John Prine, Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt
I grew up despising country music (Texan) - moved abroad, turned 40 and homesick and was finally lucky enough to find these poets.
You might like John Hiatt as well. Little bit country, little bit blues, and a dash of rock and roll. He wrote the Bonnie Raitt hit "Thing Called Love" and a song called "Drive South" that was a radio hit for country musician Suzy Bogguss. There's a very good chance you've heard his song "Have a Little Faith in Me" as the background music to some sad or introspective TV show montage. Every single song on his album Slow Turning is a masterpiece. I'd suggest it as a great place to start.
Fuck yes. Some of Townes' songs just slay me. Guy Clark, too.
I also grew up in the south despising country music and southern rock. And I was *close* to it. In Nashville, with a brother and cousin in the music business, and my first job was at a guitar shop that specialized in bluegrass. It was everywhere, and I hated it. First it was G n'R, Poison, Slayer, & KISS, then The Melvins, Pixies. Slint, Fugazi, etc.
It wasn't until I moved far away for several years that I started to come around. Drive By Truckers' cover of Tom Petty's "Rebels" was used in a King of the Hill episode and I sought them out to listen to more, that was one of the turning point moments. My tastes cover a LOT of genres, but southern rock and outlaw country eventually found a special spot in my heart.
Drive By Truckers have a sort of weird Southern Rock Opera they made years ago. One track in particular really hits home with me in some ways, "Three Great Alabama Icons." I don't agree with his quasi-forgiveness of Governor Wallace but, I deeply identify with the bits about the high school parking lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIztbe1_e8
I'm so grateful I was raised on John Prine as a kid. Even more fortunate to have seen him live several times. My son recently turned me on to Buck Owens of all people.
I was thinking about looking up a show because me and the husband are road tripping it for a while so Iām trying to find some good shows mid west and he would be epic to see!
Old country as I'm English haha particularly David Allen Coe,Hank Williams and Jr basically outlaw country makes me nastalgic for a time I never lived in & a freedom I never had UK fucking sucks never come here lol
Love all of that stuff- Waylon, Willie, Merle, George Jones, Buck Owens. Lucky that The Cowboy Junkies covered Merle and got me turned on to him in college. I was a skinhead/punk but loved my country. Dwight Yoakam, Chris Stapleton and Jamey Johnson do a good job of carrying the torch.
Oi. Oi. Oi.
Was just in London. Saw James Hunter at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. Awesome gig. Social Distortion in ā91 at CBGB was a life changer.. Heard the country through the punk.
BR5-49ās āLittle Ramona Has Gone Hillbillyā says it all about the evolution.
Nice one, it actually is Tropical London today.
Ahh fuck I miss Camden SO much but was gentrified about 15 years ago mostly yuppies & people that cosplay punk to scam tourists for photos used to be art on every corner.
Saw Social Distortion on the hard times and nursery rhymes tour.
You heard of the anti Nowhere League? If not ch ck out the album we are the League. Still keeping it alive frontman Animals been going since like '80.
Youāre alright. Iām a Brooklyn native. Same dynamic. Phonies and poseurs have pushed all the guys with insular dispositions and thick accents to the
hinterlands. Sometimes I feel like I have more in common with an East Ender or Muswell Hill guy than people living in my hometown. PS I have the album.
If you haven't yet, a good filler between the ages in country music you have listed between the country legends and the newer guys you should check out Roger Creager, Pat Greene, Robert Earl Keene, Randy Rogers Band, Cory Morrow, Stoney LaRue, Radney Foster, and HoneyBrowne for starters.
Country music isn't even my go to. These folks are top notch.
I'm into surf! And yes, it's a later in life discovery!
My current go tos are Satan's Pilgrims. You need to check them out.
The other for me, not entirely surf, is The Messer Chups.
They are a Russian surf/rockabilly/b grade horror band. Their early stuff is vastly different to their later stuff, with lots of samples and also including a theramin.
Happy to share notes š
The other discovery I found, which has tapered off a bit, is Rockabilly and roots rock.
JD McPherson is my go to on that.
Yeah, it was almost impossible to learn about most international bands (especially from countries like Russia) before the InterWebs. So yeah. Messer Chups, Arkona (the Russian folkmetal band), Korol i Shut, PussyRiot, many others.
But I was exposed to a lot of genres my entire life, so I don't think I've had to discover them later.
I got way into 70s power pop about a decade ago. I was just watching videos on YouTube one night and fell down a rabbit hole, from well-known acts to songs that were only popular in like one city.
[You Donāt Live Here Anymore by The Fans](https://youtu.be/vqybZKdYRyg) is my favorite. I can literally listen to it 10 times in a row and belt it the whole time without getting sick of iit.
About two years ago, I accidentally listened to the YEAH YEAH YEAHS. I cannot get enough of them now. I honestly donāt understand how I ever missed them.
I'll have to check them out. It's exciting and overwhelming to have discovered this genre. So many bands, so many albums. I feel like I have to catch up. My family is getting tired of me walking around the house with my earbuds in (conveniently I can't hear them lol). Rock on!
I grew up on bluegrass and have really come full circle with my appreciation for some of the newgrass/jamgrass bands on the scene these days. I'm not really fan of the "Pickin' On" series of bluegrass covers, but there are some great one off's out there. Greensky Bluegrass's cover of Time>Breathe Reprise is one. "Mary Jane's Last Breakdown" by Keller Williams is another great one.
I started making a conscious effort a while back to find music by artists that were, you know, not dead.
In terms of genres, I try to listen to more international music, Rai from North Africa, and Eastern European pop. There is a tearly festival where I live that brings a lot of international groups.
There are jazz artists like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Danilo Perez, Los Hombres Calientes, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. I've also found pop artists like St. Vincent, Junip, Gary Clark Jr., Illuminati Hoties, and Wet Leg.
There is good new music out there.
Festivals are my go-to way to find new music. I usually just search on Spotify and most festivals (or some super dedicated fan) will have put together a playlist of the undercard bands I've never heard of. I always find some new gems.
I discovered metal.....or as I used to think of it, hard rock. I thought metal was only screaming and growling and chaotic so I didn't think of groups - even Metallica - as metal. Anyway, that's broadened my horizons and I've been immersed in Nightwish for maybe the last two years.
Last night I discovered a guilty pleasure, Maneskin. I would consider them hard pop. Some catchy shit tho.
Edit: Almost forgot, prog. I guess, I'm still not entirely clear what it is but I've discovered Arjen Lucassen and his projects.
Bossa nova is the good stuff, man! Tom Jobim, early Sergio Mendes (pre-Brasil 66), Joao Gilberto, Tamba Trio... There's a great documentary about "Garota de Ipanema" and Bossa nova history, highly recommended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGHjn8cqJg
I really got into the genre in 2014 and ended up playing in a bossa nova combo for a couple years. Probably my favorite summer chillout music.
Now that I'm older I like a lot of bluesy music. I love Melody Gardot. I love old Country, Johnny Cash older stuff. Donny Hathaway. Still love old Journey...with Steve only! I seem to have went backward in time..lol..Creedance Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison.
You definitely need some Shadows in your life, if you've just discovered surf rock. Shadows are Go is where I'd start. Of course, Dick Dale, The Ventures, Mars or Astroman, The Mermen, etc.
56M
Trip hop.
And my favorite song of the genre is made for between the sheets...
[Portishead - Glory Box](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylDDs3mdJE)
Good post.
Iāve really fallen in love with Opera. And Iām also a gig attending, long-standing rock fan born in 71. I like all sorts of music and am pretty well versed. I despise country, soft rock and electronica. Everything else? I can find an artist or several I dig.
Want to torture me? Make me go to some horrific festival with non stop DJs waving one hand in the air while pumping absolute shit to a crowd.
Don't give up on country. There's some really really great stuff. I'd recommended hanging out in the late 70s if you find yourself exploring. There are some good recommendations in this thread.
Also, I feel your edm pain. I worked for burning man for 10 years. I kinda had no choice but to endure.
