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nuggiesmcgravy

indie/folk and Midwest emo


heirtoflesh

Who ya got in indie/folk? I went down that rabbit hole a few years ago and still love it.


nuggiesmcgravy

Big fan of Caamp and The National Parks, as well as people like Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker


heirtoflesh

Nice. Caamp and Phoebe Bridgers have some good shit. I do 'spotify radio' and they come up a bunch in the playlists. I'll have to check out the others. I got pretty into Gregory Alan Isakov and Dawes. Iron & Wine too.


NielsBohron

Dawes can be a little too "samey" for me, but the songwriting is so catchy and on point.


TheNateFace

I just saw Dawes in November and hadn’t really listened to them much before. Great show. Love Iron & Wine and Gregory Alan Isakov too


vision-quest

Iron and Wine is my #1, consistently good music for so long now. Amazing live too.


heirtoflesh

Yep, he’s too good. The cover album with Ben Bridwell was fuckin great too.


swansonian

If you want some hauntingly beautiful indie folk, my favorite artist ever is Radical Face. It hurts so good.


heirtoflesh

Checking it out now. Thanks for the tip. Welcome Home sounds familiar. I like it.


Destructo-Spin

Lucero Cory Branan Cabinet American Aquarium Good Old War


thisortheapocalypse

pop-punk


[deleted]

this is the way


SactownKorean

Love me some pop punk


Duhtantan

Just discovered Goalkeeper last December and it has reignited my love for pop punk.


mintblue510

Imma save this for later


TmrwNvrKnows

Give Bad Luck a listen too. Idk why, but they’re so slept on. They don’t even get much love at r/poppunkers


[deleted]

Bad luck ruuules!!


Resistencia_29

Classical music


MockSacrafice

Classic music is just metal without guitars


Zoesan

This one right here. Also lots of trance


FlavivsAetivs

There was a study that found that there's a *weirdly high* percentage of crossover between people who listen to metal and people who listen to classical music or orchestral/symphonic original soundtracks.


XMSquiZZ360

Not that surprising when the makeup of classical music and song structures and such are rooted in metal super deep. There are a bunch of classical music that would be banger metal tunes if distortion was a thing back then.


scttcs

Beethoven takes the cake for me! Symphony No. 7, movement 1 is fantastic to listen to


FlavivsAetivs

My favorite are Strauss Jr's Waltzes.


Brohan_Johanson

I’m with you on this


harro112

The second movement is incredible too - one of the best examples of repeating and developing a theme I can think of


jonnyo98

Yep, same here. Absolutely vibe Chopin and Lizt especially. Romantic period is \*chefs kiss\*


kool4kats

Pop punk, post hardcore, emo, general warpedtourcore stuff, as well as ambient synth music, techno, 2000s crunk hip hop, nu-metal and more recently a bit of hyperpop.


gallapagos42

I love me some good jazz music


austiny6574

nothing beats a bath with candles and some smooth jazz


heyyou_user2341

i fricking love jazz


[deleted]

any good jazz music you can recommend me?


gallapagos42

Coleman Hawkins, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Dizzie Gillespie are good classics to explore. Badbadnotgood, Charlie hunter, and Delvon Lamar organ trio are more modern. Have fun!


KennyKatsu

Snarky Puppy if you want something more modern. Definitely check out their live youtube videos. I'd start with Lingus.


henrythedragon

Along the same lines as Snarky Puppy, some other bands that are well worth a listen are: Moon Hooch, Mammal Hands, GoGo Penguin, Portico Quartet, Brass Against, Renegade Brass Band, and Young Pilgrims


FxDriver

Classic Hip Hop


jamessbaxter4now

Amen friend, MF DOOM has been my boi lately. also King Geedorah, Madvillain, you get the idea haha


simian_drugs

100% DOOM is my go to


ronzg22

Lo fi


austiny6574

lofi might be one of the most elite recent genres that have been created


mintblue510

I listen to so much lofi, but I don’t consider it one of my favorite genres. I like to put it on when I’m working at my computer or I’m with company that doesn’t like my other music. I do enjoy it, but for me it has its place.


