I have some friends my age still listening to the same bands they used to 20 years ago, complaining about how music today sounds all the same. However I discover something new almost every day and I’m not kidding.
It’s true that some of my discoveries are bands from decades before I was born, so they can’t be considered new, although they are new to me if that makes sense.
What about you? Still listening to the same tunes you used to listen to when you were a teenager?
Not new bands but new to me. I managed to be a mild metalhead my whole life yet never listened to Iron Maiden. I started on their music a few months ago. I can’t believe I waited until I was in my forties to pick them up. Amazing guitar work and great vocals.
I rented their Live After Death from Lovefilm about 15 years ago, and that’s what got me into them. Could’ve believe I’d written them off as an 80s band I wouldn’t like.
I still listen to everything I did 10 years ago, but I’ve added a lot of new music too since then. The rate I’ve been finding new music at has skyrocketed since I discovered bandcamp a few years ago.
I’m a mix. I really enjoy finding new bands, even if they’re not new bands. Recently I’ve gotten EXTREMELY into Lorna Shore (Deathcore/extreme metal band). I’d never heard them, they’ve been around about a decade, but they’re new to me! Last year was the year of Bad Omens (Heavy Rock with some metal core tendencies). I’ve also been liking this synthy band The Midnight lately (like 80s electro pop complete with saxophone solos).
The way I find most of new bands is usually by either listening to bands I already like or have been into forever and using like “radio” feature on Spotify (Lorna) OR by searching out the openers for bands I like and checking out their music Bad Omens/The Midnight). It’s so fun to come across an artist you’ve never heard and dog into their catalogue and realize they’ve got multiple albums filled with bangers.
The Midnight slaps! Saw them live a bit ago and they killed it
Lorna Shore might as well be new. They sort of rebuilt around their new singer, who’s and amazingly talented vocalist.
They’ve also been blowing up like crazy. They’re sort of doing to deathcore what Turnstile is doing to hardcore, and its exciting to be a part of that
Even if their music isn’t for everyone (it’s ABSOLUTELY not, 99+% of people probably would hate it), what they’re doing from an approachability standpoint is maybe the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. If you go to their YouTube right now, you can find one-take vocal performances of 3-4 of their songs. You’ll also find high quality drum, guitar and bass playthroughs. Like, as a drummer and singer, being able to watch Will Ramos and Austin Archey play their songs in 4K and observe their techniques up close is AMAZING. I wish more artists did things like that.
It’s very hard for me to find new music these days. I can’t pin it down to any one thing, lots of things have changed over the last 10 years that make it harder.
Adulting is hard, less time to explore new music. What do you like?
eh, various kinds of rock, jazz, some pop and singer/songwriters. you?
I can’t pick one! From Black Sabbath to Bjork, adding names like Mark Lanegan, Ulver or The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
I actively seek new music (and discover older music that I previously didn’t listen to, just like you described) but also have bands that I’ve been a fan of since I was a kid that I still listen to. I exclusively listened to 60s and 70s rock when I was growing up, Zeppelin and The Beatles are still two of my favorite bands, but I have definitely expanded my palette since then. I agree that the “music these days” take is a tired one; if your only source of new music is the hits radio, of course, it will all sound the same.
I have this beef with people who say new country music sucks (or any genre for that matter) - sure there are bro-country singers that only sing about trucks and beer, but there are also insanely talented country musicians and songwriters out there right now.
I have this beef with people who say new country music sucks
Aren’t the decent guys calling themselves “Americana” nowadays? Coulter Wall, Tyler Childers, etc? The pop-with-fiddles they play on Country radio is mostly terrible.
Honestly, I think most musicians don’t care about the categorization or genre labels. Country and Americana could be interchangeable for the most part, but Americana seems a little broader to me. Per your example, Childers has more of a bluegrass influence, while Wall has more of a cowboy/western country influence. Both of those genres are certainly under the country and americana umbrellas.
Fair enough. I feel like people (me) want to differentiate between “guy with a guitar on his porch” music and the highly produced big-stadium-show stuff. Bluegrass, folk, and outlaw country on one side vs top40 Country on the other.
Yeah! So many music available that it’s impossible to get bored. I am not the biggest Beatles fan, but I really cringe when somebody says they are not that good, they are still copied!
Both honestly. There are plenty of bands that I used to listen to as a teenager that I still listen to now, both their old stuff and new stuff. I also have found new bands making new music and old bands making new music with a great back catalogue.
I try to always listen to new stuff. 1001albumsgenerator.com is a great project for getting out of your comfort zone and discovering some missed gems. It can be a slog at times though.
