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Was listening to it one night and it was some experimental electronic stuff and it's mostly pretty good but one specific track came on and I absolutely loved it (Dravier) so got the album and it turned out to be a real favourite of the year for me.
Doesn't seem to be very big cause when I went to link my mate to the track on the official youtube, it didn't have any plays yet so he was the first lol.
Good shout.
The other benefit is the sheer volume of stuff on there.
Ratings aside, it's a fantastic resource to see who has released what.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/new-releases/date
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
"Artist Radio"- for something similar to a specific artist.
"Daily Mix"- for things similar to what I've been listening to generally.
"New Punk/Rock/Metal/Folk (Delete as appropriate) Tracks"- for new music in whatever genre I fancy exploring.
I'm pretty sure all these work on a free account, you just have the occasional advert to sit through.
I still enjoy certain record labels as gatekeepers for music as well as wandering around my local record store Resident Records in Brighton, when streaming/youtube etc gets a bit overwhelming, it's great to find an Ambient (in my case) label to help focus things a bit.
Also Music-Map is good for finding similar artists to the ones you already enjoy.
https://www.music-map.com/
My feedback thread is here.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57602/
There definitely used to be specific labels that I'd buy CDs from before there was any way to hear a new artist first so that's something I should look back in to.
you can pick the genre you want to listen too, there are lots of different stations.
The irony is that I discover a band I really love via Google Music I'll often buy physical copies of their music rather than stream them.
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I'm a "member" of a record label so I get everything they release. Good way to find new, relatively local stuff.
Good quality journalism - The Wire, for instance
Word of Mouth from likeminded friends
Feedback
I do have spotify now but it is incredibly patchy.
Band camp is good.
I get a lot of new stuff sent via haulix.
Spotify for me.
I do pay the monthly fee but as far as I can remember most of the functionality is there in the free version, you just have to put up with occasional adverts.
YouTube's good as well, if you can find channels which match your musical tastes (e.g. Stoned Meadow of Doom in my case). But I still think of YT as somewhere to watch things rather than listen to them.