> local record store. talk to the people who work there, tell them the 5 albums you’ve been hooked on lately.
Unless your interests are niche. A fun game I used to play as a teen was going with my parents to the record store and seeing if they had any music I listened to online while my parents shopped. Never found a single CD (but they couldn't be that niche, this story is about bands I found out about from my friends at school!). Employees tried to be helpful, but there's only so much they can do when someone comes in and asks for a list of bands they've never heard of.
Unless your interests are niche. A fun game I used to play as a teen was going with my parents to the record store and seeing if they had any music I listened to online while my parents shopped. Never found a single CD (but they couldn't be that niche, this story is about bands I found out about from my friends at school!). Employees tried to be helpful, but there's only so much they can do when someone comes in and asks for a list of bands they've never heard of.