From shows I watch and games I play. I don't really go out of my way to search for music. If I find something interesting, it's usually on YouTube.

Bandcamp new and notable

Bands I like touring with other bands

Record labels I like put out new stuff

spotify discover weekly. its been so finely tuned over the years that 90% of them are at least put in my liked playlist, and maybe 50% into my favorites playlist

i used to follow this "greatest _____ album" tournement thing on facebook, but stopped doing that because i dont use facebook anymore

you can also do the 1001albumsgenerator, which will give you a random album a day from the book "1001 albums you must hear before you die"

Bamdcamp daily, people i follow on bandcamp, warez websites and features and collaborations

As some of you already stated:

• NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
• BBC Radio 6 Live
• KEXP Llive
• Garden Radio
• Just put one of your favorite tracks in YouTube and follow the rabbit hole

Typically I have bands I like, I go to their shows and I will sometimes discover other bands by means of opening acts etc. Or I will read up about a band, see what other projects members have worked on, are affiliated with, or see what bands would play as openers to those bands.

Sometimes there's a show with some band I don't really know about and someone invites me along and then I might like that band, and then I have a whole new band to learn about in regards to members, openers, other projects etc. etc.

Can also do the same thing with the label a band is signed to, check out what other stuff is signed, if I like it I can do the same song and dance exploring which other music that band is linked to.

And then of course sometimes something just falls into my lap and then I just listen to that.

Two great blogs I've found through Mastodon:

• https://nham.co.uk/
• https://www.etherdiver.com/category/other-peoples-music/

Both blogs have an RSS feed, and they post on Mastodon when a new article is up. Those two have accounted for almost everything I've bought on Bandcamp recently. Mastodon in general, and the #bandcampfriday hashtag, are great sources.

I also started buying physical media lately. Lemme tell ya, the guy behind the counter at the record store knows everything. EVERYTHING. All bands. Who toured with whom. He is the human scrobbler. Get to know him.

There's a few ways that I've been able to discover new music. Currently, it's mainly through YouTube recommendations and I sometimes use Pandora. I also used to use Tastedive but I just haven't gotten around to actually using again mainly because I have to basically redo my entire account.

On a side note, I actually tried logging into my Tastedive account and I can't for some reason. I sent them a message through their contact page but I'll have to wait for them to respond.

Anime! Anime is to Japanese music now (really, since Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online blew up in 2013) what MTV was to western music in the 1980s. When I hear an opening or ending I like, I Shazam it and add it to a Japanese playlist I have, and if I really like it, I’ll explore other songs by the artist or band.

Last artist I found was because of tracks played on the Sirius Bluesville channel.

https://youtu.be/0uMYeNU2MaQ

https://youtu.be/ubWXTMdR24w

https://youtu.be/RHc9nMDKlQ8

https://youtu.be/wxd-r-0qRKc

Can't believe I haven't seen SoundCloud mentioned. They play ads every couple songs but I listen to 1-2 hour edm mixes so it's actually not bad. They have a couple recommended playlists based on recent songs you've liked. Not every song lands, but there are great indie songs and remixes and stuff out there you can find.

Modernrock.ca

Been a supporter since he started.

Rival Suns

Spiritbox

Kanaan

Love Honey - (Rolling 7s - holy shit is this good!{if you are me, which I am})

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Sick Joy

Vance Joy

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

Tiger cub

Mammoth

Chokecherry

Ren - (Hi Ren is fucking powerful, watch the video for it and prepare for a wild ride. Earbuds/headset recommended)

Sludgemother

Slomosa

Halestorm

Avalone stone

The Warning

The Glorious sons

Velvet Two Stripe - favourite song is Catch 22

Servo

JPNZGRLS/Hotel Mira (name change)

I go through my kids' playlists.

I ask friends and family to make me mix CDs instead of giving gifts.

I listen to local independent radio (Chirp in my case).

I carpool with coworkers sometimes and have them run the aux.

I ask people to tell me what their favorite song is.

I go to concerts early enough to see the opening acts, even if I've never heard of them.

And I participate in threads like this.

1. Pitchfork and AOTY websites are is usually good. I'll look at Last FM webpage too on the music tab to see what's new.
2. I'm subscribed to Qobuz and get a daily and a weekly playlist that bring things up that I'd never heard of.

I can recomend moderated Internet-/DAB-Radio like "egoFM", "ParadiseRadio", or "byteFM".
https://feddit.org/post/16991458

Or Bands of Newcomerfestivals like "Ab geht die Lutzi", "Tollwood", or whatever is near to you.

Instead of YT you can use NewPipe, or freeTube, or a good add-blocker.

• Blogs/sites like Pitchfork for internationally hyped releases
• Smaller sites for more local content
• I check local calendars for release parties or concerts
• I talk with my colleagues.
• I go directly to labels that I trust and check out all of their new releases
• I stop by my local record stores and ask the staff for a couple of album recs
• I use the search functions of Bandcamp and follow a bunch of bands there
• Ditto for Soundcloud, where the reposts of independent artists are especially useful for discovering other bands and musicians.
• Recommendations from Qobuz or Spotify
• I have a couple of radio stations that I spend a few hours with each week, like fip.fr, local student radio, local insert political leanings radio

Spotify discover weekly has introduced me to some bangers, and their app has some really great features with a pretty deep library.

I know they suck in some ways, but overall I am pretty happy with their service.