# Music Recommendation Website? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257 "2007-12-08T04:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/1 "2007-12-08T04:44:57Z")
I’m looking to top up my music list, and whilst iTunes is okay its recommendation service seems to be smoking a great big fat crack rock (see: recommending I buy Alicia Keys because I’ve got the Resident Evil: Extinction soundtrack. WTF?) I tried to check out Pandora, but the motherfuckers have been told to not allow anyone outside the US to use it so they sniff my Australian IP address and block me before I can even see what’s going on. All I’d like is a website where I can type in the names of songs, albums or artists that I like and it spits out recommendations. Any links are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/2 "2007-12-08T04:49:21Z")
It won’t immediately spit out recommendations but [www.allmusic.com](http://www.allmusic.com) has the most comprehensive biographies of artists with lists of influences, people influenced by them, similar bands, other people whose songs they have performed etc. You can look up genres and get lists of every band within that genre. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/3 "2007-12-08T04:58:43Z")
Oh and it’s full of listenable samples for most stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/4 "2007-12-08T05:02:27Z")
I thought I’d read about similar sites in Wired, and when I searched their site to try to find a mention of a similar site, I found [this blog article](http://franticindustries.com/2007/05/03/how-to-access-pandora-from-outside-the-us/) linked from the Wired blog, about proxies for Pandora. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/5 "2007-12-08T05:07:33Z")
Thanks for the recommendations so far. They’re both kind of what I’m looking for and will do in a pinch. Specifically I remember a few years ago there was a website where you’d type in an artist and it would essentially draw a “map” between that artist and other with similar sounds/styles or that were recommended by other users who liked that artist. If I could remember what that website was I would be happy. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/6 "2007-12-08T05:25:44Z")
Do you mean [http://www.music-map.com/eminem.html](http://www.music-map.com/eminem.html) ? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/7 "2007-12-08T13:39:24Z")
That’s it! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/8 "2007-12-08T19:49:46Z")
Music map looks really cool and I will have to check it out further when I get home. I use and get a lot of musical recommendations from last.fm. It’s my musical website of choice. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/9 "2007-12-08T22:16:58Z")
[LivePlasma](http://liveplasma.com/) is another useful tool for finding music and movies that you’ll like. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/10 "2007-12-08T23:43:41Z")
I found Last.FM from the wired article ZipperJJ linked to. It looks interesting but I’m feeling a bit lazy re: signing up for things at the moment. LivePlasma looks very much like what I’m after too. Thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/11 "2007-12-09T00:45:10Z")
[http://www.gnoosic.com/](http://www.gnoosic.com/) It’s something neat that recommends music… Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendation-website/429257/12 "2007-12-09T05:49:24Z")
This isn’t what the OP is looking for, but I think it deserves a mention… I love [finetune.com](http://finetune.com) for listening to internet music while I’m at work. It’s awesome, and it’s free! It works like this… you have to build a playlist of at least 45 songs, no more than three songs from the same artist. I like it because I don’t get tired of my IPOD songs songs quick when I work out at lunch.