Ghost. Square Hammer is the song that initially melted my face off.

Edit: Almost forgot, I think I got into Dirt Poor Robins even more recently. I just love their sound, it's like nothing I've heard before. A lot of their songs possess religious undertones, but not obnoxiously so. Some faves:

• The Saints I
• The Saints II
• Anthem to the Edge of the Earth
• You'll Never Hear it Coming
• Take Him Away

A timely question! I've been listening to Neutral Milk Hotel a lot recently, and for the first time. I'd heard of the band back in the day, but somehow never listened. The Wikipedia entry lists a number of my favorite bands as influenced by them, so I guess it's no surprise that I enjoy it so much.

Kyuss

I just found out about fleshgod apocalypse, they're fantastic. If symphonic death metal speaks to you it's worth checking them out!

A few choices:

The Fool

And the Vulture Beholds

I Can Never Die

Igorr . Ils sont fous, les Français!

In This Moment - alternative metal (?)

Just finished listening through their discography last week.

YouTube

TIDAL

Bloodywood - A Bollywood themed metal band. Great fun!

I’m currently waiting for Jesse Welles to take the stage. His song “RED” hooked me hard.

I probably heard stuff on the radio (CBC-1) and even on Lemmy that I've taken a liking to the first time I've heard them, but have yet to search for them. But here are a few relatively recent stuff. I pretty sure I've listened to each of the first 3 at least 10x, maybe ≥20x.

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Clarissa - Ela [might be "bedroom pop"/lo-fi/dream pop/techno-pop/soft] (2021)

https://lemmy.world/post/18462542

ELA - Clarissa

https://vimeo.com/586751589

2:52

(You can probably download this directly from Vimeo.)

Yeah, I know, 2 young attractive barefoot women who kiss in the end and the translation, IIUC, indicates that her parents wouldn't understand their relationship, but I've taken quite a liking to the music.

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Ivana Máchová & Miriam Hrušková - Terezka [sounds a bit like ABBA] (1979)

https://lemmy.world/post/35969218

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Cold Showers - "Sliver" (Official Video) (they sound a bit like Depeche Mode)

https://lemmy.world/post/31824931

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[21st dekaday, 2787 YAE] Laura (music by Nick Gudgeon; Dancer Laura Beanland Stephens) [the music has a bit of a Tycho feel to it] (2018)

https://lemmy.world/post/33108498

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wp:Sally Go 'Round the Roses

[R&B pop]

American Bandstand 1963 – TOP 10 – Sally, Go 'Round The Roses, The Jaynetts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwIuMLQe2A&list=RDPOwIuMLQe2A&start_radio=1

3:31

"Sally go round the roses

(Sally go round the pretty roses)

They won't tell your secret

(they won't tell your secret)"

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Also, this sounds like great My Bloody Valentine: 😁🙂

How to make Shoegaze in 2 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN67L4LJxgw

2:17

Been digging the Wee Hairy Beasties:

https://youtu.be/59nn4Yepnzk

ANIMA! Moving Mountains is my favorite.

Ho99o9

Industrial, hardcore, punk, rap, metal, all at the same time.

"Street Power"

Electric Callboy!!

They’re a German electronicore band who fuses metal, EDM and techno and they’re pretty fun/funny

We Got the Moves!

Greta van Fleet

Kaleo - rock and roll from Iceland

Amigo the Devil - found on a murderfolk playlist

Parov Stellar - techno-swing

Bridge City Sinners - murderfolk

Mariache el Bronx - mariache cover band

Plastic Bertrand - French surf rock (?)

I got really into Flopsy's Dream and their debut album Pleasant Pudding last summer.

It's the secondary project of Tom Davies, a Geoguessr YouTuber I've been following for years. Soft, laid-back rock that hit the spot just right for me.

I don’t know how new they are but band of horses and Lord Huron

They kinda blew up recently because of their KEXP performance, but I discovered Angine de Poitrine like 2 weeks before that.

I also discovered 88Kasyo Junrei around the same time. Fantastic band.

A few recent ones are Ducks Ltd, Cindy Lee and MJ Lenderman/ Wednesday.

The last one is Lord of the Lost. Scratched the itch of getting a metal band that I don't have to worry about being a nazi cult in the future.

Two that I just absolutely LOVE after I came across them:

Theocracy:

https://youtu.be/143Bj62fm-Y

Uplifting Christian power metal. They SHRED and bring me hope in this dark world.

Smash Into Pieces:

https://youtu.be/3NpjfRKOblg

I'm digging pretty much everything they do. "Trigger" is a favorite but I play the dopamine out of everything they make. That's a really rare and fantastic feeling to vibe so well with a group/artist. :D

Johnny booth

In the span of like 2 weeks I discovered a bunch of new music. I never get why people cling onto the stereotype that you stop listening to new music once you hit a certain age. I'm finding new shit all the time.

Die Spitz - Doom/Punk/Grunge band from Texas. They have really wild shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB01l-V_vAE

Tropical Fuck Storm - Aussie Rock & Roll. Kind of a sad boy druggy aesthetic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t663s10WwPE

Earth Tongue - New Zealand classic Heavy Metal with Ozzy and Satan in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qUjVRe8fs

Spite - Deathcore. Kinda boring old school Myspace era stuff to be honest. Takes me back to 2007 when I was a wee lad though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qUjVRe8fs

Am I the crusty Deathmetal head now?

Vendredi sur Mer (Switzerland) - catchy, original electropop with a lot of lullaby-ish spoken word. Much of Charline's early work was co-written by wunderkind Lewis Ofman.

They've been around or several years now, but I just discovered Brothers of Metal a month or so ago from one of their tracks being in the game Pistol Whip, and I'm slowly becoming obsessed.

They're such a fun balance of epic viking fantasy and tongue in cheek humor.

POWERSNAKE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpiK6ncKQfM

The Other Son of Odin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFGkutszRFA

Death of the God of Light - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=469fV_JzIwM

Brothers Unite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWAC0Dw6JE

Yggdrasil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5yYMjU8xDg

Royal Blood and Spoegwolf.

Igorrr - can't understand no one around me have ever heard about them.

I think for me that might be Unleash the Archers. I ended up looking through their discography and while their earlier stuff was a tad rough, everything from the album "Apex" onward is great. The quintessential UtA single for me is Awakening.

Really got into? The Strokes three or four years ago.

Oh God so many

Lebrock

Fm84

Przm

Dylan Gossett

Ryan Birmingham

Billy strings

So many more but these are what comes immediately to mind.

Sleep Theory - not to be confused with Sleep Token