These are some resources I use whenever I want to discover new music and old, forgotten gems:
- Bandcamp. Obviously. It’s such a great and large community of listeners, enthusiasts, collectors, artists and labels featuring niche genres as well as popular, widely available releases. Whenever I browse my feed which lists new releases of artists/labels and purchases of users I follow, I have to restrain myself from overspending. It’s that good if you follow people with interesting taste. Feel free to browse my Bandcamp collection[1].
- Discogs Diving: Go to Discogs‘ explore section, select a subgenre or two, a decade and/or a country of origin. Japanese ambient and new age from the 80s? Sure. Late 70s brazilian soul, jazz, fusion crossovers? Done. Depending on how many results you receive you might want to sort the releases and navigate from popular to obscurity by using pagination parameters. In any case you‘ll like have a few dozens tabs open within minutes.
- NTS Radio. As mentioned in another comment. This is radio done right. A large and diverse selection of shows hosted by some of the most competent and knowledgeable selectors and DJs of our time offering finest human curation that is superior to any recommendation engine in my experience.
- Online record stores. Record stores have always been a great source for music discovery and that doesn‘t change when things move online. Many of those stores have curated sections showcasing new and noteworthy releases, providing background information and obviously audio samples. Some of my favorite stores are Piccadilly Records[2], Soul Jazz Records / Sounds Of The Universe[3] and Boomkat[4] (which also offers lossless, digital purchasing options similar to Bandcamp).
[1] https://bandcamp.com/michaelfeihstel
[2] https://www.piccadillyrecords.com
[3] https://soundsoftheuniverse.com
[4] https://boomkat.com