Who knew, the actor Joe Keery who played Steve Harrington on Stranger Things grew up in Newburyport MA, and is an excellent pop singer...

Interesting pop that echoes 1980's era Madonna.

Upscale Americana/Appalachian music with nice vocals. From Boston.

Muddy, boring, echo-laden alternative rock. Trio from Minneapolis. All songs are the same tempo.

Wildly divergent styles and genre mashups, all of them convincingly executed. Talented vocalist. Seems thrown together sometimes.

Unoriginal rap stealer. Everything sounds lifted, especially when the backing tracks are sampled from popular hits. Covers the usual...

Crackly and trembly-voiced folk/Americana guy. Compositions sound stolen, develop way too slowly (in the style of Mumford and Sons) and...

Annoying dramatic emo goth pop.

Harmless G-rated boy pop for the young ladies. Decent voice but not great.

Pleasant instrumentals in many styles, with jazz underpinnings. Good background music.

Synth-laced pop with lively production. Strong voice, good lyrics, sense of humor.

Well produced mostly frenetic DJ mashups with excellent beats.

Indie rock from Austin TX that covers a lot of styles, but always great vocals.

Jack Johnson style acoustic music. Dry, flinty voice. Earnest.

Moody alternative pop-rock. Wants to be a crooner but can't pull it off.

Peaceful, quiet guitar folk with a voice and phrasing very similar to Laura Marling.

Talented vocalist sings melancholy Spanish language tunes accompanied by spare arrangements of mostly guitar, piano, and bass.

Indie rock from hot lesbian solo artist Lindsay Jordan.

Meandering indie rock grooves. Solo guy from Australia.

Easy going reggae-based yacht pop focused on good times (i.e. generous women and partying).