Highway Music

PITCHFORK
www.pitchforkmedia.com
Okay, this is the über cool site for all things hip and happening. Pitchfork’s staff and contributors lead all others in breaking acts like
Montreal’s Arcade Fire. Here you’ll find dense reviews of such darlings as Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, Cat Power, Yo La Tango, The Shins, Mastodon, and Sonic Youth.

PITCHFORK’S TOP 5 IN 2006:
1. The Knife Silent Shout 2. TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain 3. Joanna Newsom Ys 4. Ghostface Killah Fishscale
5. The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in Americall

METACRITIC
www.metacritic.com
The elves at Metacritic pull reviews from all over and assemble them in a big pile for you to thumb through. There is a lot more here than just music as they critique films, DVDs, TV, books and games. Check out their collection of music reviews and then write your own..

METACRITIC’S TOP 5 IN 2006:
1. Savane by Ali Farka Toure 2. Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits 3. Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 4. Modern Times by Bob Dylan 5. Ys by Joanna Newsom

SPUTNIK MUSIC
www.sputnikmusic.com/forums
Punk, alternative, rock, indie, metal and pop—these folks orbit the globe looking for the best new music to beam your way. Check out their online forums and find out who else misses The Carpenters as
much as you do. Check out: 1. The Waking Eyes 2. Comeback Kid
3. Romi Mayes 4. Dan Frechette 5. Tele

iTUNES
www.itunes.com
Ok, you’ve been here, I know. But have you checked out the celebrity playlists? Musicians from Jerry Lee Lewis to The Trews and Jim
Cuddy to Ziggy Marley have all contributed their favourite tracks and this is a great place to pick up on what your favourite artists are listening to.

LOCAL
www.manitobamusic.com
This is one of the best new music sites period and it is home grown.
The good folks at MARIA have put a site together that celebrates all
of Manitoba’s talented musicians. From bios to online radio databases to who’s playing where tonight, this site delivers.

ROOTS
www.nodepression.net
This American site delivers folk, alt-country, blues, Americana, and
roots music tips to the folk festival lovers among us. Son Volt, Lucinda
Williams, Neko Case and Solomon Burke are all regulars.

JAZZ
www.allaboutjazz.com
Here is a database of over 18,000 reviews, all jazz, all the time. Dive in; we’ll be back in about three years to pick you up.

CLASSICAL
www.gramophone.co.uk
This magazine has been around forever and it’s here that you need to look to find that elusive 3rd movement from the second symphony in E minor conducted by that short balding guy from Spain.

CANADIAN
www.exclaim.ca
A monster of a site with more genres than I thought existed.
www.chartattack.com
Right from the magazine to your mouse.

MORE LOCAL
www.uptownmag.com
Local heroes digging through the dreck to uncover the gold.