I tried to listen to those tracks, but the rap really killed it for me. I just can't listen to it for very long. Everything seemed of good quality though.
As for my own favorite lesser-known artists, I'm not really sure who would count as lesser known so I'll just toss up a few.
First up is Markarian for his awesome tyrant Celestia in Monument (
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Next would be BluNoseReindeer for fun and well done pony-related parodys and covers.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Then matthewmosiermusic for awesome songs like (
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Finally, my favorite would have to be JoaftheLoaf. He does really great vocal, primarily acoustic-based tracks that generally have a some emotional weight to them.
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