Sorry, but Spotify Discover Weekly of course.
And I also always have Shazam ready to go for when out and about.
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I don't use Spotify anymore, but I miss Discover Weekly. When it missed, it really missed, but I still found a lot of artists through it.
Spotify daylist (search for it). Better than discover weekly imo, and changes multiple times during the day.
Didn't know, thx for that. I was complaining about discover weekly cause it's too long between refreshes.
I just started using the AI playlist as an alternative. You can give prompts "Like this playlist, bands I never heard" or "New bands only". The 2-3 times I've used it worked alright, the songs were quite fitting the prompt. I just didn't hear any bangers in there so I don't know what to think about it.
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 follow a bunch of hash tags on Mastodon.
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 started a Facebook group called New Music Only. Nothing older than a fortnight is allowed. It allows others to share brand new music they haye found and it forced me to go to YouTube and start hunting for recently uploaded music so I can supply material for the group.
Bandcamp Features
checking out random stuff I see on Rate Your Music or going to shows at small local venues.
I watch a new anime and the op/ed is a banger
College radio
Nts.live Internet Radio made by music nerds and I love it
College radio
KEXP baby!!
I listen to the playlists Apple Music makes me each week. Discovered tons of stuff
I let YouTube's algorithm make me discover bands then listen to their albums
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.
Community radio, my kids (and they find music through me too), YouTube music recommendations, opening bands at concerts, and sometimes NPR.
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.
Through my Apple Music βNew Musicβ weekly playlist before I canceled my subscription. It does a good job so long as you actively love and dislike tracks.
Now I have a local library that syncs with last.fm for every play and you can discover new music and artists through there.
Iβm no longer on it but instagram was actually a great way to discover new artists. Seems that meta will be a significant player in the music industry (major UMG deal) soon as well so who knows whatβs coming there.
I used to use r/listentothis, haven't in a long time though, not even out of "fuck you reddit" just busy I think.
Youtube nprs tiny desk concert. Got so many banger musicians and GREAT music.
I suppose it depends on your tastes, but I read Pitchfork reviews and check out the artits on Spotify. I do not limit my tastes to one genre, so that makes it more interesting when exploring. I'll also leverage the Related Artists section of an artist's page if I find a new artist that I like.
A friend recommended pitchfork yesterday to me. Haven't gotten around to it though
Mostly through movies/tv shows or sometimes NPR Tiny Desk
I just listen to a lot of Triple J
Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.
Formerly through TikTok and YouTube, but now only SoundCloud (especially through Daily drops) and Bandcamp.