Why bands are disappearing: 'Young people aren’t excited by them'
www.theguardian.com
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine was scoffed at for suggesting there ‘aren’t any bands any more’ – but if you look at the numbers, he’s right. Wolf Alice, Maximo Park and industry insiders ask why

I was looking into why I just don’t see cover bands at my local venue but this hits a bit deeper at the issue.

I wonder if how niche music tastes have become has something to do with it.

  • stempo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    Definitely agree with the dude talking about how niche music has gotten. And to the dude who said “all new music sucks”, get out from under your rock man. Theres just so many bands/artists creating so much music now, some is bound to be good. Its easier than ever to record a song and get it out on the internet. The bloat makes it harder to find stuff you jive with, but when you do it almost feels tailor made for your ears.

    • JoYo@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      that feeling when you find a rabbit hole song with a full catalogue behind it.

    • Fuck Lemmy.World @lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      And to the dude who said “all new music sucks”, get out from under your rock man.

      I kinda feel that sentiment too, and although it may also just be me getting old, it’s certainly not from being under a rock. I agree that there’s a lot of music out there, and no matter what genre you like, there are tons of bands to check out and while a lot of them are quite decent, it seems that somehow very few of them rise above mediocrity. Often the bands have the right sound and tick the boxes of the genre, but the singer’s meh and uncharismatic or the songwriting is just bad. Finding a band that is truly worth investing the time in to discover their back catalog is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

      For example, right now I’m listening to “Superunknown” by Soundgarden which is such an iconic album of the 1990s that 30 years on I’m still rediscovering it every so often and finding new angles to it. I could immediately name dozens of similarly iconic albums from the 70s, 80s, 90s or early 2000s but somehow I’m finding it very hard to name any “Superunknowns” of the 2010s and 2020s.

    • nutlink@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The bloat makes it harder to find stuff you jive with

      This is my biggest problem. I don’t have the time like I used to to sort through all the riff raff and find the newer music I would like, so I find myself listening to the same stuff I’ve been listening to for 40 years. The closest I get is using Flow in Deezer to try and find something new, but even then it’s rare to find something new that I enjoy. Every so often, though, I’ll find that little nugget that makes me think maybe I should spend an hour or two a week sorting through some new stuff.