RGrandad Searches for New Rock!

Are  New Bands out there this Old Rocker May Enjoy?

Over the last few years, I have found few new rock bands that I like. Lately my wife has requested that the radio be tuned to Philadelphia 104.5 Philly’s Alternative Radio and while I like some of the music, nothing really jumps out and makes me say wow! I like that band! Yesterday afternoon, I decided that I’d check out the College Radio Chart to see if there is anything different on their chart, that would possibly interest an old rocker like me!

What I ended up doing was making a Spotify with a song or two from the top ten albums on the chart. (Musical pause – As I am writing this I am listening to the new Fidlar album Too and I actually heard a guitar riff! not bad!)  Here are the two ten artists and the playlist that I developed is on the sidebar! Here is the chart – you can check out the full top twenty chart here

TW
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ARTIST & TITLE
LABEL
1 1 MAC DEMARCO  Another One Captured Tracks
2 2 LA LUZ  Weirdo Shrine Hardly Art
3 3 TAME IMPALA  Currents Interscope
4 41 BEACH HOUSE  Depression Cherry Sub Pop
5 4 WILCO  Star Wars dBpm
6 8 HEALTH  Death Magic Loma Vista
7 10 CHELSEA WOLFE  Abyss Sargent House
8 30 DESTROYER  Poison Season Merge
9 6 TITUS ANDRONICUS  The Most Lamentable Tragedy Merge
10 9 ROYAL HEADACHE  High What’s Your Rupture

 

So the only bands on the above chart that I have heard of are Tame Implala (I’ve seen the name) and Wilco. Based on my first listen to the playlist I the bands that caught my attention were: La Luz, Tame Impalal, Chelsea Wolfe and Royal Headache.

So the questions from the old man are: Did I accidentally pick the right songs from the bands on the playlist or are the songs on the albums that are better??  And/or are there other bands that a 63 year-old whose favorites include: Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Steve Miller, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Cream,Eric Clapton etc would enjoy???

P.S. stiill listening to Fidlar still not bad! Oh, and I do like Halestorm!

 

 

 

 

 

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