If Hootie and the Blowfish had an injection of soul and disco. RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Uptempo attitude filled rock pop with just a tiny pinch of country. RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Jangly melodic nothings. You forget each song as soon as it's over. RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

For some reason mining the most horrible aspects of 1970's soft pop RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Easy listening groove oriented soul with a heavy influence of Smoky Robinson RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Well done good humored speed ska. RATING: Promising

Some screaming of course. Aspirationally full sound. Lots of echo-ey delay pedal on the electric guitars. Can be very pretty sometimes...

Depeche Mode copiers. Spare & boring. RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Uptempo bright staccato disposable guitar pop with spirited lead singer. Not much variety - every song is a version of the previous one....

The tight nondescript pop mixes focus all attention on the vocals. Decent R&B singer for a white guy. Lyrics try but fail to paint...

dj mixes pointless lazy looping fun inventive RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Jazzy instrumental rave electronica. The jazziness is too aggressive to let it recede into background music. Kind of like Weather Report...

Interesting croony sad vocals. New Order if they only had a keyboard. Slightly grating, slightly boring. RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Alternatingly ethereal & heavy electronic goth rave music. Trippy, monotonous RATING: Thanks But No Thanks

Infectious retro sampling

Neil Young and Luna had a baby and dropped it into a reverberation chamber

Enveloping grooves across many styles of jazz, soul, rap Click above for Apple, below for Spotify

If Springsteen did country. Excellent songwriting. Production is fantastic - drum sound is reminiscent of Steve Lilliwhite - but Mr....

Crisp, dreamy, evocative arrangements. Nicely retro & meandering. RATING: Promising #alicephoebelou

Catchy autobiographical suburban pop RATING: Promising #adandiaz