What are some genres you want to get into more but often neglect?
Especially ones you're serious about actually exploring but keep finding other things to do.
Me, I want to finally get myself into shoegaze, as I've been wanting to do for years, but quickly got bored most of the time. I love the general idea of shoegaze, and a third play through Loveless really helped me develop my modern tastes. But usually, a new release by a band I like and of a different genre, or maybe a current trend on forums or something else will distract me. But since I wanna get through more 2026, and this modern band with great reviews called Tokyo Shoegazers has a new album a lot of people like, I'm going to just quit everything else and get through some Japanese shoegaze from the 90's upward, starting with Honeydip and The Sleepwalk. I've put off shoegaze for way too long, so I'm going to actually try to make a top 100 for it, ruling bare minimum of 8/10 rating if possible.
I've never really been able to get consistently into RnB & soul music but have recently become interested in the "UK street soul" movement so I've decided to indulge a bit there over the coming months.
I have found myself increasingly interested in hardcore since picking up the new Terror record in the past week or so and I have also seen my interest in metalcore developing over the last 12 months or so. Both have been of interest historically but I have never really bothered to embed my interest in them. I am watching documentaries/interviews, listening to podcasts, as well as listening to records of course. Could all change next week though as I do lack discipline with music exploration and tend to veer off. I am a very disciplined person in life in terms of eating a strict diet and following a stringent fitness routine. If I could transpose that discipline into my music exploration habits, I would be a lot better versed in music in general.
