I enjoy soundcloud (and have a plus membership with them) but it for sure is a monster amount of play, skip, go to artist profile, play a few of their top tracks, repeat<p>I've had some good luck with surfing the IceCast directory in the sidebar of VLC but it often only helps <i>discover</i> music if they have their id3 tags configured correctly or that the dj is disciplined about doing track IDs<p>The BBC streams are great about both aspects if your interests are covered by one of their shows
<a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mixcloud.com/</a> is pretty good for finding stuff to listen to in a somewhat curated manner.
For “new to me” at least, I read a lot of rock documentaries, and I’ll go and Spotify all the various other musicians that get mentioned as contemporaries or influences of the bands I read about.<p>I have some friends in the local scene still who will refer me to local club shows and stuff.<p>I’ve had a hard time getting really passionate about any new-new acts for the past decade or so though, I blame my age/stage of life more than anything there.
Spotify, TikTok, and if I’m feeling adventurous there is a site <a href="https://cosine.space" rel="nofollow">https://cosine.space</a> that has a song similarity service.
i can recommmend:
<a href="https://hardwax.com" rel="nofollow">https://hardwax.com</a> (legendary berlin based record shop)
<a href="https://bleep.com" rel="nofollow">https://bleep.com</a> (founded by warp records)
<a href="https://boomkat.com" rel="nofollow">https://boomkat.com</a> (another fine online music store from the uk)