A SpOOOnful of Sugar

Lately I have been joining all sorts of music sites, like Last.fm and Imeem, because I am obsessed with not just sticking to my status quo. I gotta tell you though, it's tough finding good new stuff. First off, the radio aside from 101 RXP sucks and only plays either crap or songs I already have heard ten to a hundred times. Second, I don't have as much time as I used to to just troll around online looking for gems on e-Music or somewhere in the Amazon / iTunes catalog nether regions. None of the sites I've joined do a good job of recommending new music.

So, I was pretty jazzed when I heard about a new music site called SpOOOnful. It has a pretty simple concept which is perfectly suited for my way of life right now. They send out a free weekly email newsletter that:

"introduces you to one great new artist or band at a time. You’ll get a preview of what they sound like as well as links to buy a track, a whole album, even get out to a show. We hope to turn you on to some new sounds from across many genres including indie rock, singer-songwriter, dance/ electronica, hip-hop, and jam.

The best part of this site is that they say they will "never accept money for our editorial opinions and we’re not affiliated with any record label. Most importantly, we’re going to keep it simple and easy."

e-Music sends me a newsletter and while I read it, it's all over the place - a classic case of too much information. SpOOOnful on the otherhand is focused and already paying benefits as its very first newsletter turned me on to Santogold whose song L.E.S. Artistes has been keeping me grooving for a week now.

Yes, the three capital O's in the name reek of Web 2.0 nonsense and yes, I'm just dying for looming "Uma meet Oprah, Oprah - Uma" moment when SpOOOnful recommends something by Spoon. That being said, I'm really looking forward to seeing what is dished up as time goes by and I feel that overall if you care about music, this site is definitely for you. As the Tick says: