Ever find yourself listening to the same music over and over?

Of course you do, you liar - we all do - we're creatures of habit and we like our little comfort zones, eating the same food, seeing the same places and the same people and listening to the same music until suddenly we're like; hey, wait a second, I'm all dull and lame and it was a gradual descent and nobody said anything to me while it was happening and now I'm here and my life is pretty much ruined.

Fear not, friend, I've been there too. I'm actually there right now.

I created a playlist of my favorite songs about a month ago, to listen to instead of the radio when I'm driving, to listen to instead of the sound of my own panting when I'm running. The playlist contained about 20 songs, max. All hip hop.

I've been listening to that same goddamn playlist day in, day out. I could stand in for Lil Wayne in concert should he suddenly be taken ill.

And then there was the bit where I made a nostalgic boyband playlist for a roadtrip last week, and then kept listening to it after the roadtrip had ended. No, no, that didn't happen.

{This is me, just vibing out}

It's madness - all our favorite music services and social networks make music discovery so damn easy; and I'm all baby you know the deal, she bad, so maybe she won't, but then again maybe she will. Uh, yeah, uh.

This is the bit where I embarrass myself. More.

I took to Spotify, and found a couple of trending playlists. You know, see what all the cool kids are listening to. The 'Reddit Top Albums of 2011' looked like a good place to start, so cranked that ish out.

A little Drake, J Cole, Tyler the Creator, Watch the Throne - I got this bitch. Oh, yeah, Childish Gambino, sure thing.

Puscifer? Neon Indian? Laura Stevenson and the Cans?

WTF? Shit. Ok. Breathe.

This is what it's all about. Just give it a listen. You never know, you might like it.

I found a few other ways to find new artists too:

1. Sit there and watch your Facebook feed to see what your friends are listening to, real time on Spotify or Rdio. Don't do anything else, just sit there and watch it. There is literally no better way you can spend your time. You'll be all cultured and current before you know it.

2. Go to youtube.com/charts and see trending music videos. They're usually real new too, so you can sound like you're on the button when you tell your friends you already watched the 'Stupid Hoe' video. Also, if you keep an eye on VEVO, you can be the first to know everytime Chris Brown guests on a rap song. But hey, don't do that.

3. Visit a snobby music magazine website to discover new music, and to form your opinion of the most talked about artists so you know what to say when someone asks you about them. 'The novelty has run dry on their latest EP' or 'If they were a parody of a rock band, they'd be hilarious', even 'She's entirely dull, dreary and pop-starved'. They always have big lists of the 'top this' and the 'best that' too. So just listen to those.

Aaaand I'm sitting here listening to The Dear Hunter. Just waiting for the rap verse to kick in, but it's ok.

Please don't tell anybody I don't know who these people are.