That seems really cool, although the first things I checked out were Deep House and Deep Vocal House, and the music that played really didn't sound right at all. So, I'm not sure how reliable it is. Great idea though.
EDIT - excellent choice for Acid House though, Energy Flash by Joey Beltram 👌
They do mostly Bluegrass/Folk but they have this metal vibe to a lot of their stuff. Their vocalist is fantastic and the song I linked feels like I'd be in the middle of a Cowboy Saloon barfight.
That they are. I just found them recently. They're certainly out of my usual wheelhouse but I've really been enjoying a lot of old folk and country. This kinda bridges the gap perfectly.
Desert blues! In the 90s, a lot of Tuareg musicians living in the western part of the Sahara, especially some that met while serving in the Libyan army or fighting in the 1990 rebellion in Mali, started combining Western blues and rock music with their own folk music. This has turned into a full-fledged genre of its own which I think anyone keen on guitar-based music has a good chance of enjoying. Here's Tamikrest playing a set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maXW66vz26g
I'm sorry to say this, but... shut the front door, there's a genre of music like Morphine and I wasn't informed until now?! Thank you for this knowledge, I'll be checking both bands out tomorrow! :)
Well calling it a whole genre is a bit of a stretch. Mark Sandman of Morphine coined the term "low rock" for their type of music and there's a couple bands heavily influenced by them that also use that label. Monique Ortiz makes music that continues the low rock vibe, and then she's collaborated with Morphine's drummer on Bourbon Princess, and put out an album with Morphine's saxophonist as "A.K.A.C.O.D." And there's also the band "Twinemen" with former Morphine members.
I do love a bit of post rock. We Lost the Sea are probably my favourite, but a heads up for anyone going into this that it's about 20 minutes long and you actually need the 20 minutes to get a sense of it
Frenchcore. Especially Dr. Peacock. At least that's something I found very few people enjoy to listen to. It's certainly some distance away from the usual pop and rock on the radio.
I've been trying to introduce people to Jazzcore for the last few years. Check out Last Exits self titled album or anything of John Zorn's Painkiller and some of Naked City's work.
Edit: Realized I didn't say anything about the genre. It's a fusion genre incorporating hardcore punk, metal and free/improvisation jazz. Slightly different from Jazz Punk which always seems closer to mathrock than jazz to me.
I went to a lot of noise shows in my twenties. Some of the dudes took themselves way to seriously and played up the "I'm the disturbed artists bitcrushing damaged children's gospel records" image but a lot of them were just nerdy guys who talked Star Wars or programming between their sets. Good times.
Well there's quite the variety, but it is general consensus that Necrophagist were involved when it all started around 20 years ago.
Much has happened since then and it keeps on getting better and better.
Check First Fragment for super complex neoclassical swingy thechdeath.
Or a bit more brutal and also recent: Archspire
A really fun one to add is Wizardthrone! They're certainly not as funky but they're incredibly technical and way over my head when it comes to the math in their music lol.
Also, I just popped on La Veuve et Le Martyr and got immediate Stormkeep vibes. Then it got F U N K Y damn that's good.
Yeah and it keeps getting better the more you listen to it. Can't grasp all that's going on in just a few listens. Om the other hand it can take just as much time until it really clicks.
My personal favorite is Decapitated. Try the song "Spheres of Madness" first. If you really dig that sound and would like something faster and more aggressive, check out the album "Winds of Creation". If the production value isn't high enough for you, you can check out some newer stuff. I like the songs "Veins" on "Blood Mantra" and "Impulse" on "Anticult".
Atheist and Death are also big names in the genre for more recs, I think Periphery fits too but I'm not too clear where technical ends and progressive begins, but my fav current would be Archspire
Not sure if it qualifies as lesser known, but Australian hip hop is pretty fantastic. Stuff like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss & Eso, Draupht, Illy, etc. You've probably heard a song or two without realizing it.
Not sure if this is really a genre as I have only seen one artist make it, but almost anything Apashe released 2020 and beyond. It's a blend of orchestral and EDM/trap. I am unsure if this mix has a name or if it's just "Orchestral EDM" or something.
There used to be a website too Ishkar or Ishtar that broke down all the subgenres of electronic music up to the early aughts with a bunch of samples like neurofunk and goa
All of them
https://everynoise.com/
That seems really cool, although the first things I checked out were Deep House and Deep Vocal House, and the music that played really didn't sound right at all. So, I'm not sure how reliable it is. Great idea though.
