Not bad at all. She has a certain Shirley Manson quality to her, which from me is a huge compliment.
That was the first time I’d heard of her, let alone seen or heard her. I was intrigued, but not completely won over—thought her vocals were a bit week (but they could grow on me, or could be stronger elsewhere).
The acoustics at SNL are legendarily bad. Lots of first-time musical guests have a hard time getting their voices heard.
Give it a few days, then watch it again. Say, seven or so.
We probably listen to new artists, but we listen by genre, not artist. “Alexa, play zydeco” or “Alexa, play reggae”, and she plays music. I’m never told who the artist is.
I deserved that.
Mid-to-late Gen-X. Spotify doesn’t understand me either. I gave up after getting way too many songs that sounded like crap.
Until last March, I still listened to top 40 radio (or whatever they call it these days) on my commute. I also took dance classes for exercise, so I’d hear new music that way. I tend to like radio friendly stuff that has a beat that you can dance to. Nothing too avant garde (I’m just not that type of music person). Looking at the past few years of billboard, I’ve liked some of the songs by Lizzo, Sam Smith, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Chainsmokers, Halsey, (who I think are all “newer”). I kind of like a few k-pop songs, too - but because I can’t understand the lyrics, those are harder for me to get into. There are a lot of artists that are still recording (they were popular 10, 20, & 30 years ago) that I still listen to, too.
Heh. I saw an interview on youtube where a female jazz singer said she envied men’s voices. Why? Because she had no problem singing high, but she could not reach those low notes.
So as an antidote to those links I have to post this (even though he was long dead by 2010 so does not really belong in this thread):
60 yrs old. Used to have 1000s of albums, was in a rock band, attended concerts nearly every weekend growing up in Chicago at the Riv/the Brawlroom/the Uptown…
Some of the later replies represent my current tastes/purchases:
Rhiannon Giddens, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle - check, check, check.
All of the new music I’ve purchased in the past few years has been from roots/oldtime/bluegrass performers. Off the top of my head: Hawktail, Tui, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Special Consensus, Rayna Gellert, Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards, Lucas Poole, Mike Block…
Most bought following live shows. Not a heckuva lot of airplay among them. 
As far as popular music, my exposure is largely limited to SNL. I used to watch The Daily Show which had occasional music guests, and on occasion I’ve been in the room while my wife watched the Grammies. I do not appreciate most of what I’ve seen.
Folk mention Phoebe Bridgers on SNL. My reaction was different. I didn’t find her vocals or music terribly impressive, and the guitar smash seemed very staged and awkward. Obviously she appeals to tastes other than mine. Which is fine. I was similarly underwhelmed by the very popular Billie Ellish and, most recently, The Weeknd on the Superbowl.
The one artist I saw recently whom quite impressed me was St Vincent - but I get the feeling I would have appreciated her music more at an earlier stage in my life. On the infrequent occasions that I want it loud and rough, The Clash/Jason and the Scorchers/Living Colour… serve my purposes just fine.
At this stage in my life, I’m much more interested in making music than listening to it. To the extent I listen to and buy music, it is almost exclusively related to the music I like to play.
I rarely find an entire album’s worth on “new” music that I like well enough to spring for the whole album, but The Record Company is one of them. Mostly, I hear a song on the radio that I like, and look up the artist when I get home. Usually, it’s just the single I heard on the radio that I like.
Born in 1971. Some of my faves who debuted in the previous decade:
- Young Gun Silver Fox. Steely Dan/Doobies throwback. Check out “So Bad”
- Japanese Breakfast. Indie pop. Try “Machinist”
- Nick Waterhouse. Pure roots. “Katchi” will nestle its hooks in you.
- Lemon Twigs. Art pop. I like “Frank”
- Lucius. Terrific duo. Their originals are great, but this Dylan cover kills
- The War on Drugs. Art pop, I guess? Whatever, it’s just gorgeous, like late Roxy Music. “Under the Pressure”
- Ultimate Painting. Proof that Velvet Underground-style lo-fi never goes out of fashion. “Three Piers”
- Thundercat. R&B with a touch of neo-psychedelia. Wondering what Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald are doing? They’re recording with this guy.
- Chris Stapleton. Best songwriter right now who’s not Jason Isbell. Listen to “Traveler”
- The Revivalists. Aptly named. “Keep Going” has been my car jam for ages now.
There’s so much good stuff out there … dive in and enjoy!
I have a horrible time finding new music I like. I’m stuck in the 70’s-early 90’s, with occasional detours to the 50’s and 60’s. I love melody, guitar & keyboard solos, and I’m not fond of country music. I never find anything truly ‘new’ that I like. Chuck Prophet is the closest thing, but he’s been putting out albums for 20 years.
Does old music count if it’s ‘new to you’? Not too long ago, I found an early 70’s band I’d never heard of: Fanny. New-to-me music, anyway. I’ll take it.
I’m gonna hang out here and see if I can find some new music.
Not according to the OP:
But it’s fun finding good new-to-you music either way.
You might like Khruangbin. Mostly instrumental, but definitely got that 70s vibe going on. While meeting the OP’s criterion.
I’m from the Grunge era of the 90’s. Loved rock, but also a huge r&b fan. Snoh Alegra and Jhene Aiko are always playing when I’m driving. Also, Daniel Caesar, Frank Ocean, The Black Keys. There are so many good R&B artists right now. I can’t think of them all.
Any other fans of Hurray for the Riff Raff?
That’s crazy. I listened to a podcast a few weeks ago about Fanny. They’re a couple of Korean sisters, right?
The parents of the guitarist, June, and the bassist, Jean, are an American serviceman and a woman from the Philippines. The group is getting more attention these days than they have in decades, thanks to a half-hour video of them performing for German TV that was posted to Youtube in 2019. Here’s a thread I started last year about Fanny. My appreciation of them has grown as I’ve continued to listen to them, and I’m always happy to talk about them more.
To get back to the ‘new musical artists’ premise of the thread - I’ve remembered that I like a couple songs by Hozier. “To Be Alone” is my favorite.
The Phillipines! That’s right. They were talking to one of the sisters in the podcast. I wish I could remember where I heard it so I could share the thread. I’ll look for it on my phone. Is Hozier still together? I know a lot of Rock artists tour Europe, because Rock still has a huge audience there, particularly the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden…
One that I remembered while listening to Dan Deacon* was Flavien Berger. I don’t understand much French, and I found them from a Apple commercial, so I know diddly about them other than their first release was in 2014, I love the songs, and some of their videos are so beautiful it hurts.
So, if you like really well produced keyboard/synth-heavy psychedelic dance rock (and maybe even if you don’t), give them a listen.
Oh, and King Gizzard had a new record out last month. I’d love this song even it was just it’s guitar break, and it’s video’s pretty great, too.
*Who’s awesome, but too old for this thread.