I need to add some more variety to my music collection 
anyone have recommendations?
(not overly concerned about genre, I have faves from bloody damn near everything)
@daisy_todd these have been noted and recorded - I'll be giving them each a look 
@daisy_todd thank you, btw 
@Chel D'aw it's no problem! 
Alvvays
Japanese Breakfast
Snail Mail
Three relatively recent indie jangle/ dream pop artists. I can recommend specific songs as well
@Zelli excellent. my music to-do list grows more and more powerful 😈
It's the best kind of power you can wield 🎼🎵🎶
Also I'm taking this thread as permission to randomly dm you music I like from now on~
@Zelli feel free! 
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@Chel Let's see. ^_^
Studio Killers
Professor Kliq
Apollo 440
Sofi Tukker (great for videos, too, eg Johny, Drinkee, Baby I'm a Queen)
Ängie
Gorillaz (Tranz being a recent fave)
Janelle Monae
Carpenter Brut "Turbo Killer" (excellent video)
Jain
CSS "City Grrrl"
Heartsrevolution "Kishi Kaisei"
Charlotte Gainbourg "Deadly Valentine"
Spitfire's Day Off (PMV set to Save Ferris' cover of Come On Eileen, better than the original)
Kesha's most recent album, esp. Woman
some music recs
@porsupah omg, Kesha's Rainbow album is just drfugiojkhn ikuvojhybaouizSkrfdxgvtz LOVE. extremely fond of Studio Killers as well
I'll be adding the rest to the list, thank you so much
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@Chel Yay! I hope you wind up with another new fave or two. ^_^
For general listening, I find SOMA's PopTron quite decent, though sometimes a bit small a playlist, and CHIRP Radio, all from actual, real DJs, so the styles can be all over the place. (I'm particularly fond of Nicole Oppenheim's "Ear Candy", 9am-noon Central; they're in Chicago. DJ Megatron and Superfrye are also very good)
You can get an idea from their playlist:
https://chirpradio.org/playlists
- not just the same old!
some music recs
@porsupah appreciate the link!
@Chel Spirit Phone by Lemon Demon is pure spooky JAMS 
and it has a huge anticapitalist message in its lyrics
Album cws: suicide, murder, surreal horror
@gigavinyl spooky jams? 
I'm already sold tbh
@Chel Probably my least well-known current fave is Marian Call: https://mariancall.bandcamp.com/
I'd recommend her more recent albums, especially Standing Stones but also Sketchbook, Something Fierce, and Live in Europe. She also has a _lot_ of cute one-offs and covers.
@klara awesome! I'll be looking into this 
@Chel yelle is an amazing pop/electronica artist. there's also now, now if you like indie pop (or lesbians lmao!), nothing, nowhere for sad rap, and the birthday massacre for 80's style electro rock i guess you could call it
@niji I stumbled upon Birthday Massacre not too long ago, and liked what I heard!
I'll give the others a look
@Chel Grizzly Bear tbh
This is my favorite band in the world. They do a lot of different styles of metal, but it all tends to be grotesque and dark. I won't take offense if you don't like them: they're definitely an acquired taste.
@Chel I've been listening to a lot of Celldweller and Scandroid stuff, (Scandroid is the same guy but all synthwave/cyberpunk themed stuff). Also Blue Stahli is pretty good. Abney Park is neat as well if you want steampunk pirate music.