How you discover new bands?

hip hop bunny hop · 12-27-2012, 02:25 PM

It depends on what I'm looking for. Principle factors being my knowledge of the genre & how accessible I want the music to be.

If I'm looking for noisy, lo-fi black metal I seek out & ask like minded individuals. Sites which aggregate opinions & listening trends are less useful to me in this regard both because I'm familiar with most of the better known groups playing this way, the fine delineations within the style, & the relatively few people who listen to it & participate on such sites.

If I'm looking for some light, accessible indie, however, the sites work fine because I'm less knowledgeable in regards to that style and because the style is more popular.

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Originally Posted by bob.

in the liner notes and thank yous printed on the albums you bought by the bands you do like....also who you see them live with....and often their label mates

^^^ this. In particular label rosters are useful when working with specialty labels.

bob. · 12-27-2012, 02:40 PM

especially now days...

just going to the labels website....can seriously open a flood gate of of new music....and almost always there are samples there

also a bandcamp....seriously i went there and typed "pigfuck" into the search and found 9 bands who tagged themselves as that

Norg · 12-27-2012, 02:44 PM

go to your city and go to some random bar or venue and be around other people all 6 of them : ) but most of the time thoes bands suck LOL but thats the old ways of doing it

**Exo** · 12-27-2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Radlabeled

I search for videos named "best rock bands", "best acoustic songs" etc on YouTube, this method always helps me come across a great band.

I do this too. This is how I came across Mr. Bungle/Zu/Captain Beefheart/Tom Waits/F*ck Buttons/Fantomas/

You know...the essentials.

Insane Guest · 12-27-2012, 05:29 PM

Random Youtube recommendation ventures are good too, start with something you like, and click a video only on the recommended tab, a lot of unknown up-and-coming bands.

But last.fm radio and recommendations should be enough.

**Janszoon** · 12-27-2012, 08:45 PM

I dig holes in my back yard. Eventually something turns up.

Surell · 12-27-2012, 08:57 PM

^ Indian record burial ground? You're gonna regret that shit.

**Janszoon** · 12-27-2012, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Surell

^ Indian record burial ground? You're gonna regret that shit.

Too late!

Surell · 12-27-2012, 09:18 PM

I'm sorry, I should have said Native American.

**Janszoon** · 12-27-2012, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Surell

I'm sorry, I should have said Native American.

It's okay, I live in Mumbai.

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,344	go to your city and go to some random bar or venue and be around other people all 6 of them : ) but most of the time thoes bands suck LOL but thats the old ways of doing it

12-27-2012, 05:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	Random Youtube recommendation ventures are good too, start with something you like, and click a video only on the recommended tab, a lot of unknown up-and-coming bands. But last.fm radio and recommendations should be enough.