A Thai New zealand singer named Phum Viphurit is new to me.
A good song on anxiety. Found it relaxing.
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I don’t pay attention to new music, so the only band I “newly discovered” was Fleetwood Mac. I had heard of them before but only knew ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘Go Your Own Way’ which I thought sucked (and still do). Turns out they made other songs. 
Honestly, I did the same thing with The Beatles. Anytime a Beatles song plays on the radio or advert here it’s ALWAYS a McCartney song, and they’re just too twee for my taste. Then I heard the Lennon and Harrison songs and realised what the big deal was.
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I wish I can discover some of the good new music to this decade, for I have been one of the folks who knows most of the time, that mainstream music that are new are just utter crap, therefore discourages me to even explore more to find some of the good stuff. I think the only good artist that I have discovered this year so far would be Denzel Curry and I can say that yes, he is legit talented, and that talent of his is even more apparent when he made a cover of one of the angriest songs ever made, and even made it even more angry.
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Lol I was just introduced to denzel curry in the rap hip hop and rnb thread. Real good stuff.
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I re-discovered Mazzy Star this year. I remembered a few of their songs from the “So tonight that i might see” album, but i never bought any of the music back then. This year i have bought 2 of their albums, and they got to be my number one band/artist on my Spotify wrapped list.
Causa Sui is another band that i last year listened to a little bit, but this year i really have listened to them quite a lot… both their older releases and their new album from earlier this year.
The list is a little long and hard to cut down even more, but this has been the biggest year of new music for me in probably 5 years. Fortunately in Seattle we have an amazing independent radio station (KEXP) and they have a vast group of different DJ’s and themed segments. I hear so much, new to my ears, music listening to that station. I highly recommend their app to anyone as they stream live (live playlist as well) and archive shows for 2 weeks. Also, starting a shared playlist on Spotify with some friends from back home has been a great way to get new music as well.
- Khruangbin
- Idles
- Deep Sea Diver
- Sampa The Great
- Sa-Roc
- Arlo Parks
- Kamasi Washington
- Thundercat - pretty embarrassed to be late to the party on this guy. I knew of him through Flying Lotus but never checked out his personal catalog.
- Fiona Apple - I was very familiar with Tidal, however I never dived into the rest of her catalog
Cool list. I discovered Kamasi Washington last year. Big fan.
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Biggest Discoveries for me
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070 Shake
Cyberpunk 2077 and TENET’s scores are bangers to listen to!
Wow, I’m embarrassed to say i had not listened to any Acapella ever before. I’m hooked and some of my system combinations are soooo well tuned for it, just sounds devastatingly incredible. 
One interesting music instrument I discovered during quarantine was the Kora. It’s a West African string instrument that sounds somewhat between a citar and a harp. I think it’s great for calming and concentration, so I’ve been listening a lot when I need to write stuff up.
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Whatever this classifies as, its magic, and just scooted in my discovery list for 2020 with just a few days to go
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still 2020, so.
Jon Hopkins
We need a 2021 version of this tbh.
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Without a doubt for me it was opening up my heart to classical music. This has made a huge impact and I am grateful for it. Also, I seem to be trying more and more electronic music.
As for contemporary stuff, Groups like Lake Street Dive and London Grammar have been nice discoveries as well.
Discovered this “song” earlier this year. Been listening to bands that have a foot in the Jazz genre for a while, but this year i have listened a bit more regularly to even more jazz focused music, and this one showed up in my spotify discover weekly and i just love it…
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I’ve been listening to latin stuff lately, some acustic classic stuff like Natalia Lafourcade and some cuban salsa. Some are old songs (while they have that “Saoco” I like, some of them are not that well recorded, but still enjoyable) but Natalia’s songs are pretty well recorded and feel as if she is singing right in front of you :3
Also, these songs sound better on warm headphones.
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Most of this playlist features projects i just discovered. Hope you like it
My big discovery in 2020, which I still listen to a great deal, is the Norwegian phenomenon, Aurora.
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