[psyco1]

You just type the name of the band and it gives a map of similar bands.

http://www.musicplasma.com/

 

[psyco1]

Well crap, when I put a post up about it, it then goes down. Coincidence or conspiracy?




Edit
Now it's back up.

 

[blessingx]

Interesting.

I put in the LA punk band X, and the closest connection was the Dixie Chicks.

Pavement is much closer as Stephen Malkmus is right next door.

Cool. Will play around. Thanks for the tip.

 

[eyeteeth]

This site is fun. Visually fun/cute. Gave it a reasonable obscurity test with 'Celtic Frost-Bathory-Hellhammer' search & it passed the test. The only negative is the audio streams cut in & out. I prefer this to AMG's written descriptions of similar bands.

Adding to my 'Favorites' right now!

 

[philodox]

this has been done before... I like this one personally: http://www.gnoosic.com/

EDIT: woah! I finally got a look at the site (sorry for shooting off my mouth about gnod before seeing it) and it is really cool... not exactly the same as the link that I posted... the visual representation is nice... I think I will use both of these sites in the future...

EDIT2: no problem eyeteeth... lol

 

[Ebonyks]

Wow, that's really a cool site. While i don't agree with some of their classifications, the idea of someone doing that really is worthy of note. It has the types of bands i listen to suprisingly well covered (Last 5-10 years of indie music)

 

[eyeteeth]

Quote:

Originally posted by philodox www.gnoosic.com/[/url]

It gives a single written suggestion. The other is better.

edit: oops sorry philodox, didn't realize you revised.

 

[psyco1]

http://www.echocloud.net/index.php?option=asearch works well too, it's just not as flashy(no pun intended).

 

[psyco1]

Quote:

Originally posted by Ebonyks Wow, that's really a cool site. While i don't agree with some of their classifications, the idea of someone doing that really is worthy of note. It has the types of bands i listen to suprisingly well covered (Last 5-10 years of indie music)

It also seems like Norah Jones is the Jupiter of artists.

 

[stuartr]

Yeah, and funny that the white stripes and diana krall have a larger sphere of infulence than the rolling stones or Led Zeppelin....

 

[Ebonyks]

It also seems bizzare to give interpol a large place on the musical chart, given that they basically are a modern recreation of joy division

 

[stuartr]

yes, all the oddities aside though, it is a very cool site, and a good concept. They have a ton of bands that are fairly obscure if you type them in...

 

[kfh227]

I was just randomly going through old posts. I think this deserves a bump

 

[Paranoid Android]

www.allmusic.com

Another good site, gives you a band's influences, bands that were influenced by the band, and similiar artists. Also lots of reviews, samples, etc. etc.

 

[Ph34rful]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kfh227 I was just randomly going through old posts. I think this deserves a bump

Ah. I missed this first time around. Pretty cool site. Thanks for the bump.