30 Dec 2006
Aurgasm.us: Your favorite music that you’ve never heard
Aurgasm is a brilliant music blog where you can read about the music, listen to it, download it for free (legally) and buy the whole album. Aurgasm’s 24-year old founder and self-described “music lover and web geek”, Paul Irish, has a knack for finding unusual and quality music from all over the world and featuring/reviewing it on his website.
Here’s what his website says: “Launched two years ago, Aurgasm has developed into a destination of passionate music lovers around the globe. Its audience includes music mavens, critics, journalists, and bloggers—a highly influential audience. It has been profiled in The Boston Globe and mentioned on MSNBC.com, BoingBoing, Kottke, del.icio.us, and digg. Aurgasm specializes in everything not under the American rock umbrella—music such as: downtempo, folk, nu jazz, chanson, scandinavian, jazz, cuban, brazilian, electro, soul, jump blues, bluegrass, film score, and electronica….”