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[–] ech@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] odigo2020@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any recommendations to check out?

[–] ech@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My favs from last year include:

  • Cheap Grills by Sincere Engineer (a great energetic, alt rock garage band vibe)

  • The Garden Dream by gglum (a moody alt rock album that would've fit perfectly on the Juno soundtrack)

  • Spiritual Cramps by Spiritual Cramps (a sound that feels simultaneously The Cure-ish, The Clash-ish, and The Ramones-ish)

  • Unicorn by Gunship (not an "unknown" band, but this album slaps if you enjoy synthwave at all)

[–] odigo2020@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right on, that all sounds like my jam. Thanks for the tip!

[–] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The mainstream is so small and the ocean of music so wide that "not mainstream" is ~~not~~ *barely a meaningful term.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

It wasn't a disparagement. Just explaining why it's not as seemingly ubiquitous as it once was.