Knower - pretty fucking sweet music with a good sense of humor.
They are definitely one of the most criminally underrated bands. But they’re all DIY, so they’re pretty popular for a DIY band. I think Genevieve’s solo stuff really deserves more attention as well. Louis seems to be doing alright for himself, though.
Emma Ruth Rundle
TR/ST
Ionnalee
Keosz
Rival Consoles
I Will Keep Your Ghost
Moon Cathedral
Russian Circles
Way too many to list but I’ll throw one out. Do you like Radiohead, REM, The National, Pixies, Frank Turner, or Dinosaur Jr.? Well, they (or their lead singer) all love Mark Mulcahy’s music enough to have recorded a cover song for the tribute album when Mark’s wife passed.
Mark led the band Miracle Legion, released some solo work, and led the band Polaris (not the metal band from Australia), best known as the band from the show The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Also noteworthy: Miracle Legion toured and released an EP with The Sugarcubes, aka Bjork’s band.
Song recommendations: The Backyard, All For The Best by Miracle Legion - Hey Sandy, Saturnine by Polaris - Taking Baby Steps, The Fiddler, Hey Self Defeater by Mark Mulcahy.
Album recommendations: Drenched by Miracle Legion, Music from The Adventures of Pete & Pete by Polaris, and Fathering by Mark Mulcahy.
Ozric Tentacles
Bloodywood, an Indian folk/rap/metal group. Great stuff!
Norman Pain
Weird Al Yankovich
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonin Dvorak
Frontier Ruckus is a band that I grew up alongside. I shamelessly plug them whenever I get a chance. They make music about the places I grew up and sing about it in a way that makes me feel so close to it. Their new album just came out, but their first 2 albums are their standout. The Orion Songbook and Deadmalls and Nightfalls.
Jason Molina, particularly his last act, “Songs: Ohia”. Singer, songwriter, sad bastard indie rock artist who died in his early thirties from complications of alcoholism. Like Will Oldham with more bluesy pop influences instead of bluegrass and folk.
https://songsohia.bandcamp.com/album/magnolia-electric-co-deluxe-edition
https://songsohia.bandcamp.com/album/love-work-the-lioness-sessions
Listening to Dadi Freyr right now!
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There’s a really underrated band from Vancouver called Slightest Clue that just put out an album. Alternative/punk and very fun
Neko Case! The voice of God with red hair, I call her. Also her other supergroup band The New Pornographers is amazing. A one of a kind voice.
Also Drive-By Truckers should be considered a worldwide treasure.
Caroline Polachek.
Just got really into her, I absolutely love what she does with her voice. I just received her second album on cassette.
She has the best vocals on the planet, I’ll say it over and over again.
Her cover of “Breathless” will absolutely leave you so.
If your library has Freegal she’s on there BTW. :)
I should check out her work, pretty sure the only place I’ve heard her was on a flume collab
My fave album by her is Pang, but Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is also incredible.
The Revivalists are an incredible bluesy rock band, but everything of theirs on the radio is their blandest stuff. They really excel with live performances and amazing instrumentals.
“It Was a Sin” builds slow but gets really high energy by the end
“Soul Fight” has a top notch saxophone solo
Here’s a full concert at Red Rocks
They are a really good live act, better than the records, the show is great.
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