Do you listen to any new bands? Or just same as 10 years ago? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by randomnick@beehaw.org to c/music@beehaw.org

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I have some friends my age still listening to the same bands they used to 20 years ago, complaining about how music today sounds all the same. However I discover something new almost every day and I'm not kidding.

It's true that some of my discoveries are bands from decades before I was born, so they can't be considered new, although they are new to me if that makes sense.

What about you? Still listening to the same tunes you used to listen to when you were a teenager?

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[-] SlowNPC@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have this beef with people who say new country music sucks

Aren't the decent guys calling themselves "Americana" nowadays? Coulter Wall, Tyler Childers, etc? The pop-with-fiddles they play on Country radio is mostly terrible.

[-] HooGoesThere@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I think most musicians don't care about the categorization or genre labels. Country and Americana could be interchangeable for the most part, but Americana seems a little broader to me. Per your example, Childers has more of a bluegrass influence, while Wall has more of a cowboy/western country influence. Both of those genres are certainly under the country and americana umbrellas.

[-] SlowNPC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Fair enough. I feel like people (me) want to differentiate between "guy with a guitar on his porch" music and the highly produced big-stadium-show stuff. Bluegrass, folk, and outlaw country on one side vs top40 Country on the other.