Bingo. The influences for just 3 different bands/artists from different genres will yield tons of great new music to discover. Especially really good artists because they usually have tons of influences, many of which are actually outside their genre.
Rate Your Music has helped me to find some new artists that I'd never heard of before. It's also a good resource for getting into specific genres as the charts section can help you find out which albums are considered 'the best' in a specific genre, giving you a good entry point.
Some users have very extensive lists on one genre, scene or period of time. I don't have an account, but those lists are a good way of finding music, especially obscure albums.
@@ThomAvella I don't really get involved in the social aspect of the site so, I can't really say I know that much about its reputation. I just enjoy discovering and rating albums.
rateyourmusic is great for finding some of the most brilliant music that has come out of every year. But do keep in mind that a lot of the picks are very male dominated. Not trying to sound like some SJW here but they will often disregard female artists for doing the exact same thing a male artist has done. Besides that, it's a brilliant resource for finding new music.
1- follow music meme page 2- have the 5 albums they constantly mention and that everyone else who follows generally agrees are good in rotation at all times
@@TheeBus36 yeah bruh pageformusicchads, twerkingtoiwantwindtoblow, carseatbedrest, neutralalmondmilkhotel. Those are all the ones that arent specifically rap
Used to be so much eaiser when RUclips actually showed you related music on the side and not multiple uploads of what youre currently listening to. Now it's just college radio and What's in my Bag?
when you log out (and probably have the cookies deleted) it will usually show related songs to the one you'Re listeing. Even some that have only a few hundred clicks! That'S how I browse YT for music usually...
Just take your time, more or less - pick an album or discography from that fits your vibe at the moment, and dive into it head-first. You won't catch up to every single release anyway, and finding 4-5 albums that will define your year is already an admirable task in itself.
@@JennyTheNerdBat appreciate the advice, i always try to listen to as much music as I can with enough time, instead of only listening through it once and move on to the next thing, but things get so overwhelming sometimes when so much is being released at once and I can't get through all of them even though I want to aha, sometimes I also tend to over listen to something I really like instead of trying to discover new music which is a annoying habit I have
Pragadesh Prakash but think about how long you’ll live. Nowadays thanks to modern medicine, we’re able to live for more time than any of ancestors were able to and you’re able to explore different genres from different eras so easily, if you keep listening to many albums, think about how much you’ll have listened in just a few years, so there’s no rush, just take your time and save the music you like the most
i don't want to go to my local record store, its super seedy, only open for like 8 hours a week and i'm pretty sure is some sort of cover for drugs or something.
My "local record store" is an hour away cause i live in the rural south of the US nobody around here cares enough to open one unless its in one of the big cities
Thanks for the great tips! Research about my favorite artist's influences is a great way for me personally to find new music. I also listened to a ton of stuff on Bandcamp too back in 2017. Might do that again cause you reminded me of how much new music i discovered. Cheers!
Honestly I do 2 things 1. Go to the record store and pick the weirdest looking record from the dollar bin 2. Research influences and then research the influences of those influences
Do you hearing music just in free time, fully focused on it, or even while doing something other? I've recognized my addiction which comes up, while hearing music to fuel other doings through getting emotionally motivated by hearing music. Would be great to hear something of your thoughts and behaviours of that. Thanks for doing all of that, Oliver!!
and also, i love #everythingisnoise.net/ - for a bunch of metal distinction #produced Manfred Eichner album's are good, ecm-Recordings as an overral decision for post modern classics really delicious.
I'd honestly love to hear Oliver's perspective on this too. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing it right (listening to something new, basically) if I'm not managing to focus on the music every instant in a quiet room or if I'm really getting enough out of it if I listen on crappy headphones during my commute? Or while doing something else? While high or drunk? Is there a right way to listen to music? Of course everyone has favorites that you already know the ins and outs of and can listen to in just about any context and relive the emotions and hear the song perfectly, but in particular I guess I'm wondering about NEW music you can't say the same about. Just nervous sometimes I'm not experiencing the art to its fullest.
@@SeanPeckham-xe2gt not necessarily looking for a definitive or prescriptive "right way" but more like are there situations where you're not getting as much out of the art as you can. For instance, you could "read" a book by just glazing your eyes over the pages and maybe catching every other word, paying little attention, but you wouldn't really experience the art in a way most people would agree to be optimal or the way the artist intended. You could walk through an art gallery with paintings in your peripheral vision but you wouldn't really be experiencing the art, in the same way you could listen to an album while vacuum sweeping. There's certainly value in experiencing art in the way the artist didn't intend but people don't usually seek that experience out (you could listen to albums and songs backwards, for instance) In general I think it's interesting the variety of ways we experience music and how it's a bit unlike how we experience a lot of other art which tends to require more deliberate effort. That's up for debate though.
@@augustvincent7514 nice comments, Josh. The 'deliberate effort'-thing stays in the focus in all of that I guess. Oftentimes the keymoments to get in a new kind of music, are the moments when we are fully open and conscious. Therefore we are able to attach our emotions to the piece of music, which is all what music is for? -flowing through emotions with rhythms, harmonies and stillness by giving space and time to let them flow. Ok, thats to philosophical. It would be great to hear Oliver's opinion, because different perspectives form our own behaviour. In case of my personal satisfaction, it's great to get into some new kind of music or artist only after a several of listenings. Than its like a wow-effect, spontaneously connecting and interacting and seeing the music from a new perspective.
I have a unique way of finding music. I watch musicians livestream on RUclips and turn on chat. People flood chat asking the streamer to listen to a song. I sit there and write the names of songs they say and then add them to my Watch Later playlist. I'll also watch videos of people asking their audience about crazy concert experiences and look up every band mentioned, find out what their best album is, then add four random songs from that album to my Watch Later. My Watch Later has about 4900 videos on it. All songs. I listen to them while driving, clearing out ones I don't like, and saving ones I do.
1. RUclips recommendations are surprisingly good in my experience. 2. As a metalhead, I love Metal Archives for listing all side projects band members can have, which becomes a quick six degrees of separation type exercise into all sorts of interesting things, since there's often a lot of interesting guests and other artists involved too. 3. band interviews 4. retrying things you may not have liked before a year ago. That's how I have now become a Death Grips fan.
I strongly recommend books of Simon Reynolds. I've read "Retromania", now I'm reading "Rip It Up and Start Again" about postpunk and I'm gonna buy "Energy Flash" about electronic music. I love writing style of this guy
I've been in the group for years now, and although I love it and have discovered great stuff, sometimes I feel people are always talking about the same albums over and over.
i must say the /mu/ essential list, even thoug it just a massive hipster circlejerk, it really got me from basically only listening to top 100 music to being more inclined to listening to more "underground" stuff. and allso last .fm and of course you and fantano :)
I ask everyone I meet to recommend me some of their favorite artists, then keep a big list of stuff I've been recommended. Great way to hear stuff you normally might not have found
Haven't seen anyone say this yet but thank you so so much for this video. With so many people on the internet playing mysterious or "superior" because of their music tastes and findings these days, I feel that you are truly setting an example, as well as showing the more independent, hopeful musicians out there that their content matters and is appreciated while showing fans of music a path to finding them out at the same time. Killer work Oliver, cheers!
