Source name
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URL
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Proof of reliability
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Rating
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Basic Information
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Allgame
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http://www.allgame.com/
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Allmovie
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http://www.allmovie.com/
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Allmusic
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http://www.allmusic.com/
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British Phonographic Industry
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http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinum.html
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NME Album of the Year
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http://www.nme.com/reviews/albums/oftheyear
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1 2 3
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10
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Ozmusic Central
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http://www.ozmusic-central.com.au/
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Australian band information
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News
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abc.net.au
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http://abc.net.au
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Australian Government funded news service/website.
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Australian Music Online
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http://www.amo.org.au/
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Name says it all. Australian government funded; no longer updated.
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BBC News
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http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Largest broadcaster in the UK.
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10
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BBC Radio 1
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
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Largest broadcaster in the UK.
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10
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EMI
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http://www.emigroup.com/Press/Default.htm
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Press releases from EMI Group
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Google News |
http://news.google.com/
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A searchable news archive (and it's Google, for goodness sakes)
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musicOMH
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http://www.musicomh.com/
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Reliable for reviews (see User talk:Ealdgyth/Archive 4#A music source for you), good quality
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7
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NME
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http://www.nme.com
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Very popular in the UK. 1 2 3
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PopMatters
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http://www.popmatters.com/
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Above average quality reviews site
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rage (TV program)
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http://www.abc.net.au/rage
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ABC subsidary
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Rolling Stone
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http://www.rollingstone.com/
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Recent news on artists, album reviews etc
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The Sydney Morning Herald
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http://www.smh.com.au/
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Probably the best music coverage of any Australian newspaper.
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Triple J
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http://triplej.net.au/
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Dominant Australian radio station in this genre
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Festivals
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Glastonbury Festivals
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http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
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Information on the English festival
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Oxegen
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http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/index.php
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Information on the Irish festival
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T in the Park
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http://www.tinthepark.com/
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Information on the Scottish festival
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Charts
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United Kingdom
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http://www.everyhit.com/
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United States
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http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_index.jsp Data is also supplied by Allmusic for all Billboard charts (including Canada charts, etc.)
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Australia
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http://australian-charts.com/
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Austria
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http://austriancharts.at/
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Belgium ( Flanders)
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http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=a&lang=nl&search=
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Belgium ( Wallonia)
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http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=a&lang=fr&search=
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Denmark
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http://danishcharts.com/
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Finland
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http://finnishcharts.com/
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France
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http://lescharts.com/
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Germany
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http://germancharts.com/
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Italy
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http://italiancharts.com/
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Mexico
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http://mexicancharts.com/
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Netherlands
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http://dutchcharts.nl/
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New Zealand
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http://charts.org.nz/
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Norway
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http://norwegiancharts.com/
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Portugal
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http://portuguesecharts.com/
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Spain
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http://spanishcharts.com/
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Sweden
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http://swedishcharts.com/
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Switzerland
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http://hitparade.ch/
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