I’ve been trying to get into music lately, do u have any reccommendations
What kind of stuff do you already like? Most of my arcane knowledge is in punk, goth, new wave, industrial, weird arty stuff and things along those lines.
What kind of stuff do you already like?
Working on that. I’m not a very musically inclined person. Punk is fun I guess? Idk what new wave or industrial music is like but that sounds interesting.
Ohhh, I’m starting on the ground floor here, this is way harder than listing some super niche bands.
So for a first timer for punk I’d start with The Clash’s self titled UK release (the American one has some tracks swapped out for singles). Most first wave stuff is pretty poppy but that stops very quickly. Other good first wave bands are The Damned, The Buzzcocks, The Tights, Siouxie and the Banshees (kinda started goth), Cocksparrer, The Sex Pistols and The Boys for first wave UK 77 stuff. For America you have The Ramones, The Stooges, Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers, The Dead Boys for early CBGB New York bands and then a bit later in California there’s The Germs, X, Dead Kennedys, TSOL for early American pre-hardcore punk. The Kids are also a sick first wave band from Belgium. Anyway, most importantly on this journey is Crass who were the first anarcho punk band and basically started off underground DIY punk with serious politics, their music is significantly harsher than other bands at the time as well. Check them out last and maybe read up about them, they’re the chronological jumping off point for ‘real’ punk
well if you like punk, i can recommend you some hardcore stuff. Check out Germs, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Rites of Spring, and Subhumans. Also maybe Wire for some artsier/postish punk, and Kommunity FK and the Christian Death debut for gothier punk.
Industrial is kinda hard to get into, but check out Einstürzende Neubauten’s albums Kollaps and 1/2 Mensch for some weird dancier more rock sounding industrial, Leichenschrei by SPK for more weird soundscape stuff, and if you like metal, check out Streetcleaner by Godflesh.
I’ve wasted the past year getting into music, so if you like, I can recommend you at least a little bit of music in the bounds of: hardcore punk and a few of its subgenres, most styles of emo, neofolk, hyperpop, post-punk, and post-rock; though metal is my favorite, and I could give you recommendations for most sounds in black metal, death metal, doom metal, power metal, thrash, and traditional heavy metal. I haven’t gotten quite as deep into these styles, but I could also recommend you the basics for a handful of other styles if you want them, mainly slowcore, shoegaze, no wave, noise and noise rock, and kosmiche musik
I “got into music” by constantly streaming this college radio turned public radio out of Minneapolis while I’m working. It’s not perfect, but the hosts really like music and generally keep up on the cutting edge while avoiding top 40s. After a while you’ll atleast be able to talk to young folk about music that they like.
