LibGuides: Music: Music News & Reviews

Online Radio Stations

Pandora Radio
Listen to free internet radio & find out about new music in the process.
Last.fm
Last.fm lets you effortlessly keep a record of what you listen to from any player. Last.fm includes artist profiles, online radio, charts and more.

Databases for Music News & Reviews

Use the following databases when searching for newspaper articles or reviews for recent music performances, recordings and more. Use the GALILEO link at the bottom to access your library's complete selection of databases.

News and Newspapers This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Newspapers offers international, national, regional, and local papers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post. This database also includes exclusive access to 85 full-text newspapers from the world-leading news and information provider, Gannett. Some titles of note in this database are:

Atlanta Constitution (1990-2001)
The Atlanta Journal (1995-2001)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2001-current)
Augusta Chronicle (abstracts)
Christian Science Monitor (1988-current)
Georgia Trend (1986-current)
The Guardian (1992-current)
Los Angeles Times (1985-current)
Macon Telegraph (abstracts)
New York Times (1980-current)
New York Times Book Review (1997-current)
New York Times Magazine (1997-current)
Savannah Morning News (1999-current)
USA Today (1987-current)
Wall Street Journal (1984-current)
The Washington Post (1987-current)
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates are from 1980 to current and updated daily. The New York Times is included in the ProQuest Newspapers database but can be searched as a separate resource. To browse The New York Times issue by issue, click on the Publications link then select the year and issue.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This is a multi-disciplinary database with full-text articles, containing over 70 journal titles related to Music. You should check “Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals” to ensure that your results exclude popular titles. You may elect to check “Academic Journals” as a way to avoid having Book Reviews in your results.
Research Library (at ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A good “general” database,” with full text for some journals. Includes more than 30 journals with "Music" in the title!
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to back issues of scholarly journals generally published up to 3 or 5 years from the present. Includes journals and articles representing a variety of subjects, including the Arts, Humanities, Music and History. All articles are of a scholarly nature.

GALILEO: A-Z Databases List
Choose "All databases" to view all 342 databases available through Galileo and Lewis Library. Choose a letter if you know what the title of the database you're looking for starts with.

Discography & Rating Databases

Are you trying to track down a particular issue of a music CD or other format?
Are you looking for a list of a single composer, artist, or band's discography?
Are you looking for a place to catalogue and rate your own music collection?

The following databases may be just what you're looking for:

Discogs
You can search by ARTIST, STYLE, GENRE, FORMAT, DECADE, COUNTRY, LABEL, and more! Use Advanced Search to limit results specifically. Discover new and old music, connect with other music lovers. Contribute to the largest and most accurate music database. Buy & Sell music in the world's biggest and best music marketplace. Track your collection and wantlist, get notified when items you want are for sale.

Popular Music News & Review Websites

The following websites are good places to go when searching for popular and current music reviews:

Billboard Charts
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. Billboard Charts are calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play. The complete Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts are available each week, as well as the top half of our current chart catalog and top 10 of historical charts.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Magazine features music, album and artist news, movie reviews, political, economic and pop culture commentary, videos, photos, and more.
Pitchfork
One of the most popular websites for current, popular, and indie music reviews and features.
All Music
Another popular source for music information. Read artist biographies and album reviews. Find the best of new and upcoming releases.
The Wire
"Adventures in Modern Music", The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music. Since then it has covered hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation, post-rock, and various forms of electronic music.