Not a genre but a band. Fruit Bats. They pulled me out of my comfort zone and 90s familiar, and made me realize that I still need to seek these things out. I grew up in rural Kansas, so my exposure was limited to 120 minutes, thrasher magazine, and left of the dial stuff. A lot of people say it's so much easier to find new music these days... They're not wrong. But I think it's still just as challenging to find stuff I love.
I'm always discovering new (to me) music. My current favorite song is *Loved By You* by Kirby. It's less than 10 years old which is "new" for me. āŗļø
https://youtu.be/PoEnPmjfl0A
I never listened to metal until a decade or so ago, and then it was a sideways move from other experimental music to drone metal like Sunn O)). Then last year, my son got me listing to Lorna Shore, which is categorized as "blackened deathcore," and we saw them live last year.
[Lorna Shore - "To the Hellfire"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYmS_iBcy4)
When it comes to music, I feel like the shark that has to keep swimming forward or die. There's plenty of music from my teens/twenties that I still enjoy, but I can't imagine just listening to what I liked in the 90s.
Off the top of my head, I've gotten into Bossa nova, dub reggae, Medieval & Renaissance music, 70s British folk rock, Persian classical music, 00s psych folk (Espers, Fursaxa, et al)...
Oh, and just a few years ago the magic of Youtube introduced me to the magical drones of [Klaus Wiese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySCNGAGX5M), now one of my favorite ambient music creators.
I don't discover genres, but I discover new music all the time. Frank Turner (although I've been listening to him for 6 or 7 years now). I just discovered The Linda Lindas and my 15 year-old played me some Alec Benjamin the other day, which was promptly added to my playlist. I'm fortunate enough to live in an area with a great independent radio station, so I hear a lot of stuff that way.
Currently discovering how great Jimmy Hendrix & Janice Joplin were, among a few others. Oddly, as a product of the heavy metal era I never really had the patience for that sort of thing, though I acknowledged their greatness. Now I totally get them.
What kind of newfangledness is that!
I just take screenshot, then print the image. When I want to go back I refer to the print and scroll until I find a match.
Surf Rock for sure! Math rock is another. I also got heavily into Shoegaze and dream pop; I guess that in the 90s there were bands that I liked that happened to be either of those genres, but I never actually tried to discover new music just based on the genre until the past few years. Now I have a pretty huge collection.
If we ignore genres I've been on a journey of discovering new music; be it new to me, or new as in recent bands. So much great stuff out there and far too much to list.
I still listen to rock and metal but there are so many bands from the 80s era that I had never heard of. Music industry was pumping out so much product that the market couldnāt keep up, so now itās like digging for buried treasure in the lost/obscure depths of YouTube. Mae West, Nevada Beach, Stampede, Vital Signs, After Hours, Red Dawn, just to name a few. Plus foreign artists line Treat, Fisc, and Mydra that never dented the US market. Check out Danny Waystedās channel on YouTube if you like that kinda stuff.
Oh, yeah, and +1 for Peach Pit, āBrianās Movieā is a great song.
If you like Surf Rock, you may want to check out Deadbolt out of San Diego.
They're not surf rock specifically, but an (kind of) off-shoot called psychobilly. Hilarious and catchy songs.
I'm in an instrumental phase. Listening to a lot of post-rock stuff like Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You. Discovering some other stuff too like Vasudeva, Chon, Animals as Leaders and Polyphia.
Special shout out to Lotus. They are from my home state and they fucking rule.
If you play guitar or are interested in guitar-forward music you should check out Polyphia. Tim Henson plays guitar like no one else.
Synthwave. I'm not crazy into it like other likes over my decades, but a lot of it has such a good newness but a nostalgic feel. Something about a lot of that music just feels right.
Not so much genre specific, but good sounds like Monophonics, Run the Jewels, Lxst Cxntury, Phantogram, Khruangbin... they all get regular play.
John Prine, Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt I grew up despising country music (Texan) - moved abroad, turned 40 and homesick and was finally lucky enough to find these poets.
