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As a hard core music lover and enthusiastic but accident-prone DJ of little\u00a0renown, I’m always checking out new ways to discover great new artists, and I’ve recently been spending some time on Musikki<\/a>, a new search engine designed especially for seeking out new bands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A right rough diamond<\/strong><\/p>\n Still in beta, there’s still a few rough edges but I’m digging the functionality: just type in a band’s name and you’ll be served up videos, a band bio, discography and photos, plus tweets containing the band’s name and a listing of any upcoming Last.fm-listed events.<\/p>\n Related artists<\/strong><\/p>\n Musikki is dead simple to use, but its real stand out feature is the ability to suggest similar or related artists.<\/p>\n I tried it out by typing in the name of an excellent but fairly obscure Americana outfit called The Innocence Mission<\/a> and was immediately pointed in the direction of another excellent but fairly obscure Americana\/gospel act called The Welcome Wagon<\/a> featuring the Rev. Vito Aiuto and Mrs. Monique Aiuto.<\/p>\n I’d never heard of them before – and I’m thinking I should have because Sufjan Stevens produced their album – but their “But For You Who Fear My Name” song is absolutely fantastic.<\/p>\n Come to think of it, Sufjan is also a massive fan of the\u00a0Innocence\u00a0Mission<\/a>, so from within the deep confusion of my lingering hangover, the\u00a0connections\u00a0are all beginning to make some sort of sense.<\/p>\n![\"Musikki](\"http:\/\/www.wirefresh.com\/images\/musikki-music-search-engine-1.jpg\")
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