It depends on the music you like. If you're into contemporary alternative pop and rock, Paste magazine and website are excellent.
Satellite and internet radio offer extensive choice by genre. KCRW in Santa Monica and KEXP are excellent stations that play many different genres, and which broadcast on the internet as well as over the air.
Find a good magazine to your taste and a radio station that's not likely to be over the air and you'll discover a lot.
Buying mainstream magazines and listening to most over the air stations will get you nowhere, except for commercial stuff that is produced for mass consumption with little regard for artistry.
Satellite and internet radio offer extensive choice by genre. KCRW in Santa Monica and KEXP are excellent stations that play many different genres, and which broadcast on the internet as well as over the air.
Find a good magazine to your taste and a radio station that's not likely to be over the air and you'll discover a lot.
Buying mainstream magazines and listening to most over the air stations will get you nowhere, except for commercial stuff that is produced for mass consumption with little regard for artistry.