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This is a community dedicated to sharing lesser-known music. Please try to submit and share lesser known music. I reserve the right to remove any music I feel is not obscure enough. Please don't take it personally if I do. It's just some people are sometimes not aware that a band or a project is bigger than they think.
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Artist Name - Song Title [Genre] [Year]
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Please do not post any artist more than once a week.
I’ll browse venue’s email blasts for bands & check them out. In my area 250-500 capacity venues are the sweet spot imo for up & coming.
Another is if you dig a band, see who put out some of their records and check out some other bands in that catalog. Smaller ones tend to work with bands that share a vibe or whatnot
Really often it is kind of a chain where one thing leads to the next. I shazam one artist's Song in a Cafe, I get the Album the Song is on. It features some other Artist that peaks my interest who then leads me to some compilation where I might find a whole new rabbit hole to go down. And so on and so on.
A lot of Japanese live houses have youtube channels where they upload. I actually think it would be cheating to post most of what I find as the language barrier just makes it obscure by default.
I've found a few western clubs doing the same but not to the extent of the Japanese scene. I've been very lucky to find a local doing this.
There's also local radio. We have https://www.fbi.radio/ which focuses on local Australian acts, I would hope most places care about their local scene half as much.
edit: forgot to mention band camp. I like noise, ambient, power electronic, all stuff that doesn't really gain traction in the mainstream.
I also forgot about cassette uploaders. if you like Electronica then december 32nd, 1969 is amazing.
That is so cool!