Getting quite a bit of hype of its own these days, this site follows music bloggers around the Internet to track what's new and notable.

from the site:
Our Mission

The Hype Machine is here to make music discovery fun and get artists paid.

We offer a few ways to explore the music that flows through our site:

* Latest: What's going on right now in the blogosphere.
* Popular: The most popular artists, searches and blogs on the internet right now.
* Radio + Chat: A mix of popular & newly posted music & a place to talk about it.
* Dashboard: A customizable view of your favorite tracks, artists, blogs and users.

How does it work?

The Hype Machine tracks a variety of MP3 blogs. If a post contains MP3 links, it adds those links to its database and displays them on the front page.

Some of the frequently accessed tracks are cached by the Hype Machine server, much like Google Search caches web pages, to reduce load on the bloggers' servers and protect their bandwidth.

Those tracks are NOT available for download, but you can preview them via the play buttons that are next to each track.

The blog that posted a particular track is identified under every track by name so you can read more about why they posted it. If you enjoyed a track someone posted, stop by and let them know!

You can purchase CDs and individual tracks by using the "amazon" and "itunes" links that appear next to most tracks. Each purchase you make via the Amazon and iTunes links supports both the artists and the Hype Machine. Please buy and enjoy.