Club mixes with a combination fun and sinister atmosphere.

Club mixes that aren't enough on their own. Won't work as background music and too monotonous for your late night bar scene.

Crazy talented funk/soul guitarist puts out smooth jams. Lots of collabs.

Scratchy voice crooner's best album is the most recent, Hotel Heaven, where he elicits John Lennon and Lenny Kravitz in a more 1950's...

Melodic country pop from an attractive person. Well produced, with modern flourishes. About what you'd expect, which is what country...

Some really great techno-pop loop songs, but others not as successful. Some tunes are just annoying. But you'll want the good ones on...

Scratchy voice comedy/satire folk songs.

Americana folk with raspy male vocals. Too monotonous, and somewhat skeevy.

Screaming/growling hell metal with melodic synths, decent guitar work and some evocative atmosphere, but the extremely garbled ogre...

Artsy indie rock with sheen and smooth high vocals, and occasional edginess. Can feel remote and/or more polish than substance.

Low key explicit rap over decent loop grooves. Nice use of anaphora. Points for keeping the songs on the short side. Lots of collabs.

Serious-sounding rock band still in the stage where they're focused on stringing cool song parts together rather than creating coherent...

Wholesome mainstream country, often with a fresh outlook on the usual topics. Her voice reminds us of Laura Marling.

Alternative rock band with one guy with a nice baritone voice, and one who screams like Beavis from Beavis and Butthead. Droning/noodling...

Derivative harder-edge, echoey alternative rock, mining the Alice in Chains vein but less successfully. Often boring. Lazy droning...

Soft-focus rave or spa synth music.

Mostly flavorless limp techno soudscapes

Brightly produced pop rock from a veteran indie rocker. Sounds like it's made for TV shows. Voice is a tiny bit grating.

Retro 50's-60's soul, channeling early Smokey Robinson and similar acts. They need to do something modern within this framework to make...

Soaring country performed with gusto. Excellent lyrics. Can't escape a slight feeling of musical rehash.