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Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community
**HELLO & WELCOME to Alternative Nation, the Fediverse's largest alternative & indie music community!** We are all so happy you are here. You love music, we love music, and here we are, headphones on, in our own little world happily outside the mainstream while also supporting the growth of Lemmy, Kbin, & the Fediverse at large. 💕 Figured it was time to talk about recommendations on how to format your posts for maximum visibility & engagement and also let you know the different ways you can post to the community. Sound good? Let's go! . . . ☝️ **POST FORMAT RECOMMENDATION** 🔊🎵 Key word here is "recommendation". I don't think we need strict rules to post, but here's what I recommend: 1. **Band - Song or Album Title:** At the very least, this should be included in your post title. Pretty standard way of identifying something. No worries about quotation marks, the text and the dash are more than enough. Obviously, if it's an article link, the article title would go here. 2. **[Description Brackets]:** Totally up to you, but personally I've been enjoying adding [Fresh] if the song or album is pretty new within the last week or two or so, or adding [Stream] if it's a link to an album stream link on Songwhip. I also sometimes use brackets to indicate the source if it's an article like [BrooklynVegan]. Not a rule, I just think it's nice to give some cred out. 3. **Dates or small commentary after the title:** Again, you do you. Year of release can be nice for older tracks & albums, or if you have a strong emotion about the album that you think needs to be in the title, go for it - though I think the caption section is probably best. 4. **Album Art/Image or Link?:** Lemmy is set up to share an image or a link as the primary content. Personally, I love album art or a cool image of the artist and would rather share the link to the music, video, or article in the caption. Lemmy's auto-thumbnails seem hit or miss, so to me it makes a richer post. But again, you do you! Great! But let's say you aren't posting from Lemmy or Kbin? . . . ✌️ **POSTING FROM MASTODON, FIREFISH, & OTHER FEDIVERSE MICROBLOGGING PLATFORMS** 🔊🎶 While having a Lemmy/Kbin account is the best way to not miss any comments, you don't need to be on Lemmy to post here. By tagging "@alternativenation@lemmy.world" in a Mastodon, Firefish (Calckey), or other federated microblogging platform post, you also actually post *to* our community! How cool is that! But the format of your post can get real janky if you don't follow a certain format. My recommendation is set up your Mastodon et al post in the following way: 1. Make the 1st line of the post the title like "Band - Song or Album Title" - no hashtags or account tags here, they get real messed up on Lemmy. 2. After the line break from the title, include your caption and any links. Feel free to add hashtags in the caption area (I know people follow hashtags on Mastodon et al) 3. Include "@AlternativeNation@lemmy.world" in the post (just not in the first line, please). This is how the post gets posted here! 4. Finally, I recommend adding an image to the post - this will be the thumbnail on Lemmy! . . . 🤟 **HAPPY LISTENING!** 🎧 That's it y'all! Hope this helps. Please spread the word to all your alternative music fans here, on Mastodon, and even on Reddit. Let's build something special together. Cheers, ren 🌈💕
thejesuslizard.bandcamp.com
I did not not have it on my 2024 list (or any other years list) that The Jesus Lizard would release a new album.
www.nts.live
A snapshot of the current shoegaze revival which is taking the gauzy indie rock style into a multitude of distinct directions, influenced by club music, ambient, breaks and more.
lunarvacationatl.bandcamp.com
I've shared other things from this Georgia (US) band before. This is their second ful length LP. Good stuff but a bit different from before. I need to listen some more to get fully into it.
inv.nadeko.net
[Youtube link](https://youtu.be/watch?v=hmhq_PJeP20), because Invidious is a bit flaky right now. The album came out a year ago, but even though they are from the city I live in (Melbourne), I just discovered them today. I like the sound of this track and have queued the rest of the album to have a listen to. Here's what [a review](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/bigsound-2024-highlights-wade-forster-belair-lip-bombs-juice/103500896) I read said about them: >Frankston's The Belair Lip Bombs deliver their genuinely unique brand of left-field indie rock with complete poise. > >At one moment you'll hear shades of Interpol and The Smiths, at others they hint at PJ Harvey and Best Coast. Ultimately, the band's infectious take on a well-traversed genre is their own. > >They will have truly cross-generational appeal, giving their younger peers the kind of guitar-driven indie rock many of them crave, and offering older fans something fresh that still taps into something a little nostalgic. > >They're honestly a band too difficult to describe, but one that indie rock fans must be across. They've already signed to Jack White's Third Man Records, so now is the time to get on board.
