If you care about music, find human creators and curators (record labels, well-run stores, reviewers, DJs, etc) you like and pay attention to what they're doing

If you care about music, find human creators and curators (record labels, well-run stores, reviewers, DJs, etc) you like and pay attention to what they're doing. Talk to them, even. There are likely some of these people within a degree or two of you socially. Use algorithms only if you're at a complete loss and need a bit of help serendipitously stumbling onto any of the above, but don't rely on them.