EDIT - excellent choice for Acid House though, Energy Flash by Joey Beltram 👌
The first one I saw was vintage Dutch pop
Goddamn, what an amazing resource. If only Spotify could make something like this instead of trying to push whatever's popular at the time.
I'm a fan of mashing two genres together. It's recognizable songs in a new format!
Bluegrass covers of Rock songs
Metal covers of classical music
Classical covers of Pop songs
Video game music played by a Big Band
Wild obscure shit!
This is the goal over at ![email protected] Check it out
Frog Leap Studios has some great metal. Covers of other genres
System of a Down did an excellent cover of “Shame on a N,” which probably wouldn’t fly today.
Plus one for awesome metal guitarists playing Tchaikovsky and the like.
Cello groups covering the likes of Aphex Twin and Nine Inch Nails are excellent.
Pretty much just trying to reenforce this comment with some examples people can find.
I'm a big System fan, so I have heard that one before. The first time I heard it i was like "I guess if Wu Tang's ok with it, it's allowed." 🤷🏻♂️😂
You may really enjoy Bridge City Sinners then!
They do mostly Bluegrass/Folk but they have this metal vibe to a lot of their stuff. Their vocalist is fantastic and the song I linked feels like I'd be in the middle of a Cowboy Saloon barfight.
Bridge City Sinners are great! I was so disappointed to learn of them just after they'd come through my city on tour.
That they are. I just found them recently. They're certainly out of my usual wheelhouse but I've really been enjoying a lot of old folk and country. This kinda bridges the gap perfectly.
I discovered them through this Murderfolk playlist on Spotify. That playlist introduced me to the murderfolk genre and a lot of bands.
The Norfolk Orchestra has some neat covers of Radiohead. Definitely worth listening to.
You might enjoy this then.
https://youtu.be/UVOBYmLbzWc
Nice! I dig it!
That kinda describes Ween's oeuvre.
Mariachi el Bronx do covers of pop songs.
Desert blues! In the 90s, a lot of Tuareg musicians living in the western part of the Sahara, especially some that met while serving in the Libyan army or fighting in the 1990 rebellion in Mali, started combining Western blues and rock music with their own folk music. This has turned into a full-fledged genre of its own which I think anyone keen on guitar-based music has a good chance of enjoying. Here's Tamikrest playing a set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maXW66vz26g
Would Songhoy Blues fit this category? They're excellent.
Will check out Tamikrest when I get a chance.
I'm certainly not about to say they don't count just because they're not Tuareg. The riff in Soubour is so god damn cool
Math rock! The different time signatures are really fun, and it has a midwest emo feel
ElectroSwing. Here's a mix to click around https://youtu.be/rVdawx607WU
these are kind of micro-genres since there's only a few bands playing in these styles:
I'm sorry to say this, but... shut the front door, there's a genre of music like Morphine and I wasn't informed until now?! Thank you for this knowledge, I'll be checking both bands out tomorrow! :)
Well calling it a whole genre is a bit of a stretch. Mark Sandman of Morphine coined the term "low rock" for their type of music and there's a couple bands heavily influenced by them that also use that label. Monique Ortiz makes music that continues the low rock vibe, and then she's collaborated with Morphine's drummer on Bourbon Princess, and put out an album with Morphine's saxophonist as "A.K.A.C.O.D." And there's also the band "Twinemen" with former Morphine members.
Post rock, the most famous example being Explains in the Sky.
I hope the typo above doesn't prevent anyone interested from discovering this excellent genre. It's "Explosions in the Sky".
Saw them open for NIN in Phoenix about a decade ago. Was very pleasantly surprised. I definitely recommend them as well.
I do love a bit of post rock. We Lost the Sea are probably my favourite, but a heads up for anyone going into this that it's about 20 minutes long and you actually need the 20 minutes to get a sense of it
Gypsy Jazz
Frenchcore. Especially Dr. Peacock. At least that's something I found very few people enjoy to listen to. It's certainly some distance away from the usual pop and rock on the radio.
frenchcore is epic! especially the really shit ones on SoundCloud
The Burgundian School of early Renaissance, (mostly) secular composers.
Yeah! I was going to say Renaissance choral music generally. Which records do you recommend?
L'homme Arme is such a cool composition. I'd love to hear a more period-accurate version, but this one is pretty great anyway.
