Neko Case in either her solo career or with The New Pornographers. The voice of God with red hair. I would listen to Brill Bruisers by TNP or Middle Cyclone by Neko..

One of the few bands that have stuck with me for years, I give you Foreign Air. I recommend their album Hello Sunshine, most of them are bangers. My favourite songs include Your Touch and Hello Sunshine Pt 2.

I don't know if I can pick a favorite artist, my tastes are too varied. There's a ton of good suggestions in this thread, so a couple album recommendations I have that I don't see are:

Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire II

Rheostatics - Melville

Rammstein - Mutter - Spieluhr

Chopin - Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 № 1

REM - Monster - Bang and Blame

Jon Lajoie - You Want Some of This? - Show Me Your Genitals

Pearl Jam - Yield - Push Me Pull Me

Lindemann - Frau und Mann - Knebel

Ария - Химера - Вампир

Gamma Ray - Power Plant - Empress

Kurban - İnsanlar - Yine

Crowded House - Together Alone - Nails in my Feet

If someone couldn't find at least one song on that list that they like, I'd be very surprised.

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Picking a favorite artist is hard, but I recently got a CD for the For Squirrels album Example a few days ago. Absolutely in love with it, every single song on it. Especially the CD version of Mighty K.C., which feels like an extended version of what plays during the official music video on yt.

Can't say who's my favorite, but they're definitely up there.

Country Curious by Lola Kirke

Suffer in Heaven by Chelsea Grin

Hard Groove by The RH Factor

Empress Rising by Monolord

Old RockHounds Never Die by Odetta Hartman

Barefoot Surrender by Barefoot Surrender

Yours Until the War is Over by Amigo the Devil

Science Fiction by Church of the Cosmic Skull

Bilo IV by David Maxim Micic

Quiet World by Native Construct

More Power. More Pain. by Gideon

Here are some of my favorites in no particular order from no particular genre that aren't generally well known as far as I am aware. I hope you enjoy some of them!

Seven Spires!!!

If an evil spirit cast a curse on me that I cannot listen to anything but Seven Spires, I wouldn't be too bothered.

They're a symphonic metal band, they released an amazing album this year "A Fortress Called Home".

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Dire Straights, On Every Street.

Too many genres, artists, decades to choose one, I'll pick one, hope you'll enjoy. Cassius - The sound of violence