Signed up today, got an awesome Aretha Franklin album to listen to. Excited for tomorrow’s album already!
Awesome, you’ll find a few gems along the way that will be completely different from anything you’ll normally listen to. Enjoy it
I linked it somewhere else in the thread. I’m finding there a lot of “new” stuff really interesting, even some of my favourites album are included here!
I’ve been meeting up with some friends for five years going through the 1001 albums book. You’d be surprised How much to can identify items in modern music that trace back decades. I love finding albums I overlooked or some that I thought I knew better but never really sat down with the entire album. I also set up and /c/albums@lemmy.world if anyone what’s to discuss albums.
Cool, I’ve got the generator running as a small group with a group chat alongside. Most weeks someone will also suggest an album outside of the generator for everyone to listen to and rate.
If I can work out how to I’ll add that community!
I actively seek out new bands or releases in my favorite genres, but I still absolutely listen to the same things as I did 10, or even 20, years ago.
Of course! Both things are still compatible. The main point here is to keep enjoying music.
Youtube has put me onto a lot of Australian stuff lately, such as Smoko (The Chats) and Hertz (Amyl and the Sniffers) as well as some more indie stuff like Wet Leg. I might just be old but these bands are all new to me and I love it.
Check out IDLES if you’re not already familiar.
I love IDLES, don’t know how they didn’t make the list. Never Fight a Man with a Perm was playing on my commute.
Ive struggled a lot with getting into new music. Its just too easy to be in a comfortable loop of what you know and are used to, I guess.
This year I’ve started a personal project where i listen to at least one unique album a day, normally 2 or 3. I’ve discovered so much music, both old stuff thats ‘new to me’, and recent releases. Its got me into a few genres that i never listened too, as well.
Plus, theres so many bands that I ‘liked’ but had actually really only known the hits, like AC/DC for example, and its fun to actually listen through an album for once and get to know them better!
So yeah thats for sure something I’d recommend if you have the time for it
I’m doing something similar following this project https://1001albumsgenerator.com you don’t need to register with an email, although it helps. A new album is suggested everyday, and even if they are not they kind of music you usually like, I am sure you will be able to appreciate why it was included in the list.
Yooo thanks for posting that link, I’ll be using that for sure!
I used to go out and purposefully look for new music from time to time. Lately I’ve just been playing Spotify radios of artists I like and finding new artists through that. They have a new feature on the mobile app that’s kinda like TikTok. You click on tropicalia or norm core or whatever and it plays you similarly tagged songs. After 10-20 songs, it recommends new related hashtags to try out.
Okay, the old saying “horses for courses” comes to mind…
Yes, I actively search out new and wonderful music, and listen to it, and like it. Problem is that a lot of current music just sounds bad, either over- or under-produced, and i’m going deaf.
Last new music I really loved was Christine and the Queens, and that’s almost ten years ago!!!
But, and here’s the rub, when I want to sit here on a lovely summers evening drinking some cider with my spouse, I’ll mostly put on music from 30+ years ago. Frank and Walters, New Order, Biggie, The Cure, MC Solaar…
Mostly? its because I know it, and as sounds become ever more remote to me and my brain, I can rely on my memories to fill in the bits I can’t hear any more.
I used to be that way, but recently I’ve been only listening to bands I’d never heard of before. I’ve had Spotify for about 10 years and only recently started using the Discovery Weekly playlist. It was only ok at first, but now I heart about 50% of the songs each week.
I have discovered so many great bands using Discovery Weekly! Not all the suggestions are the best, but I usually can understand why they were suggested.
I also started making an effort to discover new music to me, no necessarily new music, simply because my tastes shifted quite a bit and I realised it by noticing I almost stopped listening to music. I just started following some very nice YouTube music album channels that introduced me to some great music that I’d never learn about otherwise.
Another thing I didn’t realise I was doing was that I wasn’t keeping up with the artists I enjoyed, I kept listening to the old stuff, but I didn’t listen to the new material to see if liked where they were going.
Nah my tastes are all over the place, but finding new new bands is kinda hard, and I never make time to actually do it. My s.o. has impeccable taste luckily so she’s always showing me new stuff, most of it is older, deep cuts etx, but like you said it’s new to me. I’m just starting to cycle back into stuff I listened to 10 years ago though. It’s nostalgic and still amazing.
If you stream I find curated playlists and sometimes even radio stations based off of songs to get me to new acts. I’ve found some of my favorite acts this way.
It doesn’t help with finding new genres, though. I’ve actually found the occasional odd ball in my YouTube recommendations are decent for this, but not great.
