Strange, Obscure, & Underrated Music Artists Suggestions

[Techétte]

Post any music artists/albums you love that have exremely low views, have extremely unusual composition/sounds, or are generally underrated!


Cain - Antilife

MCU - Apex

mHz - Same Room, Another Day

Autechre - gonk steady one

DV-i - Net Wild '09

I34 - 34512314123912

vertigo - (untitled)

solenoid - o2

randall thomas - sherwood
https://open.spotify.com/album/5fPAzMDODqlX3sHFOE2HH1

[MrsMoe]

Watch out, obligatory Residents mention incoming

[torquuato]

obligatory "the wangs" mention: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vWweceJ3vhcgAqjk1z9Gc?si=WLgmAdJsRUWL938iTAMx7Q
found these guys while going thru spotify with a friend. its like, french gothic surf i think?? i really like it tho and think its pretty underrated.

[smileyhogwash]

Recently I've been quite fascinated by Weasel Walter, an American drummer and composer who is mostly known for leading the Flying Luttenbachers and its rotating cast of musicians. He plays death metal, noise rock, no wave, free jazz, and all sorts of extreme music (he himself coined the term "brutal prog" to describe it). It's super fun and he has really opened my world up to all sorts of music I wouldn't have listened to before.

I recommend the Luttenbachers' "Losing the War Inside Our Heads", their most recent offering. Delicious noise rock, not quite as avant-garde as some of their other records. It was what got me into the band in the first place!

If you are willing to dive into something a little more out there, I recommend the album "Katyusha" on which he is joined by bassist Teté Leguía and saxophone maniac (endearing) Martín Escalante. It is some furious improvised music ("ballistic fire music that starts where the most berserk, intense free music begins and then sustains that, then pushes it further." ), a record on which Martín and Teté weave dense textures of noise that W.W. stitches together with his drumming, making for a peculiar and exciting experience.

Weasel has played in many groups and has amassed a large catalogue of music, which in my opinion is totally worth exploring! it's lots of fun to do so~!

[Solinus]

https://14-4ml.neocities.org/
https://lydels.neocities.org/

2 breakbeat musicians I encountered when browsing the indie web

[EdiAtarka]

MY TIME..HAS COME

exospacial psionic aura - (behold the arctopus)

the eye light - (follow the white rabbit)

gun shy - (weed)

water bird - (coaltar of the deepers) one of my favs

a boat to drown in - (metz)

[lakes]

Some others:
Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis

[John]

One of my favourite musicians: Gautier Serre

Igorrr - ieuD

[LucaDoodleDoo]

I don't know if he counts as "strange" or "obscure", but Djo's music has really grown on me! That's the artist name of Joe Keery, actor from Stranger Things :P

[fablefound]

oh, threads like this are what i was made for... imagine me, if you will, cracking my knuckles and opening up a hoard of records/cds/mp3s...

first of all, the vintage. i've got

sunforest: 60s psych trio whose medieval revival aesthetic i can't help but be obsessed with

peter straker: in a kinder world he'd be a household name and queer icon. close friend of freddie mercury and incredible performer.

libby morris: very quirky theatre artist with exactly one live album to her name. super ahead of her time imo.

jobriath: considered by many to be the first openly queer rockstar. tragically passed away of aids-related complications in '83, but left behind his incredible art.

team dresch: 90s queercore my beloved...

and now, the contemporary... most of whom are friends of mine/local artists but don't mind that lol

webpage 505: okay this is actually my band LOL but i think we really killed it with this track. good luck trying to pin it to a single genre!

mamfy: twinkly electronic bleepbloops that make me feel like i'm floating!

dust cwaine: drag artist turned musician and generally considered a legend in the local arts scene where i'm from. theyve really grown as an artist over the last few years and im obsessed with it!

cat.flp: going to link her kawaii jerk album here, but her discography has some frankly ridiculous range lol. this is just one of her biggest releases

kitty prozac: i think the title of this track speaks for itself.

kate yahn: i dont know how this isnt more popular. this is such good pop!!!

plusol: absolutely delicious electronics going on here.

devours: genuinely this artist's soundscapes are such inspirations to me. they're so fun!!!

autoheartvan: where else are you gonna get a polari political anthem?

stanza lune: dont mind me self-promoting again. but i think this song turned out very cool

[Indigo]

Totally recommend the band Hiroshima. They are an R&B band from Japan that also fuses traditional Japanese instruments into their music as well.

I found out about this band from an abandoned Hiroshima East CD at my local library sale. Turns out there was no CD in it and this lead me into researching them from home.(Bonus I kept the CD because of how nice the art was on it.)

I listened to their album L.A. and that became a fun listening experience of hearing the mixtures of saxophone playing and string music from within the songs.

[Cyber_Cyan]

Oh yeah, I have just the artist for this thread !!

My dear friend just released her first EP on Bandcamp, and it releases on all platforms on the 24rd !
She's Blue Laïka, an electropop artist who is so incredibly talented. I'd really encourage you to give her songs a listen.

One of my fav of hers is Play Me, which is having a video clip which will be released on Friday, but you can already listen to it on YouTube !

https://youtu.be/q22umHeTaYQ

And here's her Bandcamp if you want to listen to the full EP before its official release on Friday:
https://bluelaika.bandcamp.com/album/shades-of-blue

[sleepyhare]

I don't know if he counts as "strange" or "obscure", but Djo's music has really grown on me! That's the artist name of Joe Keery, actor from Stranger Things :P

^^ Omg you're so right, Djo is the best!! The Stranger Things cast has made some great music; Maya Hawke is so soothing (I love her songs Generous Heart and Wrong Again) and anything that Finn Wolfhard touches is GOLD in my opinion (I especially love The Aubreys, here's one from them:)

Speaking of Stranger Things, Kate Bush is AMAZING. Lots of people know Running Up That Hill and Army Dreamers, which are great, but her other great music tends to fly under the radar. Here are some of my favourites...

One of my favourite obscure artists is Lowertown! My friend introduced me to them a while ago and I'm obsessed with these songs in particular:

I've also been listening to a lot of Molly Burch recently! This is one of her more obscure songs that I love, but my favourite is I Adore You.

Summer Salt is a classic; their songs feel like playing and/or relaxing on a beach somewhere tropical-- very nostalgic!

And I have to shout out my favourite local artist, Leith Ross! I went to their first ever headline concert in October; they were so nervous, their hands were shaking, but they did amazing and it was such a fun night! At some point they got us to slowdance with someone in the room while they played this song:

Other favourites from Leith:

~~~ SPEED ROUND! ~~~

Vashti Bunyan:

Housewife:

Sarah Harmer:

Whatever, Dad:

Thanks for all the great recommendations, all!

[lakes]

Vashti Bunyan:

I was obsessed with Vashti Bunyan for a while after watching the Patriot.

I'm gonna share this unrelated album now because it makes me feel like I'm in a sci fi mystery thriller:

[RNotteLovesOwls]

let me introduce you to a world known by some as “botanica”. featuring...

even porter robinson partook (thought i wouldn’t call him “underrated”):