Those bands are out there, but you won’t see them in the mainstream right now. Check out the Devil Makes Three—sounds like they could be up your alley.
Don't expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. It, sadly, seems to be one of the most popular and probably most profitable genre going right now. As others have said, the others still exist, but you gotta dive deeper. I have hated whatever this country music is forever now.
Hey everyone. I'm a big fan of country music and I really enjoy the more stripped-back sound of Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers.
I don't live in America and there's a bit of a perception where I live that Country music is for conservatives/Trump supporters. I often find myself having to explain to people that country music is for everyone.
In any case, I don't want to give my money to any artist who supports Trump. I was a bit disappointed to see Zach Bryan pictured with Trump yesterday. I'm not looking to argue with anyone here and I appreciate that not everyone will agree with me - I just want your suggestions! Do you have any suggestions for liberal or left wing artists to listen to?
Check out the Wood Brothers, Watchtower, Lost Dog Street Band. There's country music that isn't hyper produced Pepsi commercials. Americana/ Alt Country is what to search for.
Probably a hundred more, pretty popular but no radio play because commercial radio is nonsense and mostly commercials. But if you put the above into a streaming playlist, you will find the good country music of today.
Imo music is currently in a cool spot where every genre is viable and people always taking influence in a certain saound and making it their own. I don't really think any genre need a resurgence. You just listen and enjoy what you like.
It also makes everything sound similar without creating defining albums of a genre. I might sound old, but to me, most new music has a pop shine to it, no matter the genre.
Punk, or rather, any genre that will allow younger generations to express any political views. Yes we have Bob Vylan, but this type of bands should be more mainstream (either that or I have lost touch, which I will not deny).
Recently caught “grandson” live. Bob Vylan was supposed to be their touring partner but then… facism. They’re not traditional punk in their sound but carry a lot of those ethos lyrically. The more recent stuff is like modern rage against the machine (and the show felt like those did way back)
Anyways, it was really inspiring to see a new generation embracing those ideas and sharing in them communally.
Neigsendoig and I are trying to bring it back. Sendo (Neigsendoig) even considered DJing a set in VRChat with some HHC group, though we're very limited in how we can do that.
Dave Rogers tried to bring it back at one point too, he released bossa nova versions of some of his most popular songs but I don't think they took off as well as they should've
I thought metal was more popular than ever. Maybe my perception is skewed because I've been going to plenty of metal festivals in recent years, but all the subgenres have representation from what I can see.
If you have some examples, I might have some recommendations. Mainstream popularity is a weird thing now as there are more listeners for every genre. Metal is where I have spent most of my life being a fan so I may have something in the bank you’d like.
Gruesome - they fully embrace that era and ape it pretty well.
Cryptopsy - a bit more tech death but lots of that Chuck style guitar work.
Tomb Mold - these guys rip live, are named after a bloodborne item and make sweet ass old school death metal.
Undeath - another band that keeps the classic death metal spirit alive. The production on this album is pure early 90’s Florida. They also fucking destroy live.
Electro swing is now (still) a thing. It's out there on the internet. As with most of these genres based on some manner of synthetic zeitgeist, be prepared to be exposed to a lot of anime tiddies in the artwork, though.
I'm with the other comment, Electro Swing is very popular. If you've ever got the chance to go to a Parov Stelar concert don't even think about not going! Top 5 concerts I've ever seen easily.
I've listened to a bunch of Caravan Palace, and I'm sure Parov Stelar is in some playlists. I never thought about going to a gig, I do a bunch of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, but they're general jazz.
Edit, I've got All Night- Parov Stelar in my favourites.
Fortunately due to living in Belgium I'm in close proximity to some of the best festivals in the world. I saw them supported by a live orchestra at Dour Festival. But it was very similar to this performance a year later!
That would be so excellent! I became a fan of the blues going out to clubs: the rock bands would crank volume to painful levels and mumble the lyrics, but I could actually hear the blues, listen to the blues, grow to like the blues
I might like some bluegrass. Iron Horse is a bunch of middle-aged white guys that cover Metallica. Well, that's where they started, but they've expanded.
Late-90s/early-00s-style lo-fi indiepop with glockenspiels/Casio keyboards (or similar cheapass-sounding synths with a nicely skronky/angular timbre) and the odd trumpet/brass section
Rock in the west! I don’t mind Japanese though. Jrock is huge right now. Japan picked up what the US dropped and left on the floor. Currently listening to LiSA. Listened to the new Survive Said the Prophet earlier. ONE OK ROCK and The Sixth Lie are my usual go to. And my second favorite singer is ReoNa (behind Enya who is Irish).
Dubstep. Like, the kind that was super popular in 2010. It'll probably be another 15 or 20 years before it's sufficiently forgotten that the kids can properly rediscover it.
Not really waiting, but it would be nice if people could recognize composers that have been building upon the ideas set forth in the Classical era to this day.
Every genre is deeply connected to the time it appeared and the events that shaped it.
I don't expect punk rock to have a resurgence any more than I expect disco music to come back. They had their time and function. They will influence new things to come as did all the stuff that came before.
Having said that, I expect everything will become a mishmash of AI slop, so who knows?
Those bands are out there, but you won’t see them in the mainstream right now. Check out the Devil Makes Three—sounds like they could be up your alley.
Don't forget the leftist country music tradition with songs about class warfare.
There's also the part where it all sounds the same because Nashville has figured out some sort of algorithm to sell music.
You can't tell these are all different songs.
You mean this stuff
Don't expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. It, sadly, seems to be one of the most popular and probably most profitable genre going right now. As others have said, the others still exist, but you gotta dive deeper. I have hated whatever this country music is forever now.
I don't like country, myself, but in a large genre like that, I am absolutely confident that you can find artists of any political position.
EDIT:
https://old.reddit.com/r/CountryMusicStuff/comments/1imd3yr/best_liberalleft_wing_artists/
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Can't vouch for the subgenre as a whole, but it sounds like Alt. Country/Americana largely contains stuff you'd like.
Check out the Wood Brothers, Watchtower, Lost Dog Street Band. There's country music that isn't hyper produced Pepsi commercials. Americana/ Alt Country is what to search for.
My son really likes Colter Wall. He has a fun song about a coyote.
Hayes Carll
Joshua Ray Walker
Jason Isbell
Sturgill Simpson
Tyler Childers
Maren Morris
Probably a hundred more, pretty popular but no radio play because commercial radio is nonsense and mostly commercials. But if you put the above into a streaming playlist, you will find the good country music of today.
You might like Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band. Country but with clever fun lyrics.
It’s still out there. For one that’s specifically what you describe try Keep the Wolves at Bay by Uncle Lucius.
Imo music is currently in a cool spot where every genre is viable and people always taking influence in a certain saound and making it their own. I don't really think any genre need a resurgence. You just listen and enjoy what you like.
Get outta here with your respect and tolerance, sanity guy.
It also makes everything sound similar without creating defining albums of a genre. I might sound old, but to me, most new music has a pop shine to it, no matter the genre.
Everything in the mainstream goes through Pro Tools for post-prod, so the fit and finish is pretty homogeneous regardless of genre.
Best take
I also think music is in a cultural bloom or boom. There is just so much new music, every day, it's crazy.
Ska. It's been way too long since the last Reel Big Fish album.
And goldfingers music: "Here I ammm, doin everything thing I cann, pretending I'm a super maaaann!"
There's plenty of 4th wave going on right now. Plus RBF ain't coning back, Aaron got weird. I'm pretty sure he went the way of Dicky Barrett.
God I hope not. That was a massive disappointment as it was.
Punk, or rather, any genre that will allow younger generations to express any political views. Yes we have Bob Vylan, but this type of bands should be more mainstream (either that or I have lost touch, which I will not deny).
Punk was never mainstream and is still very much around.
Elvis is not dead. He just went home.
Days N' Daze are incredible!
Thanks. I'll give them a listen.
Recently caught “grandson” live. Bob Vylan was supposed to be their touring partner but then… facism. They’re not traditional punk in their sound but carry a lot of those ethos lyrically. The more recent stuff is like modern rage against the machine (and the show felt like those did way back)
Anyways, it was really inspiring to see a new generation embracing those ideas and sharing in them communally.
Trip-hop
Why hello fellow forty-something.
Me too!
Where's my 4th wave of ska??
Last I heard, Gwen Stefani had custody of it 🤷🏻
I would love a new wave of happy hardcore.
Neigsendoig and I are trying to bring it back. Sendo (Neigsendoig) even considered DJing a set in VRChat with some HHC group, though we're very limited in how we can do that.
Dave Rogers tried to bring it back at one point too, he released bossa nova versions of some of his most popular songs but I don't think they took off as well as they should've
I'd have to listen to some of his music, as I've never heard of that.
Metal. Actual heavy metal. Not eyeliner and painted nails metal. I guess it was never really mainstream so maybe not a resurgence.
I thought metal was more popular than ever. Maybe my perception is skewed because I've been going to plenty of metal festivals in recent years, but all the subgenres have representation from what I can see.
I think metal's still going strong, but OP said heavy metal. If they meant classic heavy metal, there's not many new artists doing that.
No love for Twisted Sister and WASP?
I got love for them, but let’s keep them in the 80’s.
If you have some examples, I might have some recommendations. Mainstream popularity is a weird thing now as there are more listeners for every genre. Metal is where I have spent most of my life being a fan so I may have something in the bank you’d like.
