Pavement - Range Life (mentions Smashing Pumpkins and STP)
Pavement - Stereo mentions Geddy Lee
Half of Wesley Willis's songs are about other groups
Dandy Warhols's Nothing to do mentions the band Sugarboom

Amazing song. Beautifully crafted. Could go the rest of my life without hearing it again though. Bit over played.

Another
song about the rain – Cracker
Roof with a hole in it – Meat puppets
Rainy Season – Aztec camera
Here comes the Flood & Washing of the Waters – Peter Gabriel
Down to the Well – Pixies
Bob Mould – Wishing Well
Mazzy Star – Look on down from the bridge
Night Swimming & Find the River – R.E.M.
Wave – Stereo Bus
New Orleans is Sinking – Tragically Hip
Over the Waterfall – Robert Earl Keen
Drown & Flow – Son Volt
Watching the water – Pretty and Twisted
Daniel Lanois – Still water
Chris Connelly – Shipwreck

Well I'm either blind or easily confused because I missed that and don't see where you posted them. The only response I see from you is "ok." If you don't mind listing them again, I'll be sure to check them out.

Couldn't find the (or any) To The Sky song, but some group namess are harder to google than others.

The Strike is really good. Not exactly my cup of tea, but they're nailing the 80s throwback sound. Very yacht style.

Liked the Pretty Beggars and will have to check them out. WBL I knew, they show up on my 2018 list.

I'm a bit more all over the place but do often land on the same sound. You probably want to hit my 2021 list. It's mostly more laid back and chill like these songs (except when it isn't).

Good stuff though, thanks for sharing.

Not sure if there's an actual community (outside of maybe the playlists ones). I've been working on spotify playlists of (mostly) lesser known alternative and indie groups (wide spectrum of rock subgenres) for people looking for new artists or groups to check out.

If you've got some recommendations, I'd love to hear them.

Loved Metallica's Garage Days (the EP at least) and Annie Lennox knocked one out of the park with her cover album, but pretty much every other one I've ever heard was hot garbage.

Gen Xer here. Designed my spotify playlists for people my age (and younger and older) looking to check out new groups. Start here. If the first 10 or so songs don't grab you, jump ahead to 100 for heavier groups.

My passion project right now is creating playlists for boomers and fellow Gen Xers who want to hear what they've been missing out on or want to know the state of rock and roll. I'm doing year by year (starting with 2011) and try to touch on most genres of rock. You'll occasionally get some jarring punk in there, but I'm trying to be as diverse as possible.

My 2011 playlist might be a good starting point.

Mainstream anything is crap. You should always go for the indie stuff.

Watch the anime "Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad." It's a gateway to a whole other world of music.

Not a genre exactly but: Japan.

Japan has the 3rd largest music industry on the planet that everyone except the west knows about. Almost doesn't matter what style you like, Japan has dozens of bands that are probably as good (if not better) as your favorite band. You like punk, indie, grunge, shoegazing, metal or just straight up rock? Japan has amazing groups you've never heard of.

To illustrate, here's a Japanese Irish pub band.

Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie
Kris Kross - Jump

It grates me to no end but (for example) there's no group called "the Eagles." They're Eagles.

It does not roll off the tongue.

Hey - Pixies

(Look closer, you've been wrong about the "the" all this time).

Apparently there's a book by Paul Catalani called "music therapy: discover the healing power of music."

You might want to take a look at that.

And when's the last time he toured?! Message is pretty clear he doesn't care about keeping the fans happy.

I went on a big Band kick about a decade ago, listened to their whole catalog. Was honestly shocked at how many songs I'd forgotten about that our local classic rock station used to play but hadn't in decades. There's so much more there than just Crippled Creek and Drove ol' Dixie Down.

Robbie's got some choice solo work too.

I wouldn't say the Weight is overrated, I'd say it's over played. The Band has an amazing catalog but (in my region at least), that's the only song of theirs they play anymore (which is a shame).

Now CCR's Proud Mary or Willie and the Poor Boys? Never understood the appeal of those songs at all. CCR has at least 20 songs that are far superior.

Same thing with Creep. Just overplayed on the radio because it was their most accessible song.

His whole enlightenment period from 86-91 would work.

Probably just a me thing but; I love music more than anything, but I'm at an age it seldom has a strong effect on my emotions (mood, yes. Emotions, no). This song gets me though. It really strikes a reflective chord on how music has been an such an important part of my life.

I can't get into sports to save my life. Can't even find a single fiber of interest to bother. I listen to music all day long though.

We're individuals. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean you have to too.

I will not sit here and listen to you bad mouth Axel F! He was Ye' before Ye' was Ye'!

He's a lyrical genius that defined the sound of a generation!

A mixture of heavy gatekeeping and limited market appeal for decades left women with less incentive to even bother with the music industry.

Where men had the option of going down whatever musical path and picking whatever style they wanted, women tended to be heavily manipulated and forced into a mold as soon as entering the industry. Record execs were more likely to finance attractive females and force them to dress and act a certain way.

It's opened up a lot in the last 30 years, but really until the 90s, why even bother having the dream if you were expected to be as pretty as you were talented and have your image completely created by men?

Carol King and Bobbie Gentry were both important figures in open up the market, as were Heart (and even Heart went through a period where all the shots were being called by execs for them). Also Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams.

The history of the Runaways and Suzi Quatro are well worth looking into if you're interested in the subject.

I'd highly suggest looking into Shelby Lynne. Country music was (probably still is) especially male dominated. She had no control over her career and she finally took the reigns herself with the release of "I am Shelby Lynne." It was the first time she wrote her own songs and picked the style of music she wanted to create and it was amazing.

Who has time for reading? I have unresolved issues I need to vent over unrelated scenarios online!