Favorite underrated bands/singers?

[partyingwithpizza]

Looking for the artists with under 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify or YouTube. Any genre is fine. I want music recommendations from the artists you feel deserve more listeners and don't have enough hype. Here are some of my favorites that I don't hear talked about enough:
Ghostlo

View: https://youtu.be/GdEwXUw7XeI


Ho99o9

View: https://youtu.be/gtvvC8B_xw8


Elaine

View: https://youtu.be/igFPs1514QA


Sleater-Kinney

View: https://youtu.be/34XX_fg-R_4

Kaiit

View: https://youtu.be/Tc3Ez10tjaY

 

[Sweet n' Comfy]

Can't believe these guys aren't on spotify at all smh

 

[mycologist]

View: https://youtu.be/i4e_b-DmggY


cool post hardcore band

 

[ETierhuman]

Drake

 

[vaporwavemaster1]

ニコラス・セケイラは過小評価されているボーカル配信をしていると思います。彼は範囲が広く、即座に認識できる特定の配信と抑揚を打つのが得意です。彼の最新のアカペラ作品は、人間の声で何ができるかを示す良い例です。これを聞いてください


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tKKk_4SpAA


特に過小評価されている歌手について考えるとき、彼は頭に浮かぶ

 

[Pacing Tape]

My reply to things like this used to always be Hot Freaks, but since Puppy Princess blew up a while back they've been going strong in the upper hundred thousands and millions of monthly listeners. (I still highly recommend them if you're into Indie Pop Rock at all.)

Seeing as they don 't fit the requirements anymore, my go to is The Dodos. They've been making music since the mid 2000s and have never really had any huge hits, at least not enough to get them up to consistently. I highly recommend their earlier stuff, and their first album is still my favorite. If you're into indie and enjoy drums at all, you'll more than likely enjoy The Dodos, since most of their songs are pretty heavy on larger drums. (I don't know what kind, I'm not a musician of any kind.)



There's also another personal favorite, this small rock number called Samsa, which I can't find any information on. I imagine that's mostly a result of sharing a name with a Lofi Rapper who blew up around 2017-18. Either way, all of his stuff is on Spotify and iTunes. On top of the Lofi-Rapper, Samsa also shares a name with what seems to be some sort of South American or Mexican rap group and a couple other vaguely South American or South Asian musicians. Mostly I just find his music criminally underrated and I love the shit out of it, even if there's only four songs. (1 three song EP and a single on some radio compilation album.)

View: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kwaYLCcUYV7CNtjsvgOsR

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/samsa/1513311252

 

[juicy_ricky]

Two words...Steely Dan. That is all

 

[calico_jack]

prince daddy and the hyena

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cv4Jq1O75M

 

[mydadiscar]

Wumpscut.

View: https://youtu.be/Nr5juHiyU_8

 

[Thereal]

I've been listening to this album by U.S. Saucer lately. Its a weird country/experimental album and I didn't like it at first but its really grown on me. Give it a try next time you're feelin like a cowboy with no horse.

View: https://youtu.be/FtNwesJh-Kk


This guy Memory Loss Inc has been making really cool videos for a while, though recently he's unlisted most of them. He mainly makes videos showing his writing process, and his music is pretty good imo. Also very into vaporwave.

View: https://youtu.be/FaSjary_kCs


View: https://youtu.be/4Bi27-eIPdA


View: https://youtu.be/HR45eOS0rik


There's also this EP from this guy Geno7 that I saw in a shill thread on /mu/. I like it, kinda reminds me of Lemon Demon.

View: https://youtu.be/4vnKV6FZa9w

 

[?!MemoryHead!?]

this guy

 

[Deleted member 2652]

Mecha Maiko fucking bangs

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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omtxSoe48A0[/video]


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]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1FjV8cGP8[/video]

 

[∆ ♯ℛΔR∄♯ » //MȺⓃΔṪTȺN//∆]

I'd say simoyuki, they mostly make remixes of songs, but I enjoy them a lot. I don't know how underground they are really since some of their videos have quite a few views. but I'd say their more serious works are underrated. they have other music reposted on yt that isn't on their main account, I would link them here but I'm lazy lol. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5HO8Nwfou3cXfrhZwKu2ew/videos

 

[Lukeas1111]

They are all under 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and they all slap.

Fishmans

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RXib7hZGxI&t=122s

Last Dinosaurs

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Ws3rB5eg0

Kalapana

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEf6RcnceE

 

[nagolbud]

Come fight me like a man.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT0yoo9B2Bc&list=PLeQuI8nFPM6TnYxXAyYiBRbbyvJA-NW16&index=46

 

[gathermore]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sFzE7vTrxw

 

[DeathToMicroWaves]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiifCAd3_uk


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBNlD29hnw

 

[RIG]

Shannon Hoon of blind melon. Really only known for no rain and thought of as a 1 hit wonder, this could not be farther from the truth though.
Shannon Hoon had one of the greatest voices I've ever heard, he was scouted by none other than axel rose where he did some duets with him live.
Shannon burned through drugs though fast and slaughtered his voice, he died in 95 of an OD after only releasing 2 albums, soup and blind melon. Post Mortem they released an album called Nico that had some unfinished ideas on it.

I can't remember if it was 2008 or earlier but Shannon's mom posted on a forum a recording of some raw acoustic tunes Shannon had slapped together before blind melon that was early versions of a lot of popular songs.

View: https://youtu.be/0PPHtdx8xzw


Here are some of my favorite performances by Shannon.

a really beautiful version of the velvet under ground song candy says
View: https://youtu.be/fOCqceClymw


of course I can't leave out the iconic bee girl


View: https://youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58

Sleepy house reminds me of my stoner days

View: https://youtu.be/OUjOwtbfpwo

Paper scratcher acoustic is phenomenal


View: https://youtu.be/D5j33gK8fUg


Change, the song that made me love Shannon

https://youtu.be/Yn1WbBaWTdc

this song is a weird one, no clue where it's from as it's not on any albums


https://youtu.be/nXp5-34ucSI
A happy little banjo tune about a serial https://youtu.be/lCHd3VCu47M

Last but not least a cover of a wonderful school house rock tune.
https://youtu.be/LVfe6rdHRKI

I love Shannon Hoon, wish the fella was still around.

 

[brentw]

View: https://youtu.be/i4e_b-DmggY

cool post hardcore band

I'm struck by how out of time that sounds.
If you told me that track was from the early 2000's I absolutely would have believed you.

 

[Jessica3cho雪血⊜青意]

Okay, so I'm going to count this on a technicality:

YukoEXE. She has 1 song on spotify with over a million views, but I think that's only because of the guitarist featuredand it being over a year old, but the rest of her music has 300,000 or less.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMyD84C7M0



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7os0nbk9Ns



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOLdMd7lYIY