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50 Songs by Unknown Artists You Need to Listen to Right Now

I personally believe that I have a pretty unique taste in music. Folky, singer/songwriter type that is never on the radio (besides Ed Sheehan but he's a special case). So, along with this, I tend to have to search for the best songs. Here are 20 songs that are THE BEST and you need to listen to RIGHT NOW (in no particular order).

1. Sailboat - Ben Rector

2. Fell in Love Without You (Acoustic) - Motion City Soundtrack

3. Move On - Wes Hutchinson

4. Take it All Back 2.0 - Judah & the Lion

5. Make Believe - The Burned

6. Snowflakes - White Apple Tree

7. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

8. Like a Spoke on a Wheel - The Little Ones

9. Breakdown - Deerheart

10. Band-aid For a Fracture - One Silver Astronaut

11. Granitebille - Doug Burr

12. Satellites - We Know, Plato!

13. Zebra - Beach House

14. Map of The World - Monsters of Folk

15. Moth's Wings - Passion Pit

16. Where There's Gold - Dashboard Confessional

17. The Ice is Getting Thinner - Death Cab For Cutie

18. Beautiful Liar - California Liar

19. Lisztomania - Phoenix

20. Too Late - M83

21. Between Two Lungs - Florence + The Machine

22. Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

23. Dark on Fire - Turin Brakes

24. Kiss me Again - Jessica Lea Mayfield

25. Lemonade (Ft. Mike Posner) - Adam Friedman

26. Small World - Good Old War

27. Bird - Billie Marten

28. Make You Mine - Paper Bird

29. Firework - Canyon City

30. Maybe It's a Good Thing- KT Tunstall

31.Hey Hi Hello - Paul Pfau

32. Surrender - Tor Miller

33. Clay - Grace VanderWaal

34. Breathe - Fleurie

35. Tomorrow - Shakey Graves

36. Everything is Free (feat. Flock of Dimes) - Sylvan Esso

37. Black and White - Regina Spektor

38. Better Man - Mark Scibilia

39. The Worth of The Wait - Ivan & Alyosha

40. What Could Have Been - Jordan Mackampa

41. Gone in September - Mike Posner

42. Breakfast in NYC - Oppenheimer

43. Alaska - Maggie Rogers

44. I See You - MIKA

45. Run - Vampire Weekend

46. Quiet Assurance - Telegraph Canyon

47. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

48. Mr. Workabee - Priscilla Renea

49. Reasons to Sing - The Crash

50. As If- Melanie Jo (SoundCloud)

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Sleepovers are not a thing. They're just not.

1. You only ask things once.

2. Seriously, you only ask once.

3. When you do muster up the courage to ask your parents for something, you creep around and wait until they’re in a good mood.

4. Before you get that final yes, you have to go through an interview.

5. If you ever got “the eye,” you knew you were screwed.

6. You were always the first to leave your group of friends when hanging out.

7. If you say you will be home at a certain time, you better be home at that time.

8. Seeing a missed call from your parents sends fear and horror through your veins.

9. If relatives are coming over to the house, your room better be clean.

10. You are careful about what jokes you share with your parents.

11. "You’re not an adult until you turn 18! You can do whatever you want then!"

12. If plans change while you’re out, you better text or call.

13. Don’t talk back. Ever.

14. When you’re called by your full name, you’re in deep trouble.

15. Don’t make them call your name twice.

16. Sleepovers are not a thing.

17. Despite all of these things, you know your parents love you.

For better or for worse

1. Pets

2. Mornings

3. Mistakes

4. Cooking for yourself

5. Hosting

6. Taking care of yourself

7. Holidays

8. Roommates

9. Keeping focused and getting stuff done

10. Cleaning

11. Social life

No, really. I'm not mad. Just hungry.

1. You’re tired of people asking you if you know what “RBF” stands for every time you zone out.

2. You’re constantly using the excuse, “I’m just tired” when people ask you if you’re mad.

3. Or “I’m just thinking.”

4. In fact, you’re rarely ever actually mad.

5. But when you are, people usually can’t tell.

6. You find other people with RBF’s and have to convince yourself that you don’t look like them.

7. You constantly remind yourself, “At least I’m not a psycho.”

Some of your best ideas come through boredom.

1. If the professor is late by one minute, I'm leaving.

2. Oh crap, that's due TODAY?!

3. Can I nap in here?

4. I wonder what they're serving at the cafeteria.

5. How much does my teacher even get paid?

6. How much will I get paid?

7. This is the longest 50 minutes of my life.

8. Maybe if I call mom, she'll give me money.

9. How much do street performers make anyway?

10. Why am I here? I could be a street performer by now.

11. Oh right, I'm not talented.

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