Media General Music Discussion Thread

[crisiscloud]

Oh, fantastic, I love that stuff. Please, I love recommendations!
I’m a big post-hardcore and emo (including that third-wave emo-pop, of which I’ve heard frankly too many bands and probably have a problem) guy. Not crazy about metalcore, really (I mean, I like Poison The Well, but who doesn’t?), but I like metalcore recs because I feel like I just don’t have enough of a feel for it.

Ooo, if you're into Poison the Well, I highly recommend checking out this EP: A Chapter Worth Reading... by Of Eden

Poison the Well-esque Melodic Metalcore that has an old school emo twist (talkin' Glassjaw or Skycamefalling kind of emo). Hidden treasure; 'This Lasts Forever' is my favorite track.

Thanks so much!
Glassjaw is one of my favourite emo bands.

 

[littleworld]

Anyone else here listen to black midi/Geordie Greep? Finally got into them recently and this song specifically has been my go to so far

 

[phoopes]

Going to sound like such a weeb here but it’s incredible how Japan just figured out peak music with 80’s city pop and it’s been all downhill since then

(okay not really but my lord there’s some good stuff here if you’re not familiar)

 

[wishing stone]

why have the masses not discovered j-core yet

i especially love the oldskool stuff with the completely unabashed sampling

 

[pzwrd]

I just listened to head over heels by the cocteau twins, great album I loved it

 

[bbnate]

Going to sound like such a weeb here but it’s incredible how Japan just figured out peak music with 80’s city pop and it’s been all downhill since then

(okay not really but my lord there’s some good stuff here if you’re not familiar)

came here to say something like this. seeing masayoshi takanaka live in a few months :)

also coming here for any jazz recommendations, i listen to a lot of jazz but ive been listening to a jazz album a day for all of 2026 and i'm not sure i'm gonna be able to discover new stuff that fast

 

[phoopes]

came here to say something like this. seeing masayoshi takanaka live in a few months :)

also coming here for any jazz recommendations, i listen to a lot of jazz but ive been listening to a jazz album a day for all of 2026 and i'm not sure i'm gonna be able to discover new stuff that fast

you're probably already familiar because they're pretty popular but in case you or anyone reading isn't please please please listen to Snarky Puppy's "We Like It Here" album

 

[bbnate]

you're probably already familiar because they're pretty popular but in case you or anyone reading isn't please please please listen to Snarky Puppy's "We Like It Here" album

we like it here is so unbelievably fire i went through a phase of listening to lingus daily for like a month last year. curious what did you or anyone else familiar with them think of somni? (latest album)

 

[crowo]

came here to say something like this. seeing masayoshi takanaka live in a few months :)

also coming here for any jazz recommendations, i listen to a lot of jazz but ive been listening to a jazz album a day for all of 2026 and i'm not sure i'm gonna be able to discover new stuff that fast

A Portal To Here by Work Money Death comes out feb 13, something i’ve been keeping an eye on, u can check that soon too

 

[H3ckt1k]

Poppy dropping an early breakdown of the year candidate with Dying to Forget

 

[Surgo]

Over the last year or so I started listening to some Japanese bands. Here's my tier list of my experience.

S-Tier
SCANDAL: Single-handedly revived my interest in rock music. Not a single bad album. They basically rocketed to international popularity and it's easy to see why.

BAND-MAID: Everything said about SCANDAL applies here too, just replace "rock" with "hard rock".

A-Tier
T-Square: Love these guys, but the problem with jazz fusion (and jazz, for that matter) is that it can be so improvisational that it gets lost in the sauce. Their choice of lead instrument is refreshingly unique and sounds amazing. I'll put them on at work all the time. I suspect that YouTube Music is missing at least half of their stuff.

Yapoos / Jun Togawa: Jun Togawa kicks the shit out of any other "avent garde" artist globally. Just incredible. Like any avant garde artist, kind of difficult for me to describe. Give her work a listen.

B-Tier
Silent Siren: They're catchy and all, but I'm not as much a fan of this kind of pop music. I'm not too dialed in to the Japanese cultural zeitgeist but I get the impression that they and SCANDAL formed something of an influential pair among young girls and really boosted the popularity of all-female bands in the country. Which, hell yeah! It's stupid that bands were by default male outside of idols and idol-adjacent things like multimedia projects.

Casiopea: To me they are T-Square but less interesting. Still technically good. Still sounds good. Just not as interesting to me.

C-Tier
Otoboke Beaver: There's nothing wrong with them, they're fine. I just don't really like this style of punk music.

BABYMETAL: Sorry, but I have a strict two-singer limit when it comes to metal bands. I don't really like the whole idol thing either. I respect what they're doing, but it isn't for me. I'd like it a lot more if it felt like a full band with full band emphasis, rather than three singers and some backing guys you never see or hear from.

D-Tier
Any of those multimedia project bands (except for one-offs like when the K-On voice actors did a single tour in-character that wasn't really planned for at the beginning). They are basically just capitalistic cash grabs and not honest artistic projects. So basically any of those idol band anime things. Drops to E-Tier if a gacha game is involved, disgusting.