Year-end best of lists. Allmusic, pitchfork, and whatever other sites come out with best of year rankings.
Honestly I mostly pull from soundtracks in whatever I watch. Also Eurovision.
At the moment? Watching Anime. A few years ago? Watch music videos of songs I already know on youtube and see what the algorithm spits out.
Yoasobi slaps.
I don’t think I ever found music. the music tended to find me.
That’s really it. I don’t really seek out new music, as much as I happen to stumble upon it. My music library is intense and what I listen to changes frequently.
It chases you down a dark alleyway and has its way with you? That’s dark, man.
Its just you hear it on the radio or when your at someplace or whatnot. happenstance. My condo had painters and I asked a guy what song he was playing when I walked by.
I subscribe to the digital stream of radio stations through my podcast app. WFUV out of New York City, WXRV out of I don’t know where, some random station out of Sydney, Australia I stumbled on that has an EDM DJ on at the same time I’m waking up on the weekends.
I also have Spotify, but I tend to get better recommendations from real human DJs at radio stations.
Theuppermostinlife curates a bunch of music they like, and I share some of their taste so that’s where I get a bunch of new stuff from.
Mostly through movies/tv shows or sometimes NPR Tiny Desk
Listenbrainz has decent recommendations
A simple combination of Spotify, searching for recommendations, as in “artists similar to _____,” checking out AllMusic for a brief overview and maybe which album to start with.
I go on Pirate Bay, search through new uploads, then check their videos on YouTube. Found plenty of gems I’d otherwise not have encountered. Also on LastFM. Type an artist you like and it will suggest similar artists.
Start with an artist I already like, find out who inspired them and who they inspired, listen to them, repeat
College radio
Bandcamp and Sputnik Music have been doing so since I was in school over a decade ago.
Formerly through TikTok and YouTube, but now only SoundCloud (especially through Daily drops) and Bandcamp.
Found a good blog called Hearing Things been a couple of good things off that.
And KEXP!! Radio out of Seattle, has an app too.
