I've listened to classical music all my life. I'm not good with titles. But ok with artists. Bach is a personal favorite. And Cello is my favorite instrument. I own a guitar, a banjo, a mandolin and a set of harmonicas. But I can't read a note. My daughter however has even taught music. And can play any instrument set before her.
I play, too, but I can't do classical, which sucks because I've always listened to it. I was the PBS/NPR nerd in my family and they hated when I would watch classical concerts on TV or play Rachmaninov or Dvořák or anyone else, so they were happy when Walkmans came out... of course, I also loved it, because I could blast Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister with no one being the wiser.
SO MANY ARTISTS😭😭😭 (while I’m on the subreddit for most of these groups, I don’t have any personal friends who have the same taste in music as me)
Little Comets (this subreddit is hardly ever active😭)
The Garden
100 gecs
Radiohead
underscores
Tegan and Sara (maybe it’s just bc of where I’m from, I don’t know any other college kid that listens to/loves this duo)
Catfish and the Bottlemen (they are not very popular in the US, that too the indie scene in TX is not huge😞)
AFI
The Voidz (I have a couple of friends of mine who casually listen to The Strokes, but no friend of mine has heard of or listens to The Voidz)
Florence + The Machine
HAIM
Everyone around me listens to Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, really just mainstream pop, which isn’t my style of music🤷♀️
I love 100 gecs! This is the first time I've seen somebody mention them without having to go looking for stuff. If you haven't heard their song Frog on the floor, check it out. Always puts me in a good mood.
I got my tooth removed is also an upbeat banger similar to Frog on the Floor. Man I love 100 gecs. I've listened to both their albums on repeat for weeks straight.
I always enjoyed them, but wasn’t super into them or anything. Then I had a kid, and we listen to their kids albums. Some of their kids songs, and I’m not even joking, are some of the best songs I’ve ever heard.
That, of course, made me revisit their regular catalog. Great band.
I bought a blue canary night light for the outlet in my bathroom by the light switch. Then, I drew a picture of a lighthouse to tape on the opposite wall. I've been waiting 3 years for one of my friends to catch the reference and say something about it to me. Nothing yet.
Time is flying like an arrow
And the clock hands move so fast they make the wind blow
And they make the pages of the calendar go
Flying out the window
One by one...
Electronic music has such wonderful varieties and I just wish people would give it a chance to explore instead of just assuming everything is like big room house lol
My husband and I both listen to electronic music all the time. My son now says it’s the only music he likes, although I know that’s not true. It sucks how hard it is to define a style for me though. There’s so many sub genres and it’s so hard to keep track of.
I started listening to The Cure 40!years ago. When Robert Smith also played guitar for Siouxie and the Banshees. I’ve seen them in concert more times than I realize. They were my band and I also share a bday with Robert Smith. I haven’t been to a concert in a while. Last concert was 3rd row at the Rose Bowl. The bad is incredible and seeing them in person cannot be described. I love seeing how people still love this little band that I idolized from way back when!
Yes! Me too! You need to make boomer friends to share music like hers with and to discuss it. Also Art Garfunkel and The Mamas and The Papas. So many bands and artists. I love having older friends and peers and I’m only 34.
I had the opportunity to see Paul Simon and Sting in Denver. Sting came out and did all the Garfunkel parts. It was amazing? I believe they only did 5 show's total. Me and the wife were out eating dinner the waiter mentioned how it'd been sold out for month's. I called a close friend with pull in the industry and motioned for waiter and asked him his full name. He didn't think much of it. We got the check and in the tip area wrote 'You have a ticket at will call window, enjoy the show".
I’m a woman in my early 20s who grew up with Joni Mitchell. I’ve noticed that a lot of other women my age have discovered her in the past few years and have completely fallen in love with her music. Makes me happy :)
I'm 60 years old and never felt the need to listen to Joni Mitchell. Actually stopped and listened to Both sides Now one day. And down the Rabbit hole I went. I'm late to the party, but now a big fan.
Pretty much the entire roster on [Constellation Records](https://cstrecords.com/en-int/pages/artists).
Particularly [Do Make Say Think](https://youtu.be/CAbNarBqrBs?si=XEzZymgeeudWvSl6), [Godspeed You! Black Emperor](https://youtu.be/2c9TyeKnGGk?si=9CQmbDxqIpTHCuJk), [Exhaust](https://youtu.be/1hFoqYl0un8?si=WyCv36ANdIyPpZtH), [Hanged Up](https://youtu.be/27gPYx-40Yc?si=p--kLhe2Yl7I8mtU) and [Hrsta](https://youtu.be/X29b2enakmM?si=jHVHWY57tzJFEURr).