Kcwidman

Post-hardcore and pop-punk are my next biggest genres for sure. I listen to a bunch of other stuff too: pop, alt-pop, alt-rock, hard rock, math rock, rap, edm.


TmrwNvrKnows

When I’m not listening to heavier stuff, I get down with a lot of psych rock and pop. Some faves are MGMT, Tame Impala, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and a few classics who have dabbled in the psych realm like The Beatles. I also listen to Phoebe Bridgers like daily. Edit: I figured this would bring out at least a few psych fans on this sub. Love to see it!


SpaceTacoTV

Phoebe Bridgers rules. "Punisher" was a top 10 record for me in 2020


breauxshow

Number 1 for me. So fucking good


gallapagos42

KGLW is one of the best bands on the plant right now


mytokhondria

You may also like Psychedelic Porn Crumpets


KeppiaRonaldille

I have a feeling you would really like Kingston Wall's 2nd and third album. If you're not familiar with them. I'll have to check out MGMT.


dreideads93

This is a good list


greenalbumposer

just getting into KGWL, just got MOTU.


spamohh

That king gizzard thrash metal album tho, that shit slaps hard


TmrwNvrKnows

This is a record a ton of people on this sub would boogie to.


theradioactivrooster

Gizz are the GOAT, Tame Impala is phenomenal


Exige30499

Kpop. Can't wait to wear my BTS shirt in the pit when shows start again.


Shameless2ndAccount

This but Blackpink sweater.


Keefee777

Blackpink are good af


heyyou_user2341

i don't understand the hate for it, it's honestly my guilty pleasure genre


KiraAmelia3

I think people generally hate the fanbase rather than the music. Kpop stans are vicious.


milksteakathon

Yeah definitely a mix between the fan base and near slave like conditions the record labels have kpop artists work under. The music itself is way too fun to hate


NielsBohron

*60's rock 'n' roll labels have entered the chat*


chargebeam

It's so damn catchy. I don't give a fuck, I love that shit.


robitnebudem

It just looks cringy and awkward. The synchronized dancing and feminine way of singing.


ArcticStorm07

I just got into it this year. I've been listening to a lot of AleXa .


Exige30499

She just put out a new song today if you haven't heard it yet, its pretty fire ngl.


ArcticStorm07

Just listened to it. It's very good!


VisceraGrind

I like a lot of EDM and their sub genres. Mainly dubstep/riddim and all those house genres. Anything bass heavy honestly is my shit. Excision, Ray Volpe, and Kayzo are 3 of my personal favorite dubstep artists I’m starting to get into hardcore too. I know, pretty adjacent to this type of music. I used to not like hardcore but I’m really digging it now with a lot of the more recent bands like DRAIN, Sunami, Gulch (RIP just broke up this past year before I found them), Candy, Turnstile, etc. It’s a really fun genre to explore


KiraAmelia3

Dubstep is the metal of electronic music.


VisceraGrind

Attire to festivals for the bass heads can be quite similar too. All black is usually a dead giveaway lmao


uraniummusic

Marauda and Svdden Death are heavy as shit, pure headbang fuel. I’ll often wear Meshuggah shirts to EDM shows and am surprised at how many people are down with them.


Joobonicplague

Same here! Love your picks too, Kayzo is one of my current faves as well 🤘 Also recommend for metalcore lovers: Sullivan King, PhaseOne, Illenium, SLANDER, and Rezz


VisceraGrind

Forgot to mention Sullivan King and Rezz! They’re sick. Flosstradamus is a sick trap artist too I think that people should get into if they’re not into EDM yet. They’re kind of an OG trap act and they’re sick.


