Discovering new music is always something exciting but can sometimes be a little difficult as there isn’t really a specific space to find new music. Scrolling through Spotify may be a solution but it’s impossible to find underground artists when Spotify heavily crowds itself with just the most popular artists, so down below are some of my favorite artists that I think deserve way more attention than they are getting.
RayBull
Playing as an opener for Ricky Montgomery, my first interaction with the band RayBull was actually live. As only a Ricky Montgomery fan I unfortunately overlooked the opener until the day of the concert. This is a mistake I will never make again as I was so surprised by how much I would fall in love with this band.
Since RayBull was only opening, their set list unfortunately only consisted of about 5 songs but with such a short amount of time they still left a lasting impression. From their discography, Tell Me I’m A Fool is by far my favorite song and I actually got to see this performed live. Both the melody and lyrics were initially amazing. RayBull’s music genre is considered indie pop and is written by the band duo Aaron Graham and Tucker Elkins.
As of publication RayBull have 244.1k monthly listeners on Spotify and 423k followers on Instagram where you can find them under the handle @ray__bull.
MarQ
Social media is obviously a huge way to promote your music, while scrolling on Tik Tok I came across a young artist promoting an upcoming song named Farwell, while the song was not out when I first came across it, I loved the clip posted so much I had to see what else he had to offer.
Losing My Cool was the first full song of his that I heard, I knew instantly he would become one of my favorites. I have been following his musical journey for a while now and as of publication he just released an EP named Rhodie. I personally loved it would and would definitely recommend giving it a try, especially if it is your first time listening to his art.
As of publication MarQ has 232.6k monthly listeners on Spotify and 4,588 followers on Instagram where you can find him under the handle @haydenmarq.
Ludic
A very common way of finding new music for myself is scrolling through Instagram’s music section while looking for a song to match my posts. While scrolling one day, I came across Heart Emoji by Ludic. I instantly knew it was an amazing song from the 15 second snippet Instagram gave me.
Ludic is a band made up of three members: Ayla Tesler-Mabe, Maxton Cunningham, and Rhett Cunningham. While having a very mixed discography, each of their songs are still amazing in different ways.
As of publication Ludic has 19k monthly listeners on Spotify and 24.4k followers on Instagram where you can find him under the handle @ludicofficial.
The Aubreys
Being a part of a band while being a famous actor often gains tons of attraction from fans but surprisingly enough The Aubreys do not get nearly enough recognition as they deserve. The Aubreys duo is made up of famous actor Finn Wolfhard best known for his role as Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things and former Calpurnia drummer Malcolm Craig.
Although Wolfhard promotes the band on his main Instagram with over 22 million followers the Aubreys don’t even have half a million followers. This might be a good thing though as Wolfhard and Craig have stated before that they simply create music to create art. From their discography, Karaoke Alone is my personal favorite of their works.
As of publication The Aubreys have 60.8k monthly listeners on Spotify and 225k followers on Instagram where you can find them under the handle @theaubreysrphun.
Yatoimtop
While scrolling through Instagram reels, I came across a very interesting video that consisted of 3 different forms of mixed media. Life filming, 3D animation, and 2D animation. It was such an interesting array of mixed media it instantly drew me in.
Not only did the video have amazing visuals but it had an incredible sound backing. The sound backing was a sample of artist “Yatoimtop”, this song has not been released or named but it led to me doing a deep dive into who Yatoimtop is and what he makes.
Yatoimtop has many talents which include animating, game development, and music production. Although focusing on his music for now, Yatoimtop has much more than that to share. My favorite of his works being his song Something’s Up.
As of publication Yatoimtop has 1,614 monthly listeners on Spotify and 15.9k followers on Instagram where you can find them under the handle @yatoimtop.
Jamilla
With a discography of two songs, Jamilla is by far the most underrated artist on this list. Originally, I found her song Look Through My Eyes while scrolling through Instagram’s music options and immediately fell in love. Jamila’s music has such a beautiful and unique sound to it, it’s so unfortunate how underrated she is.
Jamilla started publishing her music after her cousin said she liked her music; this decision was an amazing decision. Her art is genuinely amazing and has just entrapped me. I cannot emphasize enough how much I need more people to listen to her music.
As of publication Jamilla has 71 monthly listeners on Spotify and 1,361 followers on Instagram where you can find them under the handle @jamiluss.
Make sure to support each artist mentioned on this list as all these artists deserve so much recognition for their amazing talent and work.