My extremely modern recommendation for those feeling like they have no good sources: have y'all tried reading more blogs? I still read Stereogum (which recentl

My extremely modern recommendation for those feeling like they have no good sources: have y'all tried reading more blogs? I still read Stereogum (which recently went independent again after being owned by Billboard) and Pitchfork. I stay reasonably on top of popular music with them - Stereogum in particular strikes an amazing balance between having good coverage of straight-up pop while still giving coverage to often-ignored genres like hardcore and grime. Their writers certainly have their blindspots, and they are driven by popular label press releases as much honest discovery, but that's kind of why I read them - I want to stay on top of the zeitgeist. I think if you have specific tastes, you should find sources covering your niches. I also think that if you live in a major city, you may want to find local coverage - I read Brooklyn Vegan, which is (unsurprisingly given the name) also mainly focused on mainstream indie, also but covers a lot of smaller artists who are coming through NYC soon. I've managed to see a lot of live music I never would have heard of thanks to them. I am also interested in working on better ways to discover music. I've been working on a small Twitter-like social network for sharing new music on and off for the past few years, somewhat comparable to This Is My Jam. It doesn't do any fancy algorithms or anything, it just presents music your friends post in a form that's easy to listen back to (via Spotify and Apple Music SDKs - would love to have more sources someday, but Soundcloud and Bandcamp don't really have APIs for this, and obviously hosting content is a minefield). I'm watching the comments on this thread closely for inspiration on this - right now I've just been using it with a couple friends and thinking about how it might expand in the future :)