Overdone out of tune singing possibly on purpose (?). Somewhat hard edged indie rock.

Conventional synth based pop. Breathy high voice is the star of the show. Not musically interesting. Lyrics and compositions are mediocre. Extremely attractive person.

Sassy Amy Weinhouse style singer

Smooth, melodic indie techno-pop trio.

Korean band with a great singer-songwriter puts out mostly sleek Sade-style jazzy pop.

Barry Gibb style falsetto vocals over rambling acoustic tracks that could be from the 1970's (strings, horns). They are a duo from Chicago, not a tribute band.

Good singer, but songs don't grab. Mostly slow acoustic stuff but some full band.

Very talented soul singer. Arrangements are nicely spare most of the time. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Decently entertaining in-your-face heavy rap-rock. Explicit!

Often intense rap with excellent, original backing tracks from this trio. Apparently they do concept albums that tell stories. Click here for Apple Music playlist

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.