I was watching the Foo Fighters – Austin City Limits episode on IPlayer last night and the show was chock full of old blues and rock acts that had been in the show through the years. A complete eye opener in talent i had vaguely heard of but never intentionally listened to.

Right now i have Gary Clark Jr on YouTube. Holy mother of god now that’s what i call music 🙂

How do you find new music?

I find it terrible!!

I look at similar artist suggestions on youtube, spotify (when it was free) amazon etc. I almost never read or seek out reviews, the music press seems as bigger load of hype and b.s than bike mags. Very few current bands worth a shit, but there’s plenty of classic stuff out there to seek out.

Spotify & pandora radio
Triple J
Double J

just listen to any radio station that is playing good music

Google Music radios and to a lesser extent 6 music

Spotify, 6-music, radio 1 specialist shows.

Mainly Internerd Blog sites. (Oh, and I have discovered some through STW.. )

Mostly 6 Music, Soundcloud and the stuff* that @DezB posts up on the “its friday and I am bored music thread”. that and chit chat in the pub with muso mates.

*some of which is an acquired taste…

I just listen to whatever she tells me I should be listening too…..

Blimey, I think I’ve just been complimented on a music thread.

Nice one guys, had spotify on this morning listening to some really good stuff. Stevie Ray Vaughan at his best 🙂
Its very easy to get in a rut with everything in life and finding some music gold has cheered me up no end.

I find most of my music from film soundtracks, but then I do watch a stupendous amount of films.

Spotify radio based on artists/songs I like, or suggestions it makes to me. It’s pretty good – thrown up a few bands where I’ve gone and bought their CDs.

if only for the accent binners

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=133BmJ8S_Ik[/video]

new old music.

+1 on some of the stuff that DezB posts too!

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/kingsmill/

I subscribe to a dozen or so music blogs and i listen to perhaps 8 hours of podcasts (Music and others) at work every day through headphones, got mates in the music industry -dj’s/producers so i get regular updates on stuff they are doing or music they are excited about and i listen to 6music and a few foreign online radio stations. Also browse a lot on Soundcloud/mixcloud.

Never used spotify or stuff like that,

These days generally Radio 3 and going to concerts.

By checking out different sites such as Pitchfork, Clash, Tiny Mix Tapes, Mojo, Uncut but then mostly ignoring the reviews and making my own mind up by listening to them myself. You can stream samples on some of these sites or just YouTube them to make your mind up.

Also by listening to lots of podcasts whilst I am at work and taking note of tracks/bands I like. Shazam also comes in handy when hearing tracks whilst watching tv shows/films.

I am a great believer that here is just as much good new music out there. You just have the same passion to find it as when you were a spotty kid with a ghetto blaster/patches on your denim jacket/posters on your wall. That said the majority of the stuff that hits the charts these days is sh1te.

How about Radio 1 and Heart FM? 😆

Radio 6 and Deezer for me.

Music blogs & long, nerdy conversations with mates of a similar inclination.

I am a great believer that here is just as much good new music out there

You don’t have to believe – its a FACT 🙂

You don’t have to believe – its a FACT

Yip I’ll agree with that. Think what I was (somewhat clumsily) trying to say is that when people claim that all new music is dire and that all old music to awesumz they just couldn’t be @rsed looking anymore.

Suggestion sites like this can be an easy way to find some new bands based on your favourite bands.

Speak to people about what they like generally – i get an album a week recommendation lol

In recent times definitely online content, eg sound tracks from Mountain Bike and Ski Movies. Plus my daughter’s boyfriend’s band are good even if I am not in the target age group demo-graphic

Adult Jazz
Handsome and Gretyl (Trans Savoie/Provence? sound track)
Bella Ruse (Trans Savoie/Provence? sound track)
First Aid Kit (just heard them last week on ski movie, bought album and concert tickets for 2015)
Alex Clare (read something online, going to see him tonight)

If Pete Guy (from Jedi’s blogs) stuff was on iTunes I’d buy it, currently just listen on SoundCloud

After a couple of years of not particularly actively seeking out new new music (just kind of picking up the new Bonnie Prince Bily, Cat Power, Bill Callahan, etc.) I have discovered a few this year.

Firstly I started occaisional listening to 6 music where I happened upon the Sabina album which I love.

Secondly I’ve had some recommendations from friends; Sharon Van Etten (although I had already heard a couple tracks on 6 music) and Warpaint being the most notable.

Thirdly, I have an occaisional squint at the monthly music press, pitchfork and label websites the likes Drag City and Domino.

Lastly I’ve swapped memory sticks with my dentist which, somewhat surprisingly, has proved quite fruitful… Need to rig up my sonos again soon so that I can give thema proper blast.

Oh, and lastly lastly I’ve discovered the odd gem on here, the last being Bjorks Declare Independence which I can’t believe I missed (already having a fistful of Bjork cd’s) so thanks again DezB. Video is just brilliant…

Mainly BBC4 documentaries for old stuff or 6Music for new stuff tbh.

Not that I care anymore (used to be a terrible music fascist, now reformed)

I’ve swapped memory sticks with my dentist

If that’s a euphemism, I’m struggling to grasp it.

somafunk – Member
I subscribe to a dozen or so music blogs and i listen to perhaps 8 hours of podcasts (Music and others) at work every day through headphones, got mates in the music industry -dj’s/producers so i get regular updates on stuff they are doing or music they are excited about and i listen to 6music and a few foreign online radio stations. Also browse a lot on Soundcloud/mixcloud.
Never used spotify or stuff like that,

somafunk any chance you could list out a few of the music podcasts please?

I also get the weekly release updates from junodownload.com
Sometimes I check stuff out just because I like the artwork 🙂

eg. Life and Death recordings

+1 somafunk – you seem to have similar taste in house music to what I used to enjoy.

I have to listen to a lot of modern pop music for work and the quality has gone up a lot the last few years tbh, some real top-notch tunes getting to No 1…

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESXgJ9-H-2U[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJIb4A-DuY[/video]

If that’s a euphemism, I’m struggling to grasp it.

hehe, no, its strictly factual 🙂 I gave him a stick with a stack of music on it, he gave it back with some different stuff on it. Sorry to disappoint…

Oh, that reminds me, last year I happened upon a film on YouTube about minimalist avant garde classical music (via Brian Eno’s FB feed of all places) which netted a good 6-10 new albums for me.

[video]http://youtu.be/h0NwiTHIhGM[/video]

Same as somafunk really, SC, discogs forums, blogs and records like redeye, boomkat, bleep, beatport

Blogs: IA, Dummy, Rinse, FACT, mnml.nl, Beats in Space etc etc

My 11 year old son too, he’s dj-ing better than me now.

Edit: how could I forget boiler room

isto
what I was (somewhat clumsily) trying to say is that when people claim that all new music is dire and that all old music to awesumz they just couldn’t be @rsed looking anymore.

Actually, no. It stands to reason that the majority of good music will have been produced in the past. If like me, you like hard rock/metal/heavy metal, a genre that’s been around since the mid sixties, then there’s about 50 years of stuff out there to listen to.

I don’t like electronic music. Pop/Dance/trance/house/urban/trance/jungle/garage/darkcore/ambient…..I find it all shit. It irritates me. So for me a lot of new music is awful.

That’s not to say that there’s no good new music, but the stuff I like is pretty derivative, generic , formulaic anyway. I am ok with that.

I love finding “new” bands to listen to but I’ll admit, I don’t put much effort into it. As a thirty something married father of two I have far more important things to do than dredge through mountains of shite to find a gem. If I was a full on muso, I could understand how you would be passionate at seeking out new stuff, but not me. I am not hip, cool, trendy etc and have no desire to try to be.

Yes, the majority of good rock/metal/heavy was produced in the past.
Point is, there is NEW music, not just new bands.
I get your point, but for people really into the ever-changing state of music, there is loads to discover.

Actually, no. It stands to reason that the majority of good music will have been produced in the past. If like me, you like hard rock/metal/heavy metal, a genre that’s been around since the mid sixties, then there’s about 50 years of stuff out there to listen to.

To me that is similar saying that the majority of action films have been produced in the past so I am only going to watch old action films. Your point is accurate but the attitude behind it slightly defeatist. There are good new bands producing hard rock/metal/heavy metal.

If I was a full on muso, I could understand how you would be passionate at seeking out new stuff, but not me. I am not hip, cool, trendy etc and have no desire to try to be.

I also have no desire to be hip, cool or trendy. Some may see an inherent link….I don’t really care as I am just interested in discovering both new bands and new music to listen to.

Soundcloud and mixcloud.. 4 or five hours every evening usually turns up a few interesting new tracks, and a good few more old ones..

I also subscribe to half a dozen blogs or so, a handful of record labels and a couple of dozen music related FB pages

http://thequietus.com
Is my main source of inspiration for checking out new and old music these days. Especially the Baker’s Dozen feature.

Anything that piques my interest – today this THIS beauty popped up on Facebook,

[video]http://youtu.be/iyTTX6Wlf1Y?list=UUORIeT1hk6tYBuntEXsguLg[/video]

leading to THIS playlist on Youtube.

Good God – is Morgan James hot…. 8)

Used to surf aquariusrecords.org new arrivals and back catalog and listen to snippets as they have so many genres and a mad keen lust for music – then I head to youtube. Haven’t visited for ages must do again. I also find youtube channels of artists I really like and then check out their fave lists. listen to Radio 6 too.

One of life’s greatest pleasures/luxuries for me (when the house is finally snoring and the wee small hours are creeping up ) is to lie in bed with youtube and go on a music quest, you never know where you’ll end up. Often serendipitous.

Albanach, depending on your preferred style of music you may find my choices a bit shite, 😀

a few music blogs in no particular order/preference

Gorillia vs bear
large hearted boy
earmilk
aquarium drunkard
cruel rhythm
the hype machine
indie shuffle
weird canada
electronic beats
future music blog
xlr8r
bleep (online store but staffed by music geeks with a wealth of knowledge)
a strangely isolated place
disquiet
erased tapes (current fave label)
Resident advisor
beatportal

a few podcasts in no particular order, all are on iTunes so just type them into search.

Meat Katie – Lowering the tone (a mate so i have to push this but it is genuinely ace)
resident advisor podcast
headphone commute (v-good)
boiler room
toolroom records
a strangely isolated place
bleep podcast
the black dog podcast (more mates but also very-very good)
wolf and lamb
ninja tune
gilles peterson
arctic circle radio