Pete:

"For me, I've become less tolerant of the radio DJs - where do you guys listen to this music, where it's treated seriously and where I'm not expected to care about celeb "news" etc?"

I rarely listen to the (music) radio at all. I just go out to local (or not so local) venues and catch what looks interesting live. I use websites like "Drownedinsound" or "Artrocker" to see what's being said about new bands/ artistes (outside the "folk" genre mainly, of course), visit their websites and listen to some of their tracks to see whether I think it would be worth going along to see them or not. I'm also on the mailing lists of a few venues.

I do listen to Radio 6 Music now and then, but they don't play *that* much "under the commercial radar" stuff. Once I've "homed in" on a band or artiste I then download (paying!) the tracks of theirs that I like and make my own playlists. Or buy their "merch" at a gig.

This seems to be pretty much what youngsters do nowadays (those who are interested in music as more than background noise,anyway). The emphasis is firmly away from radio playlists and very much towards live sessions.