Love the Metalheads on Wow and another ‘Are you listening too Music?’… Are any of you really enjoying really cool music now today in 2026 or anytime?
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I’m just listening to my local radio station via SIRI on my iPhone while posting here on the Forums.
Mostly just listen to that station too as I like my local news updates each hour.
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My brain has been polluted by alternative rock. Tame Impala, Radiohead, and Red Vox are the current staples of my daily driver playlist.
I alone stand against the tide of KPOP in my friend group.
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I listen to mix of everything, I’ve never been someone who listens to one type of music. I also tend to use “game themes” like the Doom 2016/Eternal themes, or the Witcher 3 music, especially lady of the woods.
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I’m listening to an 80’s rock/pop mix, right now it’s:
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Currently stuck in my head. Retro video for maximum effect. Baseline sound good in my car and people don’t know what to make of it. You’re welcome.
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Also played a lot lately.
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Radio Paradise, stuff you don’t even know you like.
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love it when you say you’re…
my vibe. your vibe. MY TYPE. JUST RIGHT.
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Always listening to a bunch of music. Primarily metal. Currently really into the new Gaerea album.
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My list is a little different than what most of my North American friends listen to. But you can find them all on YouTube or whatever service you prefer.
First, there is the melodic electronic / tasteful dance axis: Elderbrook from England, CamelPhat from England, Ben Böhmer from Germany, Odesza from the United States, and Parra for Cuva from Germany. If you enjoy electronic music that has atmosphere, melody, warmth, and a human vocal or instrumental center, this may be for you. This is the side of the playlist that leans warm, spacious, and late-night.
Second, in certain moods I’ll play through the left-field pop / synth-pop / alt-pop axis: Charli XCX from England, Chvrches from Scotland, Caroline Polachek from the United States, MØ from my home country of Denmark, Tove Lo from Sweden, and Sigrid from Norway. Maybe unsurprisingly, this is where some of the Scandinavian pop sensibility comes through for me: strong melodies, emotional directness, clean production, and just enough edge. It is pop for people who still want hooks and choruses, but prefer sharper production and a stronger aesthetic identity than standard mainstream radio pop usually offers.
Third, there is what I’d call the global, artful, rhythmically sophisticated axis: Sevdaliza, born in Iran and raised in the Netherlands; M.I.A., born in England with Sri Lankan Tamil roots; Hiatus Kaiyote from Australia; and Hania Rani from Poland. This is where the playlist moves away from festival-electronic and into texture, identity, and musicianship. Sevdaliza brings electronic, alternative R&B, trip-hop, experimental pop, and avant-pop; M.I.A. mixes political dance music with electronic, hip-hop, dancehall, and global club sounds; Hiatus Kaiyote bring neo-soul, future-soul, and jazz-funk; and Hania Rani came from classical piano in Poland before later moving into electronic music.
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I usually will put some kind of rock Playlist. But my go to is always listening to the entirety of Hybrid Theory and Meteora when I need music for a gaming session.
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I usually listen to an album I like then let the algorithm take over. It rarely disappoints. Right now it’s If I can’t Change Tour Mind by Sugar after listening to Down by the Old Mainstream by Golden Smog which has now led me to listen to Copper Blue and the cycle continues
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Some REAL music
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Recently I haven’t been “listening” to any music (not counting WoW background music). At least nothing that’s recorded. Been practicing tons, but otherwise too busy lately to listen to anything. What do I practice? On piano it’s mostly Classical and Jazz (plus scales and that kind of thing). Saxophone has been our quartet stuff, which is various Jazz and similar genre, rags, dixieland, tango, Caribbean, etc.
Now if I were listening to music, it would be all of the above, plus Metal, Rock, Country, Scots/Irish, Bluegrass, and Folk.
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I just got home and am about to play some Diablo 4 so I put on the appropriate music.
RIP Tompa
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Experimental metal, it gets heavy, don’t wet your pants.
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This is why I think Metal and Classical are closely related.
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and now I am gonna go dig through crates and pull out some husker du.
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