Shoutout to The Quietus for putting me onto an unreal number of albums, most recently Lorraine James 'You & I'. Easily one of the most valuable resources for finding new music.
Honestly youtube reccomended gives me a lot of different great stuff. It showed me Ryo Fukui, No Buses, Gabor Szabo, The Caretaker, soundtrack from the Angel's Egg(which has now become my favourite movie) several good yugoslavian bands(most notably Pauk), some cool playlists(math rock, post rock, the doomer playlists are nice sometimes). I keep putting it in "watch later" and forgetting about it, but honestly I've fallen in love with so much shit that yt has shown me
An effective method for me is festival lineups. If I consider it a strong lineup from bands I already know, it's usually a great resource for finding lots of great bands at a time.
Digging around the Bandcamp playground, following interesting artists and labels, that is my main source for new music. Otherwise I would highly recommend Submithub.
Recently i've been using Sonemic.com It's an offshoot of RYM and is still in its Beta phase so it doesn't have anything post-2017, but it's like RYM but with much improved search functions via multiple genre selections and even descriptors. Album pages also include recommended albums based on data collected from RYM
1: Make a spotify playlist with some music that you love but dont listen to a lot of in that genre, 2: Finish listening to the playlist 3: Skip recommended song until you see something new 4: Enjoy
One secret I've realised is different types of music need different strategies for discovering new music. If you consistently use only rym you limit yourself from the genres, artists scenes that rym doesnt represent well, for me that was riddim dubstep, space bass and psytrance
1:06 - funny enough, I actually discovered Sonic Youth through a passing mention in your No Wave guide! Kind of the reverse. They've since become one of my all time favourites, so thanks for that!
i’m a big fan of this autobiography called. Love is a mixtape because the author worked for Rolling Stone and uses lots of music references throughout the novel.
My favorite music book is by far "Please Kill Me", it's an oral history of the New York proto punk scene. Amazing interviews with Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and others. Endlessly entertaining and insightful, and it taught me of so many awesome, obscure NY punk bands
Musicalcharts on Instagram is a really great resource. They have pretty good guides to genres and artists, and they also post like 10-20 albums that I’ve never heard of on their story daily (haven’t been too consistent with that lately but oh well). Also Apple Music has the “You might like” section at the bottom of most albums and that has shown me so many of my favorite artists
Step 1 take a admission on Jullyard Music school Step 2 Forget the world and Step 3 Go and walk around the music library's Step 4 And Finish all the Music library with a under stable every single page Step 5: implementation Experimental. Step 6: Goals you have Only discover a new music. Step 7:/ practice practice practice
CoverKillerNation, who sadly recently stopped making vids, has been for 10 years a great source for Metal recommendations on RUclips! Most recently he put out his favourite albums of all time and introduced me to Maudlin of the Well and i'm currently loving their album Bath. He might have stopped, but he has a huge catalog of album reviews and lists that can be watched. BangerTV is another YT channel that focuses on Metal and is currently still ongoing. Velocities in Music (more YT) used to do standard music reviews, but a few years ago swapped that out for more longform Podcast type videos. They're great for music discussions and specific topics as well as doing Artist Deep-Dives themselves!
music mags MOJO, UNCUT,SHINDIG ,MIXMAG,DJ MAG . also the local libary plenty hundreds of music books ,youtube vloggers just by searching youtube , music websites stereogum etc internet searches , newspapers , during the 90s just had Q mag mtv the radio and national tv . This is the greatest time too discover new bands old albums the younger generation really cannot understand fully how limited things were myself i have found great albums i missed from the 90s my advice is too make the most of it while it lasts who knows the future maybe the internet will end .
To me, Rollins' KCRW show is a must even if someone has an eclectic taste already - I'm not really all that much into old punk anymore, but Henry has a damn great taste (even if him playing Ruts and Damned all the time is a tad silly). His new book is cool, but mostly for his massive fans really. Another source to me are Quietus and Louder Than War (what can I say, I'm basic) and reviewers such as Spectrum Pulse, who, thanks to not being as popular as melontango fontanino have chance to review some less known albums for indie kids - I don't really like country or americana, but damn does Mark know his shit. Another thing - interviews with musicians I admire. Honestly, how many 'musician's musicians) I learned about in that way is bonkers. Like Cardiacs or Screaming Jay or Pere Ubu etc. It doesn' t have to be the most niche thing ever, just something different and I'm sold. And I mean, spotify is great for finding new things too. It sucks for musicians but if you're trying to find your new 30 new wave bands from early 80s or dunno, then yeah, it's a nifty tool.
/mu/ is filled with the usual 4chan suspects (misogynistic, racist, provocateur basement dwellers) and the only thing that makes it worth it is the occasional new recommendation that is just what you were looking for, anon knows his music but since fb groups do that without all the edge I just go there lmao
I found a lot of good music trough Music Talk channels like deep cuts, Fantano(yes, i'm sorry) and The Wonky Angle. Also I think at my level of "deepness" into the genre of Electronic and IDM, Spotify helped me a lot. Not Spotify discover but manually clicking trough "Similar artists" shows some interesting musicians.
I have found that this works for me: 1. You will already need to have a last.fm account 2. Go to the profile pages of your "neighbours" 3. Listen to their top/loved tracks bc there's a high chance of it also being your taste
1. Go to last.fm 2. Search artist you like 3. Click "View All Artists" under the similar artists section 4. Scroll through artists and listen to some songs from them until you find stuff you like Doesn't solve the whole "echo chamber" problem of being stuck in certain genres, but will definitely introduce you to more music in a genre no matter how obscure it is.
RateMyMusic is a site I used very often to search for new, cool music. Especially looking at good genre lists for albums. I must ask, I don’t if one would consider this a bad habit, but does anyone else skim thru a couple songs on an album on Spotify and see if the album “rings with you” so you could listen to it later? Cause the sound of an album really sticks with me and I feel skimming can help someone understand the prominent sound of the album, but the album’s songwriting & structure may be lost out of that process.
I'd call that taste testing for records, and sure, the full effect of an album could be lost doing that, but at least it's a try, and is probably more beneficial than not. Probably not a full proof way of doing it, but not necessarily a bad one either
I go to record stores, read music magazines, Spend some time on Stereogum, Pitchfork and Under the Radar to name a few. Deepthony Cutstano is great too
I wish every artist sold the digital files on Bandcamp. I don't get why they aren't the industry standard. Pay one price to get to download the music in just about every format you desire(there's like 8 options)when other sites have nothing but mp3 or flac[sometimes wav]and you need to pay more to get the flac ofc. Considering you are a tiny minority when you actually buy music to support the artist and don't just fucking stream it for cents the least they could do is not shaft people who want to have all formats in one place.
Personally I use the subreddit /r/Indieheads where a wonderful user /u/VietRooster puts a list every friday of new albums that have been released that week. He does this all year round. I've gotten some great recommendations from there and the comments are always helpful to know which ones to focus on first.
It was actually watching the documentary Sound and Vision on RUclips that got me into David Bowie, they’ve also prompted me to check out other artists as well like the Rolling Stones. But I generally turn to Spotify discover, daily mixes, and release radars to check out new music. My television also has Stingray channels that continuously cycle music, and I found the Struts through that. As well, ARTV is a channel on RUclips I’ve been watching for years for album reviews, rankings, and music insights. I must say though, I live in quite an echo chamber so I’m definitely looking at branching out
Enjoyed this video, ive read a few of the 33 1/3 books. Just wondering if you can name some that are poorly written so i dont go out of my way to read them?
