I don't know if it's your style, but one seriously underrated band is The Birthday Massacre. Their music ranges from somewhat gentle to harsh and heavy. The lyrics themselves are consistently morbid.
Alt Rock: Radiohead, Switchfoot, Coldplay Indie: Sufjan Stevens, Blind Pilot, Aviators Instrumental: Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter Folk(ish): Johnny Flynn, Jake Bugg, Gregory Alan Isakov
Adam and the Ants (their earlier stuff is best in my opinion) Kitchens of Distinction Dalek I Love You Big Audio Dynamite The Teardrop Explodes/Julian Cope Talking Heads Ian Dury Orange Juice Pink Military
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot, Play Crack The Sky, The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows, Jesus Christ, Degausser, by Brand New Rory, Inuit, by Foxing
Yes. Definitely listen to that. It has that sort of grungy, rock, distortion sound with reaaaally nice vocals. When you listen to it, you feel like some badass taking over the world. Also, if you like distortion and electric guitars, Monster Heart by Clones of Clones is a good one. Again, same vibe, except harsher and evil-ier(???). Just listen to it, it's pretty cool.
The black keys are nice, if you haven't heard em... don't know if they're what you would like. of course you could always download the best of Queen . they have an album called deep cuts which is basically a collection of some of their old and not so mainstream songs.
The most under-rated rock band of all time: Garbage. They are more consistently good than most bands.
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The Complete List: NPR Music's Favorite Songs Of 2015 (So Far) : NPR I may be a dork, but I've enjoyed exploring this list.