f1freak said:
What's a good way of finding good not-well-known music?
And are you a "Trigger-Happy TV" fan? They have a lot of good music on that, a lot of Blur, Oasis, british bands like on FG
I've actually never heard of Trigger-Happy TV, but if you want to find good music here are my recommendations.:
1. Read
Spin magazine. It's a popular magazine, but despite it's popularity, it features a tonne of really great new music before it becomes popular.
2. Go to
Pitchfork Media's website and read as much as possible. They've got a bit of an elitist music snob thing going on which can get annoying, but they are very good. Their lists and columns are particularily good - they can be found
here. They have lists of the best records from specific years, as well as a 'Best albums of the 80s' and 'Best albums of the 90's' list which are absolutely amazing.
3. If you download music, start downloading random music. It may sound a bit nuts, but if you have a fast connection, just download random stuff to see what it is like. I've found two of my all time favourite bands that way: with both 'TV on the Radio' and 'Death from Above 1979' I just saw their band names and thought "hey, that sounds sort of cool" - it turns out both bands are mind-shatteringly cool.
4. If you live anywhere near a university or college, listen to their radio station. Most play incredibly cool music, and a lot of very popular bands got their start on college radio. If you don't live near a university or college, listen to
KEXP online (Washington University's radio station). Actually, even if you do live near a university, listen to KEXP anyway.
I listen to KEXP all the time, and every single show on it is amazing.
Hope that helps out.
Follow those steps and maybe you'll become a music-addict like me - we need a few more around here to help out with the song identifications anyway. :lol: