@chienfou@simplersimon There really does seem to be a lot of remakes and covers, some are worthwhile, some are better than the original, and some just meh. I mean, look at Personal Jesus; do they really need 120 different versions? Yes, there are that many.
@edwardsm6 I’ve seen them live four times now. They put on a great show. Luke Spiller is truly an entertainer in the mold of Freddie and Mick. New album drops Friday!
I’ve been waiting for this question. Last year I got really into Hey Steve (Spotify) (YouTube). They’re not unpopular but they could certainly use a listen if you haven’t heard their work. I might specifically recommend their latest song “Guru” with Patrick Carney (Spotify) (YouTube). Though I haven’t heard a bad song from them yet.
For the most part, new “music” sucks. I still play the same jazz, swing, r&b, blues, rock, western, and country music that I’ve listened to for decades. Anything between 1920 and 1990 is pretty much it for me
@edguyver14 I looked them up and I saw that they were associated with Wu-Tan Clan? I don’t like “hip hop” or 99.9% of rap, but I will give them a listen. Always an open mind
@rebeltaz they do instrumental covers of Wu Tang, but also have originals that are even better. The main guy had a band called The Menahan Street Band that is really good too.
@edguyver14 Dude… I downloaded the “Adult Themes” album and finally got around to listening to it tonight. That is COMPLETELY not what I expected! That first track sounded like something from an 1970’s James Bond and later on I think I heard a little Snoopy on his Sopwith Camel sneaking into there. I’m not sure I’d listen to it on a regular basis, but it wasn’t bad. I will listen to it some more. Especially late at night… brown chicken brown cow lol… thank for the recommendation!
Ilsa - Poor Devil
Liam Bailey - Angel Dust
The Slackers - Blue
Rolex - s/t album
Eli - Favorite Thang
Smoov-E - Yall Aint Shit
Coriky - Hard To Explain
El Michels Affair - Dhuaan
Classics Of Love - World Of Burning Hate e.p.
Bad Ideals - You Can’t Have It All At Once album
Been listening to 60’s since I was tiny. Just added each new decades music as time went on. Never been a fan of country, r & b or rap. Recently found international tastes like Korean, Hindu and bollywood sounds. Oh! and Russian, Congo…gosh, there’s so many in my Repertoire…
I don’t try to find new music, but it seems to find me anyway.
I still think the best music came from the 60’s and 70’s. There was folk, country, R&R, pop, psychedelic, new wave, neo-classical, English invasion, etc.
Even “West Side Story”, “Dr Zhivago”, “Lawrence of Arabia”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Sound of Music” came out in that time, all with notable music.
YouTube music (formerly Google play music) suggests things for me from what I’ve liked before. I have it set up to download music so I constantly have an offline playlist that it keeps adding to.
I have been discovering new stuff daily on Spotify. I finally broke down and decided to pay for a premium account and it’s worth every penny for uninterrupted music.
I do have a SiriusXM account but I end up listening to Spotify when at home because most of the music I like isn’t on satellite or local radio (at least around Iowa).
@rtjhnstn
Huh, I’m over in the west side, and all I get is MPR on 91.1. It’s better than most, but would love some good local non-profit wisconny radio. WPR is there, but…eh.
My first wife worked for a record distributor. I have well over a thousand CDs, used to have 500 vinyl albums as well, but converted them to mp3s. Don’t need new music. It would take years to listen to what I already have.
I used to listen to music from the front page of emusic at random, back when I had a subscription there. Between that and Pandora I found a lot of new stuff, but it was high effort.
Spotify was great, briefly, but then its algorithm ate itself and I got more and more of some rock subgenre which, sure, I like, but how about some variety?
Currently I don’t listen to music much. Too many headaches for headphones, don’t usually have a place where I could listen to good speakers at the right volume without bothering people.
Word of Mouth. Regardless of your own music-finding proclivities, odds are there’s at least one person in your circle who gets off on sharing their new music discoveries with the group.
What… they are still making music?
@chienfou not really, it’s just the same old stuff. Half written by the same couple guys who wrote half of the stuff when I was young.
@chienfou @simplersimon There really does seem to be a lot of remakes and covers, some are worthwhile, some are better than the original, and some just meh. I mean, look at Personal Jesus; do they really need 120 different versions? Yes, there are that many.
@chienfou @simplersimon And preformed by:
It’s amazing how an almost 30 year old song nails it.
The Struts
@edwardsm6 I’ve seen them live four times now. They put on a great show. Luke Spiller is truly an entertainer in the mold of Freddie and Mick. New album drops Friday!
Goodbye June
youtube and spotify algorithm?
I find it to not be as good as old music…
I’ve been waiting for this question. Last year I got really into Hey Steve (Spotify) (YouTube). They’re not unpopular but they could certainly use a listen if you haven’t heard their work. I might specifically recommend their latest song “Guru” with Patrick Carney (Spotify) (YouTube). Though I haven’t heard a bad song from them yet.
