10 Popular Artists You Didn't Know Released Music In 2019
Did you miss Avril Lavigne's transformation?
Year-by-year, as more artists enter and leave the public mainstream, it's hard for even the geekiest of music fans to follow every single one on the release calendar.
For example, did you know the 1990s Bohemian Like You singers The Dandy Warhols released an album in 2019? How about Jar of Hearts singer, Christina Perri? Or... the Despacito guy?
For every blast from the past returning to the mainstream like The Jonas Brothers, there's a brand-spanking new album from Papa Roach from out of nowhere. In the age of New Music Friday, a tidal wave of music all comes at once and it is hard to keep track of every release that goes by, regardless of fame.
Here are ten artists who have released music this year, that might've slipped past your radar. From pop punk princesses to posthumous releases, there are a few EPs by famous artists that you might not know about as well.
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10. The Kaiser Chiefs
The Kaiser Chiefs have come a long way since the days of I Predict a Riot and Ruby. And that sentiment is not meant in a good way.
After flirting with hits at the edge of the post-punk revival movement, the band from Leeds recruited mega-producer Mark Ronson to produce their 2008 album Off with Their Heads. An album where the band had songs targeted towards kids with songs of school-age revolution, rapping, and seaside pier sounds. There was no way this one was going to tickle even the US Alternative Charts, and it is the same sound and failure with Duck.
Their second least successful album of all-time, while confident the band come off as a little cringe-worthy these days.
Lead single Record Collection is an anti-internet anthem where Ricky Wilson sounds like a reject from his talent show The Voice UK (whether on purpose or not). The second single People Know How To Love One Another is a naff kids cartoon theme song.
The only memorable part of the album is the album’s closer, a vaudeville pop number where the Chiefs pit cultural icons Kurt Cobain against sitcom legend Frasier Crane as if it was a football fixture. Oh and that the album is called f*cking Duck.