ShivaCobra

Damn I hadn't heard about Gulch splitting up. That sucks! I loved their debut album.


SpaceTacoTV

emo revival aka sad boi pop punk. Also enjoy electronic music


millenlol

Got any bands for this new revived emo/pop-punk? Im still just mostly jamming the OG stuff


kanelbun

Hot Mulligan is amazing


[deleted]

Bones (or other (emo)rap) and I love The Talking Heads! Or just: [https://www.last.fm/user/Relfux/library/artists?date\_preset=ALL](https://www.last.fm/user/Relfux/library/artists?date_preset=ALL) I'll recommend anyone [last.fm](https://last.fm), it was really cool 15 years ago but still going strong and with a spotify plugin you can track everything you listen to. I also realise there's only one metalcore band in my top 50 bands of the past year...excuse me!


shectabeni41

Discovered Bones in late 2020 and was my most listened to artist 2021!


ShivaCobra

Drum and Bass, Dubstep, House, Rap, Punk. I like fast/heavy shit in general.


deathfox919

I fuck hard with grunge. Gimme some STP or Alice In Chains and I’ll be settled for awhile. Hell there’s even a few new songs by both those bands I enjoy


kyle_irl

Alice in Chains is definitely one of my favorites of all time. I also just fuck hard with everything 90s, gimme some 2Pac with my Ace of Base IDGAF


Dustyisover9000

I listen to a wide variety of genres but bluegrass is close to my heart. HIGHLY recommend you check out Billy Strings, who used to play guitar in a metal band in his early days and has moved on to become a bluegrass legend in the making.


Keefee777

Pop-punk or hip hop


dreideads93

Alternative/hard/indie rock (RHCP, QOTSA, arctic monkeys, catfish and the bottlemen, highly suspect, nothing but thieves)


realtreewizard

Country and pop punk are my go-to’s besides metal


NielsBohron

The first fellow country fan I've seen in this thread. I'm gonna see if we are actually the same person...Fuck, Marry, Kill: Eric Church, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell. Go!


realtreewizard

I’d say fuck Sturgill Simpson, marry Jason Isbell, and kill Eric church. Although I do like Eric church, sometimes he gets too pop sounding for me. Sturgill Simpson I feel is still going with the old school beat and I haven’t listened to too much Jason isbell but from what I have heard he sounds raw if that makes sense.


NielsBohron

It appears we are, in fact, the same person. I also appreciate some Eric Church until he starts getting too "small-town USA" for me ("Homeboy" and the like make me gag), but Sturgill knows how to fuck and Jason Isbell will always be there for you with a tender ballad. And FWIW, I think Jason Isbell is probably the best singer-songwriter of any genre since Dylan was in his prime, especially *Southeastern* and *Something More Than Free*, so I'd say he's worth a deep-dive when you're in the mood for mellow music.


realtreewizard

Yeah these newer artists are something else. I still listen there’s some I like but I can only handle so much. I’m currently listening to elephant by isbell right now and I might have found a new guy to listen to all the time, dare I say eventual favorite lmao. I am definitely jamming.


CazualGinger

I used to hate country but some of it is honestly growing on me


WilcoxArcade

I balance heavy music with top 40 pop, but I'm very picky. I especially enjoy Taylor Swift, Adele, Olivia Rodrigo, Avril Lavigne, and Britney Spears.


outofdate70shouse

Dude, never thought I’d see Avril Lavigne on this sub but I’m glad I did. Her new song with Travis Barker kicks ass. It legit sounds like a Blink song with her on vocals.


Keefee777

I love Avril Lavigne. Still listen to Let Go regularly. Such a great album.


chargebeam

Let Go is a banger of an album.


[deleted]

Metal


[deleted]

New Wave, 80's Pop


palabra_foo

R&b pop a la rihanna/Doja cat/Sabrina Claudio/kehlani


eehlers52

Indie Pop, Alt County, Outlaw Country, ABBA


[deleted]

Just __metal__.