The radio and top downloads on iTunes
Are there no other ways?? Shit - I guess I’ve been doing it wrong…
For the most part, new “music” sucks. I still play the same jazz, swing, r&b, blues, rock, western, and country music that I’ve listened to for decades. Anything between 1920 and 1990 is pretty much it for me
@rebeltaz you must check out El Michels Affair.
@edguyver14 I looked them up and I saw that they were associated with Wu-Tan Clan? I don’t like “hip hop” or 99.9% of rap, but I will give them a listen. Always an open mind
@rebeltaz they do instrumental covers of Wu Tang, but also have originals that are even better. The main guy had a band called The Menahan Street Band that is really good too.
@rebeltaz
@rebeltaz
@edguyver14 Dude… I downloaded the “Adult Themes” album and finally got around to listening to it tonight. That is COMPLETELY not what I expected! That first track sounded like something from an 1970’s James Bond and later on I think I heard a little Snoopy on his Sopwith Camel sneaking into there. I’m not sure I’d listen to it on a regular basis, but it wasn’t bad. I will listen to it some more. Especially late at night… brown chicken brown cow
lol… thank for the recommendation!
Although I will say that I have found a few pretty good country musicians on g@@gletube that would never make it on today’s radio.
Movie soundtracks and YouTube videos.
Streaming on Pandora. Is that considered a radio station today?
@hchavers Pandora… Spotify… I consider them better than radio because you can pick and choose exactly what you want to listen to.
Friends, Pandora, and Youtube
Ilsa - Poor Devil
Liam Bailey - Angel Dust
The Slackers - Blue
Rolex - s/t album
Eli - Favorite Thang
Smoov-E - Yall Aint Shit
Coriky - Hard To Explain
El Michels Affair - Dhuaan
Classics Of Love - World Of Burning Hate e.p.
Bad Ideals - You Can’t Have It All At Once album
Been listening to 60’s since I was tiny. Just added each new decades music as time went on. Never been a fan of country, r & b or rap. Recently found international tastes like Korean, Hindu and bollywood sounds. Oh! and Russian, Congo…gosh, there’s so many in my Repertoire…
I don’t try to find new music, but it seems to find me anyway.
I still think the best music came from the 60’s and 70’s. There was folk, country, R&R, pop, psychedelic, new wave, neo-classical, English invasion, etc.
(Check out the Woodstock movie/soundtrack, for instance. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3_he5SCx3bk2JG5Mggh8Ac2LaRWCh1lU&app=desktop offers a good selection.)
Even “West Side Story”, “Dr Zhivago”, “Lawrence of Arabia”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Sound of Music” came out in that time, all with notable music.
Lately mostly YouTube. Frog Leap Studios is a new favorite as well as this guy:
@tweezak Leo Moracchioli is amazing!
YouTube music (formerly Google play music) suggests things for me from what I’ve liked before. I have it set up to download music so I constantly have an offline playlist that it keeps adding to.
I have been discovering new stuff daily on Spotify. I finally broke down and decided to pay for a premium account and it’s worth every penny for uninterrupted music.
I do have a SiriusXM account but I end up listening to Spotify when at home because most of the music I like isn’t on satellite or local radio (at least around Iowa).
Anime, IG, and the rabbit hole that is Youtube.
https://instagram.com/nilibrosh?igshid=1qhjad48s8jgn
Jukeboxes in bars/restaurants.
Most recently my 15 y/o daughter.
Mother Mother
www.jaminthevan.com
Modern pop music is crap. Though sometimes learn of new songs from “Todd In The Shadows”.
From radio stations like:
https://kuci.org/wp/
https://www.avenueradio.com/
@rtjhnstn And from https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists
@rtjhnstn
Huh, I’m over in the west side, and all I get is MPR on 91.1. It’s better than most, but would love some good local non-profit wisconny radio. WPR is there, but…eh.
@thebigtverberg https://www.wpr.org/whad-907-fm-delafield-milwaukee
@rtjhnstn
Tried it this morning. Got church radio. You’re not forgiven.
My first wife worked for a record distributor. I have well over a thousand CDs, used to have 500 vinyl albums as well, but converted them to mp3s. Don’t need new music. It would take years to listen to what I already have.
I used to listen to music from the front page of emusic at random, back when I had a subscription there. Between that and Pandora I found a lot of new stuff, but it was high effort.
Spotify was great, briefly, but then its algorithm ate itself and I got more and more of some rock subgenre which, sure, I like, but how about some variety?
Currently I don’t listen to music much. Too many headaches for headphones, don’t usually have a place where I could listen to good speakers at the right volume without bothering people.
Friends, radio (mainly WFMU), Bandcamp. In about equal measure. There’s lots of great new music out there if you’re willing to find it.
The radio or radio like features in music streaming apps.
Why wasn’t radio an answer?
Word of Mouth. Regardless of your own music-finding proclivities, odds are there’s at least one person in your circle who gets off on sharing their new music discoveries with the group.
@shamsmehra90 Yes, my… circle-group. Everybody has one. They are used, socially. I know what they’re for. Mine is… on Fridays.
I am at that age where all new music is shit and only the older stuff is good.
Napster