Tarah Who? – Royal Knight (feat. Laura Chevalier)
Genre: Alternative Rock
Think of your favorite rock songs as happy accidents that the music industry’s planning could have easily killed. Rock bands were once praised for their willingness to take risks with their music. Some of them suffered the consequences. They lost their popularity, or worse.
But as the music industry got more organized, they began relying on stats, predictions, and strategists. This had an adverse effect on creativity. For one thing, every report will always suggest that the music industry should stay away from angry, passionate music. It’s too big of a risk.
Naturally, this does not explain the importance of punk rock or grunge. Yes, think of those as happy accidents for which we are reaping the rewards. Much like those, Royal Knight by Tarah Who? lives outside of what the music industry would predict for success or even allow. However, there’s plenty of anger, and confidence here, just the kind of qualities that are usually required to become the exception to the rule.
demxntia x Heylog – happy
Similar artists: Heylog, Guardin, Sewerperson, Brakence, Nothing, Nowhere., Lund
Genre: Math Rock, Emo, Alternative Rock
In rock music, everything changes while everything stays the same. How could it be any other way? At their height of popularity, rock tunes can potentially reach millions of people around the world. Who would want to mess around with a commercial formula that can offer those kinds of results?
However, rock music is generally appreciated as long as it remains fresh and surprising. This means that artists are also expecting to go digging for new methods of sharing their ideas.
What we’re left with is a mix of conservatism and innovation. The very best rock musicians are the ones that are able to marry these concepts that are seemingly at odds with each other.
demxntia x Heylog’s happy may be a tune that cleverly uses current math-rock elements as a backdrop. Still, it also finds ways of incorporating the kind of grunge dynamics that created so many well-known songs back in the 1990s. This is well-played, dynamic music that can potentially satisfy both older and newer rock fans.