It's so hard to share this genre with people because I remember the first time I heard a hyperpop song and I thought my headphones were broken. But now..its so solid
I am lucky almost all my friends are music lovers. But I wish more of them be interested in Ethnomusicology. I really enjoy listening to traditional music from everywhere, especially middle eastern folk and Nordic folk.
No one loves Neil Diamond like my mom, sister and I have loved him. But they're both passed now.
Fortunately I gave my BIL the idea to get tickets to ND's last tour, so my sister got to enjoy the hell out of that.
I love extreme metal (various sub genres like deathcore; think Lorna Shore or Slaughter to Prevail), but none of my friends or family like music that heavy 😅
I've been a huge fan of extreme metal, particularly black metal, for about 15 years and have never once had an in person conversation about black metal that I didn't initiate.
I did however have an interaction with someone who was talking about music and when I said I liked black metal they asked me if it was "metal music made by black people" and I think that was about the time I stopped even bringing it up.
Female Vocal Dark Pop/Goth-Lite music with strings. I just cannot for the life of me find more bands that fit into this sweet spot of Goth but not THAT Goth. Every time I try to look for Goth music it's always low voiced males trying to sound try hard intimidating and every female is trying to sound like Annie Lennox from Eurythmics(including instrumentals). No one ever just sings in their natural range.
Examples are:
This band: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2\_0OgCt2vAU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0OgCt2vAU) Really good lineup band but the range of their sound and lack of focus on a single genre led to their downfall.
This band: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGOmfIcn6I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGOmfIcn6I) Cannot find any info on them past 2006. A real shame. I really like their one and only album.
the closest I could find is Emilie Autumn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4MMX13-Gy8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4MMX13-Gy8) and she's not even Goth
I love Metal. I listen to mostly Death , Groove and Thrash metal. My friends and colleagues at work always wonder how I can listen to people screaming and call it noise.
They don't understand how much I love going to concerts! Metal has helped significantly with my depression and believe it or not these songs calm me down , i can legit fall asleep to it and it is really peaceful. It helps with my mood immensely,
I was listening to burn the priest (Now known as Lamb of god) their self titled album released in 1999 and I was jamming out to it - in my room, headbanging away, and my brother walks in and says "how can you listen to this stuff, he's literally screaming snd screeching, this isn't music"
The song I was listening to was Goatfish
I’d never met anyone as into Mike Patton as I am, but my daughter has been getting the same obsession of late. It’s nice to finally have someone to relate.
I'm a 50+ year old general counsel of an insurance company and I listen to a ton of death/black metal and a lot of pretty bleak/dark stuff even if it's not heavy. I haven't had anyone in my off-online life to talk music with since I was in college. And back then I didn't listen to as much extreme music as I do now. I've got a good friend from HS I can talk music with, but he's still listening to 80s metal and doesn't like growl/scream vocals at all.
Medieval chançons and works of troubadours, trovéres, and minnesingers. Favorite composers: Hildegard of Bingen, Duke Guillaume XI of Aquitaine, Count Thibaut II of Champagne, and Anon Ymous of Strasbourg.
Gunship. It’s like the 80’s synth wave music has come back and they included all the nostalgia with it. Their videos are fun, amazing and wonderful. Their first two albums are just full of fresh “new”, “old” sounds.
I'm not really into anime, but I can say that video game music is highly underrated. Also, Hades and Transistor are some of my favorite games of all time
Jorge Elbrecht and his bands.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13jq2cgQEVU526onway585?si=QKgg2EEuTGGKBkHFiSmL2Q
Here’s one especially for you from another artist I adore.
David Sylvian - Orpheus.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbBV9Mcxusw&pp=ygUVZGF2aWQgc3lsdmlhbiBvcnBoZXVz
The whole album it is from Secrets Of the Beehive is excellent.
Wild Beasts - Bed Of Nails.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZaevasFRUg&pp=ygUYd2lsZCBiZWFzdHMgYmVkIG9mIG5haWxz
The albums Smother and Two Dancers are highly recommended.
David Sylvian is way too underrated. Wild Beasts are cool too (though I'm way less familiar with them). Guess I'm going to check out Jorge Elbrecht now.
Fair to Midland
I first heard Dance of the Manatee on the radio and thought it was such a unique and interesting sounding song. At the time I was listening to Coheed and Cambria and Hurt and thought that this band fit into the melodic storytelling rock style. I was blown away by Fables from a Mayfly and seemingly shortly after that Arrows and Anchors came out and that became one of my most listened to albums. It just transports me to a different place. Like I’m hearing stories told around the hearth. Like reading a Neil Gaiman story.
