Can you recommend any obscure artists or groups I may not have heard of?

Question

I am always keeping my ears open for new music. I like pretty much all genres and styles.

Answer 1

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - sparkly, folksy music with the gorgeous vocals of Hope Sandoval

Air - really chilled-out, downtempo electronica

Elysian Fields- sultry vocals of Jennifer Charles with dark, dreamy music

Opal - an obscure '80s psychedelic band

My Bloody Valentine - '80s/'90s dreamy shoegaze band

Sparklehorse - alt-country/low-fi indie rock band with surreal lyrics

Jana McCall - slightly folksy and psychedelic rock with edgy, emotional vocals

The Swirlies - awesome shoegaze band

Goldfrapp - moody vocals and left-of-field electronics

Gianluca Petrella - Italian trombonist with mix of jazz and electronic music

Answer 2

At the Drive In
Tsunami Bomb
Aimee Mann
Harry and the Potters
Kristin Hersh
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
The Magic Numbers

Answer 3

Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, Sounds of Blackness, Bootcamp Click

Answer 4

Nightwish -- metal band with a classically-trained vocalist
The Streets -- English techno/rap "group"
Placebo -- British rock
They Might Be Giants -- Brooklyn based geek rock
Richard Cheese -- covers pop songs in cheezy lounge music style
Lyrics Born -- creative rapper
Otep -- female fronted death metal with political bent

Answer 5

The Afters
The Shins
Storyside: B
Ten Shekel Shirt
Pixies
Meat Puppets
The Vaselines
Day of Fire
Disciple
Kutless
Manafest (if you like rap)

Answer 6

Check out Brian Eno.
He's considered the Father of electronic/ art rock. He dared to experiment with sounds and added bizarre lyrics, (early to mid 70's).
He was the producer of Talking Heads and U2.
His "pop" albums were ingenious:
"Here come the warm jets"
"Another green world"
"The taking of Tiger Mountain by strategy"
"Before and after science"

Answer 7

Captain Tractor

Answer 8

The Classic Crime
Family Force Five

and im going blank here...
but check out basically everything on Tooth & Nail records (toothandnail.com)

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Have you heard of Rasputina? Love them, they are amazing.

How about Arab Strap? Spoken word but obscure for sure.

Tori Amos is the more famous. Tool? I'm sure.

Portishead?

Hope that helps.