Comments on: Poll: How do you find new music?

With old systems breaking down or gone, how do you find new music?

[zwolf4444]

LastFM

[BAUHAUSLER]

SOMAFM
Radio Paradise.
CBC Radio 2
I buy 5 - 10 CDs every month. Almost all by recommendation from those sources.

[BAUHAUSLER]

SOMAFM
Radio Paradise.
CBC Radio 2
I buy 5 - 10 CDs every month. Almost all by recommendation from those sources.

[minimalist]

Its a mixture of internet radio and Pitchfork for me. There is still a lot to be said for a good radio station with DJ's with a distinct personailty. KCRW out of Los Angeles is that station for me and I stream it around the house on the weekend.

Pitchfork turns me onto up and coming bands/artists that I can then try out at emusic for very little money (although that might be switched out to a subscription service like Rhapody or Zune soon).

[j1mj0hns0n]

Usually I discover new music by listening to the local radios. As of downloading them to my PC, I'm subscribed to some quality paid online subscriptions.

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[BAUHAUSLER]

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[drummer49]

music has been a lifelong pursuit of happiness for me.generally my research includes:dusted magazine,aquarius records(they have an amazing weekly review section,guardian UK,pitchfork,various newspapers,friends,sequenza21(for contemporary classical),

[pbrouwer]

Geez -- this poll must have been funded by the RIAA -- how about audio archive, jamendo, net labels, music blogs, hype machine, shoutcast, DI, and all the music venues in your home town!!?!?!?!?!?!?

[plasticities]

For recent music... Metacritic, Pitchfork, RollingStone, The Onion AV Club, whatever they're talking about on various message boards, whatever the radio is playing, whatever friends are talking about.

For older music... AcclaimedMusic.net, Pitchfork lists, browsing AMG, various all-time lists (Rolling Stone, Spin, NME, etc.), browsing Last.fm for similar artists, reading about influences of bands I like.

[wmclover]

Pandora, lastfm, grooveshark, slacker, youtube, itunes, internet radio, sirius music in my cars and at home on dish satellite TV. Aside from sirius on dish, I listen to all my music from my computer, which has an optical connection to my AVR and its superior speakers. I burn CDs for my car. The influence of the music industry promoting its labels is nil to me, although I suspect they can take credit for the growth of cRAP music that has become popular. What service does the music industry perform to justify its fees in this digital age??? The only problem I have with Pandora is its failure to post titles on its tags, like lastfm.

[plasticities]

"What service does the music industry perform to justify its fees in this digital age???"

I'm not a huge fan of the major labels, but they do spend quite a bit on studios, recording engineers, promotion, etc.

[Riggs3001]

No option for RADIO in the poll? Not all cities are musical wastelands. KEXP Seattle is all I need.

[linuxtx]

last.fm is a great source and B&W Music Club as well

[scaught78]

Part of me discovers new stuff on SiriusXM. Mainly on SiriusXM U (great indie/college/underground) station.

I also discover bands across music sites like Pitchfork, Tinymixtapes, popmatters, etc.

Also, there are tons of great bloggers out there breaking new bands. Like Myoldkentuckyblog.com or Brooklynvegan.com

[GBPackers302]

I enjoy Sirius XMU. Reminds me of the college radio station when I was at the University.

[coprock]

EMUSIC.COM!

[cbaisa]

a few of my friends and i have zune passes. we discover music not only by exploring the unlimited downloads, but by sending each other suggestions too. it's a freaking brilliant way to find new music. as paris hilton would say "Loves it."

[zealthaudio]

I like pandora free great songs try going to pandora.com good stuff

[McFly85]

NME's Daily Download: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=122 Blogs:http://music-favourites.blogspot.com/

[jskrenes]

Pandora, Slacker, Rhapsody and Sirius are my main areas of acquiring new music.

[half_n_half17]

I check out many of the indie music blogs. There are some fantastic sites out there and I do go out and purchase when I enjoy the music.

[rpvitiello]

u mention sirius as a major source for hearing new music, and then fail to make it a poll option...
for me too that's where i hear new music. I then buy the *gasp* CD if I like the music enough.

[kmabdalla]

Pandora is definitely a biggie. But I would have to add Wikipedia as well. I do a wiki search on a given artist and voila! find other artists who might be similar through that! It works surprisingly well...