Discover new music (without algorithms)

If you're fed up with being kept in a bubble by algorithms, try something new, or actually something old. Discover new music by yourself.

Ask your friends and family for recommendations. What have they been listening to? Probably Spotify, but what's their favourite band recently? Go to local music venues. Small bars, concerts around you. You can also get recommendations from professionals. There are still music magazines and blogs out there.

Stereogum for example has several lists. Best 5 Songs of the Week, The Year in Review, Best New Artists, just to name a few:

https://www.stereogum.com/category/lists/

Check out Treblezine's list also. It's an independent music magazine and they have a ton of lists:

https://www.treblezine.com/category/lists-2/best-of/

Album Of The Year has a lot of lists too, based on user reviews and votes:

https://www.albumoftheyear.org

I also like to check the new physical media releases.

Bandcamp for example has New Cassette and CD arrivals and what's best selling currently:

https://bandcamp.com/discover/all/cassette?s=new

Tape Head City has a New Cassette arrivals page:

https://tapeheadcity.com/collections/new-releases

Cassette Week Releases:

https://www.cassetteweek.com/releases

Bestsellers from Meditations, a physical shop in Japan (CD, Tape, Vinyl):

https://meditations.jp/collections/bestsellers

TapeSchool Japanese cassette label:

http://tapeschool.com

Another good source can be online radios.

Listen to KEXP if you like exlectic and indie styles:

https://www.kexp.org

Or the Soho Radio London for various genres:

https://sohoradio.com

Plaza.one is great for vaporwave:

https://plaza.one

And you can spin the globe on Radio Garden and listen in to various live radio streams around the world:

https://radio.garden

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