re: Bands right now that are bucking the terrible music industry today?

Blackfoot Gypsies

In The Whale

Mastodon, Gojira, High on Fire.

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I hate nothing more than today’s shitty popular artists being pumped down the public’s throats because it’s easy to put a beat on an album and mass produce generic lyrics and pump out some shite show album every 3 months per artist.

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Look out boys! We've got ourselves a once in a generation singular mind among us! May our picks be worthy of he who cannot be bothered to turn off the FM radio.

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Look out boys! We've got ourselves a once in a generation singular mind among us! May our picks be worthy of he who cannot be bothered to turn off the FM radio.

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It kind of blows my mind when people have that "no good music being made today" take. We have unprecedented access to music and bands have unprecedented ability to self-publish their music, meaning you can find basically anything.

If you want to find 100 current bands making 70s throwback rock, there's probably a Spotify playlist dedicated to it. If you want Tuvan throat singer Mongolia metal, probably a playlist for it. People complaining about not being able to break out of the pop radio bubble just aren't putting out much effort.

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hate nothing more than today’s shitty popular artists being pumped down the public’s throats because it’s easy to put a beat on an album and mass produce generic lyrics and pump out some shite show album every 3 months per artist.

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What do you expect? So called music lovers and consumers of the art are no longer spending the time discovering music on their own. It’s never been easier to explore new music and genres.

Instead, you have people asking strangers on message board to tell them what music to listen to.

Don’t blame the industry, blame yourself.

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What do you expect? So called music lovers and consumers of the art are no longer spending the time discovering music on their own. It’s never been easier to explore new music and genres.

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Unfortunately, the algorithms being used by most streaming services absolutely push users towards the same shite that the radio does. The best streaming service I ever found for finding new music was the old Yahoo music service. The major labels like to get involved in snapping up services to ensure their continued manipulation of popular music taste.

Ona is a great band making great music. Laid back jam band rock.

Lemon Sea

Ides Of July

Imagine Dragons is a good one.

You are probably already familiar with Gary Clark Jr. but if not you should check him out.

Jack Logan did an album called Bulk back in the 90s that never had a song aired on the radio but might be the best double LP I have ever heard. Especially for garage recorded tracks. Bulk is 42 songs out of over 600 that he wrote. None of them are heavy metal but he captures a wide range of styles. Songs that become addictive and lyrics that you will appreciate.

Jinjer. Check out the songs Teacher, Teacher or Perennial. Incredible live as well.

Alex Lahey
Charly Bliss
Courtney Barnett
Rat Boy

If you really want something that will never play on the radio, check out 100 Gecs