There are well-known magazines that write reviews on music (Rolling Stone, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly just to name a few), but I submit this list of music reviews and news websites for folks who are trying to find new sounds that exist outside the mainstream popular music spectrum. If you've been wanting to discover newer or less mainstream music, take a look at these sites.

In the past few years, Chicago-based Pitchfork.com has ascended to the top strata of indie...