Necrø: dark electronica, record is in the mail right now, brand new release. VV and the Void: currently active in Berlin, coldwave/dreamwave Videotraum out of Hamburg: shoegazy new wave Rue Oberkamp out of Munich: from synth pop to EBM. Abu Nein from Sweden: darkwave Christopher Cerrone: contemporary classical composer: polyphonic rendition of the Beaufort Scale, also the solo flute work with re-sampling on Liminal Highway. many many more ... Tenderlash, Soft Scent, Hackedepicciotto, Night Nail, Permanent Daylight, Ohne Nomen, Iamnoone, VC118, Bedless Bones, Yakima Jera, Mission to the Sun, Bestial Mouths, NNHMN, Lucy Kruger and the lost boys, Swesor Bhrater, Paradox Obscure, Social Station, Ötzi, Arctic Flowers, ... I post reviews of new music on insta under @undaobscura on darkwave and related genres. |
@oddiofyl Marcus reminds me of the enormous talent of Teddy Swims or some Chris Stapleton. |
People who like the Singer/Songwriter, "Hard" (traditional) Country, and Bluegrass genres (three included in the term Americana) are in luck, as those styles of music have a new generation of practitioners making records and touring. @slaw has already mentioned a few, and a couple more can be heard on Ringo Starr’s new album, they being Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings. Both have mighty fine albums of their own, and there are dozens more like them. For instance:
- The Secret Sisters (produced by T Bone Burnett). - JD McPherson (okay, he’s a little over 40, but looks younger), sometimes guitarist with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. - Adrianne Lenker. Her Bright Future album was voted the best album of 2024 in many lists. - Brennan Leigh. I’ve seen her live, and she’s fantastic. - Melissa Carper. Likewise. - Charley Crockett. - Sam Outlaw.
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Jazz guitarist (who's probably a genius, beside being a masterful musician) Julian Lage. I agree about Marcus King. Phenomenally tasteful player whose Jazz studies and harmonic awareness elevate him above typical licks-based players. A protégé of Warren Haynes. Terrific and terrifically soulful singer, as well.
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As @slaw and @bdp24 have asserted, the genres of Americana, Hard Country, and Bluegrass are generously populated by gifted younger artists. There are also singer songwriters whose music is a hybrid of these styles, along with Folk influences. In fact, it appears that these genres are attracting a disproportionate number of such folks. Exploring these genres, this reality is inescapable. Anyone who asserts there is no good music being made today is simply advertising their laziness. |
@slaw , I like Courtney Barnett, thanks man...discovered her initially through Kurt Vile, but, she'd fallen off my radar somehow.
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I’m an old guy, but I love loads of musicians younger than 40. As long as music meets the criteria I love, almost nothing else matters to me. That criteria being (no particular order): very high levels of musicianship, musical complexity, deep and broad ranges of emotional content conveyed. Here’s a few. The Contortionist - Very highly complex technical-metal, but certainly not lacking emotion. All 5 members are under 40. Corima - A fantastic "Zeuhl" style prog band with, sax, violin, keys, drums, bass. Most members are under 40. Mohini Dey - one of the best jazz fusion bass players on the planet at only 29 YO. There are videos of her on YT playing live at the age of about 11, and she could still outplay musicians 3 times her age. Darcy James Argue - extremely creative jazz composer, and leader of progressive big band, Secret Society. Esperanza Spalding - Great jazz bass player and vocalist. Samuel Andreyev - Canadian composer of the avant-garde. Just barely over 40. Elis Hallik - Another great avant-garde composer. Matthias Kranebitter - More great avant-garde classical. Nubya Garcia - 34 YO sax player operating in the "spiritual jazz" realm. There is a collective of young jazz musicians here in LA called "The West Coast Get down", all members are right around 40. The most famous are Thundercat and Kemasi Washington, but they are all very talented. Anthony Cheung - just barely older than 40. Avant-garde classical composer, Tesseract - another very complex technical-metal band. Although they are complex, they don’t loose track of melody and emotion, Incredible musicianship. The German heavy jazz-fusion band, Panzerballett, have some members under 40. These guys have serious chops.
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