Where do you guys find new music?

RR1994 12/07/12 6:38 pm

Just curious.

Where I turn on the radio, there are tons of rap, country, and pop stations, but no good stations for music other than that. The "rock" stations only play crappy modern alternative rock like breaking benjamin and stuff like that.

I desperately need some new music, and I'm just wondering where people find new music. I'm guessing it's not the radio. Just word of mouth?

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curtainWith 12/07/12 6:42 pm

Jam on, rolling stone, Spotify.

Check out antibalas's latest album if your looking for something new

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spacecoyote 12/07/12 6:43 pm

In the last place I looked.

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BernardShakey 12/07/12 6:44 pm

Eh, not much has sounded "new" in like twenty years. Dont get me wrong there is still a lot of good music out there if you dont mind digging. Word of mouth, and NPR is were I learn of a lot of cool new stuff.

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 6:47 pm

One of the million music blogs on the internet.

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The_Good_Doctor 12/07/12 6:47 pm

Word of mouth for me.

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 6:48 pm

@BernardShakey said:

Eh, not much has sounded "new" in like twenty years. Dont get me wrong there is still a lot of good music out there if you dont mind digging. Word of mouth, and NPR is were I learn of a lot of cool new stuff.

A lot of stuff sounds new. There are even new genres that have come about in that time span. WTF are you talking about?

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spacecoyote 12/07/12 6:49 pm

^Woah, woah, woah, nice shootin' Tex.

You're in a band, aren't you...?

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 6:51 pm

Haven't been in a band for almost 10 years.

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_________________________ 12/07/12 6:54 pm

every once in a while one of those threads on PT comes along with tons of albums and live shows for downlaod comes along. Usually some good stuff in them threads

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 6:56 pm

Frank Ocean's album was one of my favorites this year. Alabama Shakes too.

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RR1994 12/07/12 6:57 pm

Any recommendations? I would really like to find some good new, or just obscure music, that I've never heard before.

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RR1994 12/07/12 6:57 pm

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

Frank Ocean's album was one of my favorites this year. Alabama Shakes too.

I've heard Alabama Shakes, they are pretty good. They are on that local "rock" station I mentioned in the OP.

I just miss the days where I was completely blown away when my friend gave me a Ween cd and was like "bet you've never heard these guys, check em' out."

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_________________________ 12/07/12 6:59 pm

@RR1994 said:

Any recommendations? I would really like to find some good new, or just obscure music, that I've never heard before.

Interspeaker by Tame Impala. I saw these guys last month.

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BernardShakey 12/07/12 6:59 pm

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@BernardShakey said:
Eh, not much has sounded "new" in like twenty years. Dont get me wrong there is still a lot of good music out there if you dont mind digging. Word of mouth, and NPR is were I learn of a lot of cool new stuff.
A lot of stuff sounds new. There are even new genres that have come about in that time span. WTF are you talking about?

Maybe, I think "a lot" is generous though. What new genres in particular are you talking about? All i'm saying is everytime i'm introduced to something so "new" it doesnt sound completely new or groundbreaking to me, even if I enjoy it it usually sounds familiar to something else.

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 7:00 pm

Check out this band called "The Bees" They also go by "Band of Bees"

They are from the UK, and have been putting albums out since 2003. Their sound ranges from 60's pschy/folk/blues/rock with a smattering of other genres thrown in. Very good band.

Their album Free The Bees is probably the best place to start.

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/07/12 7:02 pm

@BernardShakey said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:
@BernardShakey said:
Eh, not much has sounded "new" in like twenty years. Dont get me wrong there is still a lot of good music out there if you dont mind digging. Word of mouth, and NPR is were I learn of a lot of cool new stuff.
A lot of stuff sounds new. There are even new genres that have come about in that time span. WTF are you talking about?
Maybe, I think "a lot" is generous though. What new genres in particular are you talking about? All i'm saying is everytime i'm introduced to something so "new" it doesnt sound completely new or groundbreaking to me, even if I enjoy it it usually sounds familiar to something else.

Off the top of my head... Dubstep, Chillwave... There are others. It just depends on how deep you are willing to dig.

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_________________________ 12/07/12 7:03 pm

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy what is an example of chillwave? never heard of that before...

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BernardShakey 12/07/12 7:09 pm

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@BernardShakey said:
@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:
@BernardShakey said:
Eh, not much has sounded "new" in like twenty years. Dont get me wrong there is still a lot of good music out there if you dont mind digging. Word of mouth, and NPR is were I learn of a lot of cool new stuff.
A lot of stuff sounds new. There are even new genres that have come about in that time span. WTF are you talking about?
Maybe, I think "a lot" is generous though. What new genres in particular are you talking about? All i'm saying is everytime i'm introduced to something so "new" it doesnt sound completely new or groundbreaking to me, even if I enjoy it it usually sounds familiar to something else.
Off the top of my head... Dubstep, Chillwave... There are others. It just depends on how deep you are willing to dig.

True, maybe it's just because im not at all an electronica guy, but i've lumped all of those with genres like trance and techno.

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spacecoyote 12/07/12 7:14 pm

^hah!

What's another word for the term that describes the word "redundancy"?

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Blackeydsloth 12/07/12 7:18 pm

I listen to WNCW in winamp.
Also word of mouth.

