Top Five Indie Artists and Their Top Five Songs
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with a person who actually said these words out loud: “I think Britney Spears is coming back.” And that was when I decided it was my duty to educate the public about the underrated musicians that people refer to as Indie Pop artists. If you have never heard of Indie Pop music, I don’t want to undersell the idea, but it basically compiles songs and artists that are usually not popular or styled enough to be included in the pop genre. And even though these songs rarely reach the top charts like “Someone You Loved,” by Lewis Capaldi, I tend to enjoy them more because they are never overplayed. So let’s get into it! Here are the five best Indie Musicians and their five best songs.
5. Tom Walker
After rising to fame in 2018 because of his single “Leave a Light On,” which peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, the British singer has continued to write and sing songs, although any tour dates are cancelled at the moment. He has gained a loyal following and is considered to be one of the leading Indie Pop artists in Britain and America.
Top Five Best Songs (In no particular order):
- Fly Away With Me
- Just You and I
- Leave a Light On
- Angles
- Play Dead
4. Vance Joy
The Australian singer, better known as Vance Joy, was born on December 1st under the name James Gabriel Keogh. His most famous song, a single called Riptide, peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart and was voted number one on the 2013 Triple J Hottest 100. Currently, the thirty-two year old is still writing music, but has suspended his tour until the pandemic blows over.
Top Five Best Songs (In no particular order):
- Riptide
- Fire and the Flood
- My Kind of Man
- Mess Is Mine
- Lay It On Me
3. Ingrid Michaelson
After uploading her second album online “Girls and Boys” on Myspace, a music producer from Grey’s Anatomy found her music and contacted her right away. She was put in the spotlight for some time nearing the end of the 2000s and continued to gain publicity into the 2010s. Her best known songs are “Girls Chase Boys,” “Everybody,” “Be Ok,” and “The Way I Am.”
Top Five Best Songs (In no particular order):
- Everybody
- Soldier
- Girls Chase Boys
- Be Ok
- Corner of Your Heart
2. Chelsea Cutler
Starting at the young age of seventeen, Chelsea Cutler, like most young musicians started to upload covers of songs to SoundCloud. In 2017, three years after she first began to upload videos, “Your Shirt” climbed the charts and ended up gathering more than fifty million streams on Spotify. She is known for her combination of electronic and natural uses of voices and rolls of film. She works closely with Jeremy Zucker as well, and as friends and singers, they have collaborated on many songs together.
Top Five Best Songs (In no particular order):
- Crazier Things
- you were good to me
- Your Shirt
- please
- The Reason
1. Tom Odell
Tom Odell is a twenty-nine year old Indie Pop singer that arose in the 2010s after his song “Another Love” gained a quick following. Odell was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England to middle class family, with an airline pilot as a father, and a primary school teacher as a mother; he also has one older sister. For a brief time, Odell played with a band- Tom and the Tides- but they broke up after Tom said that he “didn’t want to have to rely on people.” As of July 2020, Odell is living in London and is continuing to share his passion of music- even if all tours and concerts are being put on hold at the moment.
Top Five Best Songs (In no particular order):
- Concrete
- Storms
- Another Love
- If You Wanna Love Somebody
- Jealousy
