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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    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.

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    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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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ska. It's been way too long since the last Reel Big Fish album.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    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).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    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.

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    Swing!!! I don't mind jazz with quirky time signatures, but where's the dance gone?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm with the other comment, Electro Swing is very popular. If you've ever got the chance to go to a Parov Stelar concert don't even think about not going! Top 5 concerts I've ever seen easily.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I've listened to a bunch of Caravan Palace, and I'm sure Parov Stelar is in some playlists. I never thought about going to a gig, I do a bunch of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, but they're general jazz.

    Edit, I've got All Night- Parov Stelar in my favourites.

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    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

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Anti facist punk

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Tang-era Sogdian dance music.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Baroque.

    It's bound to come back any day now...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I might like some bluegrass. Iron Horse is a bunch of middle-aged white guys that cover Metallica. Well, that's where they started, but they've expanded.

    Creeping Death sounds like something you'd hear in a one-room Kentucky church. Enter Sandman is delightful.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Late-90s/early-00s-style lo-fi indiepop with glockenspiels/Casio keyboards (or similar cheapass-sounding synths with a nicely skronky/angular timbre) and the odd trumpet/brass section

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    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Symphonic "Electronic" music

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    Every genre is deeply connected to the time it appeared and the events that shaped it.

    I don't expect punk rock to have a resurgence any more than I expect disco music to come back. They had their time and function. They will influence new things to come as did all the stuff that came before.

    Having said that, I expect everything will become a mishmash of AI slop, so who knows?

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  • Buffa and other comic opera. More dumb plots, less experimental music!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Dominican street preacher power electronics

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    Metal. Actual heavy metal. Not eyeliner and painted nails metal. I guess it was never really mainstream so maybe not a resurgence.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dope! Thinking music like Death.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Here’s a couple to try!

    Gruesome - they fully embrace that era and ape it pretty well.

    Cryptopsy - a bit more tech death but lots of that Chuck style guitar work.

    Tomb Mold - these guys rip live, are named after a bloodborne item and make sweet ass old school death metal.

    Undeath - another band that keeps the classic death metal spirit alive. The production on this album is pure early 90’s Florida. They also fucking destroy live.

    Cheers! Hope you enjoy.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Clowncore. We really need to have a clowncore band in Eurovision.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Rock in the west! I don’t mind Japanese though. Jrock is huge right now. Japan picked up what the US dropped and left on the floor. Currently listening to LiSA. Listened to the new Survive Said the Prophet earlier. ONE OK ROCK and The Sixth Lie are my usual go to. And my second favorite singer is ReoNa (behind Enya who is Irish).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nu-metal & Nu-rave purely to see what they call it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Dubstep. Like, the kind that was super popular in 2010. It'll probably be another 15 or 20 years before it's sufficiently forgotten that the kids can properly rediscover it.

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  • I used to say "indie rock that isn't bland pop music" but then Will Wood came along

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Art rock, or something that takes inspiration from art. Everything now mostly comes in a nice palatable package.

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  • Whatever type of music the Little Rascals played.

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    None. I actually hope for something entirely different.

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    It's not really a weird question, is it?

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