Youtube has put me onto a lot of Australian stuff lately, such as Smoko (The Chats) and Hertz (Amyl and the Sniffers) as well as some more indie stuff like Wet Leg. I might just be old but these bands are all new to me and I love it.

I'm a mix. I really enjoy finding new bands, even if they're not new bands. Recently I've gotten EXTREMELY into Lorna Shore (Deathcore/extreme metal band). I'd never heard them, they've been around about a decade, but they're new to me! Last year was the year of Bad Omens (Heavy Rock with some metal core tendencies). I've also been liking this synthy band The Midnight lately (like 80s electro pop complete with saxophone solos).

The way I find most of new bands is usually by either listening to bands I already like or have been into forever and using like "radio" feature on Spotify (Lorna) OR by searching out the openers for bands I like and checking out their music Bad Omens/The Midnight). It's so fun to come across an artist you've never heard and dog into their catalogue and realize they've got multiple albums filled with bangers.

I try to always listen to new stuff. 1001albumsgenerator.com is a great project for getting out of your comfort zone and discovering some missed gems. It can be a slog at times though.

Not new bands but new to me. I managed to be a mild metalhead my whole life yet never listened to Iron Maiden. I started on their music a few months ago. I can't believe I waited until I was in my forties to pick them up. Amazing guitar work and great vocals.

I actively seek new music (and discover older music that I previously didn't listen to, just like you described) but also have bands that I've been a fan of since I was a kid that I still listen to. I exclusively listened to 60s and 70s rock when I was growing up, Zeppelin and The Beatles are still two of my favorite bands, but I have definitely expanded my palette since then. I agree that the "music these days" take is a tired one; if your only source of new music is the hits radio, of course, it will all sound the same.

I have this beef with people who say new country music sucks (or any genre for that matter) - sure there are bro-country singers that only sing about trucks and beer, but there are also insanely talented country musicians and songwriters out there right now.

Don't be too hard on your friends. This is actually scientifically proven. https://neurosciencenews.com/music-youth-17765/ You love the music that you "grew up with as you were forming an identity" You can always change but it is more work to create new memories and nostalgia based on different or "new" songs.

Yes I definitely try and seek out new bands and sub-genres. Just the act of searching is fun.

Also, Reign in Blood on repeat for 35 years

Actively searching for new music is fun to me. I ask for recommendations from close friends, family members, people I know online, and just the internet in general. Typing 'artist that sounds like _______' into a search engine has been surprisingly successful, almost on par with the other methods, lol.

I also just recently discovered Bandsintown, which suggests artists playing live in my area that are similar to the ones I am already following (i.e., willing to pay money to see). I listen to a few of their songs and if I like them enough, now I have a new performance to go to!

For every song I listen to from my teens/20s, I listen to at least 2-3 songs from artists I discovered much more recently. The amount of good music is never the problem - there's just not enough time in the day!

Both honestly. There are plenty of bands that I used to listen to as a teenager that I still listen to now, both their old stuff and new stuff. I also have found new bands making new music and old bands making new music with a great back catalogue.

I still listen to everything I did 10 years ago, but I’ve added a lot of new music too since then. The rate I’ve been finding new music at has skyrocketed since I discovered bandcamp a few years ago.

Okay, the old saying "horses for courses" comes to mind...

Yes, I actively search out new and wonderful music, and listen to it, and like it. Problem is that a lot of current music just sounds bad, either over- or under-produced, and i'm going deaf.

Last new music I really loved was Christine and the Queens, and that's almost ten years ago!!!

But, and here's the rub, when I want to sit here on a lovely summers evening drinking some cider with my spouse, I'll mostly put on music from 30+ years ago. Frank and Walters, New Order, Biggie, The Cure, MC Solaar...

Mostly? its because I know it, and as sounds become ever more remote to me and my brain, I can rely on my memories to fill in the bits I can't hear any more.

I've always been the type to look for music. In highschool I was torrenting music constantly, then in the last couple years I subscribed to Spotify. I get so much dopamine from finding new music that I listen to new things probably every week/month. I do still listen to what I listened to 10-20 years ago, it's just all a mix of my favourites at the time.

I am constantly on the lookout for new metal/metalcore/deathcore bands! As I have gotten older, I am enjoying more and more genres of music

I have to admit that I don't actively seek out new music as such anymore.

But I usually welcome suggestions and follow a few reaction channels on YT. So I feel well-covered for my own need of new stuff.

Just got into 'Sicksense' for an example. Pretty neat band so far.

Every so often I'll put on some of the old jams. But man, I'm just not angry enough anymore to listen to the old hardcore punk stuff I used to be into. Every so often I'll put on a few albums though and think about those old times. Lately though I've gone down some crazy rabbit holes from jazz, ambient new age stuff, lots of lo-fi and lo-fi adjacent stuff. I recently discovered Macroblank and Monodrone, those two artists have taken up a lot of my time lately. I went through a pretty heavy vaporwave and futurefunk phase a few years back when I was trying to find more eletronic/funk style music like Breakbot. So all the stuff I listen to now is a far cry from the punk and metal I used to listen to back in the day!

Nah my tastes are all over the place, but finding new new bands is kinda hard, and I never make time to actually do it. My s.o. has impeccable taste luckily so she's always showing me new stuff, most of it is older, deep cuts etx, but like you said it's new to me. I'm just starting to cycle back into stuff I listened to 10 years ago though. It's nostalgic and still amazing.

I’ve always listened to new music. I still keep up with bands I’ve always liked and occasionally listen to my old favorites, but there’s SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC coming out all the time I suffer from major FOMO. So I’m always trying to check out new stuff.

I actively seek out new bands or releases in my favorite genres, but I still absolutely listen to the same things as I did 10, or even 20, years ago.

I am super into consuming new and contemporary music (mainly pop and R&B). I traditionally used a subreddit to follow all of the new releases, so I'll have to see how to stay as current all things considered.

My listening habits usually revolve around rotating the new stuff ad nauseam until all meaning and emotion is gone, then accepting more new music as it releases.

I love looking at my yearly top 100 song playlists and shuffling them for some spice.

Listen to a heap of new stuff, as well as a lot of old stuff.

Picking up the guitar to learn start of last year has put me on a journey of exploration into several areas and a lot of new music

Its a mix. Finding new music is difficult and time consuming. But sometimes I actively try to find "new" stuff. But being in my late 40s that means basically anything less then 10 years old.

Back in "the olden days" the sieve of radio made me listen to a lot of stuff and I could pick what I liked. Post listening to the radio (because these days they are all either just playing the same stuff or gone).

But with a little effort I've found stuff.

I've recently found Bury Tomorrow and I'm liking a lot of their stuff.

On another genre side I've found Hugo Kant and really dig his stuff a lot as well.

I also found a throw back sort of trip hop band called Mirrors for Princes that I like though they don't have many songs.

Mostly the same stuff. I'll occasionally find a new band/album that I like, but it's always by chance. I've been missing a good place to find new music ever since what.cd got shutdown.