- go to the kinds of record stores that let you listen to the vinyl before you cop and just hang out for mad long
- get streaming service or slsk, go to store, save/download any album that looks interesting
- go on whosampled.com and search a bunch of songs you like, check out the source materials
- find one song you like, play it on spotify, let aftertrack radio do its thing it’s quite good actually
Mar 23, 2024
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NTS and Do You Radio are two of my daily listens — NTS has a tracklist function too + a huge archive of mixes.
Searching a favourite track on YouTube and then filtering by playlist is also really fun. Takes a little scrolling.
Discogs and bandcamp are both marketplaces I often dip into for some discovery. Both have user-made lists. Discogs you can go down great rabbit holes by digging into a particular artist/musician/producer’s entire body of work. Bandcamp good for new grassroots music.
Soulseek if you don’t mind a little piracy is also great. You can browse people’s entire music libraries. Some are really thoughtfully organised. There’s something oddly endearing about getting an impression for who someone is simply going off how they’ve organised their music and what they have.
Apr 29, 2024
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I usually search for playlist with a similar vibe I'm going for to see what they've added and get inspo. Look at related artists to the ones already in the playlist, and create a radio station out of the songs to automatically get recommended similar songs! Just click around and listen and explore!! You can also look at the genres of the songs that have your vibe and explore those (everynoise is a cool website to explore genres with).
Most of all try to let it evolve, you will come across songs eventually that'll fit perfectly and you can add them as they come. Let your playlists grow over months and years, it doesn't have to be all done in one go!! :)
Sep 24, 2024
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I work alone on the computer all day and try to discover different music because it stimulates me while I mindlessly code. I think I have posted on it here before but since August, when I was in a similar headspace, I've tried to listen to 2-4 albums a day, no repeats, while I work and keep track of it in a RateYourMusic List.
I get the albums I listen to from a variety of sources. RYM has a pretty cool list of the highest rated albums on the site and you can play with the filters to change the genre or timeframe, for example "the best cloud rap album from 2016", and pick out something from that. I also did a challenge a few years ago where I made a spreadsheet the "Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time" and picked a few at random everyday for a couple months. Theres other good sources with lists like Pitchfork, the Quietus, Stereogum, Small Albums, Aquarium Drunkard, and so on that you could work through too.
I also really like checking out the "Artist Playlists" on Spotify for people I like because they turn me on to cool stuff that inspired their music. Here are some good ones from Hania Rani, Wednesday, and Caroline Polachek.
Finally, there are a number of folks on twitter and instagram with good taste like margeaux, yellow button, and people from the podcast Endless scroll who all have good playlists as well as podcasts and/or videos you can check out.
Feb 29, 2024
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leaves you susceptible to dating someone for too long because they play a role rather than it being about who they are. if you go in open to every situation, it will play out as its supposed to naturally (sometimes with a little nudge)
Aug 4, 2024
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literally every single series has been great so far except BOS/MIA & CLE/ORL. we really in for a treat
Apr 23, 2024
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go drink some right now
it’s good for your body and skin and has magical healing properties when consumed at the right times. currently it’s helping me beat a hangover
Dec 29, 2024