I have quite varied musical interests, so it is hard to list favorites. Since I don't listen to a lot of modern music and therefore am not overwhelmed with choices, I can choose my favorite modern groups/artists:
Heather Dale, a Canadian folk/filk singer.
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If I don't count the Jpop stuff I listen to: Mew, Five Iron Frenzy, My Chemical Romance, Queef Jerky
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Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Hozier, Joker Out and The Smiths
my favorite group of all time is la dispute, along with hot mulligan. my favorite artists are aurora and jorge rivera-herrans from epic the musical. other than those 3, it changes quite a bit depending on what i'm fixated on!
These are the musicians that are usually on rotation: Switch, The Gap Band, Earth, Wind, & Fire, LTD, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Debarge, Shakatak, The Ritchie Sisters, Teenie Marie, Anri, Ann Lewis, Tatsuro Yamashita, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Miki Matsubara, Bruno Mars, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Of Montreal, Scissor Sisters. Psychic Mirrors, Janelle Monae, Rina Sawayama, H.E.R. Sza, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, The New Minstrels, Ric Manrique Jr, Dulce.
I love Disco, Funk, City Pop, R&B, Ballads, Emo, and Pop.
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Kate Bush, Everything Everything, Fall Out Boy, Animal Collective, Lady Gaga, Purity Ring, Cerce, blink-182, Amigo the Devil, Stars, Poppy, Glass Animals, Twenty One Pilots, Passion Pit
I listen to a lot of others, but these are the ones that are always at the top of my list~