One of the biggest joys of finding new music is stumbling onto something you like unexpectedly, like when Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist nails it and there’s more than one song that you don’t skip. Of course, this can be a rare occasion for many of us. Algorithms haven’t figured out how to give us an unending stream of personalized hits just yet, so we’re left to find our new jams in other ways.
Here are a few ways to find new music when you’re absolutely completely out of ideas.