The Discovery Chamber: Where Do You Find New Music?

Machine · 01-12-2015, 05:06 PM

1) Random YouTube albums that have cool covers
2) Bandcamp searches
3) Music Banter
4) theneedledrop
5) Music blogs (i.e Pitchfork, theneedledrop.com, deadendhiphop.com; etc.)
6) Record stores
7) Flyers lying around
8) Wikipedia for new releases
9) plug.dj

Ninetales · 01-12-2015, 05:14 PM

other than this site bandcamp and aquarius records are probably my two biggest places to search through. and rym charts. ive got a bunch of different sites favorited on my comp for specific genres (black metal, ambient, hip hop, etc) as well as member rym charts. ive been using deezer recently and the suggested artists have yielded good results so far as well.

**Frownland** · 01-12-2015, 05:55 PM

Ah yes, compilations are a great way to find new artists.

ladyislingering · 01-12-2015, 09:14 PM

Last.fm has been particularly kind to me lately.

Micco · 01-12-2015, 09:35 PM

I follow a ton of old Hip-Hop Heads on instagram, they're constantly posting extremely obscure cds and records from the 80s and 90s on their pages. I find new things all the time this way. I mean the stuff these people are posting barely sold 2,000 copies when they came out let alone their popularity today.

The same applies with a lot of underground heads also.

**Janszoon** · 01-12-2015, 09:59 PM

Wikipedia
Hearing something used in a movie, TV show, podcast, etc. and looking it up
MusicBanter
Friends, coworkers, etc.
Reading random articles about music
Google
Last.fm, iTunes Radio, etc.
Seeing t-shirts, stickers, etc. that intrigue me enough to look them up
Encyclopaedia Metallum

Mondo Bungle · 01-12-2015, 10:10 PM

I use the metal archives a ****ton too. There's was the first forum I ever joined when I was like 12.

CoNtrivedNiHilism · 01-12-2015, 10:17 PM

My new music searcher 5000 is as follows...

Deep, dark searches in YouTube catacombs!
Dangerous plunders in to LastFM labyrinths!
Daring ventures in to the belly of the beast known as MusicBanter Forums!
Downloading random bands I know nothing about from the suffocating space of the Interwebs!

...or something like that.

**Janszoon** · 01-12-2015, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

I use the metal archives a ****ton too. There's was the first forum I ever joined when I was like 12.

It's funny, I've never joined their forums but I browse the encyclopedia entries a lot.

Mondo Bungle · 01-12-2015, 10:23 PM

The encyclopedia itself is seriously fantastic, especially with the similar artists feature added, that's given me many a band to check out.

The forum has it's fair share of metal elitists and people who hate The Doors, but it can be alright and helpful. I still post there to this day, albeit with a different account than six years ago. A lot of others there are seasoned veterans.

01-12-2015, 05:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	1) Random YouTube albums that have cool covers 2) Bandcamp searches 3) Music Banter 4) theneedledrop 5) Music blogs (i.e Pitchfork, theneedledrop.com, deadendhiphop.com; etc.) 6) Record stores 7) Flyers lying around 8) Wikipedia for new releases 9) plug.dj __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

01-12-2015, 05:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Ah yes, compilations are a great way to find new artists. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	Last.fm has been particularly kind to me lately. __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

01-12-2015, 09:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
Micco Karaoke Crooner Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 170	I follow a ton of old Hip-Hop Heads on instagram, they're constantly posting extremely obscure cds and records from the 80s and 90s on their pages. I find new things all the time this way. I mean the stuff these people are posting barely sold 2,000 copies when they came out let alone their popularity today. The same applies with a lot of underground heads also. __________________ Follow me on instagram @HipHopLand, #salute!

01-12-2015, 09:59 PM	#16 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Wikipedia Hearing something used in a movie, TV show, podcast, etc. and looking it up MusicBanter Friends, coworkers, etc. Reading random articles about music Google Last.fm, iTunes Radio, etc. Seeing t-shirts, stickers, etc. that intrigue me enough to look them up Encyclopaedia Metallum __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

01-12-2015, 05:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	other than this site bandcamp and aquarius records are probably my two biggest places to search through. and rym charts. ive got a bunch of different sites favorited on my comp for specific genres (black metal, ambient, hip hop, etc) as well as member rym charts. ive been using deezer recently and the suggested artists have yielded good results so far as well.

01-12-2015, 10:17 PM	#18 (permalink)
CoNtrivedNiHilism Because I Am, I Can! Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,128	My new music searcher 5000 is as follows... Deep, dark searches in YouTube catacombs! Dangerous plunders in to LastFM labyrinths! Daring ventures in to the belly of the beast known as MusicBanter Forums! Downloading random bands I know nothing about from the suffocating space of the Interwebs! ...or something like that. __________________