How do you discover new music these days?

With great difficulty
so i mainly fill holes in my cd collection, old jazz, weird classical, rock etc.

CDs are the future. Lol

To answer the question

I listen to radio 3 late junction specifically and radio 3 generally and i get news feeds. And friends recommend.

But isn't it amazing that there is no good way to discover the new music that we might like?

Word of mouth, npr, audiotree, and spotify for the most part.

Concerts, movies, recommendations – but most of all streaming services. Their recommendations can be quite useful as long as one makes playlists and marks favorite pieces. Pandora used to be very good, it isn't accessible here anymore – but Tidal and Deezer are good too. Haven't tried Apple Music or Apple Classical for a while. For orchestral music, I also sometimes discover new music on the TV channel Mezzo.

it's funny, but one of the reasons I used to watch things like American Idol and The Voice was to hear new music. They do old stuff as well, but I found a lot of good music this way. I really miss having a radio station that plays stuff I like. The top 40 is too urban/rap for me. Classic rock is everything I've already heard. I haven't seen an Adult Contemporary station in years. I've always been a rock/pop/anything I can sing to listener.

Besides the few artists I already like and follow, I nowadays pretty much get all the music I listen from tv series, films and ads. If I find an artist I like, I usually check if they have more good stuff (usually they don’t) and if any related artists sound anything like them. Sometimes I accidentally bump into some music video which I like but it’s rare as I don’t listen to the radio except while driving (and I don’t drive that much), and I rarely listen to today’s music, as most of it is pretty bad.

I rely on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts - have discovered so much good stuff.

But in reality, I don't often listen to music for pleasure anymore because I'm constantly immersed in music thru my composing activities. I will go hunting for music on YouTube when I need to research a particular style or sound for a project. In those situations just searching for the specific style or related keywords usually returns a ton of music I've never been exposed to before.

Searching out what the artists I listen to are listening to has generally served me pretty well.

I explore the rabbit hole that is Bandcamp. I check out their weekly features, their listing of related artists on the artist pages, other artists on the same label, and the collection of other members who enjoy the music that I like. When I do find new artists I like, depending on how obscure or off the beaten path they are, I will google them and there may be a write-up about them on some obscure webzine. This I then scour for other artists, as they likely have their finger on the pulse of a scene that is unfamiliar to me.

NekujaK said:

I rely on NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts - have discovered so much good stuff.

But in reality, I don't often listen to music for pleasure anymore because I'm constantly immersed in music thru my composing activities. I will go hunting for music on YouTube when I need to research a particular style or sound for a project. In those situations just searching for the specific style or related keywords usually returns a ton of music I've never been exposed to before.

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This, KEXP, ARTE Concert, Cercle (mostly for EDM DJs, but they feature many different artists)

Based on this question, I just discovered the “Contemporary Classical” playlist in Apple Music. It is updated regularly (last was yesterday) and so far, it’s pretty interesting.

End of the year I go on rateyourmusic and listen to the top voted stuff. Plus various best of lists.

Podcasts (especially the French Total Trax)
And lagrandeevasion.fr a web radio dedicated to film music.

EDIT: I had this whole story that is of absolutely no use to you.

Try Bandcamp.

I still read album reviews and notes on new releases, that often gets me in the right direction. After having collected so much music over decades I have gotten to where it's so rare that something knocks my socks off. But I love when it happens.

Primarily through Apple Music these days. When I'm doing house or yard work, I'll put it on some genre station. As songs come on that I haven't heard before and like, I have Siri add them to a playlist called "Random Finds." Every now and then, I'll scan through that and create an artist station based on one of those tracks.

I've found a lot of "new" music that way, but a lot of it is still 40+ years old. Hey... it's new to me...

Addendum: I missed the part about the OP not having any streaming services. Other than Amazon “people also bought” suggestions, I’d probably seek out some podcasts, look for online radio shows in genres I’m exploring, and browse Bandcamp. Bandcamp, in particular is a wealth of really interesting rabbit holes.

I live in the Netherlands and go to various live music venues for pop, rock and even jazz concerts. From each venue I receive a weekly concert agenda. They may list artists yet unknown to me, but when it sounds interesting I search for live recordings on youtube and then decide if I go to that concert. In this manner I have "discovered" new music.

We also have a chain of CD/LP shops that issues a monthly free magazine with short reviews of new CDs. This may also lead to new discoveries.

Well curated radio show.

BBC Radio (6, 3, and 2).