The Discovery Chamber: Where Do You Find New Music?

~~James~~ · 01-14-2015, 09:27 AM

The Quietus and Tiny Mix Tapes consistently turn me onto the most interesting, onscure stuff. Everything else I get from here, RYM, or listening to BBC 6 Music.

Psy-Fi · 01-14-2015, 09:59 AM

YouTube
Last.fm
Friends
College radio stations in my area
Music blogs
Musicbanter
Concerts/festivals
Films
Archive.org
Various mailing lists I subscribe to.

Isbjørn · 01-14-2015, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylstew

You know, it's easy to find music I like, but it's so difficult to find music I love.
It always happens really unexpected. Sometimes when listening to something over time, sometimes in an instant the first time I listen to it.

Yep, agreed. Last album I fell in love with was Loveless, very recently. Been long since an album has made me instantly love it like that.

Carpe Mortem · 01-14-2015, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylstew

There's no regularly active punk plug.dj everytime I look, at least in my timezone :c.

No recs on that kind of room, sorry man. But there's a great one called eclectica something that plays a huge variety of tunes with good regulars.

Dylstew · 01-15-2015, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

No recs on that kind of room, sorry man. But there's a great one called eclectica something that plays a huge variety of tunes with good regulars.

Why is Punk not more popular? :c.

HellCell · 01-15-2015, 06:09 AM

For me is more so of an issue of finding the time and interest to discover music. If so I got more resources than I can digest through the internet.

If you want examples, Last.fm, forums (not just this one), YouTube, (hit hotlinks on the side or dive into the whole channel).

JennyOndioline · 01-15-2015, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by James

The Quietus and Tiny Mix Tapes consistently turn me onto the most interesting, onscure stuff.

Both of these sites are ace! Especially love The Quietus, their articles are a bit better written than TMT (depending on how much you love TMT's snark, I guess).

I also frequently peruse Resident Advisor (electronic focus), The Wild Honey Pie (indie / folk focus), and a couple other music forums, in addition to KEXP.org's Song of the Day podcast. The rest is just luck and patience.

Josef K · 01-16-2015, 08:05 PM

Yeah, Tiny Mix Tapes is great - I really appreciate that they're willing to give their writers a lot of freedom and use the full range of their grades (as opposed to, like, Pitchfork, where three-quarters of stuff gets somewhere from a five to an eight).

JennyOndioline · 01-18-2015, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

Yeah, Tiny Mix Tapes is great - I really appreciate that they're willing to give their writers a lot of freedom and use the full range of their grades (as opposed to, like, Pitchfork, where three-quarters of stuff gets somewhere from a five to an eight).

I miss the old days of P4K giving people 0s and instead of a review just posting a youtube video of a monkey drinking its own pee. They're basically Rolling Stone 2.0 now.

Norg · 01-18-2015, 01:24 PM

I try and go to the record stores well at least the 5 we have left in this city and dig through the hole store to find some music post some stuff on my phone and buy some stuff the music mags there also have a wealth of info

other then that all of what yall said the problem is TIME time or effort 2 do this shift through this stuff

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HellCell Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 272	For me is more so of an issue of finding the time and interest to discover music. If so I got more resources than I can digest through the internet. If you want examples, Last.fm, forums (not just this one), YouTube, (hit hotlinks on the side or dive into the whole channel). __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/deannewb Last edited by HellCell; 01-16-2015 at 12:18 AM.

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~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	The Quietus and Tiny Mix Tapes consistently turn me onto the most interesting, onscure stuff. Everything else I get from here, RYM, or listening to BBC 6 Music.

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Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	Yeah, Tiny Mix Tapes is great - I really appreciate that they're willing to give their writers a lot of freedom and use the full range of their grades (as opposed to, like, Pitchfork, where three-quarters of stuff gets somewhere from a five to an eight).

01-18-2015, 01:24 PM	#40 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	I try and go to the record stores well at least the 5 we have left in this city and dig through the hole store to find some music post some stuff on my phone and buy some stuff the music mags there also have a wealth of info other then that all of what yall said the problem is TIME time or effort 2 do this shift through this stuff