Funny and entertaining rap-pop with excellent, catchy soul-infused backing tracks. Often explicit and probably offensive to some listeners. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Feisty rapper with chops. Good grooves.

Good but pointless rap. Interestingly, all self-produced.

Decent rapper but mixes aren't anything special and rhymes seem thrown together almost randomly. Explicit.

It doesn't get any more old school American punk rock than this. Too bad old school American punk rock is kind of shitty. Points for spirit.

Perhaps their biggest his is "Aint No Rest for the Wicked." Artsy pop in the same veiun as Foster the People, with similar tinny vocals.

Yet another Blink 182 copycat band, but these guys can play, the melodies are there, and the vocals are good. Been putting out albums since 2008, so large catalog.

Heavy, mostly instrumental, almost proggy rock jams. Lots of distortion and echo. Kind of monotonous.

Guitar-centric metal pop with good vocals and harmonies from Wolfgang Van Halen. Some fake toughness - it's 100% a commercial product. No surprise, lots of speedy guitar leads.

New Wave style British band that started in the '80s but didn't get famous until the '90's. Now they're touring with a pretty good new album out. Every song seems to be about old girlfriends.

A fantastic fusion of funk, pop, and extended trippy jams -- major points for freshness and oginality! Karina is an amazing bass player and most songs are vibrantly bass-forward. Trey Anastasio produced her one excellent album out so far. Her vocals are great and versatile as well. Would rate her awesome except for the (currently) small catalog. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Speedy ska with horns and punk vocals Kind of a lot.

Long-running good time ska band, featuring nice sax playing but mediocre vocals & compositions.

Talented singer and actress ventures into many variations of pop. Can pull off the blues convincingly. Lots of energy.

Nightclub dance music. Lots of collabs.

Not a great voice, but this pop is okay for those looking for churned out commercial earcandy. Annoyingly overcute pronunciations.

Sellout pop aimed at young ladies, with a tiny bit of a country vibe thrown in occasionally. Tinny production.

Solid gravelly voiced retro style soul/blues from 2 Australian brothers - one sings, one plays lead guitar. Production is kind of tinny.

Very personal indie folk-rock with excellent lyrics. Well produced. Can be explicit. They/them please. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Spacey instrumental atmospheric prog rock jams. Songs are very similar, and very repetitive. Not unsurprisingly, their tracks have been used often in soundtracks.