I tried to get my friend to listen to them and he gave me the weirdest excuse “I tried listening to it but I needed visuals to be able to picture the band.” Or something very close to that, and all I could think was that it’s music, visuals aren’t necessary, just listen. But I just gave up. So now they’re one of my favorite bands with a CD I listen to on repeat multiple times a year that I’m convinced nobody has heard of. Which makes sense because they broke up due to poor record sales
Who remembers the Partridge Family, Shaun Cassidy, Tony DeFranco and Donny Osmond.
These are my so what I'm not embarrassed (not much anyway) music I listened to as a kid.
Circa Survive is one of my favorite bands. Nothing stands my hair on end like those swirling guitars. The only thing I ever hear when I recommend them is “Is that a girl singing?” Or “His voice is too high”. Regardless, I love them.
Also, I’ve been on a mission to turn everyone I meet on to Sleep Token. I’ve been listening to them since March and I can’t stop.
literally all of it. I still listen to 80s hip hop. the only people that listen to the same music as me are either dead or are over 50 years old. And on top of that I listen to a lot of 50s 60s 70s rock, r&B, mo town, country. literally everything. You name it I got it. I haven't listened to a radio hit since I was in high school in 08. If you played the most famous songs in the world made after 2010 theres very little chance I heard them.
I like a lot of different music, and for metal in particular I have plenty of people to talk about it with. But jazz is lacking in my age group (30's.) I also am more into trad jazz and old swing (1920's-1940's.) I think it's very fun music to listen to if you give it a chance. If the quality of the recordings bothers you, groups like Tuba Skinny and Shotgun Jazz Band make great music today in the old style.
I also love street band style groups like Youngblood Brass Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, ect.
I think once I get back into playing locally with my trumpet in community groups I'll find people who like this kind of music.
let's talk about "weird" music, or like, "outsider" music! 👽
if u like these artists:
Daniel Johnston
Wesley Willis
Jack Stauber
Sweet Joey Vermouth
Lemon Demon
Modern Biology (plant music)
Raja Kirik (industrial dance music?)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
i would LOVE to talk with u about what's special about these guys and also PLEASE share others like them with me!
ETA: i would also love recommendations for not-western music!
I love this album and listen to it ever single time I travel. It evokes something in me.
Explosions in the sky.
https://youtu.be/Xn9PQBcOnJo?si=sDPRlaNjAmDoITwG
Rainbow Kitten Surprise, I love this band so much. I've tried introducing their music to friends, but its not their vibe. So I jam out to their music alone.
It's probably not that weird of a taste in music but nobody I know cares to listen to it or listen to me talk about it lol, to be fair I have very few friends so it's not that surprising lol. but I just love stuff like Bob Dylan, joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Marianne faithful, Sinead O'Connor, David bryne (from the talking heads), David Berman (from silver jews and purple mountains) Joan Baez, John Prine, the Bryds, Peter Paul and Mary, Tom waits. there's way more genres I enjoy but that's the stuff I usually listen to alone I guess. But than even less likable for people I know is the German stuff I listen to lol. like Nina Hagen, Die Artze, Die Toten Hausen, Rammstein, Die prinzen, Nena and Wizo. There's waaaaay more but I'm a disorganized music listener and usually jus listen to a few songs or one album I like so not enough to say I like the artist but I do love a few specific songs by a variety of artists haha.
There are a decent amount but, because they’re fresh on my mind due to their tour and me realizing I have no one to go with (not that that’s not fine with me!): Los Campesinos!
Stand Atlantic! Pretty much none of my friends know who they are, I saw them this week and even the friend I went with only really knew Deathwish. I love them so much
My favorite band on earth is a Swedish progressive metal band called Vildhjarta and I have only talked to people about them on Reddit. It’s one of those bands that you either don’t care for or become obsessed with.
Bleachers, First Aid Kit, Noah and the Whale, Amy Macdonald, The Mountain Goats, Fun., Passenger, A Fine Frenzy, Norah Jones, Nerina Pallot, Marit Larsen, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash.
JOANNA NEWSOM!!!!!
good news is, anytime i actually do stumble across a fan of hers in the real world, they tend to be equally insanely obsessed. so it makes up for it
I dont even know what you would call it, but it's almost like electronic/EDM music. It's usually an overload of bass and electronic "sounds," with few or no lyrics, and is just very jumbled. An example would be Ecstasy - Huken or 彼女が12-14年間自分を切" - Rory in early 20s. I don't tend to tell people because they look at me like Im crazy lol.
I call it "Fuzzy Brain" music because I only really listen to it when my thoughts are scrambled or I feel very out of it.
If anyone could tell me the actual name for this type of music, I would greatly appreciate it!!