I've been trying to introduce people to Jazzcore for the last few years. Check out Last Exits self titled album or anything of John Zorn's Painkiller and some of Naked City's work.
Edit: Realized I didn't say anything about the genre. It's a fusion genre incorporating hardcore punk, metal and free/improvisation jazz. Slightly different from Jazz Punk which always seems closer to mathrock than jazz to me.
I don't know if I would technically recommend Noise.
most wouldn't even call it music; and that's the point.
I love these illegal shows https://youtu.be/V1o6-6ONzns
some good introduction documentaries https://youtu.be/dzvduxWzuZg https://youtu.be/dGrN6PeIiOU
I went to a lot of noise shows in my twenties. Some of the dudes took themselves way to seriously and played up the "I'm the disturbed artists bitcrushing damaged children's gospel records" image but a lot of them were just nerdy guys who talked Star Wars or programming between their sets. Good times.
Occult Rock; it's the transition somewhere between psychedelic rock and heavy metal.
Relatively unknown nowadays but it you like psych or heavy metal you'll probably enjoy it.
Lots of powerful, bluesy, female vocals.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuPdhZTnQm25n6QmFyXzCYkKaQamN2F_
It's tough to get into, but I'd suggest technical death metal. Once you're used to it everything else feels kinda boring.
Band suggestions?
Well there's quite the variety, but it is general consensus that Necrophagist were involved when it all started around 20 years ago. Much has happened since then and it keeps on getting better and better. Check First Fragment for super complex neoclassical swingy thechdeath. Or a bit more brutal and also recent: Archspire
A really fun one to add is Wizardthrone! They're certainly not as funky but they're incredibly technical and way over my head when it comes to the math in their music lol.
Also, I just popped on La Veuve et Le Martyr and got immediate Stormkeep vibes. Then it got F U N K Y damn that's good.
Yeah and it keeps getting better the more you listen to it. Can't grasp all that's going on in just a few listens. Om the other hand it can take just as much time until it really clicks.
My personal favorite is Decapitated. Try the song "Spheres of Madness" first. If you really dig that sound and would like something faster and more aggressive, check out the album "Winds of Creation". If the production value isn't high enough for you, you can check out some newer stuff. I like the songs "Veins" on "Blood Mantra" and "Impulse" on "Anticult".
Atheist and Death are also big names in the genre for more recs, I think Periphery fits too but I'm not too clear where technical ends and progressive begins, but my fav current would be Archspire
Not sure if it qualifies as lesser known, but Australian hip hop is pretty fantastic. Stuff like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss & Eso, Draupht, Illy, etc. You've probably heard a song or two without realizing it.
Not sure if this is really a genre as I have only seen one artist make it, but almost anything Apashe released 2020 and beyond. It's a blend of orchestral and EDM/trap. I am unsure if this mix has a name or if it's just "Orchestral EDM" or something.
A few examples:
Janee does it too! More general EDM and less trap though.
Ska - Streetlight manifesto, everything went numb https://youtu.be/7ahxoOgz-nw
melodic death metal - In flames, Goliaths disarm their Davids https://youtu.be/FwzBySi_nvc
calliope - Cheshyre, calliope https://youtu.be/Hk6Ml_wc80U
surf punk - The amino acids, the lost coordinate https://youtu.be/9qYndeST4aw
acid jazz - Wagon Christ, shadows https://youtu.be/F8BgfqVE-kY
Djent - Meshuggah, demiurge https://youtu.be/zg2076b5Lqc
There used to be a website too Ishkar or Ishtar that broke down all the subgenres of electronic music up to the early aughts with a bunch of samples like neurofunk and goa
Cousin-Crushin’ Country ;p
Shredwave: synth wave with hair metal guitar shredding
industrial jungle pussy punk
rofl
I really like synthwave for studying and relaxing. My favourite is Timecop1983s album night drive a close second is the midnight nocturnal.
Math rock
Circus music
Stride Piano
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/41on1uW6WABRKCsPPFpL0Z?si=D8rom9T3Q2ipuy8WuyXTYA&pi=u-ZFGTdw0qRHup
Tezeta!
Trip Hop
Check the album, Dope on Plastic (#1)
Ambient music.
Not the meditation stuff, but the music
Here's my favorite: Biosphere - substrata
French Canadian music. Letterkenny taught me to explore it and it's so good.