To prepare you for what will happen...I listen to Alternative music. Or at least music classified as "Alternative" by places such as Alt Nation on SiriusXM, YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, and overs. I don't not have deep cut music tastes, I listen to popular music in the genre. That's good enough for me. Most of these songs on my list have seen significant airplay over the year. Some get more airplay than others, but that's mostly the criteria I look for. I know that the fact that other people have heard these songs on the radio make these songs trash and I'm okay with that if you are. If you tend to like my Song Contest submissions, you'll like this list. If you don't like my Song Contest submissions, then you won't.
Starting today I am going to post my Top 40 songs. My goal with this list is to share my favorite artists and tracks and also provide a representation of the current state of Alternative music. There is a little criteria that my music tastes have in common. I like Alternative music that borrows from other genre of music. if there are folk vibes, some metal, some rap-rock, if there are string or brass instrumentation, chances are I'll enjoy it. I also tend to enjoy tracks that tell a story musically, like getting more intense as the track goes on. I also love collaborations and duets and mutliple voices. For a few tracks on this list I opted for collab versions of the original popular version of the tracks.
Thanks for joining me, whether this is your first time or your third time. I am excited to share the artists on this list. A lot of heavy hitters of Alternative music returned in 2023 and whether they appear on this main list or the honorable mentions, it was a great year for Alt music. The next post will be today's submission for my Top 40. Please comment along if you want, it's nice to know people are reading!
At the end I'll share the Spotify playlist of the Top 40 and my playlist for the Honorable Mentions later.
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