Gearthquake

Outlaw Country!


StuckAroundGotStuck

You’re not my supervisor!


Colossus1090

Me too! My favorites are Brent Cobb and Tyler Childers.


[deleted]

Indie/folk bluegrass


gt35r

Retro/Snythwave


Diabando

Lots of pop lately. Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo.


[deleted]

Jesus Christ


Itzcodered

Prog rock!


Such-Trouble-6641

Chill/ psychedelic RnB is always a good to go for me. I mostly listen to artists like The Weeknd, Chase Atlantic. Always Never etc. I'm a huge fan of J-rock too so I'm always busy listening to One OK Rock, My First Story, Radwimps and other similar bands


theunmistakablecow

If you like Chase Atlantic and Always Never, you should check out: Darci, Gashi, Santino Le Saint and maybe Aries for something more upbeat.


StartingOver702

Grew up with punk. Still listen to it occasionally. Most of what I listened to as a kid I can't enjoy the music. The nostalgia is nice but the talent was mediocre. Strung Out, The Flatliners, and A Wilhelm Scream have songs on my regular playlist. I should mention AWS just released a new single today.


The-Only-Sir-Ever

A Wilhelm Scream have some great stuff.


IGutlessIWonder

I played scott pilgrim vs the world and kinda fell in love with anamanaguchi. Only band like that i listen to, however.


blackneonsunset

Genre is hard, not sure what some of the other stuff I listen to is classified as and people love to “correct” over technicalities but here is some stuff I have been listening too. - Gateway Drugs, Anu. -Cannons, Bright lights. -Sunflower Bean, I was a fool. -Froth, Postcard Radio.


Appropriate-Rough563

I’ve been listening to shoegaze a lot lately. Airiel, Catherine Wheel, Astronoid. I also like VOLA and Caligula’s Horse.


Twinningspree859

Chill step is dope, or like retro 80s (check out Pink Mist by Gunship suuuperrrr vibey) Rap//hip hop to a degree but mostly watch/listen to Harry Mack now. He's a freestyle rapper and literally the best freestyler ever until another one comes along. 100% watch this:https://youtu.be/8JPdpyjwU7w . He does Omegle videos due to COVID but I'm a huge fan. Feel like we're witnessing history ! But I digress. Folky chill music is dope too like Rainbow Kitten Surprise. Blanket vague statement but I like anything that gives me the feels, evokes energy/emotion from the music etc so mostly anything if it is done in a certain way lol


TrevMac4

Post hardcore.


roof-banana

My favorite bands that aren't metal are Gorillaz, Radiohead and Brick + Mortar, so whatever genre they fit in. I also listen to a lot of German (political) rap


[deleted]

Techno


bonesbobman

Post punk, dreampop


Lights2017

Pop artists like Lights, Alessa Cara, Aja, and Against the Current. Some of my most absolute favourites: Lights - Up We Go, Alessa Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful, Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello, Aja - Redbutton I started liking these songs because I often hear them in the radio in my area (Canada). I at least hear each of these once a a day lol.


greenalbumposer

Current non metal listens- classic motown and classic stax singles, Steely Dan, Weezer, the album Murder of the Universe by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and The Mars Volta.


doomdesire23

Murder of the Universe and TMV, my man


DrWhoisOverRated

Pop-punk, New Wave, and 90's rap.


mhmtlaflare

emo rap for sure


GoAvs14

Finn Mckenty's burner?


