One thing I can’t stand more than being excited it’s Friday, thinking the weekend is around the corner only to be reminded its still Thursday, is being in a rut. Particularly a food rut, or even worse a music rut. Not finding anything new and exciting to listen to?

There are quite a few tools out there to help you out from Last.fm to pandora but I want to step back here and pay attention and credit to a certain blog that has been a musical gate keeper for me in the past two months. hearya.com’s stated goal in their about section reads as follows:

“…Find emerging indie music artists. Give those artists more exposure. Give readers a more intimate connection with the bands by providing raw, stripped down versions of the music.”

Those three lines are the antithesis of big music today. So you can say that their intentions are present and so is a quality of their website, which provides independent music reviews. Best of all, they have music right there on the page in a yahoo player/playlist that can be listened to while you read through their articles. They also provide live recorded session of several different bands.

My only complaint is that the page can be a little busy with the placement of their ads, but its not that bad. If you are suffering from a lack fresh music, I suggest you make your way to this website and check it out. Now…..if they could only suggest a new restaurant to try in the DC area.

Musically Rut Free
Shaun