In my French class we've been listening to French singers. There are a few people we like (mostly the hiphop singers) but most of the time my class says the people are okay or they don't like them. I guess the more recent singers my class hasn't liked and my teacher said something along the lines of "you guys need to listen to less mainstream music"
As I'm listening to HARDCORE TANO*C music. Ain't no way anyone in that class has ever even heard of HARDCORE TANO*C (unless they play rhythm games too). It's a group of 10-12 Japanese artists who make predominantly hardcore music. And yes, I love their music. My favorites of the group are Massive New Krew, Laur, USAO, Camellia, and t+pazolite.