Dope! Thinking music like Death.
Here’s a couple to try!
Gruesome - they fully embrace that era and ape it pretty well.
Cryptopsy - a bit more tech death but lots of that Chuck style guitar work.
Tomb Mold - these guys rip live, are named after a bloodborne item and make sweet ass old school death metal.
Undeath - another band that keeps the classic death metal spirit alive. The production on this album is pure early 90’s Florida. They also fucking destroy live.
Cheers! Hope you enjoy.
Thanks! I’ll check them out! 🤘🏽
Swing!!! I don't mind jazz with quirky time signatures, but where's the dance gone?
Electro swing is now (still) a thing. It's out there on the internet. As with most of these genres based on some manner of synthetic zeitgeist, be prepared to be exposed to a lot of anime tiddies in the artwork, though.
I'm with the other comment, Electro Swing is very popular. If you've ever got the chance to go to a Parov Stelar concert don't even think about not going! Top 5 concerts I've ever seen easily.
I've listened to a bunch of Caravan Palace, and I'm sure Parov Stelar is in some playlists. I never thought about going to a gig, I do a bunch of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, but they're general jazz.
Edit, I've got All Night- Parov Stelar in my favourites.
Fortunately due to living in Belgium I'm in close proximity to some of the best festivals in the world. I saw them supported by a live orchestra at Dour Festival. But it was very similar to this performance a year later!
Grunge
The blues
That would be so excellent! I became a fan of the blues going out to clubs: the rock bands would crank volume to painful levels and mumble the lyrics, but I could actually hear the blues, listen to the blues, grow to like the blues
Jazz
There's some great modern jazz coming out of Japan these days. Check out the likes of:
Also, UK too, check out the Ezra Collective.
Plenty of modern jazz out there, it's just not mainstream anymore.
Edit - forgot about Ibrahim Maalouf. Dude is incredible on the trumpet. Between him and Kuroda, trumpet jazz is alive and well.
Jazz never left.
It never left but depiction is quite negative
Anti facist punk
Tang-era Sogdian dance music.
Baroque.
It's bound to come back any day now...
If it ain’t baroque don’t fix it
I might like some bluegrass. Iron Horse is a bunch of middle-aged white guys that cover Metallica. Well, that's where they started, but they've expanded.
Creeping Death sounds like something you'd hear in a one-room Kentucky church. Enter Sandman is delightful.
Iron Horse's banjo picker is a monster.
Check out the Steeldrivers. They have some really good songs.
Late-90s/early-00s-style lo-fi indiepop with glockenspiels/Casio keyboards (or similar cheapass-sounding synths with a nicely skronky/angular timbre) and the odd trumpet/brass section
Any bands like this you suggest?
Beulah, Eggstone, Lacto-Ovo, Mid-State Orange, a lot of bands on a German label named Apricot Records
Rock in the west! I don’t mind Japanese though. Jrock is huge right now. Japan picked up what the US dropped and left on the floor. Currently listening to LiSA. Listened to the new Survive Said the Prophet earlier. ONE OK ROCK and The Sixth Lie are my usual go to. And my second favorite singer is ReoNa (behind Enya who is Irish).
Check out The Warning! They are an awesome band of three sisters from Mexico, with great energy live.
Dubstep. Like, the kind that was super popular in 2010. It'll probably be another 15 or 20 years before it's sufficiently forgotten that the kids can properly rediscover it.
One new artist I like who produces with this type of sound is YDG
But it's been long enough for Jungle to have another go round.
Clowncore. We really need to have a clowncore band in Eurovision.
We had a doll from Luxembourg this year. Close enough?
Symphonic "Electronic" music
Nu-metal & Nu-rave purely to see what they call it
Linkin Park is back, I expect a lot of nu-metal type stuff to come out soon
Disco
Not really waiting, but it would be nice if people could recognize composers that have been building upon the ideas set forth in the Classical era to this day.
Buffa and other comic opera. More dumb plots, less experimental music!
Dominican street preacher power electronics
Every genre is deeply connected to the time it appeared and the events that shaped it.
I don't expect punk rock to have a resurgence any more than I expect disco music to come back. They had their time and function. They will influence new things to come as did all the stuff that came before.
Having said that, I expect everything will become a mishmash of AI slop, so who knows?
Whatever type of music the Little Rascals played.
I used to say "indie rock that isn't bland pop music" but then Will Wood came along
Do wop
Art rock, or something that takes inspiration from art. Everything now mostly comes in a nice palatable package.
Disco
no wave
None. I actually hope for something entirely different.
It's not really a weird question, is it?
Becaaussee I like music and wanted to have an interesting discussion?
Fair enough. Though the format of this community is quite literally finding out what a bunch of strangers on the internet think about a given subject.
You scare they're feeding the answers to Grok?