i listen to a new artist for a few months, then i check out their new stuff when a new album is released. haven’t discovered any good new artists in awhile though. but then again, i haven’t really been looking either.
When i get interested in a new artist (which doesn’t happen often) i tend to listen to them exclusively, hearing as much of their stuff as i can, until i get bored with the whole thing.
The last two artist I discovered. I’m still listening to them. Just the time before I’ve stopped listening to music for a long time. So I’ve years of just the same folks, with some new stuff that didn’t attach to me.