Edit: THANK YOU ALL! I am taking all recommendations into consideration and will be giving them a listen sometime. I was a little overwhelmed hence my lack of response, but I greatly appreciate what you’ve written. (-:
Yes, this is a “suggest me songs” post. Only because I don’t know which other community is more appropriate.
I’m looking to revamp my main playlist and clean out songs I don’t revisit all that often. I was hoping you all could suggest some songs OR albums based on my current taste. The other reason I make this post is because I fear I’ll go my entire life without hearing fantastically underrated albums, and I know lemmists to have taste.
That being said, here are some of my favourite artists and albums:
- Lana Del Rey
- Marina and the Diamonds
- The Bravery
- “Disintegration” by The Cure
- Foreign Air
- Saint Motel
- “How to be a Human Being” by Glass Animals
- Garbage
- Madonna, especially the albums prior to the 00s
- Palaye Royale
- Vendredi sur Mer
I am additionally looking for artists similar to Crystal Castles, Com Truise, and Cults. Anything indie / electro / disco / jazz / poprock / pop-punk is welcome. Honestly, y’all don’t even have to take into consideration what I’ve just listed. Just give me the best you’ve got! Cheers. (:
You could try “Used to the darkness” by Des Rocs. If you like it I’ll see if I have other songs.
Oh I have a few playlists you may like to poke through. Feel free to also save these, I don’t mind sharing.
Indie Sadgirl Vibes (moody folk/indie/pop)
Kodak Daydreams (chill shoegaze/dreampop)
I Hate Goth (~15hr goth/industrial/synthpop megamix)
I prefer to recommend artists over songs or albums. Based on what you mentioned, I think you’d like Sevdaliza, The Pretty Reckless, Visions of Trees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Elita, The Polish Ambassador, Collide
- Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
- Susumu Yokata - Symbol
- Wardruna - Runaljod (Gap Var Ginnunga) and Runaljod (Yggdrasil)
We have some similar tastes. I think you’ll like:
Borns
Florence and the Machine
Lorde’s 2021 album Solar Power
Spoon
Billy Raffoul
Hozier
Bishop Briggs
I guess whether or not they’re underrated depends on where you are, because IME Americans usually don’t know who they are but Europeans do, even though they’re an American band; but anyway Scissor Sisters is great if you haven’t checked them out. Their last album (Magic Hour) is their weakest IMO, but it still has some good songs.
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ is pretty representative of their upbeat songs, and Return to Oz for their slower songs.
They are so good, and I do think underappreciated. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ is one of the very few songs that I will always listen with the video on.
Crystal Castles
Alice Glass (solo project)
Kap Bambino
CRIM3S
yyycry
CASHFORGOLD
White Ring
Ferngazer
IC3PEAK
Stay Healthy
Crossparty
Best of all, none of them have Ethan Kath as a member
Palaye Royale
Yayy thats cool. Check out
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Maneskin
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Demi Lovato - Eat me
Other stuff (fromat; artist - song):
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Poets of the fall - Carnival of rust
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Viagra boys - Punk rock loser
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Pierce the veil - King for a day (or check March into water)
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Get scared - Sarcasm
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Grim salvo - Black rainbow (one of the best songs, could be better if it didnt address women in a bad way twice…)
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Ashnikko
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Melanie Martinez
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Dove cameron - boyfriend
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D4vd - Worthless
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Paris Paloma - Labour
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Falling in reverse - Popular monster OR Voices in my head OR Watch the world burn (beware; the singer is a rather bad person in my opinion, among others I think he also is a trabsphobe… such a shame cuz they make really good songs…)
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Sabaton (power metal mainly about military history, they seem to be cool guys)
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NF (rapper) - Clouds/Search/Hope
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Crown the empire - Superstar
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Jhariah - Pressure Bomb 3???/Bad luck!/Knvives are dangerous, so kid cut the theatrics
I’d recomment checking listen brainz’ tools, like this one https://listenbrainz.org/explore/music-neighborhood/ which shows relative artists. Or make an account there (beware; it publicly shows your listents with an accuracy of a minute, not just a day). It nice becase you can also find people with similar tastes.
Have fun exploring!
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Your taste is a lot different than mine, but check out “Free” by Florence + the Machine and see if you like it.
Electronic suggestion:
it’s hard to see color [When You’re So Impossibly Far Away*] - Jaron
Been my absolute favorite since it released.
- Stuck - Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Cough Syrup - Young The Giant
- Changes - Empire of the Sun
- American Money - BØRNS
- I just Wanna Shine - Fitz and the Tantrums
- Talk Too Much - COIN
Also the “you can crash my car tonight” song from Coin. They are such simple music but just delightful.
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“Worry” by Jack Garratt
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“The Business of Emotion (feat. White Sea)” by Big Data
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“In My Head” by Peter Manos
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“Nancy Boy” by Placebo
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“Daylight” by David Kushner
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“Heroin” by Badflower
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“Hell Is Around The Corner” by Tricky
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“Good Luck” by Broken Bells
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“Cellophane” by FKA Twigs
This is some of the stuff I’ve been listening to pretty consistently over the last year or so. I am excited to listen to everyone else’s suggestions because I need new tunes
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Should probably put some MGMT on there.
Vundabar is one my favorite indie bands. I love their new stuff, but I’d give the album Gawk a try first.
Do instrumental tracks count?
Sorry for the late reply! Yes, they absolutely do!
One song that recently has been putting me into a very good mood every time I put it on is “Read my mind” by the Killers.