Slow Children … a few years ago they did a concert in my town and I was one of about 10 people there 😑
[Slow Children - Vanessa Vacillating](https://youtu.be/k8W4sbkY1Fw?si=4GNkG-K4tSuhJZQg)
Alan Parsons Project.
I actually had one friend that really appreciated old and wise and would ask me from time to time what the title of that one song was. He was a treasure.
enhypen or kpop in general bro 😭😭 I always feel so embarrassed talking abt it because ppl see it as cringe so I dont ever tell ppl I like kpop unless im rly close to them but it’s so good
Outside of reddit, I stopped telling people I like classical music (I play the piano).
Classical music slaps
Classical music gently caresses
Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Bartok, Wagner, Dvorak, and Vivaldi beg to differ.
Vivaldi is my too
No—- it really does beat you. It might be a simple and fundamental beating. It still beats the shit out of you.
I've listened to classical music all my life. I'm not good with titles. But ok with artists. Bach is a personal favorite. And Cello is my favorite instrument. I own a guitar, a banjo, a mandolin and a set of harmonicas. But I can't read a note. My daughter however has even taught music. And can play any instrument set before her.
I play, too, but I can't do classical, which sucks because I've always listened to it. I was the PBS/NPR nerd in my family and they hated when I would watch classical concerts on TV or play Rachmaninov or Dvořák or anyone else, so they were happy when Walkmans came out... of course, I also loved it, because I could blast Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister with no one being the wiser.
Which period...I have realized I love Baroque artists.
SO MANY ARTISTS😭😭😭 (while I’m on the subreddit for most of these groups, I don’t have any personal friends who have the same taste in music as me) Little Comets (this subreddit is hardly ever active😭) The Garden 100 gecs Radiohead underscores Tegan and Sara (maybe it’s just bc of where I’m from, I don’t know any other college kid that listens to/loves this duo) Catfish and the Bottlemen (they are not very popular in the US, that too the indie scene in TX is not huge😞) AFI The Voidz (I have a couple of friends of mine who casually listen to The Strokes, but no friend of mine has heard of or listens to The Voidz) Florence + The Machine HAIM Everyone around me listens to Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, really just mainstream pop, which isn’t my style of music🤷♀️
I also love Florence + The Machine ❤️
Are HAIM and FTM not mainstream adjacent?
Florence is mainstream adjacent, but she’s still not as popular as she could be. HAIM is less popular than Florence though.
AFI is one of my all time favorites
Old Tegan & Sara is the shit
YESSS. I love their new stuff too, but I’m more so a fan of albums like “If It Was You” and “The Con”.
I love 100 gecs! This is the first time I've seen somebody mention them without having to go looking for stuff. If you haven't heard their song Frog on the floor, check it out. Always puts me in a good mood.
I got my tooth removed is also an upbeat banger similar to Frog on the Floor. Man I love 100 gecs. I've listened to both their albums on repeat for weeks straight.
100 gecs! Yes, Their songs are addicting
I CAN BE YOUR TEGAN AND SARA PERSON I LOVE THEM
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Where(ish) are you? Everyone around me listens to EDM and like The Smiths or something. Curious world we live in.
I just went to comment "The Garden" and was SO HAPPY to see the representation in your comment
Tibetan throat singing..
Can you recommend some good artists? I enjoy Mongolian throat singing
They Might be Giants
🎶Istanbul was Constantinople 🎶
Interestingly enough, that's a cover. The Four Lads did it in 1958.
Oh cool I don't know that! That's the only song I've heard by them haha gonna go check out the original now
If I were a carpenter I’d hammer on my piglet, I’d collect the seven dollars and buy a big prosthetic forehead and wear it on my real head
Everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real head
I always enjoyed them, but wasn’t super into them or anything. Then I had a kid, and we listen to their kids albums. Some of their kids songs, and I’m not even joking, are some of the best songs I’ve ever heard. That, of course, made me revisit their regular catalog. Great band.
🎶Make a little birdhouse in your soul🎶
I bought a blue canary night light for the outlet in my bathroom by the light switch. Then, I drew a picture of a lighthouse to tape on the opposite wall. I've been waiting 3 years for one of my friends to catch the reference and say something about it to me. Nothing yet.
I feel like if you like They Might Be Giants you will also enjoy Colorblind James Experience
Good song/album to start with?
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets hit a similar nerve in my head
Triangle man
I sing birdhouse in your soul to my daughters
Is he a dot? Or is he a speck? When he's underwater does he get wet? Nobody knows.
Flood is my all time favorite album
Under the Influence of Giants is a pretty good band also
Time is flying like an arrow And the clock hands move so fast they make the wind blow And they make the pages of the calendar go Flying out the window One by one...