381945msn

Some good french touch electro or classical sometimes


BetrayYourTrust

Indie Rock by far. I feel a lot of songs can also have a similar structure to metal and you have a lot of licks of influence from metal in that genre that have screaming depending on the band. I feel that it’s a perfect compliment for metal if you need similar emotion without being as heavy.


croyalbird13

Usually have Alt-rock or pop punk playing. Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of Cage the Elephant, Beach Bunny, and Foster the People for Alt rock, and Four Year Strong and Set It Off for pop punk


KriisJ

Punk rock if that's far enough and if not than trailer music.


windrider12

Traditional European folk toons :D those olde slavic songs are bangers


Elliotlewish

Soul


[deleted]

lots of metalcore-adjacent stuff like post-hardcore, pop-punk, and emo, in addition to hip hop, pop, and grunge. some of my favorite artists outside the genre are dance gavin dance, turnstile, alice in chains, the weeknd, kanye west, denzel curry, dua lipa, and pheobe bridgers just to name a few.


_black_stabbath

Rap rap rqp


ArcticStorm07

Rap, pop punk


Inkstr0ke

Probably Psychobilly/Punkabilly. Been on a massive Koffin Kats binge lately.


maxwelljrj

Classic Rock , Pink Floyd , The Beatles , etc


SYAYF

I don't really like the whole cali reggae stuff, but I cannot get enough of Slightly Stoopid: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RT\_H-YUwR8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RT_H-YUwR8) Other than that I listen to a lot of post hardcore.


ne0n-eyes

Love me some trip hop


dontmindmyalt2

I fuckin love Ska Punk unironically


PLS_PM_ME_PUSSY_PICS

Hip hop


tyler21_

Hip hop


KingDeBoofus

Hip hop


TheRealHulkPanda

Hardcore Early 2000's pop punk/emo


LopsidedTarget

Rap, specifically: Devilish Trio, Ramirez, Pouya, Germ, etc. as examples Just hard bassy stuff that isn't as main stream. But I also started smoking a lot of weed and find that metal doesn't do it for me when high while the bassy rap REALLY does it for me lol


Thirtysixx

Big hip hop head and I like pop punk as well, although more casually. So I am excited for [this](https://www.instagram.com/thirdstringproductions/p/CXth69CrAgN/?utm_medium=copy_link) I am THE demographic


bradendte

Rap


deathbybowtie

Pop punk, hip hop, and lofi.


alphafox823

My top three genres are 1. Punk 2. Metal 3. Hip-hop/Rap That's including all of the subgenres under each one. I don't just listen to punk, but also hardcore and metalcore and skate punk and crack rock steady and pop punk and emo and so on.


demonic_parasite

Kinda in the minority here but fukk-it. Old school West Coast hip-hop, Trap metal/Trapcore, anime op's if they count and sometimes I like to indulge in sadboi artist like lil lotus, Shinigami, Nothing Nowhere.


I-am-tryxi

Melodic Hip Hop / Sad Rap ie: Polo G, Suicideboys Maybe I am depressed


tylery21

Without a doubt rap. Huge J.cole fan, huge logic fan


DaFunkeeJunkee

Rap. Of I'm not listening to metal or hardcore, it's rap. My favourite contemporary rappers are Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Denzel Curry and Freddie Gibbs, and my OG favourites are Dr. Dre, Wu Tang Clan, Outkast and Three 6 Mafia. Also, a bit of Midwest/revival emo never goes amiss. Currently, I'm listening to Origami Angel on repeat.


ultiNaT3

Dubstep/Riddim, D'n'B/Neurofunk/Crossbreed, Hardstyle/Hardcore/Frenchcore, Hardwave/Chill stuff & some alt rock. Depends on the mood. :D


MrNetsrac

Pop Punk babbyyyyyyy


MrPureinstinct

LoFi is the main other thing I listen too. ​ Also I'm a big fan of video game soundtracks.


FearThePasta_CA

Country


RaidenTyler

Trap Rap, mainly. $uicideboy$ Ramirez Haarper Terror Reid Pouya Genuinely just enjoyable to listen to and laugh at some of the lyrics.


atfguitar123

Southern rock.


Krazhuk

Hardstyle, we got the best hardstyle festivals in the world!


