# Those over 35 do you like new music from new artist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889 "2018-10-13T00:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/81 "2018-10-14T22:18:30Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > I’m older than 50. Just started getting into metal. Me too, well I’m 36 but I’m also just getting into metal.[Come join me in my thread about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=859882) I’m also very into Hip Hop and am a fan of people like Kendrick Lamar and Brockhampton, the new Lupe Fiasco and Run the Jewels. I don’t really like what happened to rock after about 2009 though, but I’m finding that what is going on with the modern metal scene fills some of that void. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/82 "2018-10-15T02:10:20Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I am over 50 and like most of the people here, I still like new music. > > Also, for people saying they like Daft Punk, they were formed in 1993… Somebody cited Metallica upthread. _Kill 'Em All_ was released in 1983, which means that “Rock Around The Clock”, which came out in 1955, was newer to audiences then than Metallica are to us now. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/83 "2018-10-15T02:23:12Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > B. 1963 > > Yes, constantly. Ditto. ETA: I buy albums in clumps…the last set was LCD Soundsystem, Aphex Twin, Mountain Goats, Lydia Loveless, and Cat Power. For newer acts, it looks like Car Seat Headrest, Iceage and Daniel Avery were bought a couple of months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/84 "2018-10-15T03:07:47Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I find that most new music that I enjoy is on modern rock stations these days (e.g., Chicago’s 93 WXRT). WXRT is awesome. That’s where my mom gets her new music. It’s a really good mix of old and new. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/85 "2018-10-15T03:14:45Z")
I find myself listening mostly to k-pop lately. It’s catchy and fun, like western pop music used to be. ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/86 "2018-10-15T07:09:47Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Somebody cited Metallica upthread. _Kill 'Em All_ was released in 1983, which means that “Rock Around The Clock”, which came out in 1955, was newer to audiences then than Metallica are to us now. I see this pattern of remark occasionally and I don’t understand the seeming significance. Yes, we know how time works. No offense. In this context, it’s a non-sequitur. Daft Punk isn’t new in 2018. Cardi B isn’t new in 2018. I’m 40. I like new artists, but generally in the genres I’ve liked since late adolescence. I don’t listen to hours upon hours of music anymore, but I don’t commute, don’t hang out with friends, don’t get wasted. Bohren & der Club of Gore: jazz [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5Bm9F3GFnik/maxresdefault.jpg "Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth [FULL ALBUM]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bm9F3GFnik) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/87 "2018-10-15T14:51:47Z")
I am over 35, and I like new music from new artist. I like Hayley Kiyoko & just recently discovered Superorganism. Must admit, the current crop of new young male rappers don’t do it for me at all, but I expect the tide will change from the tedious trap triplets poorly-wielded by what seems like a whole kindergarten class of interchangeable barely-out-of-their-teens idiots with terrible face-tattoos and technicolour dreads, back to something I like more. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/88 "2018-10-15T18:25:58Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I am over 35, and I like new music from new artist. > > I like Hayley Kiyoko & just recently discovered Superorganism. > > Must admit, the current crop of new young male rappers don’t do it for me at all, but I expect the tide will change from the tedious trap triplets poorly-wielded by what seems like a whole kindergarten class of interchangeable barely-out-of-their-teens idiots with terrible face-tattoos and technicolour dreads, back to something I like more. It’s already changing. The Odd Future cew (Tyler, Earl etc) , Brockhampton, Joey Bada$$ and to a lesser extent ASAP Rocky are all starting to push things back the other way. The Lil Peeps of the world will end up a footnote in history like Soulja Boi and Waka Flocka Flame (no idea on the spelling of either of those, no one cares anyway). Also all of TDE (Kendrick obviously, but also Jay Rock, Ab Soul and Isaiah Rashad) and guys like YG pushing that classic west coast sound back. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/89 "2018-10-15T19:47:16Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Mid 50s, and listen to more newer stuff than the classic & prog rock I grew up on. Usually get out to a show of some sort about once a month. > > I like a number of indie/alternative bands like New Pornographers, Florence & the Machine, The National, The Hold Steady, CHVRCHES, etc. I also listen to a lot of newer artists in the alt-folk/newgrass spectrum some of which have been mentioned above: Mumford and Sons, Lumineers, First Aid Kit, Aoife O’Donovan/Sarah Jarosz/Sarah Watkins, Avett Brothers, Mipso, Brandi Carlisle, Amos Lee, The Decemberists, Punch Brothers, etc… Manage to get out to see a show of some sort about once a month. > Not much for hip-hop, but I worship at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feet… Wow, nearly the exact post that I would write. I’ll tag on Kaki King, Babymetal, Tacocat, and Darren Korb for more new(ish) artists that I’ve given significant listening time to… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/90 "2018-10-15T19:51:51Z")
