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Old guys that like new music

There are great new bands and like in the "old days" lots of crappy ones. But I like a lot of the NY bands like Interpol and the Strokes. Brit band Franz Fredinand, brit soul: Joss Stone, Amy "where's my crack pipe" Winehouse, Duffy. And from your neck of the woods: Arcade Fire and New Pornographers. I'm 54 but not dead or deaf yet.
 
I'm in my late 40s and can't STAND the 'Light Rock/Oldies' stations my peers listen to. among my faves now;
Fleet Foxes
Sanamon
Seekonk
Pale Saints
Ocean Blue
Three Doors Down
Radiohead

NOBODY I went to school with has ever heard of any of these groups.
 
Some of the newer stuff I like.


Theory of a Deadman
Seether
Shinedown
Dark New Day
Static X
Jet Black Stare
Hinder
Three Days Grace
Trapt
Godsmack (not that new)


Tons I can't think of offhand.
My partner at work suffers from CRS (classic rock syndrome) so I get my fill of it during the week.
 
I think maybe i suffer from crs also. I do like Collective soul and Blues Traveler, i think i should start checking out some of these other bands.
 
I'm 60+ and just discovered classic rock!!! I'm in heaven, it's all brand new to me. Thousands of songs I never knew existed.
 
like many of you the rock we grew up with has turned to the classic rock stations that play the 1 or 2 songs. I listen to a lot of alternative, alternative country, old school country, singer songwriter, classical, jazz. XM Radio has turned me on to a lot of great music,especially XM 45 and 50. Age 46 will turn 47 on Nov.15

`if its too loud, then you`re too old``
 
I'm 38, and lived in Japan from '97-'02. While there one day in the subway I met an American guy with feathered hair, comb in back pocket, high tops, and white shirt w/broad vertical stripe pattern. Just like I might have dressed in high school circa '87. And sure enough, he came to Japan in the late '80s. The point? You have to always find new music, or you're that guy.

If you are in front of a computer all day like I am, www.slacker.com is a great site for band discovery. In addition to genre stations, like idie, hip hop, etc, you can input an artist you like. They will rotate through a bunch of similar artists and you will generally find a few new ones...

Alternatively, if you like indie, check out www.kexp.org a public radio station in Seattle. I've found about 50 new bands I absolutely love listening there...

Another perennial favorite of mine is http://www.avclub.com/content/home. Every year at new year they have all of their record reviewers do a best of the year list. I generally find a reviewer who has at least one person I know in their list and triangulate with other reviewers to whittle it down to a manageable 2-5 artists to check out.

Just a few suggestions. I don't want any of my new friends to be that guy...

As for me, I listened to a bunch of Death Cab while tiling the bathroom, and now am going through some old Burt Bachrach records. New and new to me...
 
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