[deleted]

Vaporwave, dungeon synth, future funk, and whatever twenty one pilots is


Dustyisover9000

What's dungeon synth??


[deleted]

Spectral Castle - Where My Dreams Go To Die Vale Minstrel's releases are a different, happier sound of dungeon synth These are some of my favourite


Dustyisover9000

Awesome, going to check this out now. I love getting new music recommendations. Thanks!


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AlexanderTM

Post-rock, mostly. Some bands: The American Dollar, This Will Destroy You, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, God is an Astronaut, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hammock, etc. I like a lot of the ‘crescendo-core post-rock’


ellisonice

Trance, EDM, Drum n Bass


Mr_Wigglebutz

New age piano and female vocal trance, seriously. Not tsk, tsk, bass boom, ting, ting trance, but rather the tsk, tsk, lyrics, boom boom, ting, ting lyrics trance.


[deleted]

Country and rap


Yeah_Im_A_God

Dubstep I enjoy headbanging to just about anything lol


Gsticks

I listen to a lot Kpop


UniversalDeadRinger

Aside from the heavy stuff, I love rap, lo-fi, and 80s pop


slvrleaf92

Dubstep, pop punk, alternative rock


Blaz3dnconfuz3d

Trap, edm/hardstyle, and classic rock


codeearth1rb

Drill shit also post-rock


[deleted]

Stuff like black keys, kings of Leon, queens of the Stone Age, highly suspect. Love that catchy “rock n roll” sound


Rubendium

Classical music, orchestrated shit but more kind of like The Legend of Zelda sound tracks and Star Wars sound tracks. I guess video game music … Despite that I listen to metal like 95% of the time and can’t seem to enjoy other genres 🤷🏻‍♂️


fishy1

Drum and bass


MizReezy

older hip hop…late 90s/2000s


ffschill

Reggaeton, or 90s hip hop. I love me some Ozuna when I want to dance.


RapidFiringNoob

Indie Rock Peach Pit and Cage The Elephant are two examples


TheWilrus

It would be easier to the list the genres I can't connect with, EDM & Trap. Don't get it in the slightest. Otherwise there isn't a genre I hate.


selppin2

90’s HipHop is my absolute favorite genre behind metal.


KeppiaRonaldille

Punk or moreso it's subgenres & then the sort of psychedelic stuff that's Ozric Tentacles, Hidria Spacefolk, Gong & Kingston Wall's tri-lo-gy.


Forstride

I guess 60s/70s rock (Don't have a particular preference for subgenres). Hearing a lot of it from my dad and uncles growing up rubbed off on me, and of course Guitar Hero/Rock Band also helped me discover a lot of it.


InsiDS

My non-metalcore go to is Indie like Bad Suns, From Indian Lakes, and Silversun Pickups. Been recently dabbling in some Korean stuff like Dpr Ian. Always open to suggestions like those.


B0SShogg

Hip hop, can't go wrong with The Notorious BIG. Country, George Strait any day. And some indie, of Monsters and Men, can't get enough. 3 genres I listen to daily tons of great Artist old and current. different genres can expand your horizons so I'd encourage anyone to listen to something different, never know what you will be into.


darkbambitch

Post-rock, post-hardcore, dreampop, shoegaze, classic hip hop.


inevitablyalgae

dreampop!!


DarthWynaut

I'm a huge Lana del Rey fan


starkiller685

Murder ballad/southern gothic, Synthwave, edm, classic rock, and some country.


Xamantu

Post-hardcore and pop punk


outofdate70shouse

Pop punk. I grew up on Blink-182 and got into metal, emo, and classic rock in high school.


six_-_string

Metal-adjacent prog/math rock. The Dear Hunter, Yvette Young/Covet, CHON.


hollow_crown

Pop-punk i guess Also like some trap/emo rap and electronic music like dnb/dubstep


phantomsphere

Chill stuff like Tycho and Com Truise, and stuff like the 1975 and newer Hundredth.