Heavy, angry goth metal. Singer Maria Brink has a lot of personality.

Over the top, too ebullient country, with folksy midwestern small town lyrics. Biggest problem is the urgently anthemic overdramatic...

The male-female harmonies are the strongest element of this chill alternative folk-rock, along with strong songwriting. Click here for...

Lighthearted Boston band playing heavy rock with a guitar sound reminiscent of early Black Sabbath. Very effective lead singer for their...

Everything we dislike about tremolo-laden emo boy pop is embodied in the music of Eli Wilson. So forced and cringey! Even the way he uses...

These Boston-based indie rock guys have been around for a while; first album was "Antics" in 2013, but they're still putting new stuff...

Dramatic smoky slow build bluesy pop-rock. Voice kinda like John Mayer. As with so many artists, it feels constructed solely to go...

Slow, dark, tortured acoustic music.

Well executed but soulless music. Genres include sappy pop, hard rock, and things in between. Their songs are sand castles that wash away...

Competent Black Keys ripoff duo. Emo hard blues with good vocals. We find the sound manufactured, inauthentic.

Listenable, humorous melodic rap tracks.

Conventional pop grooves from a good singer.

Mediocre romance pop with outsized choruses. Decent song: "Speed."

We think they aspire to create smooth, sheeny pop-rock. but their sound doesn't gel properly. It jars instead - mostly on account of the...

Pleasant DJ loop mixes.

Hardcore punk/metal. Very stupid lyrics. No musical variety.

Standard screaming death metal

Soul/pop that's a little cheesy sounding. 9 million happy listeners on Spotify apparently. We don't think it warrants that much appeal.

Serious songwriter from the UK. Acoustic based alternative folk-pop. Often spare, just guitar and voice.

An acoustic folk-pop supergroup trio with strong vocals and ambitious lyrics.