Hello. I haven't posted for a year and all the old links and images expired a few months back, but I thought it would be a shame to lose everything I have ever blogged about, as much for my own memory as anything else.
So, I have created a new Archive that currently has 1797 tracks spanning 19 years of blogging. I am still missing a few hundred from what I can tell, that have disappeared from my collection over the years (probably the more questionable selections!)... but I do have a list of the missing ones. So, I will find them and add them to the Archive as and when I can along with some nice new images, typically found on Are.na these days (highly recommended).
The player in the Archive will randomly select and play a song from the list and accompanying image, but if you click the text at the top you will be able to view, search and filter the entire list.
This was a nice little project, I think they call it 'vibe coding' these days. The internet has changed lots in nearly 20 years!
And below is 12 months of songs I have enjoyed and saved to a Playlist called 'If You Ever Post Again'.
So here we are :) Take it easy
Erik Luebs - Facing The Horizon
Le Motel - The Universe Is A Rabid Creature
Ettika - Ettika (The Veteran Delinquents Mix)
Tristwch Y Fenywod - Blodyn Gwrydd
David van Tieghem - Remote Viewing
fleet.dreams - Secret Of The Golden Flower
Flower Storm - Tonight We Feast, Tomorrow We Fight
Naturalisten - Release The Tension
30drop - Romantic Expectations
The Balloonist - A Heart Full Of Possibilities
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How do you find good music these days? I feel like it's become harder since music blogs started disappearing. Used to be you'd regularly stumble upon some real gems if you just spent enough time on hypem.
I know what you mean, although I see hypem is still going too! But doesn't feel the same as back then.
How do I find good music these days? It's not really changed that much over the years, I just have less time to spend listening sadly.
- Search by new releases on sites like Juno, Clone, Decks etc that all have music that I'll typically like.
- DJ Charts on the above sites and others can also be really good, I find DJ Charts preferable to recommendations/reviews on Music Websites because the curation can (not always) be better/more genuine.
- That said, I will go through all usual Music Websites at the end of the year to take in the Best Of The Year lists. Because I haven't got the time anymore, it's useful to find the really good releases that I've missed out on.
- Bandcamp, started using more in recent years by following artists and labels and getting notified of new releases. I haven't figured a way to find the best of Bandcamp though, because I'm sure there is so much good self-released music on there that I'm missing out on.
- Private Music Trackers - They were huge years ago but I only use one these days and is a good place to keep on top of more obscure releases that I would have missed elsewhere.
- YouTube can be really good as well, someone like https://www.youtube.com/ballacid for example has fantastic taste and shares great music.
- Reddit, I don't really use social media but I do keep an eye on some subreddits now and again. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOverload closest to my tastes I think but I've never really explored too much for music on Reddit, could be missing out.
That's about it, but would love to know what others do :)
I haven't figured out how to actively search Bandcamp for good music. It's mostly looking through other user's profiles that I discover stuff on there. And their own blog series Bandcamp Daily can have some good stuff, too.
Back in the day of one-click-hoster forums you had whole threads dedicated to subgenres of music where everyone who was interested could highlight notable releases. Those were a goldmine. I don't think we have an equivalent nowadays.
Yes the internet has changed a lot over the years, Youtube has become my biggest source to find new tracks, recently found this guy who publishes mixes of a single artist showcasing their work for a given period of time, great selection (https://youtube.com/@thedaddyo44?si=fQNupNsIu7qN20MR).
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