I’m grateful that I came up in a time that required me to be active if I wanted to discover new music. Sure, it was more work, and perhaps I’ve got it too easy right now (at the risk of getting lazy). Although I still have a heavy reliance on Spotify (through non-Spotify new music playlists like NPR and Line of Best Fit) I still explore other avenues like Bandcamp and music review sites and, increasingly over the last 18 months, recommendations read right here on Substack.
I’m grateful that I came up in a time that required me to be active if I wanted to discover new music. Sure, it was more work, and perhaps I’ve got it too easy right now (at the risk of getting lazy). Although I still have a heavy reliance on Spotify (through non-Spotify new music playlists like NPR and Line of Best Fit) I still explore other avenues like Bandcamp and music review sites and, increasingly over the last 18 months, recommendations read right here on Substack.
I like to discover music from
- hearing records from friends' collections, that they've chosen to play for me;
- reading reviews by opinionated aesthetes;
- listening to idiosyncratic human DJs spin records on independent radio; and,
- hearing artists playing live at festivals.
love hearing new artists at festivals and opening for bands i like! live music will save us