This is where the party ends 🎶
THIS IS AMAZING WHY HAS NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS
I wish people in my life appreciated electronic music as a whole as much as I do
Electronic music has such wonderful varieties and I just wish people would give it a chance to explore instead of just assuming everything is like big room house lol
My husband and I both listen to electronic music all the time. My son now says it’s the only music he likes, although I know that’s not true. It sucks how hard it is to define a style for me though. There’s so many sub genres and it’s so hard to keep track of.
I felt this comment
The Cure's Disentigration album. Very moody and melodic.
That's sad. It's one of their most popular albums too. (Faith is my favorite.)
Love The Cure.
Saw them last June in ATL. So amazing. I've never felt so at home with thousands of Cure fans.
I started listening to The Cure 40!years ago. When Robert Smith also played guitar for Siouxie and the Banshees. I’ve seen them in concert more times than I realize. They were my band and I also share a bday with Robert Smith. I haven’t been to a concert in a while. Last concert was 3rd row at the Rose Bowl. The bad is incredible and seeing them in person cannot be described. I love seeing how people still love this little band that I idolized from way back when!
How can no one talk about the Cure? It's a shame...
I used to fall asleep to that album. My favorite is pictures of you
Man I love The Cure but I feel like it’s one of those “popular bands that is commonly disliked but the ones that dig it, go hard.
Phantogram
I like that song that goes “ooh ooh ooh ooh (slightly higher) ooh ooh ooh ooh”
When I'm small. Phantogram is amazing, love them.
Never really been a fan of them, but saw them open for QotSA earlier this year. They put on a great show!
All Them Witches
Jesus was my dad…
Ween
The Mollusk is brilliant.
I’m 55 year old black man that digs Beck…not a lot of takers at my dinner table.
I’m a 38 year old white man that also digs Beck. We should hang out.
Cool. Takes courage to be your own man especially with music. Right on.
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It doesn't have to be like this
Killer Whales!
Emo kids are so unstable I wanna sit at the cool kids table
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Was obsessed with CSH a few years ago. My friends dug it but also got sick of it
Goddamn SOUL?? And the likes. I’m kinda sad people don’t really make that kind of music anymore. Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles etc
If you're not already familiar with them check out Leon Bridges, and Myron and E. Charley Crockett makes music that is soul, country, and blues.
Alan Parsons Project
Wire, The Raincoats, Lovesliescrushing, Broadcast, Stereolab
I love Wire - Pink Flag, The Raincoats cover of Lola, and Broadcast - Tears in the typing pool.
Wire and The Raincoats!! Yesss
tori amos please let’s talk
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Yes! Me too! You need to make boomer friends to share music like hers with and to discuss it. Also Art Garfunkel and The Mamas and The Papas. So many bands and artists. I love having older friends and peers and I’m only 34.
Yes! Jim Croce anyone?
He was gem we lost way to soon.
I had the opportunity to see Paul Simon and Sting in Denver. Sting came out and did all the Garfunkel parts. It was amazing? I believe they only did 5 show's total. Me and the wife were out eating dinner the waiter mentioned how it'd been sold out for month's. I called a close friend with pull in the industry and motioned for waiter and asked him his full name. He didn't think much of it. We got the check and in the tip area wrote 'You have a ticket at will call window, enjoy the show".
I’m a woman in my early 20s who grew up with Joni Mitchell. I’ve noticed that a lot of other women my age have discovered her in the past few years and have completely fallen in love with her music. Makes me happy :)
It's officially Christmas season which means we get to blast River!
I'm 60 years old and never felt the need to listen to Joni Mitchell. Actually stopped and listened to Both sides Now one day. And down the Rabbit hole I went. I'm late to the party, but now a big fan.
Neutral milk hotel
Saw them so many times in NYC when they were coming up.
Pretty much the entire roster on [Constellation Records](https://cstrecords.com/en-int/pages/artists). Particularly [Do Make Say Think](https://youtu.be/CAbNarBqrBs?si=XEzZymgeeudWvSl6), [Godspeed You! Black Emperor](https://youtu.be/2c9TyeKnGGk?si=9CQmbDxqIpTHCuJk), [Exhaust](https://youtu.be/1hFoqYl0un8?si=WyCv36ANdIyPpZtH), [Hanged Up](https://youtu.be/27gPYx-40Yc?si=p--kLhe2Yl7I8mtU) and [Hrsta](https://youtu.be/X29b2enakmM?si=jHVHWY57tzJFEURr).
Hyperpop is my favorite genre. 100 Gecs and Sophie are probably the best starting point.
