I have no exposure to mainstream music from my undisclosed location, so apologies if any of these have become mainstream at some point, because I wouldn't know.
B0rns - Syrupy pop music of the type you might expect to hear on the radio, but exceptionally well done. I saw someone with a B0rns shirt a while ago though, so maybe he's not obscure anymore.
Chylinska - What if Ramstein was significantly better, and also their lead singer was a woman, and also they were Polish? O.N.A, an earlier band of largely the same people, is also good. Winna is a good song to start with.
Hop Along - Nobody can sing like Frances Quinlan. Get Disowned is a powerful album, and Tibetan Pop Stars is the greatest post-breakup song of all time.
Heize - Has an incredible range of emotion and singing styles. I wish I could recommend specific songs or albums but they're all in Korean so who knows which is which (answer: mostly Koreans). But you can just pick an album at random, she's great.
Japanese Breakfast - They have an album titled Soft Sounds From Another Planet which is also a very good summary of what this band sounds like. Their latest album is not very good, though. Machinist is a good song to start with.
Yumi Zouma - Japanese Breakfast has an album titled Soft Sounds From Another Planet which is also a very good summary of what this band sounds like, though Yumi Zouma is more soft and less from another planet. I'll recommend Alena as a song to start with, but just for the sake of a concrete rec.
I have no exposure to mainstream music from my undisclosed location, so apologies if any of these have become mainstream at some point, because I wouldn't know.
B0rns - Syrupy pop music of the type you might expect to hear on the radio, but exceptionally well done. I saw someone with a B0rns shirt a while ago though, so maybe he's not obscure anymore.
Chylinska - What if Ramstein was significantly better, and also their lead singer was a woman, and also they were Polish? O.N.A, an earlier band of largely the same people, is also good. Winna is a good song to start with.
Hop Along - Nobody can sing like Frances Quinlan. Get Disowned is a powerful album, and Tibetan Pop Stars is the greatest post-breakup song of all time.
Heize - Has an incredible range of emotion and singing styles. I wish I could recommend specific songs or albums but they're all in Korean so who knows which is which (answer: mostly Koreans). But you can just pick an album at random, she's great.
Japanese Breakfast - They have an album titled Soft Sounds From Another Planet which is also a very good summary of what this band sounds like. Their latest album is not very good, though. Machinist is a good song to start with.
Yumi Zouma - Japanese Breakfast has an album titled Soft Sounds From Another Planet which is also a very good summary of what this band sounds like, though Yumi Zouma is more soft and less from another planet. I'll recommend Alena as a song to start with, but just for the sake of a concrete rec.