Look at who is touring with and opening for your favorite artists! I learned about Deafhaven and Baroness after going to a concert just to see Zeal and Ardor.
Awesome video as always really appreciate your content, would you ever do a video of your listening setup or how you listen to music( vinyl, cd, or streaming)
Bandcamp is actually pretty solid. I'll go through the first 10-15 pages of bestseller chart. You can also click on people who bought albums you like and find what they else they bought. The genre tag system is also pretty decent. The front page has a new an notable section, as well as a user spotlight at the bottom. Their monthly genre lists are also good.
There is a facebook group called Patrician Music Chartposting. it has 50k members and they lead me to some incredible artists I wouldn't have found otherwise. Reddit can also be a good source especially their flowcharts.
These days I mainly find new music from 1. Spotifys "discover weekly" 2. Music centric media such as this channel and The Needle Drop or Interview podcasts The best way I've experienced was back in the days of Napster and later on DC++. I used to search for some band i already liked and then check out what else the users who shared band also had in their share. Miss those days.
Local donator-supported radio stations in my area are awesome. I find that the university student-dj'ed radio station does a really good job of supporting local bands and playing great music.
Best ever "Rate your music.com" is my source of "best" music from 50's up until today (just search best albums of each year). I like this page, because voters are simple humans and not critics. Sadly some critics today became very close minded and started chasing clicks of what is popular (good example is Pitchfork). That being said... Pitchfork - i wrote their recommended albums of the month from 2003 (start) up until 2010.. or so, when their descent of credibility began (in my eyes). Music compilations in youtube (like My analog journal) - when I want to find some forgotten gems like Japanese funk from 70's. New stuff Album of the year.com - I check them at end of each year, because they compile scores from many publications and see/listen what i missed. Bandcamp Daily - This is like weird and huge goldmine. I can find there anything from genre specific stuff like new jazz or metal releases... or some obscure beauties like french female rappers from 90's. The needledrop - sometimes i check Fantano when i want something "normal" and good. As for metal genre... I check several pages of their end year lists, make excel spreadsheet and then filter out what suits me. Lots of work, but worth it Deep stuff Well... Deep cuts is the best source for that. Thanks to you, Oliver, i got hooked on Aphex Twin and Miles Davis (still waiting for that sweet part 2 about him).
Apart from RYM, I also use AOTY which for me has a friendlier user interface, also small channels like my boys Buffalo Staple, The Wonky Angle and NotRealMusic are really cool
What I've learned when it comes to getting recommendations from someone else, the key word is curation. Identifying others that have a taste that interests you is the best way to get the goods coming. For example, I check out the metal blog angrymetalguy.com here and there. I find that the main spin of the site goes to more melodic offerings which I don't really care about. But some of the writers there (Kronos, Eldrich Elitist) have a taste that falls more in line with what Im searching for, so I look out for their articles. Here are some recommendations: - Mean Deviation is a wonderful progressive metal book. It goes beyond prog, it basically showcases death, black, etc... metal that went a bit out of the norm. - NTS Radio: the most beautiful place on the internet - RateYourMusic: As everyone says, the best to find stuff in new genres - Trial and Error Collective is a web zine I write for :) We wrote about this topic! www.trialanderrorcollective.com/culture--random-beats/august-collective-collaborative-blog-how-to-find-new-music RUclips Channels --------------------------------- - OdiumNostrum: Black Metal - Saturn Archives 土星のアーカイブ: Ambient, electronic, jazz (gorgeous) - SupraDarky: Videogame Soundtracks Seattle area specific --------------------------- - Wall of Sound - Wonderful curation of jazz, idm, ambient, experimental, world music, etc.... Sign up for their newsletter to get free recommendations - Zions Gate Records - Beautiful metal and electronic selection - Gallery 1412 - They bring all the local noise - Black Lodge - Underground local shows of all kinds - Highline - A wonderful metal venue
There's a Spotify playlist called r/listentothis, which updates everyday, and lists songs that have reached the top page of r/listentothis subreddit I go through it from time to time
Allmusic.com is my favorite resource- though use an adblocker as there are lots of ads on the site. As I understand, Allmusic has the biggest database of artists and genres. The vast majority of artists has a biography written about them, and most of the albums have a review and commentary. Plus there is a list of related artists for each artist so you can further explore. Genres and subgenres are defined with lists of artists and albums for each. Rateyourmusic.com has another good database, but with fewer artist biographies. Though RYM has an excellent database of genres.
Ahhh!! Send me that copy of England’s Hidden Reverse when you’re done, please!! Also, do a Coil show. They deserve the love. My fave group. Neubauten? Would be ace. Also, maybe something with weirder jazz. Your jazz episode lead me to Miles Davis’ Evil Live and it’s literally the only thing in his catalog that I keep returning to. Zorn does some great weird stuff, especially live.
Reddit,forums,Wikipedia pages,rym,Spotify,SoundCloud,RUclips,lastfm,music reviews and music blogs, Bandcamp, Bandcamp daily, talking to friends, talking to people on music servers on discord,4 Chan mu, charts, flowcharts,lists, learning artists influences, learning who artists have influenced, Twitter feeds of artists, following labels, finding new labels. All ways to find new music
Also for venues, look into upcoming shows for certain venues and look for upcoming shows in general, personally I use edmtrain a lot when wanting a good show And I'll listen to totally new artists and maybe even go to their show
I'm teaching to yt's algorithm my music taste and honestly he's a good student. And I follow KEXP as well, they bring everyday a new artist, it's very cool and remunerative!
My favorite ❤️ way to find out about new music/bands that I end up loving-- is actually through RUclips!! Their AI program recommend some really good stuff lately!!! And there's also this music player that I like called MH Free Music (found in Google Play store)... It's a weird program that lets you look at other people's playlists that match your criteria- and the playlists have similar types of music in them- or it'll bring up different DJ's who put up an hour/two of (for me) new music...
“I dream of wires” is a pretty good obscure documentary. Martin Scorsese did a doco on George Harrison, kinda hard to beat that right but unlikely qualifies as new music for anyone, was worth a watch for me; I had thought John and Paul were the stars. Muffwigglers is a forum for electronic music producers (niche) that has an archived bunch of threads/discussions about music they like that might be worth a look.
