By listening to their music, probably.

>good
>decent pop rock for the first 2 albums
>who?
>who?
>brrrrrrrrrrmmmm music
>lcd is better

The Smiths have four albums, just listen to one dude.

>>60888864
Which one?

>>60888882
the queen is dead --> meat is murder --> s/t --> strangeways here we come

portugal the man not worth it

>>60888945
Why?

>>60888794
Have a Nice Life:
Try their first album. If you can't get in beyond a few tracks, try Giles Corey. It's actually even harder and "stronger" than HANL, but it's more straightforward and it's what got me into them. Prepare to get fucked up though.

>>60888882
The Queen is Dead is generally regarded as their magnum opus.

>>60888965
he's wrong, Portugal. the Man has some good shit. I haven't listened to all their stuff but I can tell you that their most recent album, Evil Friends, is pretty accessible/good if you're having a hard time getting into them (somehow...)

>>60888794
>The Smiths

I'd listen to Hatful of Hollow 3 or 4 times and get a sense of which songs you like.

After that, just check out the Studio Albums.

>Coldplay

be a 13 year old tumblrina?

jk just start with AROBTTH and work either backward for stripped down acoustic pop and forward for lush, baroque pop eventually moving to synthpop

the rest i'm not familiar enough with

>>60888794
>Be a pretentious millenial
>Listen to their second album then stop
>Dont
>Idk
>Listen to Deathconciousness and Giles Corey and Stop
>Dont