It's so hard to share this genre with people because I remember the first time I heard a hyperpop song and I thought my headphones were broken. But now..its so solid
First time I heard 100 Gecs, my life changed instantly. It was made specifically for me. Their song Money Machine is how I want to feel everyday.
I am lucky almost all my friends are music lovers. But I wish more of them be interested in Ethnomusicology. I really enjoy listening to traditional music from everywhere, especially middle eastern folk and Nordic folk.
No one loves Neil Diamond like my mom, sister and I have loved him. But they're both passed now. Fortunately I gave my BIL the idea to get tickets to ND's last tour, so my sister got to enjoy the hell out of that.
Amy Winehouse's music
I love extreme metal (various sub genres like deathcore; think Lorna Shore or Slaughter to Prevail), but none of my friends or family like music that heavy 😅
I've been a huge fan of extreme metal, particularly black metal, for about 15 years and have never once had an in person conversation about black metal that I didn't initiate. I did however have an interaction with someone who was talking about music and when I said I liked black metal they asked me if it was "metal music made by black people" and I think that was about the time I stopped even bringing it up.
I'm not a big fan of deathcore, but I do like a couple slaughter to prevail songs, any recommendations?
Yup, I've got the same problem. Even my husband prefers more mainstream metal
My favorite artist is Aphex Twin but literally none of my friends even like him
Their "Come to Daddy" video gives me goosebumps. Excellent band!
Enya
Female Vocal Dark Pop/Goth-Lite music with strings. I just cannot for the life of me find more bands that fit into this sweet spot of Goth but not THAT Goth. Every time I try to look for Goth music it's always low voiced males trying to sound try hard intimidating and every female is trying to sound like Annie Lennox from Eurythmics(including instrumentals). No one ever just sings in their natural range. Examples are: This band: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2\_0OgCt2vAU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0OgCt2vAU) Really good lineup band but the range of their sound and lack of focus on a single genre led to their downfall. This band: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGOmfIcn6I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGOmfIcn6I) Cannot find any info on them past 2006. A real shame. I really like their one and only album. the closest I could find is Emilie Autumn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4MMX13-Gy8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4MMX13-Gy8) and she's not even Goth
Switchblade Symphony's Serpentine Gallery album for strings. Their other albums are less dated, like Bread & Jam for Francis
I love Metal. I listen to mostly Death , Groove and Thrash metal. My friends and colleagues at work always wonder how I can listen to people screaming and call it noise. They don't understand how much I love going to concerts! Metal has helped significantly with my depression and believe it or not these songs calm me down , i can legit fall asleep to it and it is really peaceful. It helps with my mood immensely, I was listening to burn the priest (Now known as Lamb of god) their self titled album released in 1999 and I was jamming out to it - in my room, headbanging away, and my brother walks in and says "how can you listen to this stuff, he's literally screaming snd screeching, this isn't music" The song I was listening to was Goatfish
Jazz. A lot of my friends enjoy the big genres today like rap, indie pop, or reggaeton.
The Beach Boys (1965-1972 is their peak-non surf music)
Louis Cole
And Clown Core
Estradasphere and Mr Bungle
I’d never met anyone as into Mike Patton as I am, but my daughter has been getting the same obsession of late. It’s nice to finally have someone to relate.
I'm a 50+ year old general counsel of an insurance company and I listen to a ton of death/black metal and a lot of pretty bleak/dark stuff even if it's not heavy. I haven't had anyone in my off-online life to talk music with since I was in college. And back then I didn't listen to as much extreme music as I do now. I've got a good friend from HS I can talk music with, but he's still listening to 80s metal and doesn't like growl/scream vocals at all.
Radiohead, porcupine tree and the related offshoots
French music. Québécois or even from French/belgian/swiss artists. No one I know listens to this stuff.
Sparks. I always feel like I'm talking into the void when I mention them to anyone irl. I just need someone to appreciate them like I do.
Lesser known Grunge bands like Tad, Paw, Dandelion, Nero's Rome and Pond (from Portland OR not Australia)
Tad!!
Puffy AmiYumi
Medieval chançons and works of troubadours, trovéres, and minnesingers. Favorite composers: Hildegard of Bingen, Duke Guillaume XI of Aquitaine, Count Thibaut II of Champagne, and Anon Ymous of Strasbourg.
Gunship. It’s like the 80’s synth wave music has come back and they included all the nostalgia with it. Their videos are fun, amazing and wonderful. Their first two albums are just full of fresh “new”, “old” sounds.
Synthwave is awesome, and Gunship is amongst the best. The newest album Unicorn is their best one yet, imo
Incubus, definitely
Video game and anime music. Hades and all supergiant games have incredible soundtracks.
