User:Fox/Reliable sources

This is a list of reliable sources for use in alternative music articles.

See also: User:Giggy/Satisfying music notability guidelines (massively biased towards Australian music)

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 Australian government funded; no longer updated.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

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