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Ethan said, (160 days ago)
Usually, I hear about it from places like this and then I go look up the band and listen to a couple tracks and wonder why everyone is so excited about it. Repeat as necessary.
Previous Toast said, (160 days ago)
Pandora Radio is pretty nice. Especially for more "Indy" sorts of stuff.
Otherwise, friend of a friend of a friend crap through myspace, or buying opening band albums at concerts for more famous groups.
Manuel said, (160 days ago)
I check out what eMusic recommends for me. And yeah Pandora was really helpful for me for a while. Otherwise I rely on my friends.
bizzy said, (160 days ago)
Working in radio, we get new music all the time, but sadly hardly any of it makes it on-air. However a lot of my friends/coworkers and I get to listen to it anyway.
Also, going to shows is how I used to learn about probably 75% of the music I listen to now.
Ethan said, (160 days ago)
That is true. Last.fm is like Wikipedia... start on one band and you end up with six others to check out in an evening.
Machined said, (160 days ago)
i read pitchfork and other review sites to keep up on current stuff, check out record labels of bands i like to see if there are other artists on there i might like, listen to college radio stations, and watch opening bands at shows i'm going to, And i do mix cd exchanges twice a year with some music nerd friends on a different forum
and pandora is cool too, haven't really delved into last.fm yet
Jesse said, (160 days ago)
@bizzy: hmm, see I can't go to a random show if there's not at least one band I want to see... I just don't have the patience or stamina. But I guess I see what you mean. I went to Gilles Peterson (spin, I guess, I mean he's a radio DJ so...), and he has this act from LA called THE REBIRTH (look them up now!), and they fucking blew me the fuck away to fuckland!
@Ethan,Bizzy: ok I think I need to get in the last.fm wagon...
but... BUT: my musical tastes, while not super obscure, is certainly not mainstream and popular... so a lot of those "music like this" sites get it so comically wrong...
bizzy said, (160 days ago)
@Jesse: Regarding shows, that's kinda what I meant. I usually go to see a band I like. But I'm one of those people that usually shows up early enough to catch all of the opening acts, some of which I've ended up liking better than the headliner I paid to see.
The Management said, (160 days ago)
elbo.ws which brings you to all the major music blogs
and word of mouth mostly.
I get into these phases where I am finding new bands and downloading all the really good hyped up shit, then for three months get out of the loop and listen to the same three cds over and over. I am into Do I Offend You Yeah?, Santogold and the new Girl Talk right now. Do I Offend You Yeah? is like Bloc Party/Justice if you are into that.
Carlo said, (160 days ago)
Sometimes while on slsk, I browse the files of people who download off me. I figure they'd have similar tastes.
ABoyNamedArt said, (160 days ago)
Pandora, Spin, Rolling Stone, selected issues of Blender (the "1,000 Great Downloads" or whatever issue comes to mind), Citybeat, Aurgasm, and Spinner.com are where I find most newer stuff. Though I happened upon a blog yesterday that featured most of the entries in the Eurovision song contest. The entry from Greece was a passable Timbaland knock-off.
WordNerd said, (160 days ago)
kcrw and my cousin (who knows about everything 5 minutes before the world does)
schlomo said, (160 days ago)
I get the music feed from stereogum.com for indieish music, I also buy a fair amount blindly from dustygroove.com
Jeepster said, (160 days ago)
I read NME for britpop and, I'm not ashamed to say it, pitchforkmedia sometimes can be a good source.
TWIGBy Fierce said, (160 days ago)
PITCHFORK AND THE BEST NEW MUSIC ONLY
WELL, MAYBE RECOMMENDED IF IT'S LIKE AN 8.2 OR SOMETHING
Jeepster said, (160 days ago)
sometimes pitchfork really likes stuff that I hate, like noise and weird ambient electronica, but sometimes they're ok.
ilikedginger said, (160 days ago)
I like it because my work doesn't block it. ALSO because I can listen to all the Lil Wayne remixes I can handle. Which is a lot.
cat said, (160 days ago)
pandora works for me sometimes...and reading pitchfork, though i rarely agree with their ratings.
seemingly satanic said, (160 days ago)
The bi-weekly new arrivals email from Aquarius Records is also fucking excellent.
extemporaneous said, (160 days ago)
Sometimes I listen to KCRW. Sometimes I discover things on Last.fm. The rest of my discoveries usually come from my boyfriend and his 2000+ album record collection.
MTV is right out. Do people listen to the radio anymore? Podcasts? Some magazines? How and why.
Mainly, how come everyone knows about all these random electro-ish bands and I don't.