Spotify discovery is a bit of an echo chamber, I'll agree with that always, but their release radar is very helpful for keeping up with everyone you listen to. Helpful when you listen to as many artists as me... Other than that, these are my picks for new stuff: Mixtapes - mixcloud is great but there's tons of publications and blogs who ask artists to make their own and often it leads to great stuff. See FACT magazine for a good example, the Mogwai and Stephen O'Malley ones are my fav picks. Compilation albums - search for a favourite artist and listen to some of those cheap compo CDs that has that one song from them. Discovered Indian Jewelry that way, utter bliss. Bandcamp featured and top lists- for some of the more underground stuff. Really good picks, found Clarice Jensen this way and I'll be utterly thankful for that. Wiki binge the spiteful way - binge until you find music genres or bands whose premise is the most upsetting or ridiculous. Check out the ones you think you could never get into. Well, I got into noise, Sunn O))), and a lot of stuff back in the day this way. Use this if you feel you're ready to explore the beyond. Watch deep cuts - you're already here, you're doing the right thing.
first- BIG FAN! I am glad you've returned. keep up the great work. my own methods of finding new music: last.fm there was a time that last.fm was an amazing resource for new and interesting music. you could put in an artist or micro genre into their search window and get pages and pages of soudalike artists and bands. last.fm also had it's own player to showcase every artist and a way to buy their music. unfortunately...or maybe fortunately, they've teamed up with spotify to use their engine for playing artists. the problem I have with that team up- well, spotify just doesn't have everything. spotify i know, i know, BUT- the bottom section of the page is where the magic lies. the similar artist section is a rabbit hole because one artist you've never a heard of will lead to another and another. also, spotify's artist bio section is littered with hyperlinks to artists, labels (remember when spotify had a decent label search? me neither.) and bands that are part of the artists/bands history. also, playlists are a gold mine. think of your favorite music magazine or blog and chances are they have insane playlists of new music or heavily combed genres. add to that- well I'm afraid there are just so many spotify subscribers that just have time on their hands and have gone so deep down the music dork rabbit hole that you'd expect to meet a golem shaped individual with a stench and wizard beard- but holy shit, THE GEMS that they've found in their lengthy, lengthy lists! youtube youtube has EVERYTHING! they have everything! the amount of new music you will accidentally discover is freaking ridiculous. rare, Japanese released only, limited edition to 100 copy, record store day, flex disc only - i could go, but they're (mostly) all here in full and posted often by a few people. now the downside- youtube music the app kinda sucks. it's just not as fun as regular RUclips. RUclips music vloggers- there are different degrees of quality and consistency when it comes to the music RUclipsrs. on the top tier there's (in no order) theres deepcuts, needledrop, dead end hip hop...and then theres everyone else. imho, no one can match the depth, knowledge and commentary of those 3. I'll stop there. believe me, I could go on. forgive my grammar, missing words and spelling. keep up the good work.
The RUclips Vinyl Community. People talk about their music. I have found so much through them. A few YT channels have helped. The Needle Drop and Deep Cuts. NPR has been great as well as KTEG.
The discovery feature in streaming services has actually done a lot for my discovery in contemporary American jazz, which is a scene I follow closely and hope to be a part of in the future. Starting an album/playlist radio for artists like Kneebody or Mark Giuliana has taken me to some interesting places.
Miles Davis' autobiography is brilliant. Apart from the juicy anecdotes and the incredibly entertaining way it's written, it also taught me a lot about the history of jazz.
Great vid, heres some of the stuff I use to find new music: RYM (rateyourmusic) - you can browse charts, lists, threads, etc. it's a great resource, it's like wikipedia for music reviewers - theneedledrop, you mr deep cuts, micthesnare, the wonky angle, rickthelai, etc. (but I don't watch reviews before listening, don't want it to influence my first listen) friends - you can ask friends what they've been listening to and then it can really help you bond with people and make a friendship cooler and stronger. I've found lots of artists from friends recommendations or from me asking what they've been listening to recently
I'm a big fan of Simon Reynolds and his brilliant books such as Retromania and Rip it up and start again. Strictly recommended. And yeah, WIRE magazine. They also produced several books, such as The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music and Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music. Amazing material.
In addition to these and other strategies, I probably most importantly discover new music by talking to my friends irl. If people you know have good taste, you can mutually benefit each other by sifting through the bad or bland stuff on your own and sharing what you find interesting. This works especially well if they have a better foothold in the underground of a genre you haven't really explored to the same degree.
Spotify makes it unbelievably easy to find. Got to an artist, go to “Fan also likes” and have fun. Type in Blind Lemon Jefferson and do the same. Unless your a music dunce you’re only limited to yourself.
I follow a ton of small labels and try keep up with many releases there. I use rym lists and bandcamp too. Spotify is great for some random recommendations. When I'm looking to further explore a genre I'm not familiar with (been meaning to try more jazz for example since I'm only well versed in metal) I go find articles for starter packs or go on rym and get the top few albums. I follow reviewers on Instagram who come through with great stuff too. And then of course, your channel has been incredibly helpful for those new genres.
The problem for me is not finding new music to listen to but rather how to find the time and attention span etc. to listen to all the interesting music out there :D. Love how you brought up some physical media, physical copies of books+literature+magazines. I have made discoveries through Spotify Discover Weekly. An artist whose music is mostly on Bandcamp more than Spotify, I found him thru Spotifai. There are some good music documentaries/miniseries' as well. The Defiant Ones for example. Didn't blow me away.
1- Research the artists that you like and what were their influences
2-Listen to those influences
Bingo. The influences for just 3 different bands/artists from different genres will yield tons of great new music to discover. Especially really good artists because they usually have tons of influences, many of which are actually outside their genre.
Looking at kurt Cobain's influences was really helpful for young me not knowing he needed noise 😁
Yep, this has always been my go-to method.
Not very helpful for finding underground music. Artists who are popular enough to get interviews usually don't mention obscure underground stuff.
SNC same dude Kurt got me into noise
Rate Your Music has helped me to find some new artists that I'd never heard of before. It's also a good resource for getting into specific genres as the charts section can help you find out which albums are considered 'the best' in a specific genre, giving you a good entry point.
Some users have very extensive lists on one genre, scene or period of time. I don't have an account, but those lists are a good way of finding music, especially obscure albums.
Seconding RYM, I swear by it
Love that site, even if the community can be insufferable at times. Better to just ignore all that and find the good people, lol
@@ThomAvella I don't really get involved in the social aspect of the site so, I can't really say I know that much about its reputation. I just enjoy discovering and rating albums.
rateyourmusic is great for finding some of the most brilliant music that has come out of every year. But do keep in mind that a lot of the picks are very male dominated. Not trying to sound like some SJW here but they will often disregard female artists for doing the exact same thing a male artist has done. Besides that, it's a brilliant resource for finding new music.
1- follow music meme page
2- have the 5 albums they constantly mention and that everyone else who follows generally agrees are good in rotation at all times
hey /mu nerd
Dude I follow so many music meme pages it's like their own little world
Literally all music meme pages have the same taste. They all just like Kendrick, Kanye, Death Grips and Tyler The Creator
Jonathan Morales that’s in pages that are more hip-hop focused. APaigeformusichads is an example of one that’s not rap focused.
@@TheeBus36 yeah bruh pageformusicchads, twerkingtoiwantwindtoblow, carseatbedrest, neutralalmondmilkhotel. Those are all the ones that arent specifically rap
Used to be so much eaiser when RUclips actually showed you related music on the side and not multiple uploads of what youre currently listening to.
Now it's just college radio and What's in my Bag?
when you log out (and probably have the cookies deleted) it will usually show related songs to the one you'Re listeing. Even some that have only a few hundred clicks! That'S how I browse YT for music usually...
there's just so much content and not enough time :(
Just take your time, more or less - pick an album or discography from that fits your vibe at the moment, and dive into it head-first. You won't catch up to every single release anyway, and finding 4-5 albums that will define your year is already an admirable task in itself.
