What are your new music inspirations?

What are your new music inspirations? I love exploring new music of all eras and genres and I’m curious how others are exposed to new artists. I look at a lot of different sources but my main touch points are the following:

  • Naim Audio community forum (not just saying this for the likes)
  • Pitchfork Media website
  • Sirius XM (I’m a big fan of XMU, Indie Rock Radio)
  • My local record shops and their staff (shout out to Red Cat and Neptune Records in Vancouver, BC)
  • The Needle Drop website
  • Gorilla vs. Bear blog (also his Sirius XMU radio show on Thursday night is a family favourite)
  • Rolling Stone website
  • Social media feeds of my favourite artists and labels

I just monitor The what are you plaiying now thread. Give some a spin via Tidal or YouTube…

Social media + browsing band label catalogs + if a particular band/album is listed as influence on an album I like when reading up on it

Not sure I would say they are inspirations, but the sources for discovering new music would mostly be these:
Bandcamp
BBC Radio 6
Local independent record shops
Recommendations from friends