Deciding which al***s to buy?

Listen to the radio.
I like Radcliffe and Maconie on Radio 2 and have had quite a few good hits from stuff they play. Hear something you like and then check out some other stuff on youtube and the like. Plus there are plenty of guys on here who can point you in the direction of stuff you might like.
regards,
Steve

I pretty much buy everything that makes it into "The Onion's" top 50 each year. I exclude those few in genres I just hate such as hip-hop, rap and from stupid serious guys with too much jewellery, attitude and pants/sunglasses 5 sizes too big, etc.

I also buy stuff that gets lots of mentions here on the Forum (Basia, PT to name 2).

Radio, this Naim Forum and Mojo Magazine are my main sources.

and Winky, respectfully, your perspective of hip hop and rap seems to be very narrow!

John

NPR Radio All Songs Considered has been a great source of music for me. The podcast is a weekly 'must' for me and the website is great too. Their end of year lists in Classical/Workld/Folk as well as pop/Rock are always rich pickings. I also keep an eye on the Pitchforkmedia website, it often covers music I'm interested in although the reviews can be a bit odd at times.

I have picked up quite a lot from the Guardian newspaper music reviews, and sometims skim the Indy and Times online music pages. Amazon occasionally throw something up via the recommendations page.

This forum has definitely helped me find new music over the years.

I use MySpace for longer previews than iTunes/Amazon sample clips, however a fair few artists I'll pretty much buy without first listening. In the end sample tracks are just that-however I've noticed a fair few new releases being previewed in full on band websites (or sometimes at NPR for a few weeks).

For my occasional forays into World music I usually listen to clips at Sterns. Great site.

Bruce

quote:

Originally posted by John M:
Radio, this Naim Forum and Mojo Magazine are my main sources.

and Winky, respectfully, your perspective of hip hop and rap seems to be very narrow!

John

Hey, no respect required. But my post said "hip hop, rap AND those dumb guys with big pants. The sets overlap, but are not the same. A lot of hip-hop and rap is done by decent people - artists, even. It is just that I don't like much of it.

Usually have a list of what I am after but for new releases I tend to check out Amazon and a few other companies.

The Dermot O'Leary show, Radio 2 on a Saturday afternoon, is a good source for new material too. There's usually a couple of sessions on as well with an original song plus a cover from each guest.

I use many sources to find new music, one I frequent Record Shop's, read magazines, attend bakeoffs, listen to advice from friends and forumites but my big resource is....

DISCOGS


Where I can cross reference artists with others, look up record label catalogues, availability of records and much more.



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