If you’re anything like me and music is your life, you might find yourself feeling bored from listening to the same songs or artists over and over.
While I will always love hearing Hozier, boygenius, and Harry Styles on my shuffle, I want to provide you with five artists that you may not have heard of or haven’t listened to yet to give your playlists a bit of flair this year!
- INHaler
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Inhaler is a band from Dublin, Ireland, specializing in indie-rock and rock music. They have a fun and exciting sound, and they remind me of music you’d hear in a 2010s coming-of-age movie. They currently have two albums out, It Won’t Always Be Like This and Cuts & Bruises, released in 2021 and 2023, respectively.
Some songs I recommend from Inhaler are:
- “My King Will Be Kind”
- “Dublin in Ecstasy”
- “Cheer Up Baby”
- chappell roan
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Chappell Roan is a pop artist who has been taking the music scene by storm since the 2023 release of her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
Roan has a very similar sound to artists like Sabrina Carpenter, MUNA, and King Princess. She writes about experiences like queer love, hookups, breakups, and everything in between, which I have had a really fun time discovering.
My recommendations for Chappell Roan songs are:
- “Red Wine Supernova”
- “Naked in Manhattan”
- “Casual”
- laufey
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Laufey is a jazz-pop artist from Iceland, and she just recently won a Grammy award!
Laufey’s sound is a very floaty, ethereal type of jazz that focuses on love and self-discovery. If you’re a fan of musicians like Astrud Gilberto, Etta James, or Norah Jones, Laufey is just right for you! She currently has two albums out, Everything I Know About Love and Bewitched.
My recommendations for Laufey are:
- “Fragile”
- “Lovesick”
- “California and Me”
- the beaches
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The Beaches are a band from Toronto that actually began under the name Done with Dolls, which is how I came to discover them, like, a million years ago.
They specialize in pop-rock, and I am obsessed with them right now! If you liked Inhaler or enjoy Lucy Dacus, boygenius, or The Regrettes, give The Beaches a shot. They currently have two albums under their current moniker: Late Show and Blame My Ex.
My recommendations for The Beaches:
- “Cigarettes”
- “Shower Beer”
- “Highway 6”
- the crane wives
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The Crane Wives make what I can best call questing music. They make folk-rock music that also sounds like something you’d hear a bard sing in a game of Dungeons & Dragons. If you’re like me and love fantasy, folklore, or watching Critical Role, The Crane Wives could be for you.
Song Recommendations I have for The Crane Wives:
- “The Moon Will Sing”
- “Curses”
- “Never Love an Anchor”
These are some artists whom I have found in the last year or two and have really enjoyed finding new music and favourite songs through them, and I hope by providing you with this list, I can do the same for you. Enjoy, and happy listening!