Music Discovery Digest #6 | Beyond Borders Edition

New music discoveries from Iceland to Pakistan: Sólstafir, Arooj Aftab, Glass Beams, plus The Prodigy, David Bowie's essentials, and Krautrock's history.

Another newsletter, another batch of discoveries. Some planned, some stumbled upon, all worth your time.

I’ve been thinking about how we find music now versus how we used to. Back then, you’d hear something on a friend’s stereo and ask “what is this?” Now algorithms decide what you hear next, and somehow we’ve lost that moment of discovery.

That’s what I’m trying to bring back here. Real recommendations. Human curation. Music that actually means something, not just what performs well in A/B tests.

This week brought some heavy hitters, David Bowie’s essential tracks, The Clash’s masterpiece, Korn’s genre-defining scream. Plus discoveries from Iceland, Melbourne, Pakistan. The good stuff algorithms miss.

Here’s what’s new.