@@JennyTheNerdBat appreciate the advice, i always try to listen to as much music as I can with enough time, instead of only listening through it once and move on to the next thing, but things get so overwhelming sometimes when so much is being released at once and I can't get through all of them even though I want to aha, sometimes I also tend to over listen to something I really like instead of trying to discover new music which is a annoying habit I have
time to get existential
Pragadesh Prakash but think about how long you’ll live. Nowadays thanks to modern medicine, we’re able to live for more time than any of ancestors were able to and you’re able to explore different genres from different eras so easily, if you keep listening to many albums, think about how much you’ll have listened in just a few years, so there’s no rush, just take your time and save the music you like the most
Go to record stores and ask the owner for reccomendations. If found amazing music through my local record store
"local record store". Now, that's something that I haven't heard in a LONG time !
i don't want to go to my local record store, its super seedy, only open for like 8 hours a week and i'm pretty sure is some sort of cover for drugs or something.
@@oscarlove4394 😃
@@oscarlove4394 that's how you know it's good wtf
My "local record store" is an hour away cause i live in the rural south of the US nobody around here cares enough to open one unless its in one of the big cities
Your "5 albums to get you into..." series has been very helpful to me to discover new music. 🖤
i have an EP out now called Wishing on One if your looking for more music :))))
Thanks for the great tips! Research about my favorite artist's influences is a great way for me personally to find new music. I also listened to a ton of stuff on Bandcamp too back in 2017. Might do that again cause you reminded me of how much new music i discovered. Cheers!
For electronic music in particular, I like to look at the music labels, where you can find other producers who also release on the same label
Warp and Mute Records has lead me in some great directions with this method.
Yeee this is really accurate. Probably the best way of finding new House/garage/dnb etc
True, warp covers most of the greatest artists in the IDM, ambient and electronic world
Honestly I do 2 things
1. Go to the record store and pick the weirdest looking record from the dollar bin
2. Research influences and then research the influences of those influences
i have an EP out now called Wishing on One if your looking for more music :)))
Do you hearing music just in free time, fully focused on it, or even while doing something other?
I've recognized my addiction which comes up, while hearing music to fuel other doings through getting emotionally motivated by hearing music.
Would be great to hear something of your thoughts and behaviours of that.
Thanks for doing all of that, Oliver!!
ni hey yes!
and also, i love
#everythingisnoise.net/ -
for a bunch of metal distinction
#produced Manfred Eichner album's are good, ecm-Recordings as an overral decision for post modern classics really delicious.
I'd honestly love to hear Oliver's perspective on this too. Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing it right (listening to something new, basically) if I'm not managing to focus on the music every instant in a quiet room or if I'm really getting enough out of it if I listen on crappy headphones during my commute? Or while doing something else? While high or drunk? Is there a right way to listen to music? Of course everyone has favorites that you already know the ins and outs of and can listen to in just about any context and relive the emotions and hear the song perfectly, but in particular I guess I'm wondering about NEW music you can't say the same about. Just nervous sometimes I'm not experiencing the art to its fullest.
@@SeanPeckham-xe2gt not necessarily looking for a definitive or prescriptive "right way" but more like are there situations where you're not getting as much out of the art as you can. For instance, you could "read" a book by just glazing your eyes over the pages and maybe catching every other word, paying little attention, but you wouldn't really experience the art in a way most people would agree to be optimal or the way the artist intended. You could walk through an art gallery with paintings in your peripheral vision but you wouldn't really be experiencing the art, in the same way you could listen to an album while vacuum sweeping. There's certainly value in experiencing art in the way the artist didn't intend but people don't usually seek that experience out (you could listen to albums and songs backwards, for instance)
In general I think it's interesting the variety of ways we experience music and how it's a bit unlike how we experience a lot of other art which tends to require more deliberate effort. That's up for debate though.
@@augustvincent7514 nice comments, Josh. The 'deliberate effort'-thing stays in the focus in all of that I guess. Oftentimes the keymoments to get in a new kind of music, are the moments when we are fully open and conscious. Therefore we are able to attach our emotions to the piece of music, which is all what music is for? -flowing through emotions with rhythms, harmonies and stillness by giving space and time to let them flow. Ok, thats to philosophical.
It would be great to hear Oliver's opinion, because different perspectives form our own behaviour. In case of my personal satisfaction, it's great to get into some new kind of music or artist only after a several of listenings. Than its like a wow-effect, spontaneously connecting and interacting and seeing the music from a new perspective.
I have a unique way of finding music. I watch musicians livestream on RUclips and turn on chat. People flood chat asking the streamer to listen to a song. I sit there and write the names of songs they say and then add them to my Watch Later playlist.
I'll also watch videos of people asking their audience about crazy concert experiences and look up every band mentioned, find out what their best album is, then add four random songs from that album to my Watch Later.
My Watch Later has about 4900 videos on it. All songs. I listen to them while driving, clearing out ones I don't like, and saving ones I do.
How do you find random livestream musicians?
@@thediamonddog95 That's the hard part. Music reviewers who livestream is another option.
@@ZyrusSmith Ok. Thank you.
1. RUclips recommendations are surprisingly good in my experience.
2. As a metalhead, I love Metal Archives for listing all side projects band members can have, which becomes a quick six degrees of separation type exercise into all sorts of interesting things, since there's often a lot of interesting guests and other artists involved too.
3. band interviews
4. retrying things you may not have liked before a year ago. That's how I have now become a Death Grips fan.
4. Is quite underrated
4. It has happened to me with Mr. bungle
I go through whosampled.com and find other artists that sampled my other favorite artists.
I strongly recommend books of Simon Reynolds. I've read "Retromania", now I'm reading "Rip It Up and Start Again" about postpunk and I'm gonna buy "Energy Flash" about electronic music. I love writing style of this guy
Patrician Music Chartposting on Facebook have pointed me in a few good directions over the years
just go straight to the source and visit the daily chart threads on /mu/
same
@@fayubstay I thought /mu/ talks more about the bell curve now days than music
@@DANKKrish they talk about a lot of shit but in general chart/share threads are still a great way to find new music.
I've been in the group for years now, and although I love it and have discovered great stuff, sometimes I feel people are always talking about the same albums over and over.
i must say the /mu/ essential list, even thoug it just a massive hipster circlejerk, it really got me from basically only listening to top 100 music to being more inclined to listening to more "underground" stuff. and allso last .fm
and of course you and fantano :)
their genre charts honestly super good for getting into new artists
I like RYM a lot. Only issue I think I have is their “rockist” attitudes result in a lot of electronic albums being super underrated.
Subreddits dedicated to a genre are good places to start
Bruh I only find my music from Meme Compilations and I accept no false idols 😤😤
I ask everyone I meet to recommend me some of their favorite artists, then keep a big list of stuff I've been recommended. Great way to hear stuff you normally might not have found
Haven't seen anyone say this yet but thank you so so much for this video. With so many people on the internet playing mysterious or "superior" because of their music tastes and findings these days, I feel that you are truly setting an example, as well as showing the more independent, hopeful musicians out there that their content matters and is appreciated while showing fans of music a path to finding them out at the same time. Killer work Oliver, cheers!
Shoutout to The Quietus for putting me onto an unreal number of albums, most recently Lorraine James 'You & I'. Easily one of the most valuable resources for finding new music.
My favourite source of music right now, those guys are amazing.
