You should make Frownland a large bet, like a couple of grand, like really huge. By the time 2057 rolls around you'll be 97 years old and in need of the money.

Artists from today that might be listened by the youth 40 years from now is a tough one. Probably Kanye and Kendrick, and I'm a little iffy on Kendrick. I think that QOTSA has staying power, but they technically got their start in 98.

98 00 whatever

I don't want this to be a gotcha thread like that band from the 90's thread

QOTSA

and

GSY!BE

Are both bands with real potential staying power and they both have long names.

I thought about Godspeed and would have mentioned them if I wasn't talking about that specific audience, since I don't think they've breached it on a significant enough level.

Completely false. Plus, it outs you as an ageist bigot.

If we're measuring in popularity you could make the argument that they didn't really get that staying power til 2000

High school kids as a whole? Bro their taste is garbage.

Ja, it's why I brought them up despite their earlier origin date.

These are about the only songs I actually like from the past couple of years:

*I found Bob Mould's album from last year pretty memorable, much like the earlier Foo Fighters stuff
*I like Sean by Foo Fighters (from 2015) and it has a Husker Du vibe
*I like the song Presidici from The Jesus and Mary Chain's recent album
*I also enjoy some of the songs by Total Babes, in particular We'll Come Around, from 2015

I think they and Stars of the Lid, Boards of Canada, and Sigur Ros all have tremendous staying power and yes I know I'm digging deeper and deeper into the 90's.

OXOXOXO

Is there much difference between today's fans of the incredible amount of drone/ambient music and the fans of Windham Hill back then?

Tim Hecker, Robert Rich - whatever grew out of Eno. Is it really so different or is primarily the marketing? I get that it sounds different but the aesthetic not to disrupt...

Hell, to me even music in the vein of Lustmord hits me in a similar way. Dark ambient remains equally non-disturbing if you're reading a creepy novel.

It's superior to the typical person five years out of college who pretends not to have time for music anymore. I'll take the opinion of a 16 year old over a 36 year old any day. Serious music fans (who irl are very rare) excluded. High school kids may almost universally reject good music that doesn't fit inside their peer designed boxes but the stuff the do herald usually has merit. Plus, with so many kids finding music on YouTube their tastes are often more exotic than you might think.