Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
That's What I Hear: A Music Archive With Rabbit Holes
A music-history archive connecting artists, recordings, studios, genres, scenes, and the accidents behind them.
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- Music listeners who like following historical connections
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- The homepage offers a 200-track indie-pop playlist and a six-link Dolly Parton-to-Kraftwerk trail.
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The site frames its archive as a network rather than a chronology: artists, songs, albums, studios, labels, instruments, places, years, and movements are presented as connected index categories. Its sample routes include a six-link comparison between Dolly Parton and Kraftwerk, a 200-track indie-pop playlist, and a Rocket 88 session account involving a damaged amplifier and Sam Phillips. Four entries appear under the recently filed section.
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