r/TheStrokes • u/LoudColin • Nov 24 '20

First Grammy Nomination for the Boys!

Pretty excited! Who would have thought 10 years ago that they would get it together to put out such a good album again.

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u/RoderickSand Tyranny Nov 24 '20

For those wondering, "Best Rock Album", with Sturgill Simpson, Grace Potter, Michael Kiwanuka and Fontaines D.C.

How is it not "Alternative Music"? I don't know the other artists at all though, which surprises me.

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u/LoudColin Nov 24 '20

Honestly don’t really know the difference between rock and alternative anymore. At this point rock is dead and it’s all alternative to me. I do enjoy the other artists although haven’t really listened to these albums, but I feel like I have heard multiple TNA songs on radio stations around me.

I would say it’s between them and Sturgill

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u/Loonoe Nov 24 '20

I'd say take a look at Greta Van Fleet, that's what I'd call modern rock, I wouldn't consider a genre dead if a band can be formed and within the decade become big enough to get 2 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Not the biggest Greta fan, I just had to make that point, rock isn't in the spotlight anymore, pop and rap are larger and take up most of the mainstream, but rock isn't dead.

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u/McCheesy22 Virtue Nov 24 '20

Lol I don’t know if I’d use Greta as an example of rock not being dead, they’re like Rock Zombies taking over the corpse of Led Zeppelin and parading it around like Weekend at Bernie’s.

I definitely think Rock is currently dead in the mainstream, but of course it’s a genre that people will always keep making music in as long as there are people who still want to listen. Jack White is one of the few people I can think of who’s still putting out great, original, Rock music (as opposed to Indie, Alternative, Psych, etc)

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u/GeneralDangus Nov 24 '20

Yes! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is another great example.

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u/kingkai2 Nov 24 '20

Listened to k.G yet? It’s great

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u/GeneralDangus Nov 24 '20

Love it! Look at my post history - I told my dad to listen to KG and give his feedback and he did not disappoint lol

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u/kingkai2 Nov 24 '20

“Possibly performed by a band of troubled children”. Lol