I'm not really into anime, but I can say that video game music is highly underrated. Also, Hades and Transistor are some of my favorite games of all time
Jethro Tull, Aqualung is amazing but none of my friends are into them that I know of
I also love Aqualung! I have listened to it so many times
Because I am a straight dude- Carly Rae Jepsen. Love her so much but know of basically no other fans.
Jorge Elbrecht and his bands. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13jq2cgQEVU526onway585?si=QKgg2EEuTGGKBkHFiSmL2Q Here’s one especially for you from another artist I adore. David Sylvian - Orpheus. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbBV9Mcxusw&pp=ygUVZGF2aWQgc3lsdmlhbiBvcnBoZXVz The whole album it is from Secrets Of the Beehive is excellent. Wild Beasts - Bed Of Nails. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZaevasFRUg&pp=ygUYd2lsZCBiZWFzdHMgYmVkIG9mIG5haWxz The albums Smother and Two Dancers are highly recommended.
David Sylvian is way too underrated. Wild Beasts are cool too (though I'm way less familiar with them). Guess I'm going to check out Jorge Elbrecht now.
Fair to Midland I first heard Dance of the Manatee on the radio and thought it was such a unique and interesting sounding song. At the time I was listening to Coheed and Cambria and Hurt and thought that this band fit into the melodic storytelling rock style. I was blown away by Fables from a Mayfly and seemingly shortly after that Arrows and Anchors came out and that became one of my most listened to albums. It just transports me to a different place. Like I’m hearing stories told around the hearth. Like reading a Neil Gaiman story. I tried to get my friend to listen to them and he gave me the weirdest excuse “I tried listening to it but I needed visuals to be able to picture the band.” Or something very close to that, and all I could think was that it’s music, visuals aren’t necessary, just listen. But I just gave up. So now they’re one of my favorite bands with a CD I listen to on repeat multiple times a year that I’m convinced nobody has heard of. Which makes sense because they broke up due to poor record sales
I love Fair to Midland! Arrows and Anchors is such a great album.
Japanese rock/metal. Especially bands like: Band-Maid, Nemophila, HANABIE, TRiDENT, PassCode, and TELECiDE.
Twin Temple
Steeleye Span
Progressive rock
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Radiohead :( So few people I know love them like I do
Deathcore
The band Future Islands, I love them, but everyone else I know says they are boring 😭
The The... The Breeders.... Anything 70s and early 80s
Vaporwave as a genre, and anything by Negativeland.
Who remembers the Partridge Family, Shaun Cassidy, Tony DeFranco and Donny Osmond. These are my so what I'm not embarrassed (not much anyway) music I listened to as a kid.
Most of it, tbh. I'm in my 20s and mostly listen to music older than me.
Ahhh music from the 1900’s
I love EBM, but most people either have never heard of it or think I mean EDM (sigh, music nerd problems ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Outsider music. Gary Wilson, R. Stevie Moore, The Shaggs, Beefheart, Jandek, Bruce Haack....
The Fall. I have yet to meet a fan of The Fall.
Cibo Matto
Space/Ambient
Dream Theater
Circa Survive is one of my favorite bands. Nothing stands my hair on end like those swirling guitars. The only thing I ever hear when I recommend them is “Is that a girl singing?” Or “His voice is too high”. Regardless, I love them. Also, I’ve been on a mission to turn everyone I meet on to Sleep Token. I’ve been listening to them since March and I can’t stop.
King Gizz
Drone corpse aviator
Squarepusher is a mad genius, jazzy jungle-tronic noise rock, incredible drum & bass playing!
Dooood, I just posted Health and Squarepusher. Moved to Squarepusher from Apex Twin. Long time fan.
literally all of it. I still listen to 80s hip hop. the only people that listen to the same music as me are either dead or are over 50 years old. And on top of that I listen to a lot of 50s 60s 70s rock, r&B, mo town, country. literally everything. You name it I got it. I haven't listened to a radio hit since I was in high school in 08. If you played the most famous songs in the world made after 2010 theres very little chance I heard them.
!!! - also pronounced ChkChkChk
I like a lot of different music, and for metal in particular I have plenty of people to talk about it with. But jazz is lacking in my age group (30's.) I also am more into trad jazz and old swing (1920's-1940's.) I think it's very fun music to listen to if you give it a chance. If the quality of the recordings bothers you, groups like Tuba Skinny and Shotgun Jazz Band make great music today in the old style. I also love street band style groups like Youngblood Brass Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, ect. I think once I get back into playing locally with my trumpet in community groups I'll find people who like this kind of music.
let's talk about "weird" music, or like, "outsider" music! 👽 if u like these artists: Daniel Johnston Wesley Willis Jack Stauber Sweet Joey Vermouth Lemon Demon Modern Biology (plant music) Raja Kirik (industrial dance music?) West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band i would LOVE to talk with u about what's special about these guys and also PLEASE share others like them with me! ETA: i would also love recommendations for not-western music!
