Music is my boyfriend

Thanks to Lifehacker, I've recently come across two great music websites:

Songza, the so called "music search engine and internet jukebox" lets you search by artist or by song, and then lets you listen (free of charge) to whatever comes up. I haven't thoroughly tested the site yet, but it comes up with a decent amount of results for the searches that I've done.

Then there's The Hype Machine which tracks music blog discussions. Specifically, it pulls out posts about music, accompanied by song tracks, and compiles them all in one place. It tends to tap the music blogs that are more centered around indie/non-pop music, so its a good place to find new artists/songs.

In other news, by a random stroke of luck I won two tickets to see the John Butler Trio perform at the Orpheum this past Sunday... and they were absolutely amazing!!! John is one of the most talented guitarists that I've seen in a while. His lyrics and song writing skills are phenomenal as well, and I'm just sad that I've only started listening to him now. I highly recommend listening to some of his music.
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