cash and embrace the digital revolution (while still providing a physical product to fans).
  • cyclenman, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Keep looking
  • soundgoddess, on 07/30/2008, -0/+0This list did not work...
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