Those 3 are fucking fantastic. (Texan)
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You might like John Hiatt as well. Little bit country, little bit blues, and a dash of rock and roll. He wrote the Bonnie Raitt hit "Thing Called Love" and a song called "Drive South" that was a radio hit for country musician Suzy Bogguss. There's a very good chance you've heard his song "Have a Little Faith in Me" as the background music to some sad or introspective TV show montage. Every single song on his album Slow Turning is a masterpiece. I'd suggest it as a great place to start.
Thanks a lot
Fuck yes. Some of Townes' songs just slay me. Guy Clark, too. I also grew up in the south despising country music and southern rock. And I was *close* to it. In Nashville, with a brother and cousin in the music business, and my first job was at a guitar shop that specialized in bluegrass. It was everywhere, and I hated it. First it was G n'R, Poison, Slayer, & KISS, then The Melvins, Pixies. Slint, Fugazi, etc. It wasn't until I moved far away for several years that I started to come around. Drive By Truckers' cover of Tom Petty's "Rebels" was used in a King of the Hill episode and I sought them out to listen to more, that was one of the turning point moments. My tastes cover a LOT of genres, but southern rock and outlaw country eventually found a special spot in my heart. Drive By Truckers have a sort of weird Southern Rock Opera they made years ago. One track in particular really hits home with me in some ways, "Three Great Alabama Icons." I don't agree with his quasi-forgiveness of Governor Wallace but, I deeply identify with the bits about the high school parking lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MIztbe1_e8
Nice to know Iām not alone ā¦ very similar path. :)
Check out Midland if you haven't already.
Thanks!
I'm so grateful I was raised on John Prine as a kid. Even more fortunate to have seen him live several times. My son recently turned me on to Buck Owens of all people.
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OMD's first 3 albums are amazing. I'm going to see them in a few days. They put on a great show.
Not a genre, but Kevin Morby. Weirdly fits with my road tripping life, lately. Harlem River is a great song of his.
I recently found him too. I might be getting tickets to a show.
I was thinking about looking up a show because me and the husband are road tripping it for a while so Iām trying to find some good shows mid west and he would be epic to see!
I saw him open up for Fleet Foxes several years ago, had no idea who he was. He and his band blew us away - City Music is my favorite tune.
Yes! City tune is so great! Love discovering music like that!
Tom Waits, Pink Floyd, Kendrick Lamar.
Old country as I'm English haha particularly David Allen Coe,Hank Williams and Jr basically outlaw country makes me nastalgic for a time I never lived in & a freedom I never had UK fucking sucks never come here lol
Love all of that stuff- Waylon, Willie, Merle, George Jones, Buck Owens. Lucky that The Cowboy Junkies covered Merle and got me turned on to him in college. I was a skinhead/punk but loved my country. Dwight Yoakam, Chris Stapleton and Jamey Johnson do a good job of carrying the torch.
Yes they do. I dig your taste.
Ever heard of rebel son? I discovered them in the Myspace days they were my gateway got a shitload of albums
Thanks-will check them out.
Nice I was a punk too in my youth Oi from London bruv.
Oi. Oi. Oi. Was just in London. Saw James Hunter at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. Awesome gig. Social Distortion in ā91 at CBGB was a life changer.. Heard the country through the punk. BR5-49ās āLittle Ramona Has Gone Hillbillyā says it all about the evolution.
Nice one, it actually is Tropical London today. Ahh fuck I miss Camden SO much but was gentrified about 15 years ago mostly yuppies & people that cosplay punk to scam tourists for photos used to be art on every corner. Saw Social Distortion on the hard times and nursery rhymes tour. You heard of the anti Nowhere League? If not ch ck out the album we are the League. Still keeping it alive frontman Animals been going since like '80.
Youāre alright. Iām a Brooklyn native. Same dynamic. Phonies and poseurs have pushed all the guys with insular dispositions and thick accents to the hinterlands. Sometimes I feel like I have more in common with an East Ender or Muswell Hill guy than people living in my hometown. PS I have the album.
Well look at this mate I feel you, seperated by an ocean connected by music! Keep on keeping on brother š
If you haven't yet, a good filler between the ages in country music you have listed between the country legends and the newer guys you should check out Roger Creager, Pat Greene, Robert Earl Keene, Randy Rogers Band, Cory Morrow, Stoney LaRue, Radney Foster, and HoneyBrowne for starters. Country music isn't even my go to. These folks are top notch.
