Thanks to Instagram Reels, I have lost my attention. I became interested in rock music in late 2022 and I found all these songs by Nirvana, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Linkin Park and Thirty Seconds to Mars. Their songs especially of alternative and nu metal resonated with me and I was obsessed listening to songs from variety of them from 70s to 2000s. But in 2023 I tried to listen to albums and I have been unable to pay attention to listening to albums. I am trying to focus a lot on lyrics and instrumentation instead of listening the albums as a whole that is robbing me from the joy a ..read more

This Solo shits all over the Bohemian Rhapsody solo, its slightly better than Stairway solo (I'm someone who thinks Stairway is the greatest song ever btw) it's definetly as good as the Comfortably Numb or Time Solos, why the fuck does it rarely get mentioned in lists? It almost seems like a bias owards the Rock Genre as Prince wasn't really a Rock Artist, its nearly 2 minutes long and is insanely technical, emotional and passionate, seriously how can anyone think Welcome to the Jungle or Smells Like Teen spirit have better Guitar Solos than fucking PURPLE RAIN? the bias toward Rock Artists i ..read more

1994 was such an unbelievable year for music. Let’s get that out of the way. So in 2024 there are a bunch of iconic albums celebrating (or have already celebrated) 30 year anniversaries: Superunknown, Downward Spiral, Weezer [blue album], Ill Communication, Dookie, Purple [STP], Dummy, Grace, Definitely Maybe, Nirvana MTV Unplugged, Live Through This, Vitalogy, Sixteen Stone, Smash [Offspring], Monster [REM], Mellow Gold, No Need To Argue, etc. The list goes on. Yeah 1994 was fucking unreal. Among the albums released in 1994, it feels like Live's Throwing Copper tends to be forgotten about. I ..read more

What defines punk? Let’s compare a few of the most well known early punk bands: Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, Devo. You could sure add several others. Do they sound incredibly similar? No. Do they look similar? No. Do they share the same lyrical content? No. So what is it that defined punk back then (late 70’s), and how has that changed in all the years between then and now? Nowadays, the bands do sound much more similar and it’s easy to identify “the punk sound.” And of course with the mohawks and patches and studs, you can see a “punk” coming a mile away. So what's the deal? submitted b ..read more

Each week a WHYBLT? thread will be posted, where we can talk about what music we’ve been listening to. The recommended format is as follows. Band/Album Name: A description of the band/album and what you find enjoyable/interesting/terrible/whatever about them/it. Try to really show what they’re about, what their sound is like, what artists they are influenced by/have influenced or some other means of describing their music. [Artist Name – Song Name](www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLB70G-tRY) If you’d like to give a short description of the song then feel free PLEASE INCLUDE YOUTUBE, SOUNDCLOUD, SPOT ..read more

Hip hop is surprisingly difficult to write, writing excellent hip hop is almost impossible. Let me explain why: requirement of invention of a unique personal style More lyrics word per word than any other genre higher demands on rhythmical complexity of vocals Most challenging rhyme-structures of any genre Most challenging word play, simile and analogies Necessity to purvey a sense of personal style an authenticity submitted by /u/chillsburrydourboy [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I've been thinking about how music from the 60s and every decade after seems to still be relevant in the modern day while music from the 50s and before has largely stayed in the past. As a Gen Z, I know people who like listening to music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and the present, but if someone said they enjoyed 50s music, they would probably get some weird looks. The only people I know who listen to 50s music is my grandparents, but it seems like every generation enjoys seminal 60s artists like the Beatles or Hendrix. It seems like there is a dividing line between pre-60s and po ..read more

When you read about rock history there always seems to be a comment about how punk was a massive revolution that "killed off the old rock dinosaurs" and basically created a before and after moment in rock history. I wasn't alive then so take this with a grain of salt but in hindsight it doesn't really seem like punk was really that important during its heyday, at least to me. The "old dinosaurs" it was supposed to kill like Paul McCartney (who ended collaborating with arguably the biggest star of all time, Michael Jackson) and the Rolling Stones kept having succesful careers and nowadays have ..read more

I was recently browsing Filipino music and came across the band Eraserheads. I thought "Hmm this band name sounds familiar, maybe LTM has discussed them before." Surprisingly I couldn't find much yet. There's more discussion in the Philippines subreddit though. Basically (from my initial browsing), they're considered one of the most important bands from the Philippines, even earning a Beatles comparison and really resonating with their generation in their native country and beyond in terms of themes. submitted by /u/CulturalWind357 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

At first sight one may think that music, like technological progress, is a constant evolution from the simple toward the complex. However, there are several instances where simplicity was a counter-reaction to complexity and vice versa. The classical era was a counter to the complexity of Baroque music. Minimalism was a reaction to Modernism. When jazz got too complex, there came smooth jazz. Punk was a reaction to progressive/art rock. And so on. It's almost as if when music evolves and gets too complex, there is literally nowhere else to go other than to make it simpler again. This is obvio ..read more