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Channels who deserve more subs

Horror Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAtVuwlr4j8

MindSquire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghluEbzsT64

https://youtube.com/c/thestevewallis

Technically? The one down there.

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SNES drunk

https://www.youtube.com/c/SNESdrunk

Dude does SNES (and some others, but mostly SNES) game reviews. Usually about 4-5 minutes long, so very straight and to the point. Found a lot of neat games I've never heard of thanks to this guy.

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Gachi Fingers

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwzoVnzReGLPVLDMdzAZHJA/featured

Gachimuchi. Dude's a god.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NnyOrzuXV8

Brad Taste in Music. I've watched Fantano for years, mostly just as background noise, because I like his voice and he comes across as a collected and knowledgeable professional. And when his personality shines through, it's a really fun channel to watch. That being said, the show is just him talking and giving really thought out opinions on music. There's only so much you can hear someone else describe how a song sounds.

Brad Taste in Music - while also a Fantano bro to a point - is a much more entertaining channel. He actually plays music in his videos and reacts to it, he's played both Phoebe Bridgers albums which is just a whole fucking trip to watch someone sit through. He also does themed videos where people leave song suggestions for the theme, i.e. worst songs ever or most.poorly aged songs ever. He goes at the music with a similar passion to a figure like Fantano, but he's not above giving shit a pass just because he really likes it, haters be damned. I'd recommend one of his themed videos, maybe something positive like Best Songs Ever. That, or look up an artist you like and see how Brad feels about their music.

Another music channel I'd recommend, despite being significantly more clickbaity and harder to recommend, is Justin Hawkins Rides Again. The lead singer of the Darkness has his own YouTube channel where he talks about music news and stuff like that. The video titles are pure clickbait bullshit, but I really like listening to what Justin Hawkins has to say about stuff.

And the thing about music youtubers like this is that the goal is never to hold them as a shining compass of objectivity in regards to music. Fantano doesn't know shit about ABBA. Brad Taste in Music is just vibing and having a good time. Justin Hawkins can be kind of kneejerk and smarmy. But all three channels are informative and entertaining in their own way, and enjoying them is one way to expand your musical palate. Hawkins recently spotlighted a Scottish singer named Paolo Nutini, and that shit is so far up my alley that I'm planning to do a deep dive into his music. Fantano's King Gizzard reviews are how I began to really keep up with their music, because Nonagon Infinity was a tough fucking nut to crack and seeing someone whose opinion I respected - whether I agreed with his takes or not - was one way to stay engaged with the band even when I was struggling with the music. Brad hosts these mediashare streams where you pay to send songs in for him to react to, and it's a great way to find new music. I found like a sci-fi hip hop group a while back, I didn't keep up with them but the music was pretty entertaining.

There's a whole new generation of music youtubers who are shaking up the formula, and I'm really into it.

https://www.youtube.com/c/mywifesjunk

dude just sails around lakes in Canada

https://www.youtube.com/c/LostLakes

Mann shorts

Bokothechoco2 posted...

SNES drunk

https://www.youtube.com/c/SNESdrunk

Dude does SNES (and some others, but mostly SNES) game reviews. Usually about 4-5 minutes long, so very straight and to the point. Found a lot of neat games I've never heard of thanks to this guy.

I'll second this one. Love SNES Drunk

https://www.youtube.com/c/furiousdriving
This British dude reviews cars and then takes them for a drive. Kind of like Regular Car Reviews if it was sincere, respectful, and wholly absent of the random "funny" non-sequitur immature comedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUGCJudRzQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGPVyAjahwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGnFZIyo3YY

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnapologeticGeek
When 90% of movie reviewers on Youtube are an unkempt head talking unscripted to the camera to say "so um I think this movie's like really great and uuhhhh yeah like check it out alright" but drawn out to a length several minutes, a channel that's none of that is a true diamond in the rough. The Unapologetic Geek gives concise backstories of and reviews classic sci-fi and horror movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNRHYmMspdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGr12zzaM2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K7ErpUHp_M

Bokothechoco2 posted...

SNES drunk

https://www.youtube.com/c/SNESdrunk

Dude does SNES (and some others, but mostly SNES) game reviews. Usually about 4-5 minutes long, so very straight and to the point. Found a lot of neat games I've never heard of thanks to this guy.

I love how many people got pissed at his April Fools video.

https://www.youtube.com/c/zevik140
https://www.youtube.com/c/patologTV
https://www.youtube.com/c/pagb666

MrMallard posted...

Brad Taste in Music. I've watched Fantano for years, mostly just as background noise, because I like his voice and he comes across as a collected and knowledgeable professional. And when his personality shines through, it's a really fun channel to watch. That being said, the show is just him talking and giving really thought out opinions on music. There's only so much you can hear someone else describe how a song sounds.

Brad Taste in Music - while also a Fantano bro to a point - is a much more entertaining channel. He actually plays music in his videos and reacts to it, he's played both Phoebe Bridgers albums which is just a whole fucking trip to watch someone sit through. He also does themed videos where people leave song suggestions for the theme, i.e. worst songs ever or most.poorly aged songs ever. He goes at the music with a similar passion to a figure like Fantano, but he's not above giving shit a pass just because he really likes it, haters be damned. I'd recommend one of his themed videos, maybe something positive like Best Songs Ever. That, or look up an artist you like and see how Brad feels about their music.

Another music channel I'd recommend, despite being significantly more clickbaity and harder to recommend, is Justin Hawkins Rides Again. The lead singer of the Darkness has his own YouTube channel where he talks about music news and stuff like that. The video titles are pure clickbait bullshit, but I really like listening to what Justin Hawkins has to say about stuff.

And the thing about music youtubers like this is that the goal is never to hold them as a shining compass of objectivity in regards to music. Fantano doesn't know shit about ABBA. Brad Taste in Music is just vibing and having a good time. Justin Hawkins can be kind of kneejerk and smarmy. But all three channels are informative and entertaining in their own way, and enjoying them is one way to expand your musical palate. Hawkins recently spotlighted a Scottish singer named Paolo Nutini, and that shit is so far up my alley that I'm planning to do a deep dive into his music. Fantano's King Gizzard reviews are how I began to really keep up with their music, because Nonagon Infinity was a tough fucking nut to crack and seeing someone whose opinion I respected - whether I agreed with his takes or not - was one way to stay engaged with the band even when I was struggling with the music. Brad hosts these mediashare streams where you pay to send songs in for him to react to, and it's a great way to find new music. I found like a sci-fi hip hop group a while back, I didn't keep up with them but the music was pretty entertaining.

There's a whole new generation of music youtubers who are shaking up the formula, and I'm really into it.

The best music Youtuber is Punk Rock MBA by a large, large margin.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqrrxZeeFSNCjGmD-33SKMw

u m a m i - really cool animator. his interface series is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/user/bikstok5

Adventures in Sound - uploads a lot of old/obscure albums and songs

https://www.youtube.com/user/562Steezy

STEEZYASFUCK

another music channel focusing on playlists and beat tapes

https://www.youtube.com/user/brutalmoose

not unknown but brutalmoose feels like one of the few game reviewers from that era to still be making interesting videos even if they arent about video games

Console Wars is great.

"I'm Nintendo."
"And I'm Sega."
"THIS IS CONSOLE WARS!"

https://www.youtube.com/c/surrealentertainment

Great game reviewer.

https://youtube.com/c/GrimBeard