Where do you all learn about new music?

[bearman🐻]

Some cool stuff on here: http://www.rollins-archive.com/blog/

[s0u1surfer]

I get familiar with the small venues - think blackcat or smaller - at the hotspots...nyc, sf, l.a., dc, omaha, vancouver, etc. check their schedules and visit any live band links and listen. if you like the band's sound, and consider attending. it's convenient that way since it's usually cheap and you can actually make plans to attend. you'll know which bands to go out of your way to check out if there's a redundancy in the schedule.
 
 i find that band influences aren't a good source. Most will list already popular bands which doesn't help if you're looking for something different.
 
 for your convenience check the smaller venue nearest you as a start. not much time is needed. blackcat is a good source for up and comers if you're around the dc area. so is dc9 and a few others. but blackcat is my main source for small nation touring bands. have faith on the locals. i just saw exit clov without any previous knowledge and am in love with them right now.
 
 have fun looking for new music.

[s0u1surfer]

oh. pandora.com plays some obscure bands.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
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Yep.
 
 And what my friends across the globe are listening to on last.fm

[HoyaSaxa03]

no offense to new music, but i mostly keep myself busy finding old bands, going through nuggets comps and listening for the gems, catching up with some 70s group that i just never got into for some reason or another ... there's just so much great stuff out there that i haven't heard
 
 it's so tiring to really try to be "ahead of the curve" and find new bands noone else has heard, and most of today's stuff is pretty derivative and non-essential ... that said, i read Magnet cover-to-cover, and focus a lot on their record label advertisements and reviews ... Liberation Dance Party is actually a fun place to keep up on what's coming out, and you get to see the videos too ... This forum, pitchfork, and emusic are good resources ... and it really helps to have similarly inclined friends with whom you can chew the fat ... oh, and rolling stone is really essential; you won't learn about new bands, per se, but you'll get a broader perspective on the music industry (plus just great journalism) that you miss if you just follow the indie rags
 
 but who cares about knowing about a band first?  there are filters out there like DJs and magazines for a reason, to separate the wheat from the chaff

[kosmo vinyl]

i'm waiting for everyone to response so as to do less thinking abou this question... but my answer is being formulated and i agree with what most people have replied with.

[bellenseb]

Chrome Waves + KEXP = : )

[amnesiac]

The OC!

[SalParadise]

my friend marc.

[pj]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  no offense to new music, but i mostly keep myself busy finding old bands, going through nuggets comps and listening for the gems, catching up with some 70s group that i just never got into for some reason or another ... there's just so much great stuff out there that i haven't heard
 
 

Agreed. I still feel as though there are plenty of bands that have come and gone already that I don't know. Case in point, Big Star. I hadn't really even heard of them until about a year ago, but really dig what they did.

[xneverwherex]

friends are always a great resource. between friends from here (the states) and the UK and other places, I seem to find out about most bands quite quickly.
 
 local websites (im in nyc) and theres plenty of news on upcoming shows/hot bands, etc.
 
 and im surprised no one has mentioned myspace. i heard about people in planes from there a while back, and have loved them since the moment i heard them. you never know who youll come across.
 
 and filter magazine seems to be on top of stuff. guess it depends what kind of music you like and then staying on top of it, or finding others who like the same stuff.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I read all the Big Star hoopla, and went out and bought one of their albums ten years ago. I still don't see what all the hoopla is about. Plenty of power pop bands came along and did better stuff. Same thing with Gram Parsons.
 
 ...though "The Letter" by the Boxtops is just about a perfect song.
 
 
 

Originally posted by P Harmony:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  no offense to new music, but i mostly keep myself busy finding old bands, going through nuggets comps and listening for the gems, catching up with some 70s group that i just never got into for some reason or another ... there's just so much great stuff out there that i haven't heard
 
 

Agreed. I still feel as though there are plenty of bands that have come and gone already that I don't know. Case in point, Big Star. I hadn't really even heard of them until about a year ago, but really dig what they did. [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by P Harmony:
 Agreed. I still feel as though there are plenty of bands that have come and gone already that I don't know. Case in point, Big Star. I hadn't really even heard of them until about a year ago, but really dig what they did.

and badfinger and the raspberries as well ... rhett, what don't you like about "#1 record"?  there's at least four "5-star" songs on there for me:
 
 don't lie to me
 in the street
 when my baby's beside me
 the ballad of el goodo
 
 and not much filler at all ... same with "radio city" ... but i don't really get the love for "third/sister lovers", never really got into that album

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Third/Sister Lovers is the album I have. Maybe I need to check out #1 Record.
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   

Originally posted by P Harmony:
 Agreed. I still feel as though there are plenty of bands that have come and gone already that I don't know. Case in point, Big Star. I hadn't really even heard of them until about a year ago, but really dig what they did.

and badfinger and the raspberries as well ... rhett, what don't you like about "#1 record"?  there's at least four "5-star" songs on there for me:
 
 don't lie to me
 in the street
 when my baby's beside me
 the ballad of el goodo
 
 and not much filler at all ... same with "radio city" ... but i don't really get the love for "third/sister lovers", never really got into that album [/b]

[bellenseb]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
 but i don't really get the love for "third/sister lovers", never really got into that album [/QB]

Funny, Third/Sister Lovers is by far my favorite Big Star album. It's got such a unique palpable atmosphere to it of melancholy and dissolution, combined with great pop songs, amazing production. Kangaroo is maybe the most timeless thing on there - see what backwards guitars can do.