I am usually on top of everything but I completely forgot to post last Saturday the 5th as I have been trying to get my life back together now that I moved back on campus at Belmont.
Here are some artists that I LOVE that I think are super underrated or deserve more attention - some are more popular now but most are still unknown -
Tom Odell
FAVORITE ARTIST!!!! (next to Elton John of course)
<-- chills!
British singer/songwriter Best songs:
- Another Love (2nd fav song of all time
emotional, painful, raw - Can't Pretend
- Long Way Down
indie pop - Wrong Crowd
- Magnetised
- Jealousy
Christopher
Amazing song concept, lyrics, music video
Danish singer/songwriter from Copenhagen
Really cool music videos!!!!!!!
pop
No one talks about him!!!
Best Songs:
- Irony - My Heart
- Ghost - Heartbeat
- Naked (reg & acoustic) - Monogamy
Dermot Kennedy
super intense voice!!
Irish singer/songwriter
Best Songs:
pop-rock - Lost
contemporary folk - After Rain
- Power Over Me (reg & acoustic)
something so rough - All My Friends
and raw about his voice - An Evening I Will Not Forget (reg & acoustic)
- Shelter
Matt Maltese
I have no words for this song ahhhhhhhh
feeling as if you're in a movie
British singer/songwriter
alt indie
his songwriting and sound
Best Songs: gives me major goosebumps
- As the World Caves In
- I Hear The Day Has Come
- In A New Bed heart cracking open
- Paper Thin Hotel
- No One Won The War almost feels oldies/retro
Sea Girls
known for their indie anthems
and energetic live shows
fun dancing around music
very funny band
English band
London, UK
indie rock
Best Songs:
- Lost
- Call Me Out (reg & acoustic)
- All I Want To Hear You Say
- Damage Done
- What For
- Favourite Color
Theo Katzman
a member of the funk band Vulfpeck
saw him at Live On The Green in Nashville 2018
I'm surprised I like his music but I LOVE his voice and genres and music and instruments
American singer/songwriter/multi-instrunmentalist
pop, jazz, indie, folk, rock
Best Songs:
- (I Don't Want to Be A) Billionaire
- Like a Woman Scorned
- You Could Be President
- Crappy Love Song
- My Heart Is Dead
- Plain Jane Heroin
- Break up together
(I could go on and on...)
MUNA
finally some girls up in here!!
girl power
American girl band
I have no clue how I found them
electronic pop band but I am super glad I did
Best Songs:
- Who It is important to support female
- Stayaway artists right now!!
- Taken
- Crying On The Bathroom Floor
- I Know A Place (reg & acoustic)
Agnes Obel
For some reason her music just kills me
Danish singer/songwriter
1st time I heard her was in the TV show
Revenge and I was hit instantly
folk classical
All of her songs should be in an indie movie
or a dystopian rebellion movie like Hunger Games
Best Songs:
- Familiar (chills when deeper voice comes in)
- Riverside
- Avenue
- September Song (all instrumental - LOVE)
- The Curse
- Fuel to Fire
The Revivalists
such a fun sound!
New Orleans Southern folk blues country
soo soulful and heartwarming
American rock band
alternative rock
roots rock
Best Songs:
- Wish I Knew You (classic, popular)
- Soulfight
- Keep Going
- All My Friends
- It Was A Sin
- Catching Fireflies
- Not Turn Away
Carolina Liar
American rock band
1st time I heard them was in the TV show
90210 (2008 reboot
alternative pop rock
Best Songs:
- Show Me What I'm Looking For (hits just right)
- I'm Not Over
- Beautiful World
- Coming to Terms
- California Bound
- When You Are Near
We The Kings
classic 2000s band
would be sooo good in some 2010s romcom
American rock band
emo punk pop alternative rock
Best Songs:
- Check Yes, Juliet
- The Story Of Tonight
- The Secret to New York
- Sleep With Me
- Friday is Forever
The Civil Wars
American musical duo
1st time I heard them was on the
TV show The Vampire Diaries
americana indie folk
Sadly, the couple broke up
Best Songs:
- Poison & Wine
- Safe & Sound (from The Hunger Games) Did a cover of Elliot Smith's Between the Bars
- Kingdom Come (The Hunger Games)
- Dust to Dust Great cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean
- Billie Jean
Tom Rosenthal
English singer/songwriter
indie folk pop
would be good in a coming of age movie
Best Songs:
- It's Ok (reg & acoustic) - All of Them Dreams
- Go Solo - Soon Soon
- Take Care - Going to be Wonderful
kickass driving around songs
Charlotte Lawrence
normally wouldn't like music like this but LOVE hers
kickasssss driving around songs
dark edge
new song in Birds of Prey movie
American singer/songwriter
indie pop
Best Songs:
- Why Do You Love Me (former anthem)
- Joke's On You
- Sleep Talking
- Everybody Loves You
- The Few Things (with JP Saxe)
Honorable Mentions:
- Alec Benjamin (way more popular now) - Best Songs: Water Fountain, Must Have Been The Wind, Oh My God, Boy In The Bubble, If I Killed Someone For You, Jesus In LA)
- Gavin DeGraw (many people know him but he deserves more attention) - Best Songs: Not Over You (obv), Making Love With The Radio On, You Make My Heart Sing Louder (LOVE LOVE), Chariot, How Lucky Can A Man Get
- INXS (my mom's band she showed me - popular for her but not younger generations sadly) - Best Songs: Need You Tonight (my mom and my song - as creepy as that is), New Sensation, Mystify, What You Need, Mystify, By My Side (headphones full volume) , Devil Inside, Never Tear Us Apart, The One Thing
- GGOOLLDD (opener for American Authors) - Best Songs: Undercovers, Secrets, Gold, The Way That I Feel, All Night
- Matt and Kim (happy happy) - Best Songs: Daylight, Let's Go, Good For Great, Get It, Not That Bad, Cameras
- Elliott Smith (1st heard him from movie Stuck In Love) - Best Songs: Between the Bars, Thirteen, Angeles, Say Yes, Someone That I Used To Know, Son Of Sam
Comment below your favorite underrated artist/band or if you found a new favorite from this list!
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