Modern Playlist | 50 clips with the new trends of alternative sound

Monthly marathon highlights new music from Slow Fiction, Bad Nerves, Romy, Actors, Male Tears and more

The Modern Playlist is a selection of new alternative sounds collected from 50 recent music videos. It’s an invitation to enter the basement of YouTube, where artists that not even “rock radio” knows about play. But not everything is “rock” in the 3-hour list, which begins with rock, with post-punk/shoegazer and punk/hardcore, and continues distorted by grunge, where it meets hip hop rhythms. Afterwards, the atmosphere changes completely to a house music club, as the synthesizers make the final transition towards synthpop and the darker waves, darkwave and coldwave.

Not all traces come from “complete” unknowns. Romy, from the band The XX, was at C6 Fest this year, Armada sings in English, but is 100% “São Paulo City”, and Alkaline Trio have been touring since the 90s and have become a reference for their style in the 90s alternative scenes, such as the English Shooting Daggers, who combined shoegaze with hardcore, Bad Nerves, another important name of the British punk revival, the “new Beastie Boys” Joey Valence & Brae, the Australian duo Flight Facilities , known for their remix work, the Canadian Actors who made the black gothic look stylish again and the Angelenos Male Tears, responsible for mixing The Cure inspiration with danceable beats.

But there are also newcomers looking to make their mark, like Slow Fiction, a post-punk band from New York that released its debut EP in March. The list also includes the Germans Nils Keppel and Plastic Peaches, the Spanish duo GoldenSide and many other discoveries at hand.

As always, videos are organized in order of sound affinity in a playlist – to watch them on Smart TV, look for Cast in Chrome’s Settings tab or More Tools/Stream etc. on Edge -, with the aim of inserting a sequence that enhances the impression of video/mixtape recording. Try listening without skipping tracks on the Premium version of YouTube (without ad breaks). Or just press play and forget it.

Source: Terra

Earl

Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.