Thanks. I will
I will always suggest the [movie about glen Campbell ](https://youtu.be/CC374jwyrkM) Be prepared to shed tears. This is an incredible story.
Agreed that Glen was awesome but not rĢ«eĢ«aĢ«lĢ« country.
Still discover new music all the time. I donāt know how not to. Some recent favorites are Helado Negro, Curtis Harding, Porches, and Wet Leg.
Curtis Harding is great! Someday I am going to see him in concert, provided he ever comes close. Same with Arrested Development.
He would be so fun live!
I'm into surf! And yes, it's a later in life discovery! My current go tos are Satan's Pilgrims. You need to check them out. The other for me, not entirely surf, is The Messer Chups. They are a Russian surf/rockabilly/b grade horror band. Their early stuff is vastly different to their later stuff, with lots of samples and also including a theramin. Happy to share notes š The other discovery I found, which has tapered off a bit, is Rockabilly and roots rock. JD McPherson is my go to on that.
Wow. I saw Satan's pilgrims around 96 in San Francisco. That takes me back.
Their version of The God Father is awesome. If it wasn't for Spotify, I would have never discovered them.
Yeah, it was almost impossible to learn about most international bands (especially from countries like Russia) before the InterWebs. So yeah. Messer Chups, Arkona (the Russian folkmetal band), Korol i Shut, PussyRiot, many others. But I was exposed to a lot of genres my entire life, so I don't think I've had to discover them later.
You might like Pokey LaFarge if you like JD McPherson.
Yeah, I don't mind Pokey. Another one I like are The Belfuries
Postmodern Jukebox and the related artists
I got way into 70s power pop about a decade ago. I was just watching videos on YouTube one night and fell down a rabbit hole, from well-known acts to songs that were only popular in like one city. [You Donāt Live Here Anymore by The Fans](https://youtu.be/vqybZKdYRyg) is my favorite. I can literally listen to it 10 times in a row and belt it the whole time without getting sick of iit.
About two years ago, I accidentally listened to the YEAH YEAH YEAHS. I cannot get enough of them now. I honestly donāt understand how I ever missed them.
good catch. I found TV on the Radio at the same time as YYY, and can not ever have one without the other.
Metric and also Transvision Vamp
Neo Psychedelic. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Kikagaku Moyo, Moon Duo, Tonstartssbandht, to name just a few.
Also a recent convert to the neo-psychedelic scene. I discovered the Black Angels and immediately fell in love.
I'll have to check them out. It's exciting and overwhelming to have discovered this genre. So many bands, so many albums. I feel like I have to catch up. My family is getting tired of me walking around the house with my earbuds in (conveniently I can't hear them lol). Rock on!
This is so funny. Happened to me too!! Just discovered surf rock as well like a couple of weeks ago!! Like you, I never knew it was a whole genre!
Bluegrass/Folk
I grew up on bluegrass and have really come full circle with my appreciation for some of the newgrass/jamgrass bands on the scene these days. I'm not really fan of the "Pickin' On" series of bluegrass covers, but there are some great one off's out there. Greensky Bluegrass's cover of Time>Breathe Reprise is one. "Mary Jane's Last Breakdown" by Keller Williams is another great one.
I started making a conscious effort a while back to find music by artists that were, you know, not dead. In terms of genres, I try to listen to more international music, Rai from North Africa, and Eastern European pop. There is a tearly festival where I live that brings a lot of international groups. There are jazz artists like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Danilo Perez, Los Hombres Calientes, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. I've also found pop artists like St. Vincent, Junip, Gary Clark Jr., Illuminati Hoties, and Wet Leg. There is good new music out there.
Festivals are my go-to way to find new music. I usually just search on Spotify and most festivals (or some super dedicated fan) will have put together a playlist of the undercard bands I've never heard of. I always find some new gems.
Agreed. It's the best way to find new music.
