That’s crazy to think that you need Spotify to discover new music.
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muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I guess I can be proud of not getting into Spotify at the first place. Instead of discovering new music, I discover older ones which I find more reliable since new music industry mostly suck. Oh, also Bandcamp is fine for discovering indie.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I never needed Spotify. It’s either my friends recommend me something or I make my own research, since I like music from many different countries. Sure I don’t randomly learn new ones much but that’s okay.
TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There is so much music today. To say new music sucks is wild
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
That’s my nostalgia talking but what I hear in public is bad, I mean in malls, stores, shops etc. maybe they have a bad taste though. By the way I said the industry sucks not the music. Because of the industry, they’re much shorter now (thanks to Spotify I guess), I hardly find a 45 minutes album with whole great tracks.
sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you’re just looking at the popular stuff it’s going to be shit. My library is filled with artists with just couple thousands of listens per month and it’s the shit (to me).
Nowadays everyone can make music and it’ll mean more stuff to filter through but there’ll be more gems to discover.
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Are they popular because people actually like them, I wonder. Because some of them are really really bad, they’re far from being art.
But yes, every age has their own gems to discover.
orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Walmart music will always be dull and milquetoast; its meant to be consumed by the nonexistant “perfectly normal” person. You gotta dig for that gnarly hipster shit you’re into, but I guarantee its out there somewhere
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I don’t think gnarly hipsters would listen what I listen. Maybe I don’t hear what I like in the outside world because they can be really old, it’s rare if I hear one on the wild.
TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well I dunno your tastes, but some newer music that isn’t shit (I’m an album listener myself, so I judge by the whole album):
Black MIDI - Hellfire Adult Jazz - Gist Is Billy Woods - all three of his newest (one is under “Armand Hammer”) Shellac - To All Trains Fiona Apple - Fetch the Boltcutters
Those few albums span some genres and should cover a lot of tastes. I can add some more if you’re interested, those were just off the top of my head
muhyb@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It seems we have quite different tastes but appreciated the effort. I listened the half of the first song for first 3, Shellac’s music is really good (listened 3 songs) but not fond of the soloist or the lyrics. I listen Fiona Apple time to time but I always find her covers much better than her own songs, so there is that. KNOWER seems fun, I don’t prefer to listen swearing in songs, but they are fun. Actually I’d like to hear more, especially if you know something similar to what I like in your repertoire. <3
Not gonna share full albums here but gotta share what I like, I’ll try to be broad as possible. All of them I like to listen as a whole album. Barış Manço - Domates Biber Patlıcan 陳美齡 - 珍珠淚 Lisa Ekdahl - Vem vet? فرید فرجاد ـ گل سنگم 鄧麗君 (テレサ・テン) - 別れの予感 ELUVEITIE - Lvgvs Pomme - les séquoias やなわらばー - 赤い実 Sirenia - Lithium and a Lover Thalia - Piel Morena Аркона - Одна Kazım Koyuncu - Mohevis Kalo Can Atilla - Rumeli Hisarı’nın Yapılışı