Ask HN: How do you discover music?

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Every Noice at Once

I'm a fan of https://everynoise.com/ > Every Noise at Once is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 5,957 genre-shaped distinctions by Spotify as of 2022-09-12. The calibration is fuzzy, but in general down is more organic, up is more mechanical and electric; left is denser and more atmospheric, right is spikier and bouncier.

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Rate Your Music

Https://rateyourmusic.com/ - The most user-driven and comprehensive music database I've come across (except maybe discogs). The site is great for choosing what material to start with if you are exploring a new artist. It is also a treasure trove of charts and all-around music data to explore. https://www.last.fm/ - Yes, this site still exists and still has somewhat of a community. It is my secondary driver for finding new music these days. I look at what the folks I follow are listening to and use tags to find new artists with commonalities. Been scrobbling on and off for about 15 years. Would have never found a proper Soul Coughing analog if not for this service (MC 900 Ft. Jesus). While it’s probably tabooed to recommend a 4chan board - /mu/ can have excellent content if you look hard enough for it (last.fm , /prod/, /chart/ threads). Here is a dump of blogs I've checked out for inspiration:.

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Formaviva

We are working on a curated library of independent electronic music called Formaviva (https://formaviva.com). The library contains ambient, deep, meditative, techno, rhythmic and dub music that we find productive for passive listening, meditation and productivity. You can find lots of underrated and undiscovered secret talents and music not available on Spotify and other platforms.

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Radiooooo

I took a language class with a large number of immigrants. Over the course of the semester, I'd ask each student about their favorite music from their home country. It's been fantastic. I've learned about whole genres of music, and expanded my listening horizons considerably. One good tool that replicates this process a bit is https://radiooooo.com where you can listen to typical playlists from countries and even from a chosen decade (more or less).

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Bandcamp

Since it's not mentioned by any other comment: Bandcamp - https://bandcamp.com/ I follow a bunch of artists and labels there, and get notifications when new stuff get published by them. If I find a new artist, I usually look them up on Bandcamp, and follow the label too, looking through whatever other stuff they published. If I find a really small artist on Bandcamp, I usually look through which Bandcamp users have supported the artist, and look through what else they follow/collected, been finding some gems this way too, but takes a bit more effort. Bandcamp also has something called "Bandcamp Fridays" (https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-update) where more of what you pay go to the artists. I usually save up what I want to buy until next Bandcamp Friday and then go on a shopping spree based on my list.

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