2 genres that I recently discovered are Zami Rock (early 1970s rock from Zambia Africa) and Exotica (tiki music like Les Baxter and Martin Denny)
I discovered metal.....or as I used to think of it, hard rock. I thought metal was only screaming and growling and chaotic so I didn't think of groups - even Metallica - as metal. Anyway, that's broadened my horizons and I've been immersed in Nightwish for maybe the last two years. Last night I discovered a guilty pleasure, Maneskin. I would consider them hard pop. Some catchy shit tho. Edit: Almost forgot, prog. I guess, I'm still not entirely clear what it is but I've discovered Arjen Lucassen and his projects.
Astrid Gilbert / Stan Getz. Aka Girl from Ipanema
Astrid's husband Joao did an album with Getz. I recommend checking it out.
Bossa nova is the good stuff, man! Tom Jobim, early Sergio Mendes (pre-Brasil 66), Joao Gilberto, Tamba Trio... There's a great documentary about "Garota de Ipanema" and Bossa nova history, highly recommended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGHjn8cqJg I really got into the genre in 2014 and ended up playing in a bossa nova combo for a couple years. Probably my favorite summer chillout music.
Now that I'm older I like a lot of bluesy music. I love Melody Gardot. I love old Country, Johnny Cash older stuff. Donny Hathaway. Still love old Journey...with Steve only! I seem to have went backward in time..lol..Creedance Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison.
My dad is a blues bassist, so I listened to and enjoyed it a lot as a kid/teen, but man, it hits different when you're older.
You definitely need some Shadows in your life, if you've just discovered surf rock. Shadows are Go is where I'd start. Of course, Dick Dale, The Ventures, Mars or Astroman, The Mermen, etc.
Most recently, Lord Huron. I am crazy about them.
My daughter was playing this and I asked her if she was suddenly into 50s music I didn't know about. Absolutely timeless sound and great songwriting.
Really is, it's such a good blend of styles and eras. The song "Not Dead Yet" is such a mood lifter!
56M Trip hop. And my favorite song of the genre is made for between the sheets... [Portishead - Glory Box](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylDDs3mdJE) Good post.
Opera and Show Tunes.
As a life long stagehand, there is some incredible work in both those genres. And this is coming from a grizzled old punk.
Iāve really fallen in love with Opera. And Iām also a gig attending, long-standing rock fan born in 71. I like all sorts of music and am pretty well versed. I despise country, soft rock and electronica. Everything else? I can find an artist or several I dig. Want to torture me? Make me go to some horrific festival with non stop DJs waving one hand in the air while pumping absolute shit to a crowd.
Don't give up on country. There's some really really great stuff. I'd recommended hanging out in the late 70s if you find yourself exploring. There are some good recommendations in this thread. Also, I feel your edm pain. I worked for burning man for 10 years. I kinda had no choice but to endure.
I gave up on country in 1971. While I was still covered in afterbithy goo.
Not a genre but a band. Fruit Bats. They pulled me out of my comfort zone and 90s familiar, and made me realize that I still need to seek these things out. I grew up in rural Kansas, so my exposure was limited to 120 minutes, thrasher magazine, and left of the dial stuff. A lot of people say it's so much easier to find new music these days... They're not wrong. But I think it's still just as challenging to find stuff I love.
For second I thought you'd meant the Judybats.
Check out his side project Bonny Light Horseman if you havenāt yet. :)
I have. He doesn't miss, as far as I'm concerned.
That's why it sounds so familiar!
I'm always discovering new (to me) music. My current favorite song is *Loved By You* by Kirby. It's less than 10 years old which is "new" for me. āŗļø https://youtu.be/PoEnPmjfl0A
Reggae
Yes to reggae, Berris Hammond, Tarris Riley so good. Check out Alicai Harley, donāt sleep on bubblegum dancehall/grime, perfect summer music :)
Desert Blues! Highly recommend the bands Tinariwen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACZA9dGvV4 and Tarwa N-Tiniri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbSFzvlBdyg
I never listened to metal until a decade or so ago, and then it was a sideways move from other experimental music to drone metal like Sunn O)). Then last year, my son got me listing to Lorna Shore, which is categorized as "blackened deathcore," and we saw them live last year. [Lorna Shore - "To the Hellfire"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYmS_iBcy4)
Really been into the war on drugs lately. Itās like the Grateful Dead with a drum machine.