You're feeling lucky
Those eyes light a fire in my stomach
daily.bandcamp.com
Hey y'all... I know some folks have issues with the new owner of Bandcamp, but I still like to support bands via their platform. If you have some money and a favorite band on there, go support them, eh. > Bandcamp Fridays began in March of 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when the shuttering of venues led to a loss of vital tour revenue for artists. Bandcamp Fridays—on which we waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels—has resulted in millions of fans paying over $120 million directly to labels and musicians they love. Might I suggest Teens In Trouble? https://teensintrouble.bandcamp.com/album/whats-mine-2
A new chapter for Linkin Park.
- MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e210d41-b3e3-4e34-8c3b-3b8cc2116562 - Official homepage: https://manmanbandband.com/
- MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/425c3cf6-0ac3-4b03-a689-f91e57e4a270 - Official homepage: https://www.lucykrugerandthelostboys.com/
I still have a few music mags from the 1990s on my shelf. Juice (Australia), Lime Lizard (UK), Vox (UK), Rolling Stone (Australia), Puncture (USA) What music magazines did/do you buy? Alt text for image: This image shows a collection of 1990s alternative music and culture magazines spread out on a wooden surface. The magazines include multiple issues of "Lime Lizard," "Vox," "Juice," and others like "Puncture" and "Rolling Stone." The covers feature various musicians and bands popular in the alternative and grunge scenes of the era, with bold typography and striking portrait photography. The overall aesthetic is very characteristic of 90s rock and alternative culture, with a mix of colorful and monochrome designs. This collection provides a nostalgic glimpse into the music journalism and visual style of that period. Michael Hutchence (INXS), Nick Cave, Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays), Hole, Lush, Whitney Houston, Carter USM, The Shamen, Kristin Hersh and Angie Hart (Frente!).
I have just stumbled across this band.
invidious.nerdvpn.de
I just found out that the band have reformed.
This song got played a heap on the office stereo where I worked, at the time.
Catchy tune from this Sydney band!
I saw JH and her band when she toured the album _Only Everything_. Arguably, when she at the height of her powers. Good TV performance of Universal Heart-Beat, this.
From the debut album _The Troubles And Trevails Of Orphan Mae_.
A while back, [I posted a song](https://lemmy.world/post/6969595) from The Spinanes’ debut, 1993 album. Kid In Candy is the lead track from their third and final album from 1998. I like it.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19251251 > Discussing the song's subject matter in 1996, Eels frontman E said, "Part of my problem is with intimacy. 'Novocaine for the Soul' sounds detached because it's about detachment. That's what I think is so great about that song, and on that level I think it's almost genius. It's detachment personified. I'm singing about numbness and I'm numb. It's about having too much feeling."
New album dropped today!
This is the original version of the song covered by The Breeders on *Last Splash*, a few years later. Carrie from Ed's later toured with The Breeders for some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%27s_Redeeming_Qualities
Cease to resist, given my goodbyes Would love to see more from this duet
Someone said we need more Pixies, but I also think we need more Tanya D!
Combination of the two, eh
- MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29a2e15e-b14f-42ca-8f65-d52479872452 - Official homepage: https://goatgirl.co.uk/
This short-lived Flying Nun Records band was led by "the punk rock self-belief" of Shayne Carter, who went on to play and release music as part of [Doublehappys](https://lemmy.world/post/6632430), [Straitjacket Fits](https://lemmy.world/post/6633244), Dimmer, The Adults (a Kiwi supergroup), with NZ post-punk luminary, Peter Jefferies and solo as Shayne P. Carter. I like the youthful energy of the song, even though it sounds like it was recorded in a burlap sack! This is the [full run down](https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/blogs/man-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown/the-story-of-bored-games-1982-ep-who-killed-colonel-mustard) about the EP that this track is from. It was re-issued for Record Store Day, a few years ago.
A breezy slice of indie rock/pop from Singapore's [Sobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobs_(band)). I don't know much more about them, but note that they also got over to Seattle, last year, to do [this session](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YL80CgBx5uE).
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/13903979 > [This Might Be Lemmy](/c/tmbl@lemmy.world) is a community for fans of the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants to share opinions, show experiences, fan art, and whatever other John & John-related stuff they like. > > !tmbl@lemmy.world