Anti facist punk
None. I actually hope for something entirely different.
Acoustic jam bands.
Trip-hop
Why hello fellow forty-something.
Me too!
Punk, or rather, any genre that will allow younger generations to express any political views. Yes we have Bob Vylan, but this type of bands should be more mainstream (either that or I have lost touch, which I will not deny).
Recently caught “grandson” live. Bob Vylan was supposed to be their touring partner but then… facism. They’re not traditional punk in their sound but carry a lot of those ethos lyrically. The more recent stuff is like modern rage against the machine (and the show felt like those did way back)
Anyways, it was really inspiring to see a new generation embracing those ideas and sharing in them communally.
Punk was never mainstream and is still very much around.
Elvis is not dead. He just went home.
Folk Punk is where it’s at right now. There’s a band named “Doom Scroll” that is quite excellent.
Days N’ Daze are incredible!
Thanks. I’ll give them a listen.
Symphonic “Electronic” music
I am waiting for Country to finally throw off this hick ass pseudo-nationalistic redneck caricature bullshit clown suit and get back to its roots as a genre that tells hard stories about real life.
Check out the Wood Brothers, Watchtower, Lost Dog Street Band. There’s country music that isn’t hyper produced Pepsi commercials. Americana/ Alt Country is what to search for.
Hayes Carll
Joshua Ray Walker
Jason Isbell
Sturgill Simpson
Tyler Childers
Maren Morris
Probably a hundred more, pretty popular but no radio play because commercial radio is nonsense and mostly commercials. But if you put the above into a streaming playlist, you will find the good country music of today.
Those bands are out there, but you won’t see them in the mainstream right now. Check out the Devil Makes Three—sounds like they could be up your alley.
tells hard stories about real life.
Don’t forget the leftist country music tradition with songs about class warfare.
There’s also the part where it all sounds the same because Nashville has figured out some sort of algorithm to sell music.
You can’t tell these are all different songs.
hick ass pseudo-nationalistic redneck caricature bullshit
You mean this stuff
Don’t expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. It, sadly, seems to be one of the most popular and probably most profitable genre going right now. As others have said, the others still exist, but you gotta dive deeper. I have hated whatever this country music is forever now.
I don’t like country, myself, but in a large genre like that, I am absolutely confident that you can find artists of any political position.
EDIT:
https://old.reddit.com/r/CountryMusicStuff/comments/1imd3yr/best_liberalleft_wing_artists/
Best Liberal/Left Wing artists
Hey everyone. I’m a big fan of country music and I really enjoy the more stripped-back sound of Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers.
I don’t live in America and there’s a bit of a perception where I live that Country music is for conservatives/Trump supporters. I often find myself having to explain to people that country music is for everyone.
In any case, I don’t want to give my money to any artist who supports Trump. I was a bit disappointed to see Zach Bryan pictured with Trump yesterday. I’m not looking to argue with anyone here and I appreciate that not everyone will agree with me - I just want your suggestions! Do you have any suggestions for liberal or left wing artists to listen to?
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Can’t vouch for the subgenre as a whole, but it sounds like Alt. Country/Americana largely contains stuff you’d like.
My son really likes Colter Wall. He has a fun song about a coyote.
It’s still out there. For one that’s specifically what you describe try Keep the Wolves at Bay by Uncle Lucius.
You might like Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band. Country but with clever fun lyrics.
Ska. It’s been way too long since the last Reel Big Fish album.
And goldfingers music: “Here I ammm, doin everything thing I cann, pretending I’m a super maaaann!”
There’s plenty of 4th wave going on right now. Plus RBF ain’t coning back, Aaron got weird. I’m pretty sure he went the way of Dicky Barrett.
God I hope not. That was a massive disappointment as it was.
Not really waiting, but it would be nice if people could recognize composers that have been building upon the ideas set forth in the Classical era to this day.
Imo music is currently in a cool spot where every genre is viable and people always taking influence in a certain saound and making it their own. I don’t really think any genre need a resurgence. You just listen and enjoy what you like.
I also think music is in a cultural bloom or boom. There is just so much new music, every day, it’s crazy.
Get outta here with your respect and tolerance, sanity guy.
It also makes everything sound similar without creating defining albums of a genre. I might sound old, but to me, most new music has a pop shine to it, no matter the genre.
Everything in the mainstream goes through Pro Tools for post-prod, so the fit and finish is pretty homogeneous regardless of genre.
Best take
Whatever type of music the Little Rascals played.
Grunge
The blues
That would be so excellent! I became a fan of the blues going out to clubs: the rock bands would crank volume to painful levels and mumble the lyrics, but I could actually hear the blues, listen to the blues, grow to like the blues
Jazz
There’s some great modern jazz coming out of Japan these days. Check out the likes of:
- Hiromi Uehara (and the Trio Project)
- Takuya Kuroda
- Sinsuke Fujieda Group
Also, UK too, check out the Ezra Collective.
Plenty of modern jazz out there, it’s just not mainstream anymore.
Edit - forgot about Ibrahim Maalouf. Dude is incredible on the trumpet. Between him and Kuroda, trumpet jazz is alive and well.
Jazz never left.
It never left but depiction is quite negative
Metal. Actual heavy metal. Not eyeliner and painted nails metal. I guess it was never really mainstream so maybe not a resurgence.
If you have some examples, I might have some recommendations. Mainstream popularity is a weird thing now as there are more listeners for every genre. Metal is where I have spent most of my life being a fan so I may have something in the bank you’d like.
Dope! Thinking music like Death.
I thought metal was more popular than ever. Maybe my perception is skewed because I’ve been going to plenty of metal festivals in recent years, but all the subgenres have representation from what I can see.
I think metal’s still going strong, but OP said heavy metal. If they meant classic heavy metal, there’s not many new artists doing that.
Actual heavy metal. Not eyeliner and painted nails metal.
No love for Twisted Sister and WASP?
I got love for them, but let’s keep them in the 80’s.
