Eleanor Rigby 14

Well, thanks, tbh I really liked that A LOT! I mean, the harmonies are like really really good and the song in general is OK, you're right, reminds be a bit of Neil Young, too. And the band seems to be like something from the 2010's, right?

rubber soul

Yes, I think the video I posted is from 2008 from their debut album but they were together well into the 2010's

And, yes. I've already responded to your Carole King review, in fact.

Thought of another rec. You may not like this as well as Fleet Foxes, but it has a nice late 60s/early 70s feel to it. From 2009

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Eleanor Rigby 14

Yeah, I saw you answered me, thanks.
As for the song, I've heard, and I liked it, too. What is really surprising, is where you guys find out about all these modern bands. And I mean bands like this one or Fleet Foxes,not talkin' about Imagine Dragons or Maroon 5. Like, I'm 15 and obviously know about the currentpopular artists and songs they have, but I don't know any of these bands, unless people on MusicBanter get me introduced to their music lol

adidasss

Yes and yes! We should hang out more...

Also, regarding how people find contemporary music. Sometimes I hit on something here, but mostly I just follow Pitchfork's reviews. I didn't manage to find another website whose tastes normally correspond to mine. There should be something similar out there for a classic rock fan like yourself.

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Excellent recommendation. Fleet Foxes have a quite unique sound and I don't believe they have ever put out a bad product.

If you like them, check out Sufjan Stevens - but I need to warn you that some of his albums sound very different from others. I recommend Michigan, Illinois, and Carrie & Lowell.
Apologies if Sufjan has already been mentioned in the thread; I did try to search, but the search function is returning an error page right now.

rubber soul

Some of them I found while exploring on YouTube. I also checked out sites like RateYourMusic and if something sounds interesting, I might give it a listen, usually on YouTube but I have Spotify too. Of course, I have the advantage of having collected for well over forty years now (I told you, I'm an old man )

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Eleanor Rigby 14

I use these sites, too. In fact I've just posted my review on rateyourmusic. The problem is that the recomendations I get on every site are bands from 40 years ago, the only time I got something kind of "modern" was Greta Van Fleet, but I didn't really like them. They're OK, but I think they'll soon be forgotten due to obvious reasons (mainly because they don't have their own "sound" yet). I hope I'm mistaken. Some say they're a direct rip-off of Led Zeppelin. I don't really agree with that, but still don't like them very much. Here's a song in which the singer's voice sounds A LOT like Robert Plant's, specially hitting the high notes:

However, if they come to Spain again, I'll buy tickets to see them. I hope they find their own style and have success, cause right now everyone thinks they're the greatest young rock band at this moment

Anteater

If you like the modern 70's rock revival thing, Dino Jelusick sounds awesome on his various projects.

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Happy Birthday Eleanor! You bring the sunshine back into our grey little lives!

By the way, don't worry: nobody writes reviews like I do. Not even me. I'm done with that now. I used to obsess over every note and lyric, but I did that for about seven years and I'm all reviewed out now. I have other things to obsess about these days!

Best of luck with your journal; I dropped a comment into it tonight and will be keeping an eye on it. You go, girl!

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bob_32_116

That's an excellent list, but such a long and varied one that it probably contains stuff you would love as well as stuff you would dislike intensely.

My personal choices from list would be:

Pink Floyd
ABBA
Elton John
Stevie Wonder
The Moody Blues
Supertramp
Genesis
The Beach Boys
Sting (solo and with The Police)
Donovan
Carole King
Jethro Tull
Yes
Joni Mitchell
Simon & Garfunkel

My second tier would be:
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Bee Gees (underrated by critics most of the time, unfortunately)
The Who
Eagles
Electric Light Orchestra (Eldorado is such an amazing masterpiece)
Crosby, Stills, Nash with or without Young, not so much Young solo)
The Kinks
Alan Parsons' Project
Neil Diamond
Santana
Paul Rodgers (with Free & Bad Co.)
Fairport Convention


Some of the others on the list I like, but only in a casual way.

If I had one piece of advice I would give to 15-year-old just starting out learning about popular music, it's this: be open to hearing other people's opinions/recommendations, but don't be afraid top follow your own gut instinct. Too often people of that age won't listen to something because it's not considered cool by their peers. If you happen to like KISS, great, but don't listen to them or buyh their records just because all your mates listen to them. Make up your own mind.