history—archives and books and discographies
The Damon Albarn Unofficial Archive
The Archive of Contemporary Music
The Archive: U. K. Rock Festivals 1960-90 & U. K. Free Festivals 1965-1990
Blue Oyster Cult: Hot Rails to Hull
A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry
Discography of American Historical Recordings
Doo-Wop Groups Biography & Discography
Eliminated for Reasons of Space
Marv Goldberg's Yesterday's Memories Rhythm and Blues Party
The History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Golden Decade 1954-1963
Independent Voices
Complete scans of the the Berkeley Barb, the East Village Other, the Great Speckled Bird, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Realist, many more
Living Archives of Underground Sounds by Don Campu
Northern Soul Nightshift
Internet Archive-d
Punk Journey: The History of the Melbourne Punk Scene 1977-1987
Rock's Backpages
Subscription library of writings by music critics; free articles
The Red Saunders Research Foundation
Features numerous discographies, not least of the Aristocrat and Chess labels
Soulful Kinda Music
A magazine too
Spontaneous Lunacy: The History of Rock 'n' Roll - Song by Song
Trouser Press
Occasional new writings, but mostly full-text scans of every issue of the magazine
The Ultimate Guide to the Rolling Stones
Joel Whitburn's Record Research
World Radio History
Massive troves of digitized materials, including the periodicals Billboard, the CMJ New Music Report, Melody Maker, Musician, New Musical Express, Record Mirror, Smash Hits, and Sounds
periodicals and radio-television programs/ stations
Brutally Honest Rock Album Reviews
Definitive 1000 Songs of All Time 1955 to 2005
Defunct; incomplete
Fact
100 Best Albums of the 1970s - 100 Best Albums of the 1980s - 100 Best Albums of the 1990s - Fact Writers Pick Their Top 10 Albums - 15 Best Techno Albums You've Never Heard - 50 Best Trip-Hop Albums - 40 Best Post-Metal Records - Greatest Electronic Albums of the 1950s and 1960s - 30 Best Post-Rock Albums - 100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records - 20 Best Goth Records - 20 Best Hip-Hop Records - 20 Best Krautrock Records - 20 Best UK Techno Records - 20 Greatest Ambient Albums
Johnny's Rock Blogs (D. J. Tees Blog)
KFJC (89.7 F.M, Los Altos, California)
Magnet
Top Albums: 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010
Mark's Record Reviews
"Retired"
Pop Matters
Best Albums: 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010
The Quietus
Albums of the Year: 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010
Rock & Roll Is a State of Mind Blog
Sound on Sound
Especially noteworthy are the Classic Tracks articles
Sputnik Music
Top 50 Albums: 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019
Synapse
Internet Archive-d
That Was Then/This Is Yesterday
WFMU (91.1 F.M, East Orange, New Jersey)
WKCR (89.9 F.M, New York, New York)
WREK (91.1 F.M, Atlanta, Georgia)
WWOZ (90.7 F.M, New Orleans, Louisiana)
virtual reality, head sets
random real reality
Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective