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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I have a large list on bandcamp that I follow to try and stay up with as many releases as I can, also following relevant genre "tags" on there to get recommendations from artists I may not know about. The genre tags can be hit and miss though due to artists often being unable to tag their work properly.

I'll also listen to shows on SoundCloud and will search out tracks and new artists I hear on there. I'll also occasionally check the Juno charts if I have run out of new music to listen to and in the last year started building up a follow list on Spotify to check new releases there that I may have missed from all the other avenues.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It's a shame Bandcamp killed RSS

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Despite being aware of it for a quarter of a century I have never used RSS although I probably should.

Bandcamp is slowly getting worse but depending on your core genre interests for me it is still by far the best choice.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Bandcamp's the best of a bad lot: no DRM is a big deal. When they had RSS they were nearly perfect.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Pretty much. They still run bandcamp Friday too when the artists get all the money for sales so I generally stack up my wishlist and try to make my purchases on that one Friday a month.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

I follow a bunch of hash tags on Mastodon.

[โ€“] Pooptimist 1 points 9 hours ago

A friend recommended pitchfork yesterday to me. Haven't gotten around to it though

[โ€“] small44 2 points 11 hours ago

Bandcamp Features

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Listenbrainz has decent recommendations

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

A simple combination of Spotify, searching for recommendations, as in "artists similar to _____," checking out AllMusic for a brief overview and maybe which album to start with.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, but Spotify Discover Weekly of course.

And I also always have Shazam ready to go for when out and about.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

At the moment? Watching Anime. A few years ago? Watch music videos of songs I already know on youtube and see what the algorithm spits out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Yoasobi slaps.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I subscribe to the digital stream of radio stations through my podcast app. WFUV out of New York City, WXRV out of I don't know where, some random station out of Sydney, Australia I stumbled on that has an EDM DJ on at the same time I'm waking up on the weekends.

I also have Spotify, but I tend to get better recommendations from real human DJs at radio stations.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I used to use r/listentothis, haven't in a long time though, not even out of "fuck you reddit" just busy I think.

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