I’m 57 and honestly have lost most of my (formally moderate) interest in music. Most of the old stuff I like has been played to death, and I don’t come across new stuff that interests me much. I’ll turn on Pandora on the Sonos now and then, but I couldn’t even tell you the names of two bands or musicians from the past decade. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/91 "2018-10-15T20:35:45Z")
I’m 41, and still _open_ to new music, but I find I still don’t care for most of it. I’ve always liked old shit anyways. Classical, old jazz, old blues, old rock, old hip-hop… Generally if it’s newer than the last decade, I’m out. I hypothesize that after a decade, all “new” music has been filtered down to whatever was legit good; if it’s still getting spun 10 years later, it’s probably _worth_ still listening to. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/92 "2018-10-15T21:00:05Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Also, for people saying they like Daft Punk, they were formed in 1993… True enough, though, by that point, I was 28, and I was already pretty disinterested in music from new artists. That, and I actually really had never heard any of their music until they did the _Tron: Legacy_ soundtrack in 2010. Regardless: they’re a group which is “newer than my high school or college days,” which is when my musical tastes were formed. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/93 "2018-10-16T01:30:46Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > First I’d have to have a phone that could handle an app. My phone is mainly a phone. 🙂 The phone part of my phone is the least important part of it. Born 1963. Can’t keep up with all the great music being produced nowadays. I love the stuff of my youth, but can only take it in small doses now. ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/94 "2018-10-16T01:40:50Z")
Mid 60s. I now listen to a lot of Japanese rock/punk/VK/(no clue what it is) etc. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/95 "2018-10-16T02:56:21Z")
B 1961 Short Answer is No. Musically, I have turned into my mother (b 1923) and my father (b 1921). They didn’t like any of the “new music” (post Glenn Miller). And I don’t like most of what was made after the 1980’s. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/96 "2018-10-16T09:37:36Z")
Early 40’s here. I often listen to new music - new to me, that is. Mostly albums released between 1966 and 1986. Every time I learn about some present-day band / artist doing music in the spirit of some “classic” acts I like I seek them out. Almost every time I’m let down by the music. It doesn’t grab me. It doesn’t have the dynamics, the textures, the space I need and find in older music. So I keep mining the golden era of pop and rock music, and enjoying new music. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/97 "2018-10-16T14:36:51Z")
I’m 57. When I was a teenager I heard my grandmother complain about my music (Eurythmics and The Police) and swore I’d never stop enjoying new music. Still listen to new stuff and I love a lot of different styles. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/98 "2018-10-16T14:58:58Z")
Sure, I have nothing against new music in general, but in general I don’t like mass-market pop radio. That includes country, pop, R&B, etc. There are some exceptions like Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton. I find plenty of new music I like on YouTube and Bandcamp. My tastes are mostly alt/outlaw country, stoner rock, and doom metal. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/99 "2018-10-16T15:27:36Z")
I’m 59 and I started seriously listening to music in college, and still have a bias for what used to be called college rock, so roots, alternative, world, what have you. My go-to radio station is [WXPN](http://www.xpn.org/) in Philadelphia, and my music collection looks pretty much like their playlist. My major criterion for what I’ll listen to isn’t old or new, but rather whether it is “good” or not (your value for “good” may vary.) Here are the artists whose music I’ve bought over the last few months: Neko Case Amanda Shires Nina Simone Natalie Prass Florence & The Machine The Innocence Mission The Record Company LUMP Snail Mail Eels Punch Brothers Lake Stree Dive Ray Davies Arthur Buck Dirty Projectors Rayland Baxter Jason Isbell Midnight Sister Petal The Jayhawks Cowboy Junkies The Suffers Death Cab for Cutie Mitski Devotchka Dawes Leon Bridges Arctic Monkeys Waxahatchee Iron & Wine St. Paul & The Broken Bones Richard Thompson Loretta Lynn The Black Belles Kurt Vile Swearin’ St. Vincent Phosphorescent Kacey Musgraves Elvis Costello David Wax Museum And here are the acts I’ve seen live in the last year: The Lone Bellow Richard Thompson Aimee Mann Ted Leo Phoebe Bridgers Soccer Mommy Jimmy Buffet Waxahatchee Hurray for the Riff Raff Bedouine Japanese Breakfast Eels Petal Radiohead Devotchka Los Lobos ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889/100 "2018-10-16T15:43:27Z")
I’m 55. I’m not sure exactly what is being defined as “new artists” here. For MY purposes, I’ll say anything from this century, because it all seems new to me. Some were around a bit earlier, but I discovered them later. The whole point is that I have added this music to my life much later than when my tastes formed in the 70s and 80s. My teenage daughters have hipped me to a couple things, others I’ve found myself. They listen to a lot of K-Pop right now. I can’t go there. I’m especially liking some symphonic metal like Nightwish and Within Temptation. My steampunk interest led me to Abney Park. Garbage Evanescence Kamelot Muse Rob Zombie (from the 90s, but so what?) Caravan Palace I’m listening to an awful lot of modern brass band music right now like No BS Brass, The Roots, Lucky Chops and Mucca Pazza. Of course, I’m a tuba player, so that’s right in my wheelhouse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889.md?page=6)