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The State of Music in the Mainstream!

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    #32
    leakyboots
    Registered Users Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭leakyboots


    Theres amazing music out there, it's never been better. So much good stuff coming out each week. You're just not looking in the right places.

    Get away from mainstream Irish radio for a start… that's a busted flush (apart from John Kelly and An Taobh Tuathaill).



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    #33
    nigeldaniel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭nigeldaniel


    OK OK so I can be accused of liking old school music but I will say Taylor Swift is OK [she puts a lot into her concerts] can't really name any modern bands I'm afraid. Arctic monkeys is about as modern as I go.

    Dan.



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    #34
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Really need to get back to buying albums on CD. Streaming has turned music into throwaway background noise.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    #35
    Brussels Sprout
    Registered Users Posts: 7,018 ✭✭✭Brussels Sprout


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058352948/the-state-of-music-in-the-mainstream

    I thought something similar in the past. I found that I was stuck listening to music from the late '90s and early parts of this century. I didn't tend to like what I was hearing on the radio or in clubs from.

    There's plenty of great new music coming out all of the time. It might not necessarily be on the radio. You'll just need to go off the beaten track to find it Check out the Nialler 9 podcast or the All Songs Considered podcast. Both of those are likely to feature a lot of genres that you may not like but I'll bet they feature ones that you do as well. I find John Kelly's Mystery Train is a great place to pick up a wide array of music as well.

    I do believe as well though that it's a lot harder to have the same emotional enjoyment of music when you are older than when you were, say a teenager. That's why most generations, coincidentally, think that music peaked right around the time they were 16 years old.



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    #36
    eightieschewbaccy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭eightieschewbaccy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122190030#Comment_122190030

    I think I've actually had a revitalized engagement in music since I started collecting vinyl. I have all the old stuff that I loved but also engaging with newer stuff that is a bit distant to what was used to.



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    #37
    PP Lee
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭PP Lee


    8radio is another good online station for decent alternative and indie music. It’s run by Simon Maher, formerly of Phantom and TXFM.



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