How to discover interesting and new music online

Everyone has faced this conundrum at one point or another: you’re sick and tired of the music in your library, but you can’t stand commercial radio. As a result, you haven’t been exposed to new music in quite a while. How do you find new things to listen to that you won’t hate? Or, even better, music that you might actually like?

Aside from the brute force approach—just listen to everything!—there are numerous ways to discover new music right at your fingertips that are a little more intuitive. Thanks to an explosion of online streaming services, you can often listen to a plethora of recommendations based on what you already like without even opening your wallet—at least until you’re ready to commit to downloading.

Abstract from the original article on Ars Technica.