Streaming – Discovering Similar or New Music

Tidal “Artist Playlist” works for me. I like the feature of previewing the queue so I can reject the songs I (or guests) don’t like. Or, bail altogether if the music becomes to redundant.

The Mermen artist playlist is the best music to play while working on old cars. It’s difficult to throw tools at things in frustration with the soothing sounds of California surfer music playing in the background.

I find out about 'new to me' artists browsing on you-tube, i.e. npr tiny desk concerts, boyce avenue, .. references from friends, and pandora radio stations which automatically plays similar artists to the 'stations' you make of the artists you know and like.

just yesterday found 'mandolin orange' on tiny desk

seems everyone else knew, their lps are pricey.

I subscribe to several services to get more sources of inspiration. 
Apple, Deezer and Qobuz are all great with this but with Deezer being the standout . 

I'm not a huge fan of the streaming services suggesting similar artists.  I use the all music site https://www.allmusic.com/  which tells me more about the artist and seems to have a more accurate algorithm.  As you move down the page it gets a little whacky but I've found a lot of great artists.

A better method for me is to look at the credits for an album I look and then click on the engineer or producer to see what other albums they've worked on.  

I tend to explore new artists and music the same way i did when I went to the record store, way back when. I look at the album cover.