Record Labels websites

Finding a good site for streaming music isn't everything. You also need to know what you want to listen to. We have all experienced times when, no matter how much music a site has to offer, we simply don't know what to listen to anymore. In such time websites like Pandora or Myspace can be really valuable for the way they help you find new music you might like.

But we shouldn't forget that record labels websites can also be quiet helpful. Well, it obviously depends on your music tastes, but pretty much all record labels websites now offer streamed music of the artists they produce. Long gone are the days when record labels and music stores expected you to buy an album just based on a band's reputation, without having listened to it first.

Let's say you really dig one artist of a given record label. There is quiet a chance you might also like other bands/musicians they produce. Checking the record label website is then the best option to verify this.
Let's take the exemple of a tiny independant label like Polyvinyl. They have a really good page with at least two songs per artist available on their site. They even have songs you can download for free.

Same thing with a record label like Subpop, each band having at least 3 or 4 songs streamed on their page, as well as the same number of video clips. Quiet a lot to discover here is as well. See here with Band of Horses' page for instance.

But this also true for majors such as Universal music or Sony BMG, if you dig some of the things they produce. Universal has launched its own platform for listening and seeing videos of its artists.

Same thing with Sony BMG with their site Myplay. The obvious goal for each of these two sites is to make you buy the music.

I must say I am not a big fan of these two sites but again, to each is own when it comes to music. So do visit your favorite record labels websites. You'll be surprised by how much you can find.