5 New Music Genres You Need To Hear in 2015
Music genres: you can't live with them, can't live without them. Whether you're writing about music or describing a band to your friend who's slowly adopting that patient-but-definitely-not-getting-it expression, then you know....
TDM
Tin-Foil Dance Music fuses elements of metal, Rock, EDM, hiphop/Trap. Tin-Foil Metal RAP get it? This genre boasts Mid-tempo high energy tracks. It is the type of music that makes you want to mosh or dance. The beats are big and modern like in EDM tracks, but the arrangements are more aggressive and progressive like in rock and metal music. Instruments use live sounds like guitars and synth elements like wobbles bass and saw waves. Vocals usually have rapping verses and singing hooks.
See Also Linkin Park + Enter Shikari + Hollywood Undead + Bassnectar + new Crazytown
Example of TDM:
TripHop Pop
Definition: Infuses Triphop, Pop, and Psychedelic Rock elements. Phat hiphop breaks, but with pop hooks. Groups like Portishead, Hooverphonic, SneakerPimps, and Massive Attack got the balling rolling in triphop, but artist like Lana Del Ray, The Neighborhood, and Lauren Stone have been pushing the envelope.
Download "I'm Crazy" by Lauren Stone for free here: https://www.tunebula.com/laurenstone/i-m-crazy-free-download-link-below
Dubstazz
Definition: (See jazzstep); an amalgamation of dubstep or DJ-produced electronic music with traditional jazz or blues elements.
It's definitely not jazz. It's also not your garden variety of wobbly bass (in fact, it's better). Moby was an early dabbler in dubstazz, but guys like Pretty Lights and RJD2 have been expanding the genre ever since.
See also: Gramatik, Big Gigantic, Free The Robots.
Example of Dubstazz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlcrCRSY4Y
CDM
Definition: (See inexplicable); Country Dance Music, where a 4-on-the-floor beat and electronic production are overlaid with folk or country-like melodies and vocals.
Where, oh where, did CDM come from? Maybe the music industry got bored and decided to experiment with two of history's most hate-it-or-love-it genres. Either way, here it is, and if Pitbull's 'Timber' sticks around on the charts any longer, then CDM might be here to stay.
See also: Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc on 'Wake Me Up'
Example of CDM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo
Heroine Pop
Definition: A low-gloss style of female pop songwriting, where the singer crafts frank and unglamorous stories about adolescence, sex and class.
Girls who don't buy into Katy Perry's or Taylor Swift's white bread brands of broken heartedness can find comfort in the ladies of heroine pop, like Lorde and Sky Ferreira. Sure, heroine pop is a little bit trashy, a little hyperbolic, but it sounds like diamonds and will never lie to you.
See also: Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX, Iggy Azalea
Example of Heroine Pop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEamE0MYPkg
Slouch Rock
Definition: Mid-tempo alternative rock with lazily articulated vocals (usually male), backed by a fuzzy electric guitar or slide guitar track.
A modern incarnation of Bob Dylan's mumbles and slurs, slouch rock can be a delightful palate cleanser in the buffet of modern music. Artists like King Krule and Mac DeMarco may not have the most soothing or conventional voices, but their music’s lack of overproduction is refreshing.See also: Kurt Vile, Widowspeak, Girls.
Example of Slouch Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzlbh4or3c
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new music genres 2015
Music genres: you can't live with them, can't live without them. Whether you're writing about music or describing a band to your friend who's slowly adopting that patient-but-definitely-not-getting-it expression, then you know....
TDM
Tin-Foil Dance Music fuses elements of metal, Rock, EDM, hiphop/Trap. Tin-Foil Metal RAP get it? This genre boasts Mid-tempo high energy tracks. It is the type of music that makes you want to mosh or dance. The beats are big and modern like in EDM tracks, but the arrangements are more aggressive and progressive like in rock and metal music. Instruments use live sounds like guitars and synth elements like wobbles bass and saw waves. Vocals usually have rapping verses and singing hooks.
See Also Linkin Park + Enter Shikari + Hollywood Undead + Bassnectar + new Crazytown
Example of TDM:
TripHop Pop
Definition: Infuses Triphop, Pop, and Psychedelic Rock elements. Phat hiphop breaks, but with pop hooks. Groups like Portishead, Hooverphonic, SneakerPimps, and Massive Attack got the balling rolling in triphop, but artist like Lana Del Ray, The Neighborhood, and Lauren Stone have been pushing the envelope.
Download "I'm Crazy" by Lauren Stone for free here: https://www.tunebula.com/laurenstone/i-m-crazy-free-download-link-below
Dubstazz
Definition: (See jazzstep); an amalgamation of dubstep or DJ-produced electronic music with traditional jazz or blues elements.
It's definitely not jazz. It's also not your garden variety of wobbly bass (in fact, it's better). Moby was an early dabbler in dubstazz, but guys like Pretty Lights and RJD2 have been expanding the genre ever since.
See also: Gramatik, Big Gigantic, Free The Robots.
Example of Dubstazz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlcrCRSY4Y
CDM
Definition: (See inexplicable); Country Dance Music, where a 4-on-the-floor beat and electronic production are overlaid with folk or country-like melodies and vocals.
Where, oh where, did CDM come from? Maybe the music industry got bored and decided to experiment with two of history's most hate-it-or-love-it genres. Either way, here it is, and if Pitbull's 'Timber' sticks around on the charts any longer, then CDM might be here to stay.
See also: Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc on 'Wake Me Up'
Example of CDM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo
Heroine Pop
Definition: A low-gloss style of female pop songwriting, where the singer crafts frank and unglamorous stories about adolescence, sex and class.
Girls who don't buy into Katy Perry's or Taylor Swift's white bread brands of broken heartedness can find comfort in the ladies of heroine pop, like Lorde and Sky Ferreira. Sure, heroine pop is a little bit trashy, a little hyperbolic, but it sounds like diamonds and will never lie to you.
See also: Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX, Iggy Azalea
Example of Heroine Pop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEamE0MYPkg
Slouch Rock
Definition: Mid-tempo alternative rock with lazily articulated vocals (usually male), backed by a fuzzy electric guitar or slide guitar track.
A modern incarnation of Bob Dylan's mumbles and slurs, slouch rock can be a delightful palate cleanser in the buffet of modern music. Artists like King Krule and Mac DeMarco may not have the most soothing or conventional voices, but their music’s lack of overproduction is refreshing.See also: Kurt Vile, Widowspeak, Girls.
Example of Slouch Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzlbh4or3c
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new music genres 2015