Alternative Nation : The Fediverse's largest alternative and indie music community! All things alternative music, from 80s college rock to today's indie and all the amazing alternative music in between. Welcome home, music nerds!
Some of y'all may remember MTV's Alternative Nation or 120 Minutes, awesome programs & incredible ways to discover #music back in the 80s & 90s...
Welcome, to the Fediverse edition!
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The Golden Rule: Music taste is subjective so don't be a gatekeeping asshole. There's no "bad music", only music you like or don't like.
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DAY 13 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!
When music started getting WEIRD which led to the awesome 80s College Rock years - the 70s!!!
Each day Iโll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!
I mean, some absolute gems in this decade from Bowie, Krafwerk, Roxy Music, Talking Heads.... god damn.
But for me, as a huge Violent Femmes fan, finding Velvet Underground was so important. Which song though??? tough choice, but let's go with an absolute classic that I listen to on the reg: "Pale Blue Eyes" https://youtu.be/KisHhIRihMY
All my favorite bands point back to the VU - Alex Chilton, REM, Yo La Tengo, and on and on. They were cooler than cool.
Yep! There was a saying once about VU were single handedly responsible for a bunch of bands. Violent Femmes too!