Hell yeah
Still really glad to have Deep Cuts back, always a pleasure to watch these videos
Honestly youtube reccomended gives me a lot of different great stuff. It showed me Ryo Fukui, No Buses, Gabor Szabo, The Caretaker, soundtrack from the Angel's Egg(which has now become my favourite movie) several good yugoslavian bands(most notably Pauk), some cool playlists(math rock, post rock, the doomer playlists are nice sometimes). I keep putting it in "watch later" and forgetting about it, but honestly I've fallen in love with so much shit that yt has shown me
The plant in the back reminds me of Plantasia album cover.
TASTE
An effective method for me is festival lineups. If I consider it a strong lineup from bands I already know, it's usually a great resource for finding lots of great bands at a time.
Digging around the Bandcamp playground, following interesting artists and labels, that is my main source for new music. Otherwise I would highly recommend Submithub.
Recently i've been using Sonemic.com It's an offshoot of RYM and is still in its Beta phase so it doesn't have anything post-2017, but it's like RYM but with much improved search functions via multiple genre selections and even descriptors. Album pages also include recommended albums based on data collected from RYM
1: Make a spotify playlist with some music that you love but dont listen to a lot of in that genre,
2: Finish listening to the playlist
3: Skip recommended song until you see something new
4: Enjoy
I find my music from ImDontai reacts like a real patrician music consessiour 😚😚😈😈😈
Facebook plebs unite
Shut up danny
i have an EP out now called Wishing on One if your looking for more music :))))
A tip for finding obscure stuff: random-album.com. I like that it is choosing random atuff from Bandcamp probably no one has ever listened to
One secret I've realised is different types of music need different strategies for discovering new music. If you consistently use only rym you limit yourself from the genres, artists scenes that rym doesnt represent well, for me that was riddim dubstep, space bass and psytrance
1:06 - funny enough, I actually discovered Sonic Youth through a passing mention in your No Wave guide! Kind of the reverse. They've since become one of my all time favourites, so thanks for that!
i’m a big fan of this autobiography called. Love is a mixtape because the author worked for Rolling Stone and uses lots of music references throughout the novel.
My favorite music book is by far "Please Kill Me", it's an oral history of the New York proto punk scene. Amazing interviews with Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, and others. Endlessly entertaining and insightful, and it taught me of so many awesome, obscure NY punk bands
I've found a lot of acts I love through the Underrated Albums channel.
If you like Krautrock and Japannoise then Julian Cope's excellent books Krautrocksampler and Japrocksampler are worth reading.
Musicalcharts on Instagram is a really great resource. They have pretty good guides to genres and artists, and they also post like 10-20 albums that I’ve never heard of on their story daily (haven’t been too consistent with that lately but oh well). Also Apple Music has the “You might like” section at the bottom of most albums and that has shown me so many of my favorite artists
FUCKEDBYNOISE is really good music blog about noise-rock
A bit unusual, but i've found some great stuff through everynoise.com
It's like going to a supermarket for music and sampling everything you can see. Plus you can dive deeper.
this is how i found Emptyset which was one of my favorite duos last year, and i still really like
Step 1 take a admission on Jullyard Music school
Step 2 Forget the world and
Step 3 Go and walk around the music library's
Step 4 And Finish all the Music library with a under stable every single page
Step 5: implementation Experimental.
Step 6: Goals you have Only discover a new music.
Step 7:/ practice practice practice
CoverKillerNation, who sadly recently stopped making vids, has been for 10 years a great source for Metal recommendations on RUclips! Most recently he put out his favourite albums of all time and introduced me to Maudlin of the Well and i'm currently loving their album Bath. He might have stopped, but he has a huge catalog of album reviews and lists that can be watched.
BangerTV is another YT channel that focuses on Metal and is currently still ongoing.
Velocities in Music (more YT) used to do standard music reviews, but a few years ago swapped that out for more longform Podcast type videos. They're great for music discussions and specific topics as well as doing Artist Deep-Dives themselves!
music mags MOJO, UNCUT,SHINDIG ,MIXMAG,DJ MAG . also the local libary plenty hundreds of music books ,youtube vloggers just by searching youtube , music websites stereogum etc internet searches , newspapers , during the 90s just had Q mag mtv the radio and national tv .
This is the greatest time too discover new bands old albums the younger generation really cannot understand fully how limited things were myself i have found great albums i missed from the 90s my advice is too make the most of it while it lasts who knows the future maybe the internet will end .
To me, Rollins' KCRW show is a must even if someone has an eclectic taste already - I'm not really all that much into old punk anymore, but Henry has a damn great taste (even if him playing Ruts and Damned all the time is a tad silly). His new book is cool, but mostly for his massive fans really.
Another source to me are Quietus and Louder Than War (what can I say, I'm basic) and reviewers such as Spectrum Pulse, who, thanks to not being as popular as melontango fontanino have chance to review some less known albums for indie kids - I don't really like country or americana, but damn does Mark know his shit.
Another thing - interviews with musicians I admire. Honestly, how many 'musician's musicians) I learned about in that way is bonkers. Like Cardiacs or Screaming Jay or Pere Ubu etc. It doesn' t have to be the most niche thing ever, just something different and I'm sold.
And I mean, spotify is great for finding new things too. It sucks for musicians but if you're trying to find your new 30 new wave bands from early 80s or dunno, then yeah, it's a nifty tool.
/mu/ is filled with the usual 4chan suspects (misogynistic, racist, provocateur basement dwellers) and the only thing that makes it worth it is the occasional new recommendation that is just what you were looking for, anon knows his music
but since fb groups do that without all the edge I just go there lmao
Same.
I've found myself a little home in Patrician Music Chartposting and >implying we can discuss music
I found a lot of good music trough Music Talk channels like deep cuts, Fantano(yes, i'm sorry) and The Wonky Angle. Also I think at my level of "deepness" into the genre of Electronic and IDM, Spotify helped me a lot. Not Spotify discover but manually clicking trough "Similar artists" shows some interesting musicians.
I have found that this works for me:
1. You will already need to have a last.fm account
2. Go to the profile pages of your "neighbours"
3. Listen to their top/loved tracks bc there's a high chance of it also being your taste
1. Go to last.fm
2. Search artist you like
3. Click "View All Artists" under the similar artists section
4. Scroll through artists and listen to some songs from them until you find stuff you like
Doesn't solve the whole "echo chamber" problem of being stuck in certain genres, but will definitely introduce you to more music in a genre no matter how obscure it is.
RateMyMusic is a site I used very often to search for new, cool music. Especially looking at good genre lists for albums.
I must ask, I don’t if one would consider this a bad habit, but does anyone else skim thru a couple songs on an album on Spotify and see if the album “rings with you” so you could listen to it later?
Cause the sound of an album really sticks with me and I feel skimming can help someone understand the prominent sound of the album, but the album’s songwriting & structure may be lost out of that process.
I'd call that taste testing for records, and sure, the full effect of an album could be lost doing that, but at least it's a try, and is probably more beneficial than not. Probably not a full proof way of doing it, but not necessarily a bad one either
yeah i do that too, we aint got all day after all
There's this forum called musicbanter.com which I've been following for years now with lot of good people with deep and varied taste in music.
