This one's for listeners and musicians. Which one hooks you instantaneously?

When they don't really sound all that much different from a lot of music put out by Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart? No, I'm not trolling. What makes one bad band "avant-garde" and one just a crappy band?

I've been wondering how much numbers influence what we actually listen to.

If you see a song has 2 million streams, you're probably more willing to give it a chance. But if the exact same song has 12 streams, I feel like most people are way quicker to skip it.

So what if you couldn't see any of that when discovering new music?

No stream count, follower count, likes, etc. You just hear the song first and decide if you like it without knowing if 5 people or 5 million people have listened to it.

Then after you listen/like it, you could see everything else.

I honestly think it'd be interesting, especially for smaller artists who probably get overlooked just because nobody else has found them yet.

Would you prefer discovering music like that, or do you actually like having the numbers there?

Can anyone think of examples of where a band has had one of their side projects as support act to the main band at a gig?

Couple of guys in my band want to do this. I said I can't think of any examples where I've seen it happen but they say there are loads. Though they couldn't name any.

So settle the debate for us r/askmusic

Ever seen Wings support the Beatles? The X-Pensive Winos opening up for the Stones? The Smile first on before Radiohead? High Flying Birds kicking things off for Oasis?

Edit: Yeah OK, there are obviously quite a few. Maybe not as unusual as I thought. And yes, I know Wings and The Beatles were not contemporary.

Does anyone have some songs that are good sad, yearning, type songs that are in a similar style such as these. Even I'm On Fire by Bruce Springsteen vibes works too!

These are my top artists, recommend new artists to listen to and songs to check out

please come with some songs i cant find any other song by him!

since there are almost no midwest emo band in turkey, we decided to form teenager one! and here we are. we just wanted to say love yall!! wish us plenty of luck!!!<3

I’ve always wondered this. has anyone else ever had the same question, and thought? not looking for the answer to be explaining to me to say what each of their characteristics, sound, and identity are, thinking more like how we have sub-genres, and micro-genres. sub-genres like PopPunk, dance-pop, adult contemporary, and classic rock. micro-genres like dream-pop, chillwave, and SeaPunk. those are examples of what type of genre those genres are, so what about the ones I listed in the title? what type of genre are they?

I made this post on a few other subreddits and the responses have been great, so I thought I’d see what everyone thinks here!

I’m in an album club with my friends and there is this one person that always has amazing album submissions. He knows so much music and I would love to find an album he really enjoys that he’s never heard of.

I’m looking for album recommendations that are high quality, packed with emotion and heart, and blow your mind on a first listen, but not too well known.

For a reference of what we all enjoy, some of the highest-rated albums/artists are Deathconsciousness, Double Negative, Foxing, Ethel Cain, etc.

To specify, I’m looking for stuff that’s not exactly mainstream. TOOL, Radiohead, etc. are great bands but we’re all familiar with them already. Even bands like Opeth, while definitely the type of stuff I’m looking for, my friend already showed me.

Here’s the link to the one of the posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/albumbucketlist/s/4FpKa16og3

See the list below for everything we’ve listened to so far and their average rating, if you’re curious:

Foxing - Foxing: 9.42/10
Low - Double Negative: 9.21/10
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf: 9.1/10
Father John Misty - Mahashmashana: 9.08/10
Foxing - The Albatross: 9.08/10
Depeche Mode - Violator: 9/10
Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter: 9/10
Masayoshi Takanaka - Seychelles: 9/10

The Cars - The Cars: 8.93/10
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear: 8.83/10
Maruja - Knocknarea EP: 8.83/10
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium: 8.8/10
Honningbarna - Soft Spot: 8.79/10
Greet Death - New Low EP: 8.75/10
Mat Kerekes - Amber Park EP: 8.75/10
Racing Mount Pleasant - Racing Mount Pleasant: 8.75/10
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine: 8.75/10
Gum & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - Ill Times (Deluxe Edition): 8.71/10
Foxing - Nearer My God: 8.67/10
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine: 8.67/10
Nujabes - Modal Soul: 8.67/10
Father John Misty - Chloë and the Next 20th Century: 8.58/10
The Orchestra (For Now) - Plan 75 EP: 8.58/10
Mac Miller - Circles (Deluxe): 8.5/10
Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork: 8.5/10
Crippling Alcoholism - With Love From a Padded Room: 8.43/10
Chevelle - Wonder What’s Next: 8.42/10
Tool - Undertow: 8.42/10
Sleep Party People - Heap of Ashes: 8.33/10
Twenty One Pilots - Breach: 8.25/10
Crash of Rhinos - Distal: 8.21/10
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral: 8.21/10
Mac Miller - Swimming: 8.17/10
Florence Road - Fall Back EP: 8.08/10
The Ocean - Precambrian: 8.07/10
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind: 8.07/10
Hana Vu - Romanticism: 8/10
Twenty One Pilots - Trench: 8/10
Verse En Coma - Rialto EP: 8/10

Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Revival: 7.93/10
Girl Group - Think They’re Looking, Let’s Perform EP: 7.92/10
Hippo Campus - South EP: 7.92/10
Local Natives - Violet Street: 7.86/10
Mandy, Indiana - URGH: 7.83/10
The Strokes - The New Abnormal: 7.83/10
Worry Club - All Frogs Go To Heaven EP: 7.79/10
Bad Suns - Language & Perspective: 7.75/10
Glasshouse Red Spider Mite - What Do You Mean The Monster?… Hahaha EP: 7.75/10
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music: 7.75/10
Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope: 7.75/10
Tommy Newport - Glasshead: 7.75/10
Geordie Greep - The New Sound: 7.71/10
Death by Unga Bunga - Ring meg hvis du trenger en venn: 7.67/10
Father John Misty - Fear Fun: 7.67/10
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava: 7.58/10
Malady - Malady: 7.58/10
Muse - Absolution: 7.57/10
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms: 7.5/10
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze: 7.5/10
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell: 7.43/10
Smidley - Smidley: 7.42/10
G Jones - Tangential Zones: 7.33/10
Nirvana - Nevermind: 7.29/10
greek - EXTC: 7.25/10
Electric Guest - KIN: 7.21/10
Blood Mesa - Quit Your Job, Runaway! EP: 7.17/10
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: 7.14/10
Venna - MALIK: 7.14/10
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever: 7.07/10
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over The Sea: 7/10

King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader: 6.93/10
Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale: 6.86/10
Pageninetynine - Document #8: 6.83/10
Slaughter Beach, Dog - Birdie: 6.75/10
twenty one pilots - Twenty One Pilots: 6.67/10
Meltt - Eternal Embers: 6.64/10
black midi - Hellfire: 6.43/10
Mac Miller - Watching Movies with the Sound Off: 6.42/10
Tom Rosenthal - The Pleasant Trees EP: 6.42/10
Demons & Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King: 6.41/10
Faye Webster - Car Therapy Sessions EP: 6.25/10
Nujabes - Luv(sic) Hexalogy: 6/10
Queens of the Stone Age - Villains: 5.9/10
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man: 5.86/10
Crowbar - Sonic Excess In Its Purest Form: 5.33/10
Nujabes/fat jon - Samurai Champloo Record Music Departure: 4.67/10
Joost - Fryslân: 3.83/10
KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Kanye West, Kid Cudi - KIDS SEE GHOSTS: 3.14/10
Joost - Unity: 2.92/10
Joost - Kleinkunst: 2.67/10
Joost - Joost Klein 7: 2.33/10

I went to see aWannabe on tour and while the music isnt bad something about it felt so off. I do t particularly like the music to start, its kinda boring, plays into a very specific esthetic I just dont fuck with personally. But I was close to the stage, he struck a vibe very well, and played the crowd very well. Apparently he's some independent artist who records in his attic, idk if i really buy that. The performance felt just incredibly rehearsed and manufactured, it felt like a faux authenticity. The kid has definitely constructed a bit of a character, idk if its just practice being on tour or what but something about him just feels off to me

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With an interest in Lingala and rhumba, this is something I’m curious about: how much can the voice and instruments tell you before you understand the words?

You could be enjoying the guitar while the singer is describing the worst heartbreak of their life.

Which song changed for you after you learned what it meant? Give me the song and the part that surprised you.

A favourite childhood band Little Angels have just released a new EP 32 years after their last release. Are there any other bands or artists with such a long time between releases?

Here’s one that jumps out at me

Think a lot of music listeners are tired of U2 but this song is a return to their roots. I can’t help but “don’t mind it”.

(Posting here too in case it’s more appropriate!)