/r/altcountry
Alt Country - "Because punk-rock is too hard to sing."
"Alternative Country" is a rather ambiguous term that can mean a wide variety of music to an even wider range of people but here's wikipedia's definition of Alternative Country. And these are just some examples:*
This community exists to discuss alt country music. Text posts should discuss topics related to alt country music, artists, performances, trends, themes, or anything else directly or indirectly related to alt country. Link posts should link to reviews, articles, videos, and music. Please review our new rules, especially in regards to self-promotion.
community guidelines
The following guidelines are under development and are subject to change.
- Reddiquette and reddit's content policies always apply.
- Be civil. No abuse will be tolerated.
- All posts should be related to alt-country music. Comments should be related to the subject.
- Meme or other low quality content will be removed.
- Self-promotion is allowed; please see details below
- Moderators are always right. If you have an issue with a mod, please take it up in modmail. Public spats will be removed and users banned.
self-promotion guidelines
The following guidelines are under development and are subject to change.
- If you have not been assigned flair that identifies your affiliation, you must clearly identify yourself as being affiliated with the band, artist, publication, or website you are promoting. Message the mods to receive your flair.
- If you are here to post a link or self-post to promote your own music or content, do so no more than once every 4 weeks (once a month).
- Self-promotion in the comments should be infrequent and organic to the discussion.
- Ensure that self-promotion is not the majority of your contributions to the community and reddit as a whole. (In other words, if most of your posts/comments are self-promotion either here or throughout reddit, then you are not welcome here.)
Also, be sure to check out our friends:
/r/CASH/ | /r/country/ | /r/DBT/ | /r/folk/ | /r/GunslingerMusic/ | /r/HankIII/ | /r/justintownesearle/ | /r/LucindaWilliams/ | /r/mymorningjacket/ | /r/Old97s/ | /r/OutlawCountry/ | /r/RedDirtMusic/ | /r/SteveEarle/ | /r/texascountry | /r/uncletupelo/ | /r/Wilco/ |
It has been pointed out that "alt" means "old" in German; and it's been pointed out that alt country might be the real heirs to the old Johnny Cash tradition...
"It's not alt. country. It's called 'Country.'"
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Is this Alt Country?
What would you consider this?
20:22 UTC
Sierra Hull: "Mad World" (Tears For Fears cover) Live 9/15/24 Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH
18:41 UTC
Paul Burch / Kelly Hogan - Ocean of Tears
20:41 UTC
Shelby Lynne - 10 Rocks
20:36 UTC
Dylan Ault - God
20:13 UTC
Whiskey Whiskey
04:10 UTC
Dicky Wayne Vice - First Album
Haven't posted this here before: This is the first record by my trio: We have another release coming soon. Have had a fairly low response rate thus far. Let me know what you think, and of course please feel free to buy the record. :)
22:28 UTC
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - King of Oklahoma (Austin City Limits)
19:11 UTC
Is red dirt country the new rock and roll?
I was listening to a playlist started with sad in Carolina by Dexter and the Moon Rocks and the next song was Sterling Elza and it got me down a rabbit hole of new red dirt country and these bands are really playing some great music. Like Slade Coulter, Cole Barnhill, and Treaty Oak Revival. Everyone says rock is dead, but I think it’s right here.
19:03 UTC
Agalisiga Mackey - Tsitsutsa Tsigesv ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ
04:21 UTC
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Medicine
04:15 UTC
Mike Ness - Funnel Of Love
01:53 UTC
Broadview
Love this song.
18:22 UTC
Your weekly /r/AltCountry roundup for the week of November 01 - November 07, 2024
Friday, November 01 - Thursday, November 07, 2024
###Top 10 Posts
| score | comments | title & link | mirrors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 | 19 comments | [Just Sharing] Charley Crockett - "Welcome To Hard Times" | [Sp] [Dzr] [SC] |
| 68 | 13 comments | [Just Sharing] Amazing show by Benjamin Tod and Lost Dog in SF Tuesday night. | |
| 49 | 8 comments | [Just Sharing] Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones Halloween night (Cleveland) | |
| 27 | 5 comments | [Just Sharing] Paul Cauthen - Big Velvet | [Sp] [AM] [BC] [Dzr] [SC] |
| 24 | 8 comments | [Just Sharing] uncle tupelo // effigy | |
| 22 | 68 comments | [Discussion] Suggestions | |
| 22 | 2 comments | [New Music] Willie Nelson Covers Warren Zevon's Keep Me In Your Heart | |
| 21 | 13 comments | [Just Sharing] Hellbound Glory | |
| 18 | 0 comments | [Just Sharing] Hope The High Road | |
| 14 | 1 comments | [Just Sharing] Drive-By Truckers - What It Means (Live at 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 2018) | [Sp] [AM] [BC] [Dzr] [SC] |
###Top 5 Most Commented
| score | comments | title & link | mirrors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 74 comments | [Discussion] Recommendations for queer and or female artists | |
| 14 | 19 comments | [Discussion] AltCountry song to say I forgive you | |
| 5 | 5 comments | [Just Sharing] Alt-Country companion songs for classic Country songs | |
| 2 | 3 comments | [Discussion] favorite Andrew Bryant album? | |
| 12 | 3 comments | [Just Sharing] The Pink Stones - Baby, I'm Still Right Here (With You) ft. Nikki Lane | [Sp] [SC] |
14:09 UTC
Forgiven and Forgotten - John R. Miller (From New EP Release )
06:03 UTC
New Brent Cobb Single: Snakebite
05:58 UTC
"Black Cloud" - Michael Peters & The Monsters
05:22 UTC
Verkuylen - Mountain
01:05 UTC
Benjamin Dakota Rogers - War Cry
00:30 UTC
uncle tupelo // effigy
20:30 UTC
Drive-By Truckers - What It Means (Live at 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, 2018)
17:31 UTC
"Right as Rain" by Moo Boots. This is a pretty local band that isn't very well known outside of here; I think they definitely deserve more attention.
01:56 UTC
Make sure to add this to your playlist!!
21:14 UTC
Abe Partridge - "The Black Flag T-Shirt Lament"
17:21 UTC
Hope The High Road
15:04 UTC
Charley Crockett - "Welcome To Hard Times"
Mornin'
13:08 UTC
Recommendations for queer and or female artists
Particularly maybe some that are non religious, I love sierra ferral but she’s been posting some Jesus stuff recently I’m not super comfy with. (No hate just not my thing)
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