I go to record stores, read music magazines, Spend some time on Stereogum, Pitchfork and Under the Radar to name a few. Deepthony Cutstano is great too
RUclips has been doing great for finding me new music recently
I wish every artist sold the digital files on Bandcamp. I don't get why they aren't the industry standard. Pay one price to get to download the music in just about every format you desire(there's like 8 options)when other sites have nothing but mp3 or flac[sometimes wav]and you need to pay more to get the flac ofc. Considering you are a tiny minority when you actually buy music to support the artist and don't just fucking stream it for cents the least they could do is not shaft people who want to have all formats in one place.
Personally I use the subreddit /r/Indieheads where a wonderful user /u/VietRooster puts a list every friday of new albums that have been released that week. He does this all year round. I've gotten some great recommendations from there and the comments are always helpful to know which ones to focus on first.
It was actually watching the documentary Sound and Vision on RUclips that got me into David Bowie, they’ve also prompted me to check out other artists as well like the Rolling Stones. But I generally turn to Spotify discover, daily mixes, and release radars to check out new music. My television also has Stingray channels that continuously cycle music, and I found the Struts through that. As well, ARTV is a channel on RUclips I’ve been watching for years for album reviews, rankings, and music insights. I must say though, I live in quite an echo chamber so I’m definitely looking at branching out
Enjoyed this video, ive read a few of the 33 1/3 books. Just wondering if you can name some that are poorly written so i dont go out of my way to read them?
Look at who is touring with and opening for your favorite artists! I learned about Deafhaven and Baroness after going to a concert just to see Zeal and Ardor.
The Wire and the Quietus changed my life. Also John Peel but he is gone and no one has filled that gap
Why find new music when I have Hounds of Love by Kate Bush??
Awesome video as always really appreciate your content, would you ever do a video of your listening setup or how you listen to music( vinyl, cd, or streaming)
Bandcamp is actually pretty solid. I'll go through the first 10-15 pages of bestseller chart. You can also click on people who bought albums you like and find what they else they bought. The genre tag system is also pretty decent. The front page has a new an notable section, as well as a user spotlight at the bottom. Their monthly genre lists are also good.
There is a facebook group called Patrician Music Chartposting. it has 50k members and they lead me to some incredible artists I wouldn't have found otherwise. Reddit can also be a good source especially their flowcharts.
bro...oliver just fucking snog me eh
how to find new music: listen to whatever Fantano wears a yellow flannel for
JoshTheGreat33 gross
sarcasm doesn’t come across over text i see
These days I mainly find new music from
1. Spotifys "discover weekly"
2. Music centric media such as this channel and The Needle Drop or Interview podcasts
The best way I've experienced was back in the days of Napster and later on DC++. I used to search for some band i already liked and then check out what else the users who shared band also had in their share. Miss those days.
harakiri diat youtube channel is amazing
WFMU's heavily played records mailing list, for me.
Local donator-supported radio stations in my area are awesome. I find that the university student-dj'ed radio station does a really good job of supporting local bands and playing great music.
Best ever
"Rate your music.com" is my source of "best" music from 50's up until today (just search best albums of each year). I like this page, because voters are simple humans and not critics. Sadly some critics today became very close minded and started chasing clicks of what is popular (good example is Pitchfork). That being said...
Pitchfork - i wrote their recommended albums of the month from 2003 (start) up until 2010.. or so, when their descent of credibility began (in my eyes).
Music compilations in youtube (like My analog journal) - when I want to find some forgotten gems like Japanese funk from 70's.
New stuff
Album of the year.com - I check them at end of each year, because they compile scores from many publications and see/listen what i missed.
Bandcamp Daily - This is like weird and huge goldmine. I can find there anything from genre specific stuff like new jazz or metal releases... or some obscure beauties like french female rappers from 90's.
The needledrop - sometimes i check Fantano when i want something "normal" and good.
As for metal genre... I check several pages of their end year lists, make excel spreadsheet and then filter out what suits me. Lots of work, but worth it
Deep stuff
Well... Deep cuts is the best source for that. Thanks to you, Oliver, i got hooked on Aphex Twin and Miles Davis (still waiting for that sweet part 2 about him).
Povilas Šliuželis Thanks for the tips. It’s albumoftheyear.org btw.
I love Finders Keepers records, they've got a really interesting catalogue.
Use NTS Radio, Worldwide FM, KEXP, really helpful radio stations
Freeform Portland is another fabulous radio station with super diverse shows
i have an EP out now called Wishing on One if your looking for more music :))))
Apart from RYM, I also use AOTY which for me has a friendlier user interface, also small channels like my boys Buffalo Staple, The Wonky Angle and NotRealMusic are really cool
What I've learned when it comes to getting recommendations from someone else, the key word is curation. Identifying others that have a taste that interests you is the best way to get the goods coming. For example, I check out the metal blog angrymetalguy.com here and there. I find that the main spin of the site goes to more melodic offerings which I don't really care about. But some of the writers there (Kronos, Eldrich Elitist) have a taste that falls more in line with what Im searching for, so I look out for their articles.
Here are some recommendations:
- Mean Deviation is a wonderful progressive metal book. It goes beyond prog, it basically showcases death, black, etc... metal that went a bit out of the norm.
- NTS Radio: the most beautiful place on the internet
- RateYourMusic: As everyone says, the best to find stuff in new genres
- Trial and Error Collective is a web zine I write for :) We wrote about this topic!
www.trialanderrorcollective.com/culture--random-beats/august-collective-collaborative-blog-how-to-find-new-music
RUclips Channels
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- OdiumNostrum: Black Metal
- Saturn Archives 土星のアーカイブ: Ambient, electronic, jazz (gorgeous)
- SupraDarky: Videogame Soundtracks
Seattle area specific
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- Wall of Sound - Wonderful curation of jazz, idm, ambient, experimental, world music, etc.... Sign up for their newsletter to get free recommendations
- Zions Gate Records - Beautiful metal and electronic selection
- Gallery 1412 - They bring all the local noise
- Black Lodge - Underground local shows of all kinds
- Highline - A wonderful metal venue
There's a Spotify playlist called r/listentothis, which updates everyday, and lists songs that have reached the top page of r/listentothis subreddit
I go through it from time to time
Three words: progarchives dot com.
Allmusic.com is my favorite resource- though use an adblocker as there are lots of ads on the site. As I understand, Allmusic has the biggest database of artists and genres. The vast majority of artists has a biography written about them, and most of the albums have a review and commentary. Plus there is a list of related artists for each artist so you can further explore. Genres and subgenres are defined with lists of artists and albums for each. Rateyourmusic.com has another good database, but with fewer artist biographies. Though RYM has an excellent database of genres.
Ahhh!! Send me that copy of England’s Hidden Reverse when you’re done, please!!
Also, do a Coil show. They deserve the love. My fave group. Neubauten? Would be ace. Also, maybe something with weirder jazz. Your jazz episode lead me to Miles Davis’ Evil Live and it’s literally the only thing in his catalog that I keep returning to. Zorn does some great weird stuff, especially live.
Deep Cuts 5 albums to get you to...
once you train your youtube recommendations enough, you will get obscure bands and records flying in your direction
Detriti Records has some great non-western music.
Their highlight band is Molchat Doma.
