Discovery, by Daft Punk (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
If someone don’t know, it’s an album name, alternatively known with music-video movie “Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem”, basically a music-video for whole album, bit anime.
oooo I absolutely adore discovery but didn’t know about the movie, that sounds awesome!
Daft Punk is the best! I’ll have to check out this movie thing :3
Thanks!
Taking this moment to plug HEALTH for all the trans alt girlies. Thank me later 💜
music discovery via the internet archive tags
edit because i saw people posting reccomendations: (some random polish 90s punk) https://archive.org/details/Apatia_Odejdz-Lub-Zostan/
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Wikipedia rabbitholing is my preferred method. Start on an article about a band or genre you like, then just glance through for influences and subgenres etc., read those articles to find new band names, give 'em a quick listen on whatever platform you use (usually just YouTube for me), and continue the process as needed i.e. if you don’t like what you hear for a given artist, just keep clicking till you find the next one. It sounds like it’d take forever this way, but I’ve found new bands I love within about 10 minutes of clicking, and this is consistently the case. Algorithms have never, ever recommended me anything I actually liked, and this is true for music, games, TV shows and whatever else. They just don’t work on any meaningful level.
But this only gets you some of the larger bands. Many of the bands I listen to have no wikipedia article or even much of an online presence outside of instagram or facebook to announce gigs and shows
This is kinda genius. I’m gonna try it lol
My playlist hasn’t been updated since the late 90s.
Me fr. I bet I could craft the perfect playlist, and never listen to anything else again. That actually sounds like pretty fun idea… maybe i could make a mixtape…
Ah, I used to have a transparent tape deck/radio. It was the height of 90s coolness.
Omg I love transparent electronics; they’re such a vibe! I might actually look for a second-hand one. It truly is peak coolness.
Mwahahahaha my evil plan to get more good songs is working >:3
two older ones I always go back to are The Protomen and Gunship.
and if you like the story telling in a Protomen album and you like The Magnus Archives podcast, you may also find some joy in The Mechanisms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmcM_aEMTY but that’s the biggest stretch because it’s less music and more audio storytelling weirdness.
Music discovery by watching cathatonic youths clips
I have all my tv shows curated for me via tunblr gifsets
Dungeon synth
Ohhh I’ve read about dungeon synth! Or maybe I watched a video? I can’t remember. I really should give it a try. Thanks!
If you like funky Argentine funky indie pop? Bandalos Chinos are the dogs bollocks
Recent metal album I picked up on Bandcamp Friday: Cairiss - Wilderness
I do occasionally hear metal but this is the first of this subgenre I‘ve listened to. Really enjoyed it though, so I‘m open to recommendations
Browsing the top 10 on sites like Redacted or Orpheus became my preferred way of discovering new music.
Three things ive been listening too.
• Dragon Mouth by DustMoth (fusking love dustmoth)
• Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome by Gnome
• Area 52 by Rodrigo Y Gabriela
This has to do with the death of music journalism in general. A lot of curation function was done through magazines and online publications, many of which are now gone or much smaller than they used to be: Pitchfork, Paste, NME, Rolling Stone and so on. Now curation is done through niche influencers.
By the way I do some curation on Youtube with an emphasis on Austin based indie and folk music. You can check out my Youtube of live music videos:
