Another rapper I have come to love is Le1f. Wut has been a contented for Vulture's song of the summer and I think it should definitely win! It's super fun and dance-y and the video is as well! I may not understand everything, but that beat is superb. The lyrics are funny too.
Oberhofer is a band I discovered recently. Away Frm U is such a feel good song. I loved it from the first time I heard it, which rarely happens for me! This is one of those songs I'm convinced everyone will love once they hear it.
I first heard this song a few weeks back and I thought it was some good 90s rock, but apparently Peace is a new band with only an EP out. Even though this is some lame Tumblr pastel goth shit going on on the music video, I still really love the song and think the band is super cool. The four track EP is excellent as well. Here's hoping the band does really well so we get more songs!
Just like the previous band, Swim Deep also hails from Birmingham. The first song I head of theirs was Honey and it remains my favorite til now. King City is a close second. I like their reference of Jenny Lindberg who is from another one of my favorite bands, Warpaint. I watched an interview with the band, Swim Deep, not Warpaint, and fell in love with the boys (also they are my age which made me want to date them and at the same time kill myself for being so unaccomplished in comparison). I feel the need to comment about the boys' clothing style, because I like it, I like it a lot. The more like garbage you look, the higher the chance I'd want to smang you.
Amazing all girl band, PINS, just released their debut EP which is named after this song. I know there are very few all girl bands who really make it these days and most of the time they get famous for being an all girl band instead of for the music; that's why I was really surprised to find that PINS' very first songs sound stellar!
TOY (another google unfriendly band name) reminds me of The Horrors, another one of my faves. Obviously they have the same playing-music-in-the-dark-with-psychedelic-lights music video formula. Don't worry, they aren't some cheap knock-off! They are just as good (although I may have to listen to more than three songs to make that call). Listen to this song and try not to drown in the lead singer's eyes (it's a difficult feat, trust me).
MØ is so great that I don't even mind that I have to google her and copy paste her name every time I have to type her. People were saying she's the new Grimes, but I can find some differences. MØ has more of a belting out voice and it really plays well into her songs. Also, she does that whole Lana del Rey thing where she gets vintage clips and pastes them together for videos. Anyway, Pilgrim is by far my favorite of her songs. I think it's such a perfect feel good tune.
Sky Ferreira is known by most of us as a famous girl who goes to parties and dresses well. I never even knew she was a singer until I followed her on twitter and she kept promoting her music. I figured, oh a pretty and famous girl who is trying her hand at music-- it will definitely be mediocre. Now I love Sky. She is such an inspiration, because her style is exactly my style. But making good music takes talent and I wasn't sure she had it. When this song started popping up everywhere, I figured I'd give it a listen and by the end of the day, I had memorized the lyrics. I don't think it's excellent life changing music, but man is it catchy. So 80s and go great.
Bat for Lashes' new song, Laura, has gotten quite a buzz already, so I guess I don't have to convince anyone that this is great. Besides, everyone already knows the band from their earlier song, Daniel (which if you have never heard, then you need to get on that, like, right the hell now). Apparently, this song has a really tragic meaning and it really resonates if you give it a listen.
These are just a few songs I wanted to put in. A bunch of things on my playlist right now don't have official music videos yet so I figured it wouldn't be as fun to still put them here. But if you like the songs, talk to me about music, because I literally know no one who doesn't make fun of my music taste, so any acknowledgement would me appreciated. Also most of these are not well-known bands so if you like them, tell ya friends, ya parents, ya professors, ya neighbors, everyone! Help the indie music scene (ew did I just say that?)
