Asklemmy

I've been paying for a Pandora subscription for about a decade. Worth it. (Piracy is a service problem.)

Their recommendations for similar bands, auto play, and making stations from a band or song has let me discover so much music over the years.

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.

checking out random stuff I see on Rate Your Music or going to shows at small local venues.

Formerly through TikTok and YouTube, but now only SoundCloud (especially through Daily drops) and Bandcamp.

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.

Nts.live Internet Radio made by music nerds and I love it

Talk to other music nerd friends, sift through the algorithmic recommendations of spotify/ whatever, browse music forums that match my tastes, use a song identifier to catch random ones in public...

There are lots of ways to find new tunes in 2024. I mostly listen to albums rather than individual tracks so hearing one good song usually leads to several from the same album/ep/lp

College radio

Bandcamp Features

Mostly through movies/tv shows or sometimes NPR Tiny Desk

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.

I listen to the playlists Apple Music makes me each week. Discovered tons of stuff

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.

College radio

I watch a new anime and the op/ed is a banger

I used to use r/listentothis, haven't in a long time though, not even out of "fuck you reddit" just busy I think.

A friend recommended pitchfork yesterday to me. Haven't gotten around to it though

Youtube nprs tiny desk concert. Got so many banger musicians and GREAT music.

Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.

Through my Apple Music “New Music” 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.

I’m 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 what’s coming there.

Community radio, my kids (and they find music through me too), YouTube music recommendations, opening bands at concerts, and sometimes NPR.