Joke’s on you, my music taste hasn’t changed since elementary school, i was and will always be an emo
I went to school in the 90s. That shit still rocks.
Right? I read the OP and was like, speak for yourself!
Op was prolly in hs around 2005 when music sucked.
I was listening to punk music back then, it’s still awesome!
Man, these songs are crawling in my skin, these wounds, they will not heal.
Sigh, I miss the Alternative Music of the 90s and 2000s.
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.
Any recommendations to check out?
My favs from last year include:
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Cheap Grills by Sincere Engineer (a great energetic, alt rock garage band vibe)
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The Garden Dream by gglum (a moody alt rock album that would’ve fit perfectly on the Juno soundtrack)
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Spiritual Cramps by Spiritual Cramps (a sound that feels simultaneously The Cure-ish, The Clash-ish, and The Ramones-ish)
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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.
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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.
Sometimes you open that bin and it turns out it’s still good.
Yeah I was going to say, I had pretty good taste then. Most of this stuff kept pretty damn well.
Speak for yourself, I’ve still got a running list of early morning songs that’d play on the school bus radio from highschool.
Just wait until you taste “Songs You Recorded in High School” 😬
I was 1990s in highschool. That shit is still great. All the lousy music cropped up in the early 2000’s.
Oh, really? There’s for sure some bad 90s music you’ve just forgotten about.
I’ll be watching Todd in the Shadows and go, “Oh shit! I forgot about Spin Doctors! Damn, they were annoying.”
This was also the decade that gave us nu metal ffs.
Bad music exists all the time, but the Era that gave snoop dog, eminem, system of a down, placebo, oasis, Linkin park, Nelly, rammstein, U2, Radiohead, and Green Day will reign Supreme.
I was bored and looking for something to do on the weekend, and found cheap tickets to see Sheryl Crow and Pink (headlining) live. Honestly one of the best shows I’ve even seen. The “don’t give a fuck” vibe mixed with the professionalism of a 30 year career, just all the energy I wanted.
They both have newer albums, but I’ve had their high-school bangers on a lot lately.
Funny thing, back in high school I managed to buy some albums on Google’s Play Store for 0 Monies. I’m talking big names, like Charlie Puth, Major Lazer, Galantis, Anitta, Flo Rida, Jason Derulo, maybe more. All for free, just owned it. Not streaming, per se. And I used to keep coming back, check if any new freebies had dropped. I reckon I once downloaded them in more recent times, but have probably lost them in poor last-minute ‘backup and reinstall’ OS issues. I might have deleted the files from Google, as I grew away from loving Google (as I did back then) to disliking them a tad (privacy reasons, likely), but I rather believe they got rid of something I purchased (albeit for no moneys) some time after discontinuing Google Play Music. These albums, released circa 2015, were the ones I had on repeat back then. Nine Track Mind, Peace Is The Mission : Extended (not to be confused with “Peace Is The Mission (Extended)”, at least on Spotify), Pharmacy, Bang, My House, Everything Is 4, among others. Also got some singles, like Californication and a Linkin Park song (Numb, maybe?), and a Charlie Puth song before the album so I had it repeat on my collection
the songs i listened to on purpose in high school are still awesome. the songs i heard in high school because of radio or mtv or party or whatever are still just as shit as they were back then
It says “high school”, why are you all talking about songs from the 2010s?
…oh no…
I still love the music I loved in HS. I just love more stuff now, too.
… songs that I listen to now are at least 50% songs that I listen to in highschool (and even that’s just bcs I added new ones over time, not bcs I dropped what I listened to before).
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Sorry, I grew up in the great alt rock era ranging from early 90s to late 2000s. So there’s nothing to throw out here. Not even the punk emo anthems or pop summer hits.
