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

  • 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!