How do you discover new music, and what’s the latest gem you’ve found?

These days, my paths to music discovery run from the very intentional to the serendipitous. Most weeks, I’ll go to a site like Album of the Year to see what new releases are dropping on any given Friday, and choose what to listen to over the weekend. I usually pick up something gems along the way, but if I miss anything the crucial tracks community is generally quick to fill me in. And if I still miss something…music journalism, friends recommendations, and the randomly heard and Shazamed track fill in the gaps.

A recent discovery that has been getting a lot of play recently is Marissa Nadler’s most recent record New Radiations. This track is one of my favorites of theses eerie, slow-burn, torch songs that create a sonic world over the course of the album’s 46 beautiful minutes.