do you use rateyourmusic?
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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indieheads - For fans of indie and alternative music.
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For fans of indie and alternative music.
For now there’s no real rules of Lemmy’s indieheads except these guidelines from the original subreddit:
We are purposely vague on a definition of “indie”. In general, music & news posts from these genres are not allowed:
Mainstream Rock/Metal Mainstream Pop Mainstream Hip Hop/R&B Mainstream Electronic & EDM
This is to encourage posts with music from more independent & underground artists. Experimental music & underground acts that exist within the banned genres will be allowed, at the discretion of the mods.
Feel free to discuss features you'd like to see on this community here. All ideas welcome!
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Rate your music mostly, just look for genres you like and you’ll find some good stuff
This is going to sound really weird but...Eurovision. Obviously it's not all (or even majority) "indie" but there's always a fair bit and I enjoy being exposed to music from other cultures.
For example this year's major find are a Finnish band called Kuumaa, who Google insist on classifying as "pop" but never mind. Particularly their song from the Finnish national selection this year "Ylivoimainen". Shoutout to Sudden Lights from Latvia and Joker Out from Slovenia this year too.
I’m old school. I’m still browsing music blogs and independent radio stations like KEXP and WFMU.
this site is very useful: music-map.com
it lets you type in a name of the artist you already like, and then shows you a bunch of others you might like
mainly last.fm and Bandcamp. Last.fm recommendations are scarily accurate