Blindly surfing the web through endless blogs and content is mind numbing. With our web guide, we help you filter through the most informative and entertaining sites that we check on the daily for our news, culture, opinion, music, art, and just cool motherfucking shit.Motherfucker!

MUSIC

All Hip-Hop – The writing and content on All Hip-Hop is far superior than commercial publications like Vibe and The Source. Invested more in the scene with an objective eye, they use different angles to approach the community at large and breaking news. Also? A real nice design that is easy to navigate with reviews, interviews, and the latest videos.

Analog Giant – Based out of Chicago, its author, the mysteriously named K, has a proper handle on all things in the indie vein of funk, soul, hip-hop, and left field grooves. You’ll find plenty of MP3s and contests to get your hands on free music goods, too.

Brooklyn Vegan – When they go to write the book on the indie rock scene in Brooklyn during the 00s, almost all of it will have been documented by Brooklyn Vegan. With an assortment of interviews, club listings, reviews, and striking photography from shows, it is, truly, a one stop shop to find what’s bubbling in the hipster community of rock and folk.

Catchdubs – Nick Catchdubs started a music blog, went on to become an editor for The Fader and has DJ’d all over this country. He now runs Fool’s Gold Records with DJ A-Trak and lisences music to shows like Entourage. Not bad. He still manages to blog. And we thank him for that by putting a link here for you to check out.

Discobelle – These Swedes have created the ultimate DJ community on a global scale with their blog. Besides being able to find a vast array of one to two hour mixtapes, you’ll be downloading to your heart’s content one-off remixes of hip-hop radio staples, electro rock, and indie flavored house and techno.

The Fader – In the physical world, The Fader is one of the glossiest music magazines we know. While the writing hasn’t always been inspired, they do a great job of uncovering all kinds of artists we would have never known about—and make them look really, really cool in expensive photo spreads. Their site serves the same purpose, with more videos and tracks you probably won’t hear anywhere else—thanks to their teaming up with RCRD LBL. Unlike niche sites, they have an eclectic taste. Which, yes, we like very much.

Idolator – An irreverent take on the music industry, this site is a daily read for insiders and pop junkies. Like us!

Nah Right – Started in Yonkers, NY, its author, Eskay, is a hip-hop junkie on the level of a full blown crack addict. Here, you’ll find leaked tracks, new videos, obscure mixtapes, and news from all corners of the hip-hop community—commercial, street, and indie.

Pitchfork – We’ve never had the ability to read Pitchfork’s doctoral thesis record reviews. To most people, their pretentious attitude towards pop music is like being locked in a freshman dorm of an elitist liberal arts school with no drugs. (Not fun!) However, we find the Chicago based publication of indie-centric rock and electronica a good place to read artist interviews, take in some breaking news on buzzy web bands, and find videos on pitchfork.tv.

Prefix Mag – What started out as a zine covering music left of the dial has turned into a full on magazine, with interviews and breaking music news of everything on the pop radar. Here, like other music sites, you’ll find videos, leaked tracks, and critical analysis. What separates Prefix from most other bloggy sites is their original content and live coverage of events.

Resident Advisor – Chronicling the many genres that have branched out in the electronic music world over the past two decades, Resident Advisor has news, interviews, club info, and a very stylized design. Most importantly, R.A. has one of the most active forums in the electronic community.

RE:UP Magazine – The RE:UP clan come to New York City via San Diego, California. Their magazine—the physical one—is, aesthetically speaking, a real work of art. It stays on your bookshelf instead of the recycle bin after reading. Covering music and art on expensive paper might not make them rich, but we love them for it. Their online presence is still being worked out, but you should order some issues before print completely dies.

Rolling Stone – Yes, we know: This is the established media of rock n’ roll journalism from our parents’ generation. Well, if you don’t learn from the past…blah, blah, blah. We still read Rolling Stone for Matt Taibi. He’s smug, for sure. But also one hell of a writer.

Spin – Your cool cousin’s magazine. (The one with no job.) They haven’t been innovative in a decade, but every once in a while find an angle on some pop culture phenomenon. It doesn’t hurt to look.