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I'll start with Saul Williams. I found out about him because he opened for NiN. He was great. I thought he was going to break through when I heard him in a Nike commerical, but nope his social conscious rap didn't catch on.

What people or groups do you think should be more popular? Also name/link some songs.

No man is an island, but I often feel alone, so I find peace through.....ooohhmmmm....

List of demands https://youtu.be/zDMtaIcrfQ0

Black Stacey https://youtu.be/kRsgavuG4sg

Act III Scene 2 https://youtu.be/IMfuQkwlpbk

Om Nia merican https://youtu.be/8gq0m29cADw

Tao Of Now https://youtu.be/DhQQseFcTGE

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

The Pretty Reckless. I have become obsessed with Taylor Momsen's voice. There's something about it I feel is like a once in a generation quality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Janelle Monae has had some genius and beautiful sci fi going through all their music, as well as supreme bops, yet is absolutely nowhere near the pop queen she should be

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Car seat headrest. Their songwriting and music choices blend together into something timeless and un-explainable. They're my favourite band.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Greta Van Fleet is my favorite rock band. It is a modern rock band inspired by rock songs from the past, like those of the 1970s. They create blues rock songs and hard rock songs about resilience in life, as well as a progressive rock song that discusses humanity's dependence on smartphone technologies. Other similar rock bands include Dirty Honey, with their heavy, relatable song "Won't Take Me Alive," which I believe is about difficult situations, and Rival Sons' "Nobody Wants To Die," which I interpret as expressing that despite hardship, we don't want to die but rather seek a solution to resolve the problems more quickly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I'll have to check them out. I love rock, but I'm not familiar with the modern rock scene.

Edit: I just watched a few videos. Not really for me, but they have some range. Meeting the Master, Highway Tune, and Heat Above. Highway Tune reminds me of the Doors. It was worth watching the music videos for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago)

You must check out king gizzard and the lizard wizard, they are honestly rock and roll hall of fame material, they are I think what modern rock and roll has evolved into.

They have a crazy track record of recording multiple albums per year for like 20 years straight and not a single one of them suck and they continue to get better everytime, idk how they do it but they do it well and i can confidently say this is not an exaggeration of my interest in them.

They explore a lot of variety of genres but I think people mostly look at them and place them as rock and roll.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Refused, I found out about them cause they were the band who did all the Samurai songs in cyberpunk 2077 and even though they had a bit of a bump they're still really obscure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Now this is a band I should have known about. They remind me of Weezer, if Weezer was more hardcore. The melodic metal songs remind me of Evergreen Terrace. New noise is great. The Shape of Punk to Come was awesome. This is the high energy rock, I need in my life. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

"Shape of Punk to Come" is chefs kiss been bumping that shit for over 20 years now and it is still great!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Shape of Punk To Come is a straight up masterpiece. Blew my tiny mind in '98, when my world had come to revolve around whatever Epitaph and Fat Wreck were putting out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

I think Refused are one of those bands who don't need to be big. They do their thing, then they disband for a while, work on other projects, then come back together.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Fish in a Birdcage. I suppose I understand why they're not big, but their music is so eclectic, there's a little bit of something for everyone.

The Arcadian Wild feels like the perfect indie folk band.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I heard Drunk on Pride for Fish in a Birdcage. They remind me of that Franz Ferdinand band.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Saul Williams is a favorite for me. I think he wrote Black Stacey when he was a teenager. Good stuff!

Pretty sure everyone’s heard of every band I enjoy, but I think Andy Shauf, Damien Jurado (especially Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son), and Doomtree should be more widely enjoyed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

A band that is slept on hard and legit my favorite active punk band is Get Dead. Their album Dancing With The Curse is unreal cover to cover. It's just 32 minutes long, but it's a god damn classic! My favorites on it are Stickup and Confrontation. The signer was a hiphop lyricist originally, which you can kind of hear at times, but I'd say he was meant for punk rock!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

This group is great. I will add them to my playlist. They remind of Whole Wheat Bread. https://youtu.be/vq_MzFgMwxA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Chuck Ragan.

Also BOYSETSFIRE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Chuck Ragan looked too hipster for me to enjoy, but Something May Catch Fire was good.