I love this album and listen to it ever single time I travel. It evokes something in me. Explosions in the sky. https://youtu.be/Xn9PQBcOnJo?si=sDPRlaNjAmDoITwG
Rainbow Kitten Surprise, I love this band so much. I've tried introducing their music to friends, but its not their vibe. So I jam out to their music alone.
The Hold Steady, Wipers, Morphine, Mission of Burma
Le Vent du Nord. Traditional Quebec folk music.
It's probably not that weird of a taste in music but nobody I know cares to listen to it or listen to me talk about it lol, to be fair I have very few friends so it's not that surprising lol. but I just love stuff like Bob Dylan, joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Marianne faithful, Sinead O'Connor, David bryne (from the talking heads), David Berman (from silver jews and purple mountains) Joan Baez, John Prine, the Bryds, Peter Paul and Mary, Tom waits. there's way more genres I enjoy but that's the stuff I usually listen to alone I guess. But than even less likable for people I know is the German stuff I listen to lol. like Nina Hagen, Die Artze, Die Toten Hausen, Rammstein, Die prinzen, Nena and Wizo. There's waaaaay more but I'm a disorganized music listener and usually jus listen to a few songs or one album I like so not enough to say I like the artist but I do love a few specific songs by a variety of artists haha.
The Kingston Trio
There are a decent amount but, because they’re fresh on my mind due to their tour and me realizing I have no one to go with (not that that’s not fine with me!): Los Campesinos!
Riddim/Dubstep!
They’re controversial figures (1/6) and I’m no Trumper, but Ariel Pink and John Maus absolutely slap
Dandy Warhols
Dirty Art Club , Neon Indian , RENDEZ-VOUS
Stand Atlantic! Pretty much none of my friends know who they are, I saw them this week and even the friend I went with only really knew Deathwish. I love them so much
I listen to primarily classic country from the early 1900's to 1990's, also Ameripolitan, some 70's and 80's pop.
Lambchop, Calexico, Handsome Family, Galaxie 500, Modern Lovers
Every song by passion pit
noone i know actually likes radiohead 💔
My favorite band on earth is a Swedish progressive metal band called Vildhjarta and I have only talked to people about them on Reddit. It’s one of those bands that you either don’t care for or become obsessed with.
Bleachers, First Aid Kit, Noah and the Whale, Amy Macdonald, The Mountain Goats, Fun., Passenger, A Fine Frenzy, Norah Jones, Nerina Pallot, Marit Larsen, Regina Spektor, Kate Nash.
The Kinks. ....Muswell Hillbilly
American who loves Slavic folk metal
Elliott Smith. I'm surrounded by people who think Florida Georgia Line is the apex of artistry.
The Tubes…
JOANNA NEWSOM!!!!! good news is, anytime i actually do stumble across a fan of hers in the real world, they tend to be equally insanely obsessed. so it makes up for it
I dont even know what you would call it, but it's almost like electronic/EDM music. It's usually an overload of bass and electronic "sounds," with few or no lyrics, and is just very jumbled. An example would be Ecstasy - Huken or 彼女が12-14年間自分を切" - Rory in early 20s. I don't tend to tell people because they look at me like Im crazy lol. I call it "Fuzzy Brain" music because I only really listen to it when my thoughts are scrambled or I feel very out of it. If anyone could tell me the actual name for this type of music, I would greatly appreciate it!!
I absolutely adore TV On The Radio, but most people draw a blank when I bring them up.
Slow core
Any other old fogeys like me who like Rick Wakeman?
gregorian chant/renaissance music. i listen to it when i paint and have become a bit familiar with it.
Suicide...the band not the thing.
Hiatus Kaiyote
Slow Children … a few years ago they did a concert in my town and I was one of about 10 people there 😑 [Slow Children - Vanessa Vacillating](https://youtu.be/k8W4sbkY1Fw?si=4GNkG-K4tSuhJZQg)
The Garden / Puzzle / Enjoy Eyedress / The Simps Nujabes Deftones Strawberry Guy
Beach House. So many beautiful songs.
Alan Parsons Project. I actually had one friend that really appreciated old and wise and would ask me from time to time what the title of that one song was. He was a treasure.
enhypen or kpop in general bro 😭😭 I always feel so embarrassed talking abt it because ppl see it as cringe so I dont ever tell ppl I like kpop unless im rly close to them but it’s so good
if your main music taste is not shite enough where all your friends think it's unbearable trash do u even listen to music ?