The way I have done it for the last several years and it has brought me amazing new dimensions of sound experience…

Find an artist that you like, look them up and find out who produced the album and other group members.

Then do a little Wiki research into the discography and solo work of each of those performers or producers.

Follow up on interesting threads, and you’ll be exposed to all kinds of amazing new stuff.

Although I’m definitely out of this listening phase now, an example that worked for me was I got very obsessed with Talking Heads band. Looked them up and found out that Brian Eno produced them.

Started to notice from other bands I looked up that Brian Eno was mysteriously involved in so many of them.

Started to look into all the bands that Brian Eno produced and worked with over the years, and then started to look into the music of Brian Eno.

Starts to give you a realization that the true talent in a band is generally not the performers, but rather the veterans with decades of experienced who guide them.

Another example is Buckethead, started to see this dude buckethead appearing on literally hundreds of different album credits! Did a lot of research into the guy and the various bands he’s worked with, and that opened hundreds of new experiences to me.

This comment is getting a little outside of my original point, which is to actually do some research on your own, go out and find the lesser-known works of artists you love.

Basically just follow different Wikipedia links, and then when you find an album in a discography that you think might be interesting, look it up.