I am like this also. It's tricky though because I think people hear 'quality' in different ways. Some people focus on lyrics, some like cultural identity, some people are probably responding at a more 'primal' level, i.e. just to the pure energy / emotion. But I do think it is different for everybody and does bear some relation to the individual's level of musical awareness and how much time and effort they invest in cultivating their own taste. I once worked with someone who when asked "What kind of music are you into?" answered "I don't really listen to music". Shocking!

The best way I have found to find new stuff is just to listen to lots and lots of music, and follow different leads. It's hardy a chore doing so!

"I don't really listen to music" == "I don't breathe much".

Way back I had friends over, one of them was looking through my CD collection which was minimal at the time, maybe 60 CDs. "Wow, you have a lot of CDs, do you listen to all of them?"

> "I don't really listen to music" == "I don't breathe much".

Could you elaborate?

I definitely used to be a person who just didn't listen to music - I found it quite boring, really. I've since found genres that I like that I listen to on occasion, but definitely still not as frequently as the average person.

This wasn’t meant as a judgement whatsoever. Others would say the same about, say football, which I just don’t relate to. The comment was relating my experience with music, it’s like I can barely live without it.

Fun fact: Jeff Bezos doesn't like music.

That's why "quality" radio can be so powerful: it's not uncommon for DJs to curate a set based on "songs with the same musician" or "original song and remakes/samples from the original" and the like.

Not that it's guaranteed to be "good" stuff but at least unique and more memorable in my experience

Any recommendations? I listen to BBC 6 Music a lot. Tried various others but nothing really 'stuck'. Always fun to have a fly around on https://radio.garden also. KEXP have some great performances on youtube, I should try listening to the radio station probably. Although saying that, neither 6 Music or KEXP (or others I have tried) seem to go quite obscure enough for me. i like pop / rock / indie but also experimental rock, lo-fi, noise, etc

BBC 6 Music is a great example of what I'm talking about, they have such excellent taste. I've discovered so much great music listening to them.

IMO 6Music is the pinnacle of this concept. I have yet to find a better source of new 'good' music. I try to listen to it as much as possible.

I made a 6 Music 'now playing' app (https://radio-tracker.geoffclayton.com/) so I could easily keep track of things I liked. I kept hearing things then forgetting... I never _quite_ finished it, so never really advertised its existence, but over the course of year it has collected some interesting stats. It's there and it works, anyway! Mainly the Spotify integration part is not quite finished.

I used to listen to bbc 6 music a lot. These days I listen to fip.fr it’s a French national radio, that pans all genres, and is very well curated. There is no ads, and very few people talking.

Def. NTS-Radio Love it

NTS does the job well for me:

https://www.nts.live/

Seconded! I would highly recommend NTS. Their archive is great, dives into almost anything you can think of

Been listening for a couple of hours or so. Love it, cheers.

Not necessarily obscure enough for you but I recommend https://radioparadise.com.

Radio Paradise is good for this.

I'm a big fan of Chile based Radio Isla Negra (available in Slow beat and upbeat as well as the regular eclectic selection on a well curated playlist.) No Ads, No DJs, just an occasional jingle. Much of it is just "new to me" rather than strictly "new", but it's one of the new I can enjoy leaving on for hours (or days) at a time without finding it irritating enough to change stations.

https://radioislanegra.com

I was about to say something similar, that associating by artist is too coarse. It should be at the song (or possibly album or artist+date) level.

Came here to say this exactly. I like Mac Miller and Kendrick Lamar, but as far as hip hop goes these are the only two artists I enjoy listening to.

In electronic music, I listen to Aphex Twin, which is pretty hardcord, but can’t really fathom anything else.

My tastes are really clear cut, but not around artist similarity.

Yeah, a bare minimum for this is probably to give at _least_ two songs and not just one. What is "good" is still subjective but given a few more data points and the gist of those enjoying all those should also be able to better provide what else these users enjoy.