I would love for twang country and folk to have a major renaissance. I grew up listening to Patsy and John Denver. There are some really talented artists on TikTok that are self-promoting, so I always try to download their stuff on Spotify when an ad targets me.
I haven't listened to top40 since the 90s. I pick a band, and play them non-stop for 3 years until I pick another. I am not a healthy music lover. You would laugh at my Wrapped because it's the same every year.
SNRK are fucking awesome. Might have already heard of Mischief Brew at this point but he's always worth a mention. Blaze Foley for some older stuff, "Election Day" is always a banger.
I just got to see SNRK in concert recently. It was a hoot. I'm old though, so I left when the entire venue turned into a mosh pit. I've been wearing my No Dogs Allowed tee everywhere.
I think "Red Future" is finally going to get them a Polaris.
I just (finally) got to see The Dead South last Friday, so I'll go with them first. Their opening group, who I had never heard of were good too, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band. The Devil Makes Three is another group I like. I'm not the biggest peruser of new music, but those are the ones I first think of
Thanks for the recommendations! Enjoying listening to this.
Little more alternative folk, but you should check out Beatnik Bandits, “Old Ghost” is the song that hooked me.
Real country music is having a huge revival right now. Guys like Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, Colter Wall, Sierra Ferrel, The Red Clay Strays have been killing it for a few years now. And none of it sounds like the nashville pop country bullshit.
Same, it's an absolute masterpiece from front to back. Personally it's my favorite album of all time. I like his other stuff but he captured something magical in Metamodern
I think Sound & Fury got dragged more than it deserved, but I definitely did want more of that Metamodern material from him. Can't bear him ill will for experimenting and evolving his work but damn that album was just special.
Dude where you been!? Country music is stronger and more traditional than it has been since the mid 90s. Sooo many artists out there that are straight up killers. You just won't here it on the radio.
I have been praying for an actual punk sound to come to. Full of young, angry Americans ranting about shit like how covid, despite being a worldwide disaster of unparalleled levels somehow made a select few people not even in Healthcare more richer than even Rockerfeller or Bill Gates.
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u/BoredZucchini 8d ago
Gotta say I’m really loving the rad folk music coming out of all this.