Scrubs immediately comes to mind, though it’s not a very current reference. I still listen to Colin Hay thanks to these scenes. And this one.
Had to double check myself but that’s the guy from men at work.
Silicon Valley. The songs they played at the end of every episode were pretty much universally bangers.
Breaking Bad & Atlanta both had many new discoveries for me. Twin peaks s3 had some amazing music but I was aware of the majority of the artist beforehand
Edit: add Sharp Objects. Amazing sound design and found a few new gems
Not a show, but Tales From the Borderlands introduced me to Jungle, possibly my favourite music artist right now, as well as a few other gems.
The episode intro with “To The Top” by Twin Shadow is amazing.
Jungle fuckin rocks
The Top Gun soundtrack definitely sets the standard.
If we’re doing movies, Pretty in Pink was always my jam.
Grosse Pointe Blank’s soundtrack is absolutely amazing.
The Venture Brothers and J. G. Thirwell.
Cowboy Bebop and Yoko Kanno.
Definitely Bebop!
Definitely Arcane for a start. I’ll probably think of others later.
Smallville always had well curated songs for each episode… at the time some were fairly obscure bands
Letterkenny introduced me to Japanther, Black Mountain, DZ Deathrays, and a bunch of other bands that would never hit my recommendations on any streaming services.
The Americans. Whoever did the soundtrack for that show was amazing. Really great 80s music.
Agreed on The Americana
Justified introduced me to modern gangsta crossover folk music
The Bear has an awesome soundtrack
Stargate Universe
Peacemaker! So many good songs from bands I’ve never heard of. Especially Wig Wam and Band-Maid.
Rick and Morty
CSI Miami had a Papa Roach song I liked a lot better than that cheap knockoff of the original CSI.
