Given we all live in a decidedly niche music sphere, I thought it might be helpful if we share our tips/tricks for finding new artists. Here’s my tried and true: everynoise.com

  • Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    As lame as it is, YouTube and word of mouth.

    As much as I hate Google, YouTube’s discovery suggestions usually work for me. Offline, one of my high school buddies fronts a sludge/stoner metal band but is one of those deep diving metalheads that’s always checking out new stuff. He’ll send me links, or come by with a cd or thumb drive of stuff to listen to while we fart around. That’s pretty much it lol

  • TiredTarsier@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    Accidently from memes, nowadays (sadly). I found out about Simpsonwave and Phonk that way and the latest that I found out was this trio of retired Englishmen who decided to start do freestyle hip hop music on their spare time. While I am more of the “milk from a dirty glass” -kind of lifestyle of a person, I like the attitude behind those filfthy lyrics and how they break age norms. The trio is called The Northern Boys and I would say Party Time is a good song to start 🤣

    YouTube was a major source for me, before they did something with their algorithm and how they messed up search function by adding more recommended and promoted content rather than show only the actual results. I love to find good music videos. Like Felix Colgrave made a really cool music video for Fever The Ghost’s song SOURCE.

  • teemuki@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been using the custom chart function at https://rateyourmusic.com/ recently. It allows me to drill down to highly specific combinations of genres, influences and descriptors, such as “instrumental noise rock influenced by krautrock” or “noisy avant-prog influenced by post-punk”. Back in the day I discovered a lot of new music from obscure internet radio stations. Recommendation algorithms however have never worked for me, they usually just recommend stuff I already know.

  • ziltoid101@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I find last.fm is second-to-none for finding personal recommendations. Beyond that, I like to keep up to date with all the top prog albums on RateYourMusic, SputnikMusic, Metalstorm, and Progarchives - I won’t love everything but it’s a good way to find newly released gems.

    • zagaberoo@sopuli.xyz
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      2 years ago

      Do you scrobble your listenings? I used to be all about that but it feels much harder in the age of music streaming.

      • ziltoid101@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        I just have it synced up to spotify. I love crunching numbers so I don’t mind deleting the odd extra scrobble or reconnecting spotify when it disconnects (happens annoyingly often) so I can have as accurate stats as possible. It’s also really great for nostalgia. I’ve had it for six years now and it’s great to go back and see what the top albums were I was vibing to several summers ago and stuff like that.

  • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one
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    2 years ago

    I have two strategies I use interchangeably.

    1. Pick a song (not artist) you want to listen to, and use the “radio” option for that song. The first 10-20 tracks are almost always bands you already know/listen to, but if you shuffle it, pretty soon you’ll be hearing bands that aren’t in your rotation. When you like one, go to that artist and queue up some of their popular songs to see if it’s your jam!

    2. Whenever I’m going to a concert, I look up all the openers setlists on setlist.fm and make a spotify playlist of at least half of those songs, usually the ones with the most plays. That way I have at least heard 3-4 songs they might play so I can get into them a little, but also, I know if they’re worth skipping or not!

    Honestly, this is how I’ve discovered almost all the “new” music I listen to. This is how I found out Amity Affliction was still a band (hadn’t listened to them since at least 2012) and had a BANGER album just release. It’s how I found out about Make them Suffer, Bad Omens, Lorna Shore, Currents, Ballyhoo!, the Midnight, Siamese, and TONS of other bands I listen to regularly now!

  • AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m glad you asked this question, I’ve stagnated on my music discovery lately.

    I’ve been a broken blob since a few months before COVID, and it’s been hard to get back to being myself, but I used to discover things through the live music scene. This isn’t practical advice though, because I was aware of what was going on because I was a drummer without a band, but a willingness to sub in whenever it was convenient. So many bands are desperate for a drummer that they’ll even take a mediocre one like me. It meant I got to play alongside and hang out with some really good bands (as well as some shit ones, but the live scene do be like that)