I used to discover a lot of new music on Youtube, actually.
If you watched a music video you liked, the algorithm recommended related stuff, but also threw you a curveball with <1000 views once in a while.
I stumbled upon a lot of great bands that way.
But nowadays, 3 videos in it’ll all be AI slop, so I’m open to new ideas and willing to pay for a service, too.


I work in a small (450 capacity) live music venue. We have a great booker who books a very broad spectrum of up and coming bands as well as older bands still touring.
If you have cool small venues in your area, most of them have a certain style, just regularly check out their program on their website, there you’ll have links to videos, the bands socials and if you happen to like some of the music you already know when and where they’ll play a live show :)