Reddit,forums,Wikipedia pages,rym,Spotify,SoundCloud,RUclips,lastfm,music reviews and music blogs, Bandcamp, Bandcamp daily, talking to friends, talking to people on music servers on discord,4 Chan mu, charts, flowcharts,lists, learning artists influences, learning who artists have influenced, Twitter feeds of artists, following labels, finding new labels. All ways to find new music
Being curious and wanting to explore is the big thing for finding new music
Also for venues, look into upcoming shows for certain venues and look for upcoming shows in general, personally I use edmtrain a lot when wanting a good show And I'll listen to totally new artists and maybe even go to their show
I'm teaching to yt's algorithm my music taste and honestly he's a good student. And I follow KEXP as well, they bring everyday a new artist, it's very cool and remunerative!
My favorite ❤️ way to find out about new music/bands that I end up loving-- is actually through RUclips!! Their AI program recommend some really good stuff lately!!! And there's also this music player that I like called MH Free Music (found in Google Play store)... It's a weird program that lets you look at other people's playlists that match your criteria- and the playlists have similar types of music in them- or it'll bring up different DJ's who put up an hour/two of (for me) new music...
“I dream of wires” is a pretty good obscure documentary. Martin Scorsese did a doco on George Harrison, kinda hard to beat that right but unlikely qualifies as new music for anyone, was worth a watch for me; I had thought John and Paul were the stars. Muffwigglers is a forum for electronic music producers (niche) that has an archived bunch of threads/discussions about music they like that might be worth a look.
a lot of times on spotify artists have their own playlists on their page. seeing the music your favorite artists listen to broadens everything.
When scrolling through soundcloud, I go through the artist I follow already and see who they follow. I find tons of cool artist.
Find alot of good music on youtube
Spotify discovery is a bit of an echo chamber, I'll agree with that always, but their release radar is very helpful for keeping up with everyone you listen to. Helpful when you listen to as many artists as me...
Other than that, these are my picks for new stuff:
Mixtapes - mixcloud is great but there's tons of publications and blogs who ask artists to make their own and often it leads to great stuff. See FACT magazine for a good example, the Mogwai and Stephen O'Malley ones are my fav picks.
Compilation albums - search for a favourite artist and listen to some of those cheap compo CDs that has that one song from them. Discovered Indian Jewelry that way, utter bliss.
Bandcamp featured and top lists- for some of the more underground stuff. Really good picks, found Clarice Jensen this way and I'll be utterly thankful for that.
Wiki binge the spiteful way - binge until you find music genres or bands whose premise is the most upsetting or ridiculous. Check out the ones you think you could never get into. Well, I got into noise, Sunn O))), and a lot of stuff back in the day this way. Use this if you feel you're ready to explore the beyond.
Watch deep cuts - you're already here, you're doing the right thing.
first- BIG FAN! I am glad you've returned. keep up the great work.
my own methods of finding new music:
last.fm
there was a time that last.fm was an amazing resource for new and interesting music. you could put in an artist or micro genre into their search window and get pages and pages of soudalike artists and bands. last.fm also had it's own player to showcase every artist and a way to buy their music. unfortunately...or maybe fortunately, they've teamed up with spotify to use their engine for playing artists. the problem I have with that team up- well, spotify just doesn't have everything.
spotify
i know, i know, BUT- the bottom section of the page is where the magic lies. the similar artist section is a rabbit hole because one artist you've never a heard of will lead to another and another. also, spotify's artist bio section is littered with hyperlinks to artists, labels (remember when spotify had a decent label search? me neither.) and bands that are part of the artists/bands history. also, playlists are a gold mine. think of your favorite music magazine or blog and chances are they have insane playlists of new music or heavily combed genres. add to that- well I'm afraid there are just so many spotify subscribers that just have time on their hands and have gone so deep down the music dork rabbit hole that you'd expect to meet a golem shaped individual with a stench and wizard beard- but holy shit, THE GEMS that they've found in their lengthy, lengthy lists!
youtube
youtube has EVERYTHING! they have everything! the amount of new music you will accidentally discover is freaking ridiculous. rare, Japanese released only, limited edition to 100 copy, record store day, flex disc only - i could go, but they're (mostly) all here in full and posted often by a few people. now the downside- youtube music the app kinda sucks. it's just not as fun as regular RUclips.
RUclips music vloggers-
there are different degrees of quality and consistency when it comes to the music RUclipsrs. on the top tier there's (in no order) theres deepcuts, needledrop, dead end hip hop...and then theres everyone else. imho, no one can match the depth, knowledge and commentary of those 3.
I'll stop there. believe me, I could go on. forgive my grammar, missing words and spelling.
keep up the good work.
One music book you should all get familiar with - "Retromania" by Simon Reynolds
The RUclips Vinyl Community. People talk about their music. I have found so much through them. A few YT channels have helped. The Needle Drop and Deep Cuts. NPR has been great as well as KTEG.
The discovery feature in streaming services has actually done a lot for my discovery in contemporary American jazz, which is a scene I follow closely and hope to be a part of in the future. Starting an album/playlist radio for artists like Kneebody or Mark Giuliana has taken me to some interesting places.
Miles Davis' autobiography is brilliant. Apart from the juicy anecdotes and the incredibly entertaining way it's written, it also taught me a lot about the history of jazz.
Great vid, heres some of the stuff I use to find new music:
RYM (rateyourmusic) - you can browse charts, lists, threads, etc. it's a great resource, it's like wikipedia for music
reviewers - theneedledrop, you mr deep cuts, micthesnare, the wonky angle, rickthelai, etc. (but I don't watch reviews before listening, don't want it to influence my first listen)
friends - you can ask friends what they've been listening to and then it can really help you bond with people and make a friendship cooler and stronger. I've found lots of artists from friends recommendations or from me asking what they've been listening to recently
Dog if only my friends had taste
I'm a big fan of Simon Reynolds and his brilliant books such as Retromania and Rip it up and start again. Strictly recommended.
And yeah, WIRE magazine. They also produced several books, such as The Wire Primers: A Guide to Modern Music and Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music. Amazing material.
In addition to these and other strategies, I probably most importantly discover new music by talking to my friends irl. If people you know have good taste, you can mutually benefit each other by sifting through the bad or bland stuff on your own and sharing what you find interesting. This works especially well if they have a better foothold in the underground of a genre you haven't really explored to the same degree.
Spotify makes it unbelievably easy to find. Got to an artist, go to “Fan also likes” and have fun.
Type in Blind Lemon Jefferson and do the same. Unless your a music dunce you’re only limited to yourself.
I follow a ton of small labels and try keep up with many releases there. I use rym lists and bandcamp too. Spotify is great for some random recommendations. When I'm looking to further explore a genre I'm not familiar with (been meaning to try more jazz for example since I'm only well versed in metal) I go find articles for starter packs or go on rym and get the top few albums. I follow reviewers on Instagram who come through with great stuff too. And then of course, your channel has been incredibly helpful for those new genres.
The problem for me is not finding new music to listen to but rather how to find the time and attention span etc. to listen to all the interesting music out there :D. Love how you brought up some physical media, physical copies of books+literature+magazines. I have made discoveries through Spotify Discover Weekly. An artist whose music is mostly on Bandcamp more than Spotify, I found him thru Spotifai. There are some good music documentaries/miniseries' as well. The Defiant Ones for example. Didn't blow me away.
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