How do you discover good obscure music, /mu/? >inb4 record

Shit, record stores would probably mean you're 3rd world. They really aren't that good for this anyway.

Albumoftheyear.org new release list
Bandcamp supporters collections and release date searches
/mu/ of course aoty threads
RYM aoty lists
Local shows

I usually just take the artists I have now and look at related acts on Allmusic.com or watch youtube reviews.

I don't really mess with rym, the /mu/ approved albums because a list seems like homework nor do i read p4k stuff because their writing is pretty shitty, way too much purple prose, its annoying as fuck because its meant to draw attention to the writing, not necessarily to pinpoint the merits of an album.

yeah YouTube and Spotify recs are surprisingly good

Well do you have any good playlists on spotify? Cause even if i find something good then it's always some shitty pleb indie in it.

>>72300375
the internet

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>>72300486
>YouTube recs are surprisingly good

>>72300594
There's tons of obscure music on Youtube.

>72300375
Friends
Reddit
Podcasts
Music history books
/mu/ is pretty much garbage for obscure music

>>72300614
ew, reddit fag

>>72300594
Youtube reccs are gr8 for obscure shit

>>72300614
/mu/ is pretty much garbage for music

>>72300375
record stores

I wrote a script that randomly selects youtube links from mu.

https://mu-radio-colonel.c9users.io/

warning: it really blows at times

I give head to random strangers and ask what tunes they like

>>72301628
im a random stranger

>>72300375
Sharethreads, mostly.
There's also private trackers, but since WCD went down I don't use them as much.

>>72301655
I go twice as hard for dubs

>>72300625
>implying reddit isn't a useful tool
Please kill yourself mu-drone pleb.

>>72301679
It really depends on what sub you visit. Some are complete trash, others are quite good.

>>72301674
im twice as hard

>>72301686
shut up you got a small one and we all know this

>>72301733
*notices ur dubs*
OwO what's this

>>72301743
rawr!

>Find out about genre
>Google genre
>Google 'best ___ albums'
>Go on RYM and Discog lists

Works pretty well, check out the 4chan wikia's flowcharts and essential graphs too

discogs

Spotify recommendations

I'll give you one
https://youtu.be/yAlwtWtStxk

>>72301790
I can assure you they aren't obscure if you're just listening to the most popular of a genre

>>72301615
adblock:on

>>72302016
its still in development, I'm thinking about getting a server

>>72300693
>/mu/ is pretty much garbage for music
If you don't know where to look, sure.

>>72300375
dick around on /mu/ until I find something I like and then just look at all of the associated acts

swans has lead me to some cool shit desu

Pandora, Spotify weekly playlist, YouTube and last FM

>>72300594
I found Clever Girl that way. So it is helpful sometimes.

>>72300375
I'd recommend you some books on music but you probably dont read because you're a dumb frogposter

Youtube is indeed a good tool for that, last.fm and bandcamp are great too, and get better the more you use them.

>>72302784
says the faggot namefag

noone even likes you

>>72300375
>how do you get luxury items
>3rd world fag here
Sorry

>>72301615
Good shit anon

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>>72302810
Like I give a shit you utter plebe

Discogs too senpai

>>72300375
There's a satellite radio station I listen to a lot, that plays a really diverse mix of music, including some really obscure stuff. They play famous hits and what not too, both old and new, but I've also found stuff through it that seems to be super obscure as far as I can tell. Shit like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXgrG0hW4U

Hell, I found out about my favorite album of all time from a live session the band did on the station, and it's decently obscure too.

The station is The Loft if anyone's interested.

>>72300375
Sharethreads
RYM lists
Listen to random radio shows from around the world
Soulseek rooms
Follow artists on social media and see who they give shoutouts too

>>72300375
fucking /mu/, the archive then google

>>72302834
gaaaayyyy

>>72301800
This. Label digging is where it's at.