Some recs for you to try out

First Aid Kit
Megafaun
Abigail Washburn
Great American Taxi
Lili Haydn
Niyaz
Grant Farm

World cafe is good to listen to for new music some older you may not know about.

Unsure of your styles but hope you like these choices.

I listen to alot of Bluegrass

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BoomboxMike 12/07/12 7:22 pm

freshjamradio.com they play nothing but recent live music. All kinds of bands and all of it good.

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RR1994 12/07/12 7:38 pm

@Blackeydsloth said:

I listen to WNCW in winamp.
Also word of mouth.

Some recs for you to try out

First Aid Kit
Megafaun
Abigail Washburn
Great American Taxi
Lili Haydn
Niyaz
Grant Farm

World cafe is good to listen to for new music some older you may not know about.

Unsure of your styles but hope you like these choices.

I listen to alot of Bluegrass

You from around Asheville by chance?

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julesmac 12/07/12 8:09 pm

um...you're on etree all the time...use the "hide grateful dead and phish" button

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Funkty 12/07/12 8:30 pm

Getting lost in last.fm
Reading music blogs
NPR's All Songs 24/7 channel

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Blackeydsloth 12/07/12 8:33 pm

@RR1994 said:

@Blackeydsloth said:
I listen to WNCW in winamp.
Also word of mouth.

Some recs for you to try out

First Aid Kit
Megafaun
Abigail Washburn
Great American Taxi
Lili Haydn
Niyaz
Grant Farm

World cafe is good to listen to for new music some older you may not know about.

Unsure of your styles but hope you like these choices.

I listen to alot of Bluegrass
You from around Asheville by chance?

No I used to live in the High Point/Greensboro area back in Cali now. WNCW is from my asheville trips though

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joonze 12/07/12 9:16 pm

check out turtle soup...they have some you tubes...not too shabby...i enjoyed the at their fest this fall

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spacecoyote 12/07/12 9:24 pm

@spacecoyote said:

In the last place I looked.

Ooo, I got another one...

Right where I left it.

Ah?

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CowbellJunkie 12/07/12 9:32 pm

@curtainWith said: [quote]Jam on,

What he said

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Manteca 12/07/12 9:38 pm

Kdhx.org

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spaced 12/07/12 10:22 pm

Metacritic
NPR
Pitchfork (yeah, hate all you want, they review a shit-ton of music and you can find some great stuff if you don't take their ratings too seriously)
Onion A.V. Club
Drowned in Sound
Stereogum
Random blogs and forums like this one
...and oh yeah, real people in real life, but most of them don't really share my tastes.

Also, Spotify is a godsend, since whenever you hear of anything, you can just pull it up and check it out immediately.

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JordanThePhisherman 12/07/12 10:24 pm

Relix is a good source for up and coming artists especially in the jam scene.

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Gordeaux 12/07/12 10:28 pm

@BoomboxMike said:

freshjamradio.com they play nothing but recent live music. All kinds of bands and all of it good.

just checked this out and impressed already

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GAMEHENDGEPHONICS 12/07/12 10:36 pm

Pt

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ronsteen 12/07/12 10:42 pm

check these ones out;

dawes - north hills
dawes - nothing is wrong
delta spirit
middle brother

I find new music from Pandora or friends.
I would recommend those to a friend.

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EducateFright 12/07/12 11:34 pm

Get on Spotify! You can listen to tons of shit for free if you don't mind the occasional add, or pay for no ads.
For something relatively new and very unique, from a band that's been around forever, try the "Exotic Creatures Of The Deep" album by Sparks, along with their "Lil Beethoven" album. You might not like it, but then again, it just might drop your jaw and blow your mind like it did for me.
My new "favorite band of all time" is the Butthole Surfers. New to me, of course... they're another band that's been around quite a while. Try diving into their 80s stuff, like the "Psychic, Powerless" album. Truly bizarre, unapologetically hard psychedelia with plenty of black humor. It's all up on Spotify.

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elton_john 12/07/12 11:44 pm

I typically find new music in bars. Haven't listened to the radio in years.

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me_no_are_no_nice_guy 12/08/12 12:01 am

CHILL WAVE

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Jerrytheband 12/08/12 12:18 am

To be honest
4chan /mu/ section
Pitchfork (even though I really don't like them, they're just like Rolling Stone, they only review certain artists and ignore others. Try and look up Phish on Pitchfork)
Allmusic (probably the best music review site period)

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Jerrytheband 12/08/12 12:20 am

Here's a rap group that's building a following

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forbin1 12/08/12 12:22 am

@spacecoyote said:

^hah!

What's another word for the term that describes the word "redundancy"?

Pedantic?

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TheOwlsAreNotWhatTheySeem 12/08/12 12:25 am

Hype Machine seems to be a good current blog.
Sirius XM-Uradio great indie rock channel
Promotional services for radio (I'm a DJ...all digital downloads these days. )

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spacecoyote 12/08/12 1:15 am

@forbin1 said:

@spacecoyote said:
^hah!

What's another word for the term that describes the word "redundancy"?
Pedantic?

Now you're getting the hang of it.

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Dino_Spumoni 12/08/12 1:18 am

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tmwsiy

12/08/12 1:21 am

@curtainWith said:

Jam on...

Really? I've honestly never heard one single band on that channel that I hadn't heard before. Here's a graph I made of every single play over a 30 day period, just not a lot of variety or new bands.

Graph

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MomaDan 12/08/12 1:49 am

PT actually