Forgive me if this isn’t allowed, but where do people find their obscure music?
I use:
- this instance
- local small festivals
- in Spotify they link similar artists. So, if I like the feel of one small artist I can find more like them
- occasionally when I search for a specific song they will list not that song, but the title is interesting enough for me to try it
How do others find their obscure music?
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I’ll browse venue’s email blasts for bands & check them out. In my area 250-500 capacity venues are the sweet spot imo for up & coming.
Another is if you dig a band, see who put out some of their records and check out some other bands in that catalog. Smaller ones tend to work with bands that share a vibe or whatnot
A lot of Japanese live houses have youtube channels where they upload. I actually think it would be cheating to post most of what I find as the language barrier just makes it obscure by default.
I’ve found a few western clubs doing the same but not to the extent of the Japanese scene. I’ve been very lucky to find a local doing this.
There’s also local radio. We have https://www.fbi.radio/ which focuses on local Australian acts, I would hope most places care about their local scene half as much.
edit: forgot to mention band camp. I like noise, ambient, power electronic, all stuff that doesn’t really gain traction in the mainstream.
I also forgot about cassette uploaders. if you like Electronica then december 32nd, 1969 is amazing.
That is so cool!
Really often it is kind of a chain where one thing leads to the next. I shazam one artist’s Song in a Cafe, I get the Album the Song is on. It features some other Artist that peaks my interest who then leads me to some compilation where I might find a whole new rabbit hole to go down. And so on and so on.
