I listen to music 3-6 hours a day and am the type of person who doesn’t enjoy hearing the same song the same day or really the day after. Sites I’ve used for discovering new music were reddit and rateyourmusic.com.
Beyond that I do use Spotify song radios, but typically the song has to be far outside my standard genres to show me new music.
Whatdo others use to discover new music?
I mainly use metal-archives.com
I totally forgot about metal-archive. Tank you :)
Certainly skews towards specific tastes and genres [indie, punk, diy, and sometimes undergroud hip-hop], but super active and on top of new music and related info
I follow the news portion as well, but for pure new music discovery: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/new-songs/?from=trending
I missed so much good music because I replied on music algorithm recommendatuons, BV has been great for finding the kinds of music I like
Bandcamp daily Blogs Since I listen mostly to hip hop and rappers collaborate often, features is a big part of the way I discover new music
To add to your sites:
- Last.fm, especially the “Similar Albums” section on Album pages and the “Similar to” section on Artist pages.
- Sharethreads on 4chan’s /mu/: The download links in older threads might be dead, but it still might be useful for discovering new music.
- “Essential [insert genre] Charts”
Spotify’s Discover Weekly used to be great for me for a long time and I’d get lots of new music that I liked. it got pretty stale over the past year or so, with stuff that I don’t enjoy at all, and it often recommends me the same songs that I tell it to not recommend. it feels like I’ve reached the end of the internet and there’s no more music left to try.
Used to be what.cd
Now it’s just hopes and prayers
I’m not in redacted, but I’ve heard that and Orpheus are the replacements for it, are they any good?
I use a combination of Spotify discover weekly playlists, related artist lists, and lately I’ve been finding a random new category that Spotify curates and then searching for playlists of the same type that are curated by users. I think I get more deep cuts that way.
I’ve discovered more music new to me on Radio Paradise the last few years than anywhere else. They stream up to FLAC quality so an excellent choice for listening on the home stereo. https://radioparadise.com/home
Just checked out Radio Paradise after seeing your comment and loved the last few songs. Thanks for the tip 🙌
Recommendations from friends/random socials/memes. Discovered Wind Rose through a Deep Rock Galactic meme. 😂
everynoise.com is pretty great, though it hasn’t kept up with the absolute most recent sub genres lately. Still fantastic, though. Connects with Spotify - which I use.
honestly the spotify algorithm is shockingly good at recommending me new music. it knows my taste inside and out. And i listen to almost every genre, but have my specific preferences to every genre. Been on the same account for like 10 years so spotify knows me pretty well by now
Do you have any advice on how to improve your recommendations? I never feel secure in what Spotify recommends me. I don’t know if part of the problem is I use it for my ‘active’ listening and my ‘passive’ background work mixes.
Honestly I listen to the radio, but a radio station that’s alternative and aligns with my musical tastes (www.kink.nl, a Dutch station). Stuff I like I look up, and see what’s similar on Spotify or what have been influences to them.
thats a good question. i think i find most new music irl. just friends or family that are into something i havent heard of yet. into classic rock a lot now because of my father in law having his youtube recomended constantly playing at their place and its all old rock songs from 60’s to 90’s. i think online you’d have to maybe find some music communities and go from there. finding one new song on youtube can open up a lot when you sort the suggestions on the side by music and just keep going down the rabbit hole.
It used to be Discovery on whatever music app I’m subscribed to, but they have all turned awful for finding good music.
They always end up playing the same type of single creator synthesised music that presumably is cheaper per stream than big bands.
There are so many proper rock bands over the last 50 years, I just wish I knew how to find them.
Whenever I come across a new band I add their albums to my Plex, eventually I’ll have enough to do my own discovery.
Bandcamp via the Tags system can really yield some great results. It’s got a virtual feel equivalent to browsing through a physical record store.
I basically just poke around until I find something I like then check the tags at the bottom of a release. Click the tag and then browse that for other stuff.
I’ve been having fun using the location tags. I like to pick a major city far away from me and see what’s popular from there