Dear riceevans,

I am beginning to get bored with listening to the same old crap on the radio and at parties all the time. How do I discover new music that I will actually like?

Love from,

Distraught Indie Boy


Dear young man,
 

Best Music Discovery Source of All Time:
The Hype Machine

The Hype Machine searches music blogs on the web for every type of music and gathers all of these hugely diverse links in one place, ready for searching. I have found some of the best remixes I have ever heard via THM. Just search a band/artist you already know and love and, guaranteed, you'll find something new and just as good.

 Here are some hep tracks I personally have discovered primarily via The Hype Machine:

Flaxen Haired Boy - The Hermit Crabs
Lollipop (MR GASPAR Remix) - Lil' Wayne
Shadowboxin' - Genius/GZA
One Two - The Cool Kids
The Point of No Return - Immortal Technique
Since I Left You - The Avalanches
Santo Mia (Immuzikation HolierThanThouBlend) - Santogold & M.I.A.
Electric Feel (Justice Remix) - MGMT

Mr. Carter (ft. Jay-Z) - Lil' Wayne

Hip Hop - Mos Def
Fidelity (Unreleased Moragn Page Remix) - Regina Spektor
You'll Find A Way (Remix) - Santogold
I Am A Camera - Little Pictures
Sexy Sadie (Beatles Cover) - I Am Kloot

Bamboo Banga (DJ Eli Remix) - M.I.A.
I Feel Like Dying - Lil' Wayne

There There (Live at KROQ) - Radiohead

Wake Up (ft. Jay-Z) - Missy Elliott

Chicago (To String Remix by Jongalloway) - Sufjan Stevens

Your Ex-Lover Is Dead (Stars cover) - Ben Gibbard

Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock Remix) - The Mountain Goats
Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes