Current Links: Music for Robots

Music for Robots is a recent discovery of mine, thanks to the New York Times being dumped into my email every morning. The creation of some independent music fiends, this blog is one of the more prominent mp3 sites out there, though there are many (which MFR has links to on its homepage). The whole purpose is to promote music under the radar, that might otherwise get missed. Usually they have a link to a sample song, which you can download and put in your Ipod, with the intention of getting you to purchase the music of said band and thereby encourage (and perhaps help feed) the 95% of musicians who never get played on US radio.

I have downloaded several songs recently and have heard some pretty cool stuff, including a band called Vermillion and another called Huge. They usually have new material up daily, and recently put out their first CD, Music for Robots Vol. 1 (natch) -- though they seem to have fallen a bit on the more aurally experimental musicians for this collection. Still, there are some great songs on the CD, as well, including one called "A Day With Andrew" by Stiffed which not only is a song with my son's name in the title but is done in the style of music (punky, fast, loud) he likes.

Keep an eye out, if you're interested -- there are all sorts of different kinds of music on there, with reviews. The link is to your right. Peace.