I don’t listen to indie music so I dunno if this is legit, I just thought it was kinda fun.
got my first indi album in 1997(?) when my parents sent me into a radio station to pick up tickets we had won on one of those call in radio contests. while I was in the lobby some Internet walked out with two CDs in her hands. she told me to pick one. and then she handed me that one and walked off.
It ended up being Pavement, brighten the corners. for a kid in highschool it ended up being pretty life changing.
some Internet walked out
I know it’s meant to say “intern”, but the mental image of the biblically accurate incarnation of the Internet randomly handing you one of two CDs like a red pill/blue pill offer is hilarious.
Xiu Xiu! I suppose I’m jaded adult. I saw Xiu Xiu in the mid 00s and I’ve never cried that much at a concert before or since.
Wait, cage the elephant is considered indie and obscure? They were the intro to borderlands lol, that’s where I heard of them
Wdym machine girl is obscure why is it on the before last tier
Yeah, I’ve been through a similar journey but with metal.
Starting with pop-punk and nu-metal as a young lad, I went to more and more extreme stuff over the years to reach stuff like Slam Death, Gorenoise, DSBM or drone, that are barely tolerable even for seasoned metal fans.
But when you reach transcendence (or the bottom of the cesspool, in that case…), you go full circle and listen to pop music again.
At that point I’d say I listen equal part of the cutest k-pop stuff you can find and brutal slam or hxc beatdown; which highly confuses recommendation algorithms!
Anyway, there is light at the bottom of the rabbit hole, so go all the way in, you might find interesting stuff along the way!
drone
Dunno much about drone, but I’ve recently started listening to noise and dark ambient that’s sometimes also labeled drone. Any recommendations?
It’s been a while, and I never dug that much on this one, I guess the only projects I listened properly was Sunn 0))), but it’s fairly well known.
Otherwise, it’s not exactly drone but the Hagbulbia album by Portal is terrifying imo. Highly recommended if you’re looking for this kind of mood.
Even my current playlist ranging from anime OPs to metalcore confuses the algorithm. I can’t imagine your situation.
Probably not so different from you situation: the recommendation juste gave up and just serves me on repeat the songs I already listen, being totally incapable to propose anything new.
I’m old enough that my baby shit is now revered as works of absolute genius by the millennial amateur music historians.
We’re all dust in the wind, but if you aren’t a stuck up cunt, you get to have a cool soundtrack you enjoy.
post-ironically
that got a solid chuckle out of me
I never understood what Indie actually means, conceptually. Like, some people only listen to music if the musician depends on someone else, and some people only listen to independent ones.
Don’t you guys just listen to shit and decide if you like it?oof the fantano line stings but its true
100 gecs is cool, but idk most of the other shit (Carly Rae Jepsen does have some great tunes, though I know not all). Guess I skipped ahead
Emotion is the best pop album in the last 10 years and it’s not even close.
not even close? how about Imaginal Disk? Brat?
I’m pretty sure Brat has too much club energy but I’m very excited to check out that Imaginal Disk.
I’m just a sucker for synth pop saccharine crush romance.
Bro, how dare you put snail mail as more popular than ok computer!
Radio head is like THE indie band everyone knows. I’d put it above tame Impala on this list.
Radio head is like THE indie band everyone knows.
Yeah, but everybody only knows “Creep.” (Source: I only know “Creep”.)
I got introduced to them via Idioteque
Haven’t listened to much other stuff of them but that is a nice electronic song
Try out karma police, thats my fav
Not even no surprise?
Just listening to it now. Never heard it before.
Or “15 Step” from In Rainbows? That entire album was amazing
god i love in rainbows
Just listening to that one now, never heard it before either. Wait, is this a trick to get me to listen to the entire Radiohead catalog?!?
The Bends. Best album ever.
There are worse ways to spend your weekend. While you’re at it, check out Up on the Ladder, I Might Be Wrong, and Reckoner.
I let all other Radiohead songs play, but I immediately skip creep.
I took a weird path, starting with death metal as a young teenager and ending up listening to indie music anyways.
Using the “noncommercial”/“non-major label” definition, a lot of death metal is indie anyway! It’s pretty absurd that “indie” is just a music genre for most people nowadays.
Same kinda. Reject any music played over the radio and seek my own journey.
I ended up with listening to Lady Gaga, and going “ohh… she’s actually got some nice bossy tunes. oh wait this might be why she was popular.”
Yeah I did the same thing with movies too. These days I feel like I can appreciate the artistic value in just about everything. I don’t have to spend energy ‘hating’ on music and movies, and can just enjoy something simple, or move on if it’s not for me.
I realise that the only thing that annoyed me back way back when was the hype and promotion surrounding these songs.
For example, Ed Sheeran. I’m sure he’s a good singer, I’m sure his songs are genuinely game changing… but the sheer amount of hype surrounding him makes me not want to listen his songs, because I know he will not live up to it
my problem is i don’t understand how to categorise the music i listen to based on genre labels. Also I don’t use a music service that has analytics or listen to playlists so I have no clue how mainstream my tastes in particular artists are
You should try https://everynoise.com/
If you type an artist’s name in the search bar it’ll give you relevant genres. You can then click one of those genres and you’ll get a word cloud of artists. Clicking an artist name gives you a short sample of their music. You can also go back to the home page, do a ctrl+F for a genre, and see similar genres grouped up close by to it
That website was not made for phones at all
Good. grumpy face
It takes effort to make a website that is broken for mobile. The author could save that effort
