I was at the gym over the weekend and they had a playlist of songs from this era/genre playing over the speakers. One banger after another, brought me back to better times.
There’s still great stuff out there. It’s just not mainstream, so it’s not gonna fall into our laps - we have to do the legwork and shuffle through the muck if we want more.
Personally, I made the conscious choice to do so last year and it’s been pretty rewarding.
Sure thing! Fwiw, I found most of those just digging through the bandcamp discover page. gglum I heard on KEXP, a great indie radio station based in Seattle who do internet broadcasts. Lots of good stuff coming from them.
Which is crazy, because originally “alternative” just meant “underground”, i.e. stuff that wasn’t popular. Once it did become popular, though, then it solidified into its own genre
Sigh, I miss the Alternative Music of the 90s and 2000s.
I was at the gym over the weekend and they had a playlist of songs from this era/genre playing over the speakers. One banger after another, brought me back to better times.
There’s still great stuff out there. It’s just not mainstream, so it’s not gonna fall into our laps - we have to do the legwork and shuffle through the muck if we want more.
Personally, I made the conscious choice to do so last year and it’s been pretty rewarding.
The mainstream is so small and the ocean of music so wide that “not mainstream” is
not*barely a meaningful term.It wasn’t a disparagement. Just explaining why it’s not as seemingly ubiquitous as it once was.
Any recommendations to check out?
My favs from last year include:
Cheap Grills by Sincere Engineer (a great energetic, alt rock garage band vibe)
The Garden Dream by gglum (a moody alt rock album that would’ve fit perfectly on the Juno soundtrack)
Spiritual Cramps by Spiritual Cramps (a sound that feels simultaneously The Cure-ish, The Clash-ish, and The Ramones-ish)
Unicorn by Gunship (not an “unknown” band, but this album slaps if you enjoy synthwave at all)
Right on, that all sounds like my jam. Thanks for the tip!
Sure thing! Fwiw, I found most of those just digging through the bandcamp discover page. gglum I heard on KEXP, a great indie radio station based in Seattle who do internet broadcasts. Lots of good stuff coming from them.
By Alternative you mean an assortment of punkish rock?
Alt Rock is it’s own genre.
Which is crazy, because originally “alternative” just meant “underground”, i.e. stuff that wasn’t popular. Once it did become popular, though, then it solidified into its own genre
Alt music was still banging in the 2013 when i graduated high school. Still some great stuff out there if you lnow where to look.
Too bad it’s all recorded at 44.1 kHz and there’s no analog to convert to 88/96kHz.