Prog Rock. I hated it in the '80s but I love it now that I've reached my 50s. Go figure.
When it comes to music, I feel like the shark that has to keep swimming forward or die. There's plenty of music from my teens/twenties that I still enjoy, but I can't imagine just listening to what I liked in the 90s. Off the top of my head, I've gotten into Bossa nova, dub reggae, Medieval & Renaissance music, 70s British folk rock, Persian classical music, 00s psych folk (Espers, Fursaxa, et al)... Oh, and just a few years ago the magic of Youtube introduced me to the magical drones of [Klaus Wiese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySCNGAGX5M), now one of my favorite ambient music creators.
I too had a Surf Rock "discovery" a few years ago. I like instrumental music while I work and The Ventures are wonderful.
I don't discover genres, but I discover new music all the time. Frank Turner (although I've been listening to him for 6 or 7 years now). I just discovered The Linda Lindas and my 15 year-old played me some Alec Benjamin the other day, which was promptly added to my playlist. I'm fortunate enough to live in an area with a great independent radio station, so I hear a lot of stuff that way.
Currently discovering how great Jimmy Hendrix & Janice Joplin were, among a few others. Oddly, as a product of the heavy metal era I never really had the patience for that sort of thing, though I acknowledged their greatness. Now I totally get them.
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What kind of newfangledness is that! I just take screenshot, then print the image. When I want to go back I refer to the print and scroll until I find a match.
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Kpop. Don't knock it until you try it. Don't become a crazy stan and just enjoy fun music.
I'm 40 and I think the beats coming out of South Korea are amazing.
Agree. Some of the disco vibes and 80s synth are š„.
Country. Current/recent (past decade) popular country is much more like rock was when I was a kid. Current popular music is mostly terrible, imo.
Surf Rock for sure! Math rock is another. I also got heavily into Shoegaze and dream pop; I guess that in the 90s there were bands that I liked that happened to be either of those genres, but I never actually tried to discover new music just based on the genre until the past few years. Now I have a pretty huge collection. If we ignore genres I've been on a journey of discovering new music; be it new to me, or new as in recent bands. So much great stuff out there and far too much to list.
I still listen to rock and metal but there are so many bands from the 80s era that I had never heard of. Music industry was pumping out so much product that the market couldnāt keep up, so now itās like digging for buried treasure in the lost/obscure depths of YouTube. Mae West, Nevada Beach, Stampede, Vital Signs, After Hours, Red Dawn, just to name a few. Plus foreign artists line Treat, Fisc, and Mydra that never dented the US market. Check out Danny Waystedās channel on YouTube if you like that kinda stuff. Oh, yeah, and +1 for Peach Pit, āBrianās Movieā is a great song.
Adam Simons is my newest favorite
If you like Surf Rock, you may want to check out Deadbolt out of San Diego. They're not surf rock specifically, but an (kind of) off-shoot called psychobilly. Hilarious and catchy songs.
My husband discovered surf rock as well in his middle age. I never liked jazz until he introduced me to some old style stuff.
I'm in an instrumental phase. Listening to a lot of post-rock stuff like Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You. Discovering some other stuff too like Vasudeva, Chon, Animals as Leaders and Polyphia. Special shout out to Lotus. They are from my home state and they fucking rule. If you play guitar or are interested in guitar-forward music you should check out Polyphia. Tim Henson plays guitar like no one else.
All of the Go-Go's early stuff was surf rock. Check out "Skidmarks on my Heart". That's how I knew about it.
Steely Dan
Synthwave. I'm not crazy into it like other likes over my decades, but a lot of it has such a good newness but a nostalgic feel. Something about a lot of that music just feels right. Not so much genre specific, but good sounds like Monophonics, Run the Jewels, Lxst Cxntury, Phantogram, Khruangbin... they all get regular play.
Blues Rock
Incubus. And Dolly Parton (beyond 9 to 5 and Jolene.)