Now BOYSETSFIRE is my type of jam. I think rock isn't represented as well as it used to be..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know man. When I was younger you couldn't get me to listen to anything other than mainstream rock. But I came off a.stint of playing games like The Flame and The Flood, Hunt: Showdown, and of course Red Dead Redemption 2. And it just.....clocked for me. Now my Spotify can't tell if I love Grunge, Punk, or Folk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't been playing the current AAA type games, so maybe that's why. I have friends that love RDR2 but I enjoy more of the indie games. I'm still waiting for Silk Song to come out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Can I borrow like......$100? I'll pay you back right after Silk Song releases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The Neighborhood Kids. They're a small-ish rap group whose biggest song has a bit over quarter million streams on Spotify (Biddi Bomb). They're really interesting because they sound and feel like politically active 90s west coast rap. Great beats, great lyrics, and very creative.

A complete 180 from what tops the charts nowadays. Biddi bomb is their biggest song and is rap through and through, while Third World Problems feels RATM. I honestly hope they keep at it because I love what they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

You described The Neighborhood Kids perfectly. I took a quick look into their music and I am enjoying it. Thanks. This is the type of music I need in my life.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

The Roots in their pre-Jimmy ~~Kimmel~~ Fallon days, and even now, are my favourite musical group. Black Star is another duo I would raise to that level as well.

Taking a look at this page, for the Last Poets, who influenced Saul Williams, it's a veritable who's who of artists I love: Wu-Tang, Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, KRS-ONE, Guru, Mos Def & Talib Kweli.

e: I stand corrected.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

I stand corrected.

I knew they were on late night with one of the Jimmies. The band they are is not tied to how they pay the bills. Funny thing is, I can imagine Fallon's face, but not Kimmel's.

The band they are is 1987 - 2007 for me. The last album of theirs I picked up was Undun in 2011.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think he’s right, it’s his favorite group!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, I'm still a fan of the group. Not too attached to their host.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Saul Williams did break through….. for a poet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That is true. I don't know any other spoken word poet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Fish in a Birdcage is one of my alltime favorites. Great for relaxed listening and tends to have really good stories in the songs as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Destiny Potato. Technically impressive, cool songs, catchy motifs, and at the same time they show that it's possible to make fun music. Plus at the time of their first release, it was a refreshingly different kind of djenty progmetal.

They're known as Sordid Pink now, by the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I just checked out Destiny Potato. It feels like Sordid Pink is a more metal version or polished version. Either way, I enjoy the sound. Great songs. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Omg. I had never heard of Saul Williams. Adding him to my playlists. Thank you for this!

Interpol is one of my favorites. I like to think they took over from Joy Division.

No I in Threesome : https://youtu.be/eAaXS_wioYg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I heard this group before. I couldn't tell you where. Maybe a show or something. I enjoy the relaxed grove.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would say Dry Cell, who had a fantastic full album and lots of great demo EPs, and by extension their split-off bands, such as Acrylic and Band With No Name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I looked up Dry Cell, Acrylic, and Band With No Name. I'm thinking I didn't find the same bands that you did. The Dry Cell I found didn't look/sound like the Acrylic band and Band with No Name, that I found. Either way I enjoy music so thanks for the direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Here are some top faves of mine:

Acrylic and BWNN both have the same lead singer (Jeff Gutt) as Dry Cell, but don't have Judd Gruenbaum (bassist/co-singer) in them. You're welcome, I hope you enjoy what you hear!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Everything Everything

They've written some of my favourite albums over the past decade or so

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

At first I was just getting a movie, but I think I found them. Cold Reactor, Violent Sun and No Reptiles, and I Want a Love Like This are pretty good. The last one has a trippy video. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

You've definitely found them and you've already picked a few of my favourite tracksβ€”I'm happy to have introduced you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Good band. I'm trying to learn Spanish so listening to Oh'laville will help. El Diablo reminds me of Big Data. https://youtu.be/E8b4xYbEugo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Listening to Shutdown. I enjoy the melodic metal sound. Genius has more of a hype beat. I will add them to my workout mix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

JMSN.

He started out in the dreamy hazy r&b vibes of early weeknd, and now is more in the soul funk area.

He got a bit of hype on TikTok recently with his song Soft Spot, and him dancing in the music video for it. But dude is SO talented. Makes such good music. And is such a massive vibe.

I still listen to and watch his Blue Album stuff. He made old school homemade 90s R&B videos for all the songs on the album. And it’s SO good.

Soft Spot: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ

Bout it: https://youtu.be/LKKrnjfH3nQ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I love it. I need more music to dance to. Soft Spot had me thinking it was one type of song until he started dancing.

I don't even know what to think anymore, can you show me?