i listen to djs, radio stations and other internet channels that mix the music i like into new and exciting compositions.
I am SCREAMING OUT for a service that was like the old Spotify radio.
Currently just going to gigs again and finding bands through bandcamp the organic way is what I'm doing.
Also, here is a script I wrote to download and extract a Bandcamp download link and import it with the beet CLI music library manager:
https://github.com/radiosilence/dotfiles/blob/master/.zsh.d/...
I then use Navidrome (modern Subsonic replacement) to serve it up:
The radio also generate different playlists over time, the tracks in a song's/artist's radio will change and not be a static 30-odd tracks forever.
It uses Spotify under the hood, similar to how the radio used to work.
I guess you just have musically eclectically challenged friends.
I found discovery excellent in Google but Spotify is horrible, it thinks I want to listen to Pop because I put a playlist of "top" or "charts" on while I work, when really I want rock/metal albums and can't discover them for the life of me.
Also, because it has basically ruined my music preferences, despite me telling it what I want to be recommended, it makes recommendations for "Dua Lipa" and "Doja Cat". Nothing against either of them, but not really what I was looking for.