Name a group, band, artist, or track you're really into right now
I'm about to take a long flight and am looking to expand my music library.
EDIT: Thanks so much, everyone! I've got 10.5 hours of music on my new playlist thanks to you all!
doseone’s new album with Steel Tipped Dove is EXCELLENT. dose deserved so much more fame than he got.
rest in peace, Alias.
The Hooters - 500 Miles
outkast speakerboxxx/the love below. its like 2 hours perfect for plane ride
Stromae & Pomme - Ma Meilleure Ennemie
Some days I just listen to it on repeat for hours.
Anna Diem, indie artist from Oregon and her music just makes me bop! Christmas Puppy is so sweet! I love gay music 🏳️🌈
Zoomst They have one studio album and 90 monthly listeners on spotify but have a great prog sound. Aweizawei is my favorite from the album so far.
Sleep Token. New album coming soon too.
Been getting into Snapped Ankles and High Vis lately. Also, been enjoying Warmduscher. Snapped Ankles needs a North American tour. Are you listening? 😁
8485 - I don't want to hurt him
It's hyperpop
i stumbled across magic city hippies two years ago and still have like 10 of their songs on heavy rotation. i love their easy poolside vibe. really smooth. feels like a summer party.
corazon < seemed ridiculous at first, but really grew on me. happy energy.
Hmmmm Not exactly what you are asking about, but i love the energy of "Kickstart my heart" by Motley Crue and "Get it on" by Turboneger.
Both starts hard sang continues in the same fashion. I want more og that energy and rhythm.
"Stand up and shout" by Dio is close, but it feels tiny bit harder/faster.
Anybody got other songs in the same vibe/ energy. Not a slow build up. Just 1-2-3-4 rock!
Marco Castello, very chill italian indie jazz artist
Chumbawumba
"Ha de sarar" from Maro
Northern Portrait.
Latest album is titled “The Swiss Army” and was released in 2022.
Sylvan Esso - With Love
I got back into Ratatat recently and love the vibes in everything
The new Skrillex album is quite possibly his best.
Kygo. Just really really good music (especially the latest album "KYGO" and "Thrill of the Chase".
I recently discovered the band Mar Malade and its really great!
Pat the bunny recently came out of retirement and released a new album called Friends in Real Life. It's quite good, as is pretty much everything he's ever done.
The Deli
The Eurovision 2025 playlist is out! It's a good time listening ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, then you get to root for the song you like best. If you've never got into it, it's a good time to give it a listen.
Propagandhi - At Peace https://youtu.be/CDhTf3eaeoM
I'm digging independent artists Melancholic crossroads and Emily Jeffri right now.
My fave album for takeoffs is The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada, especially after taking an edible https://open.spotify.com/album/6uO5B6km2Dco28tOBmZtSU
I've been getting into tech house lately. It's fun and catchy with really satisfying bass.
MF DOOM
Penelope Trappes, specifically her new record A Requiem. Lovely stuff, the album closer in particular gives me Lisa Gerrard vibes
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. About to release their 27th album and have covered pretty much every genre so no matter what you like, there's probably a record for you. My favorite is the Flying Yellow Microtonal Banana, full of great tracks, but Billabong Valley has broad appeal.
King gizzard are exceptional, only downside is that it can be a little intimidating with 27 studio albums to choose from for a first listener! Honestly a good method to pick based on what you like is from their album covers, they do a pretty good job summing up what it'll sound like imo.
I love KGLW but I don't like the microtonal stuff.
Dogpark Dissidents anarcho queercore punk band, need I say more?
The newest album release by Unlease the Archers
Love music that contains storytelling
Juniore (French indie pop)
Cradle of filth - nymphetamine
The female vocals are amazing and beauty and the beast dynamic is done perfectly.
Not so much a particular artist but more of a genre: Instrumental covers of video game music. I haven't listened to much else in the last couple years:
In particular this acoustic guitar version of Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time:
And this piano version of Wood Carving Partita from Symphony of the Night:
This Jungle Hijinx cover is incredible.
Literally everything by Cleopatrick and Primitive by not enough space
Passage Du Desir - Sturgill Simpson. His whole catalog is solid if you like more classic country (Merle/Willie)with some experimental elements.
Hump Back - 「番狂わせ」(Upset) /watch?v=zlcn57wdr9E - Will likely have to watch it through Invidious or a VPN with an exit node in Japan, afaik it region locked to Japan only... ;-;
The band was somewhat recently featured on Bocchi the Rock with one of the scenes in the linked video being adapted into the cover page.
*Track from their newer album:
「がらくた讃歌」(Ode to Trash) /watch?v=XtuzSsFWKik
The Rumjacks. Irish punk / rock / folk and very good.
The original singer had some issues, and was replaced by another singer with a great voice :)
Ghostface killah
Twelve Reasons To Die might be my favorite solo wu album
Machinae Supremacy - Sidology 3 -- metal covers of songs from old video games actually also using a SID chip.
Windhand. Sort of a psychedelic doom metal with groovy elements and a haunting, ethereal female vocalist
Listened to them a bit in my metal days, impressed to see them have over 80k monthly listeners on Spotify now!
Meshuggah. I’ve known them for a while but only recently saw them live for the first time. Heaviest metal band I’ve ever seen live so far.
Check out the album Glitter by Pasteboard. It's some good Japanese Shoegaze.
Nothing new, Alan Parsons Project.
Pyramid
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allen Poe
Eye in the Sky
Ammonia Avenue
The Turn of a Friendly Card
I Robot
Free by Crush 40.
Also, Soul Coughing (El Oso since I only have that single album from them). Specifically Blame, $300, and Pensacola. This is my much more serious answer.
SLIFT's album UMMON has been on heavy rotation in my playlists for some time now.
Stitched up heart, New Year’s Day, September mourning,
-chick singer led goth metal bands
Fontaines DC, the most recent album. Plus the cover Porter Robinson did of Favorite from that album.
That song with Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It.
Nilufer Yanya album My Method Actor
Joshua Ray Walker, anything by him is so good.
Colin Stetson is a fantastic ride. He plays instrumental music, but he's playing lower-pitched instruments *wrong.".
Mics on the keys are picking up rhythmic clicking acting as the percussion. He is sometimes shouting through the instrument. The end result sounds like a chase through the woods in the dark.
I was intrigued by your description but also thought I'd hate it. Gave it a listen and was pleasantly surprised, he's super talented and his music is totally unique.
I'm glad you like it!
I found him some time ago and it's great to unwind after a tough day. I'll play it on my Bluetooth speaker in the shower.
Their Dogs Were Astronauts - Progressive, Djenty. Hard to pick a favorite track or album.
Opeth - Started as progressive death metal but they have gotten more chill and progressive and experimental over time. Favorites for me are Blackwater Park (on the harsher end of the spectrum), Windowpane (chill end of the spectrum), Reverie / Harlequin Forest.
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=a+speculative+fiction+propagandhi
A Speculative Fiction - Propagandhi
Absolute banger, and prophetic no less. But really just everything Propaghandi has put out has been in heavy rotation the last 6 months
I'm not obsessed with Wisp
it's much deeper than that
Always been a Clutch fan, but I've been listening to Three Golden Horns a lot the past few days.