r/Alternativerock

Since the start of 2026, the music world has changed
AI Music has now made up at least 28% up to 40% of daily uploads onto these platforms, and a decent chunk belongs to people pushing out AI music solely for profit over any form of creativity
 
With the addition of Spotify "carefully" labeling real musicians who do not use AI Generation, their requirements have left many musicians who don’t use any AI Generation and just below this requirement in the dust.

 
I feel that two additions to both of these platforms will let users / listeners who use these music platforms daily be able to fully understand in a complete transparent way on WHO they are listening to and WHAT they are listening to.
 
If there is enough evidence to show that the artist on this platform is AI Generated and not a real-life musician, it should have an "May Contain AI Generation" label on the artist profile itself, similar to how Spotify now has "Verified By Spotify" so the listener understands that the person behind the songs they are listening to with full transparency.
If there is enough evidence to show that the song on this platform is AI Generated, it should be listed next to the artist name on these platforms with "May Contain AI Generation", so if a listener finds the song on a "Mix" or a "Radio" they are listening to, they are able to view that the song could have AI Generation involved with it.
Considering that both of these platforms have allowed AI Generated Music to be put on the platform and have started to implement a crude method to verify musicians who don’t use AI at all, we need to at least have full transparency that the track was either made by a real human or made by an AI or an Hybrid AI/Human track

Hey everyone, After staring at the ending of the City Walls music video and trying to process the reversed audio cues leading back into the Blurryface era, a massive realization just hit me about Stressed Out. We all know "Stressed Out" is canonically Nico's song on the official Dema map, but I think the video is actually showing us the exact moment Clancy turns into Nico.

1. The Birth of a Bishop The song isn't just about general adult anxiety. It depicts a creative child being broken by real-world, algorithmic pressures ("Wake up, you need to make money"). To survive this suffocating stress, Clancy’s brain creates a defensive coping mechanism—absolute, rigid control. He literally invents the persona of Nico to protect his vulnerable childhood self. The red eyes at the end of the video aren't him being attacked; it's the moment the transformation is complete and the Bishop takes over.

2. The End of City Walls Loops into Stressed Out At the end of City Walls, Clancy succumbs to the temptation of absolute control, puts on the Bishop's hood, and the universe resets. "Stressed Out" is the immediate regression. The childhood memories being corrupted in that video are Clancy's own innocent past being locked away by his new, rigid "Bishop" mindset.

3. The Torchbearer's Tragic Past (The Keons Connection) This completely recontextualizes the Torchbearer (Josh). In the "Choker" video, we saw a glimpse of a reality where Josh acted like a captor/Bishop. If the universe keeps resetting, Josh was likely Keons in a previous cycle. It explains why Keons was the only "good" Bishop who protected Clancy and ultimately sacrificed himself to help him escape.When Josh walks away in heartbreak at the end of City Walls, he refuses the hood because he has already been there. He is an immortal guide forced to watch Clancy turn into Nico, regress back to the tricycles in "Stressed Out," and start the whole loop over again.

What do you guys think? Does this bridge the gap between Blurryface and Breach for anyone else?

(I got my first hate call to my college radio show by some older dude hurling insults at me for playing “elevator music”. [How dare I play dream pop on a sunday night…])

So I’m thinking of doing an elevator themed set next just to be a little bit of an ass.

So far I’ve got:

Crowded Elevator by Incubus
2nd Floor by The Creatures
Elevator Man by Oingo Boingo

Any other songs come to mind? Open to range of genres. Thank you!

one song only

not necessarily the biggest or most famous

just the one that feels right to introduce someone to your country’s music

Post your favorite music videos here!

I was randomly looking at music-themed room setups and realized most band merch ends up being posters 😅 Came across Adzhuka (etsy.com/shop/adzhuka) and saw some vinyl-style band decor (KoRn/classic rock stuff), which felt a bit different. Got me curious if you had to decorate a room around one alt-rock band, who are you picking?

YES I AM STILL ON THIS SHIT!!!!! Last week I dropped act 3 part 1 and now we have theCONCLUSION to the TDH act 3 saga. Currently working on act 4 which will show up eventually. Probably in like a month. So appreciate the 5 weeks of peace and quiet without my blabbering and annoying promotion until then. I envy you all

Rumor has it that Fontaines DC may play the Garden after their festival show in Asbury Park. I saw them at the Stone Pony in Asbury so I am going to skip the festival show and keep my fingers crossed for an iconic NYC show. If anyone has any information on other States shows let me know.

Does anybody have any album recommendations based off of my favorite albums?:

“Miss Anthropocene” by Grimes
“Modus Vivendi” by 070 Shake
“Mayhem” by Lady Gaga
“MENTAL” by Yseult
“RENAISSANCE” by Beyoncé
“Plastic Hearts” by Miley Cyrus
“Chimera” by Mayhem
“I Disagree” by Poppy
“Flux” by Poppy
“Coming Home” by IC3PEAK
“Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” by Ethel Cain
“Preacher’s Daughter” by Ethel Cain
“Perverts” by Ethel Cain
“Radical Optimism” by Dua Lipa
“ORQUÍDEAS” by Kali Uchis
“PORTALS” by Melanie Martinez
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” by Lauryn Hill

Too many narcist leaders playing with the toys today!