I’ve been on the lookout for new to me artists and new artists to explore the catalogues of because I’ve realized my music library is very much trapped in the early 2000s and I need to keep finding new stuff so my taste doesn’t become stagnent and boring. My approaches are:
Go through current and former band members of bands I like and see what other bands they’re in and see if I like them (for example the vocalist Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage fame moved on and is now the vocalist for Light The Torch so you can get more of his incredible vocals)
Watch smaller live music venues and see who is performing including who is opening for performers and dig through their music catalogues
Look up all of the bands that play in the morning and early afternoon at music festivals. (This is how I recently learned of The Haunt, a newish band that just released their second album and is brilliant if you catch them live!)
Awesome! This reminds me a lot of Flyleaf and old Paramore, and both are totally my jam. Thanks!
But this is kind of my point. I don’t have a great way to find this type of music. I’ve been looking for newer music in genres I like, and I’ve largely been unsuccessful. I found The Interrupters just a couple years ago, and that’s after looking for years for new rock bands and they’re a bit outside my preferred genre and also started in 2011.
The Haunt is much closer to what I’m looking for, but they’ve also been around since 2015. Likewise for Light the Torch, they’re pretty close to what I like, and they’ve been around since 2012.
I used to get most of my new music from radio stations, word of mouth from friends, and occasionally record stores, but the radio either plays old music (Black Sabbath, Metallica, etc), newer genres (hiphop, pop, etc), or old bands that are making new music (e.g. the new Linkin Park w/ Emily Armstrong).
I don’t go to shows much anymore, and there aren’t any record stores really anymore, and I don’t use streaming services like Spotify because I hate subscriptions. So finding new music is incredibly difficult, and by the time I do find a cool artist, they’re already like 10-15 years old and aren’t really making new music anymore.
So yeah, I miss the days when radio stations were interesting.
Honestly I’m in the same boat, but if I can stay just 10 years behind I at least won’t be like one of those boomers who only listens to glam rock when I’m their age and still listening to 90s/2000s punk rock.
I actually learned of The Interrupters when they opened for the Hella Mega Tour at Wrigley Field! One of the twins joked that they’re an arena rock band now and played the opening riff to Sweet Child of Mine while other band members were drinking some water and catching their breath
Given the bands you listed, here’s a couple of others that maybe you’d like that aren’t new but certainly aren’t as well known or receive much radio play:
Honestly I think the real problem is we don’t really have DJs anymore who find those deep cuts to give airtime to and maybe take a small time band and give them to enough ears to grow. I knew a really awesome punk rock band that was stuck doing shows for tips in bars and whatnot that fizzled out despite the incredible talent they had because they didn’t have any real ability to grow their audiences
I know Streetlight Manifesto, but the others are new to me. Thanks!
And yeah, finding a band is way harder than it needs to be. I actively search for them, and maybe 1 in 50 is actually something I’m interested in. I like a wide variety of music, but I keep just finding the same bands, and then I randomly get into conversations like this and find one or two more.
It’s the same with indie games, discovery is incredibly hard.
There has to be a better way because what I’m currently doing sucks.
I’ve been on the lookout for new to me artists and new artists to explore the catalogues of because I’ve realized my music library is very much trapped in the early 2000s and I need to keep finding new stuff so my taste doesn’t become stagnent and boring. My approaches are:
Awesome! This reminds me a lot of Flyleaf and old Paramore, and both are totally my jam. Thanks!
But this is kind of my point. I don’t have a great way to find this type of music. I’ve been looking for newer music in genres I like, and I’ve largely been unsuccessful. I found The Interrupters just a couple years ago, and that’s after looking for years for new rock bands and they’re a bit outside my preferred genre and also started in 2011.
The Haunt is much closer to what I’m looking for, but they’ve also been around since 2015. Likewise for Light the Torch, they’re pretty close to what I like, and they’ve been around since 2012.
I used to get most of my new music from radio stations, word of mouth from friends, and occasionally record stores, but the radio either plays old music (Black Sabbath, Metallica, etc), newer genres (hiphop, pop, etc), or old bands that are making new music (e.g. the new Linkin Park w/ Emily Armstrong).
I don’t go to shows much anymore, and there aren’t any record stores really anymore, and I don’t use streaming services like Spotify because I hate subscriptions. So finding new music is incredibly difficult, and by the time I do find a cool artist, they’re already like 10-15 years old and aren’t really making new music anymore.
So yeah, I miss the days when radio stations were interesting.
Honestly I’m in the same boat, but if I can stay just 10 years behind I at least won’t be like one of those boomers who only listens to glam rock when I’m their age and still listening to 90s/2000s punk rock.
I actually learned of The Interrupters when they opened for the Hella Mega Tour at Wrigley Field! One of the twins joked that they’re an arena rock band now and played the opening riff to Sweet Child of Mine while other band members were drinking some water and catching their breath
Given the bands you listed, here’s a couple of others that maybe you’d like that aren’t new but certainly aren’t as well known or receive much radio play:
Honestly I think the real problem is we don’t really have DJs anymore who find those deep cuts to give airtime to and maybe take a small time band and give them to enough ears to grow. I knew a really awesome punk rock band that was stuck doing shows for tips in bars and whatnot that fizzled out despite the incredible talent they had because they didn’t have any real ability to grow their audiences
I know Streetlight Manifesto, but the others are new to me. Thanks!
And yeah, finding a band is way harder than it needs to be. I actively search for them, and maybe 1 in 50 is actually something I’m interested in. I like a wide variety of music, but I keep just finding the same bands, and then I randomly get into conversations like this and find one or two more.
It’s the same with indie games, discovery is incredibly hard.
There has to be a better way because what I’m currently doing sucks.