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Is there a way to get recommendations for "underrated" songs, or music that is awesome but I might not come across? For instance, I really loved the Peacemaker soundtrack... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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...but how would I have been exposed to that music without the show?

How would I find music that I'll possibly love, but I won't be exposed to?

Doesn't have to be rock at all.

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[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The last few times I've found music I like via a method that was repeatable was searching through tags on Bandcamp. If I was listening to something I liked, I could look at the tags (electro, downtempo, big band etc) and click a few of those to find similar music. As far as a filter for quality, the number of followers for a page might be a decent metric because the genres are extremely precise and niche, and most of the biggest artists don't self publish. There's some amazing stuff on there to be found.