This reminded me of Purevolume.com, which I just went to go check. Seems like it's a clickbait pop culture article site now. It used to be Soundcloud before Soundcloud, though it was mostly popular with punk, hardcore, and their various offshoots. All of that uploaded music...just gone.
It's not necessarily sites going out of business/losing data either. On Bandcamp, Melora Creager used to have three songs up called The Willow Tree Tryptych. I bought it but it's no longer available for download in my account, though it's listed there. I'll have to pirate it somewhere since I don't seem to have a download of it. I'll have to figure out that later since Spotify atrophied my pirating knowledge.
Always archive your digital purchases when you can.
It's not necessarily sites going out of business/losing data either. On Bandcamp, Melora Creager used to have three songs up called The Willow Tree Tryptych. I bought it but it's no longer available for download in my account, though it's listed there. I'll have to pirate it somewhere since I don't seem to have a download of it. I'll have to figure out that later since Spotify atrophied my pirating knowledge.
Always archive your digital purchases when you can.