...but how would I have been exposed to that music without the show?
How would I find music that I'll possibly love, but I won't be exposed to?
Doesn't have to be rock at all.
BBC Radio 6 Music has a lot of obscure stuff, especially the DJs like Iggy Pop and Craig Charles.
Edit: also, go to a local open mic night, find someone whose music you like, and make friends with them. They'll have loads of obscure recommendations for you.
Many, perhaps most, music services have towards the bottom of an artist page a list of similar artists that you can explore. Also, if you see what compilations a song, or an artist, is on you can see what else is on that collection.
Also, music services have collections for different styles of music. As you listen to those, if you like a song you can try to see if you like other songs from the same group / artist.
I’m lucky to live in a really good radio town. For the last 10 years, I have found the best new music consistently from the KUTX community supported radio station.
You can listen to them online too. Laurie Gallardo is sort of my low key hero.
https://kutx.org/
Get some friends that like the same “kinds” of music as you. Ask them.
Was going to link the website but it seems to be off air, which is very unusual, so here's a link to the Mixcloud channel of 1BTN.fm
Enjoy!
You could try random internet radios, usually long lists are easily searchable and just listen to them for a few mins at a time to see if you like anything then if you do look up that bands albums, or if you're really interested read up about artists and what music inspires them and branch out from there.
Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's too Stupid to Know About https://www.mixcloud.com/PopSongsMixtape/
