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Catalyst...
Spirited but mostly unlistenable grungy scream-punk. Songs are repetitive and droning. Click here for Apple Music playlist


Goody Grace
Nauseatingly overdramatic Canadian singer/songwriter. Click here for Apple Music playlist


Scotty McCreery
REALLY schmaltzy (even for country) easy-listening pop-country goop. Lame, vanilla production, sounds like it was created by typing...


Chase Atlantic
Dramatic boy pop vocals paired with plodding, flatly unoriginal quasi-rock backing tracks. Every song is a slight variation of the same...


Dean Lewis
Pop boy steals musical ideas and instills them with fake intensity. Â His brand seems to be serious sensitive guy. Â Good voice, but...


charlieonnafriday
Vibrato soaked pop stolen from other artists, with fake intensity. Reeks of TikTok bs. Pretty backing music, but we can't get past the...


Phoebe Katis
British white lady soul-pop. If that doesn't sound like a great combination...it isn't.


Rival Schools
Alternative rock/grunge band. Really poor songwriting, like they're intentionally avoiding melody. Flat, grating vocals, especially on...


The Wldlfe
This band is actually so poppy, they're hardly listenable. Like Crowded House on a sugar high. Way too much synthy echo crap. Songs are...


Fame On Fire
Vibe schlock aimed at 13 year olds. Worst kind of sellout pop masking as driving rock and pushing fake emotion.


The Dresden Dolls
Dyspeptic piano and drum cabaret novelty act. Abrasive musically and lyrically. Too proud of its own cleverness. Fans probably convince...


Kane Brown
Hack job, poppy sing-along country for the ladies. In country music, sounding familiar and comfortably predictable by being derivative is...


The Front Bottoms
Highly annoying alternative rock duo with (we think) intentionally nerdy vocal delivery. Lyrically full of itself but doesn't earn it. We...


Chance Peña
Vocal cords made of rubber bands. Uncontrolled excessive vibrato ruins this otherwise passable Americana music. EVERYONE PLEASE STOP THE...


Beauty School Dropout
Wannabe pop stars (who do have talent) present their warmed-over songs to you. Feels like a shallow project with no heart. A cash and...


Tiger's Jaw
Blink 182 has spawned countless emo imitators with the same aggressive sing-song vocal style. Here's another one. Terrible guitar sound....


Something Corporate
Formulaic sellout rock-pop stealing from Wheezer, Blink 182 and Third Eye Blind. Singer's voice is annoying.


The Early November
Overwrought emo indie rock that leaves your life worse than it was before you heard it. Creative drummer, but hackneyed & repetitive...


Forest Blakk
WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO DO THE FLUTTERY VOICE THING like they're about to start crying but oh wait they're not, it's just they think...


James Arthur
Emo singer with over-stylized pop diva pronunciation style and quavery retread vocal riffs. Sensitive guy persona. RATING: Trash...


PARDYALONE
Another victim of the latest pop/rap quivering autotune over-stylized assonance pronunciation trends. Assonance is a real word BTW. Hey...


The Thing With Feathers
Pointless wannabe sellout pop rock #TheThingWithFeathers


Hot Rod Circuit
Unappealing punk pop. Sounds like they're trying to copy Archers of Loaf. Lead singer not that great. #HotRodCircuit


Small Crush
DIY careless annoying poorly produced overly singsong repetitive out of tune #smallcrush


Jim Brickman
New age elevator piano music that makes you want to run away fast #brickman


The Bouncing Souls
Vanilla pop-punk anthems without any real edge. Each song features a quiet/loud dynamic, with a wanna-be rousing sing-along chorus that...


Tanner Usrey
Extremely hackneyed country music. Vibrato vocal delivery gets old fast. Salt-of-the-earth presentation is actually off-putting....


The Lone Bellow
Overly stylized country-soul-pop mashup. Going for an earnest soulful vibe, but ends up overly righteous. Songs force their importance on...


Isabel LaRosa
Highly stylized glam pop. Predictable pattern of breathy verse followed by octave-up echoey chorus. Every song cut from same unoriginal...


Touche Amore
Aggressive uptempo songs with one-note screaming vocals (see Suicidal Tendencies) Self-obsessed teenage emo lyrics. Too many pointless...


Sammy Rae & The Friends
Singer/songwriter Sammy Rae is a peppy revelation, full of panache and good humor. The Friends are as good of a backing band as she could...


CloZee
Well constructed and pleasantly listenable DJ mixes, with some world music flourishes. Click here for Apple Music playlist


Brijean
Peppy, fun bossa nova pop mixes. Well produced. Intriguing. Brijean Murphy is involved in both Toro y Moi and Poolside. Good spa or...


Color Green
Chill, twangy groove band, with nice harmonies, occasional pops of psychedelia, and some rockers too. Click here for Apple Music playlist


Nubya Garcia
Super talented multi-instrumentalist jazz musician and composer puts out some sizzling tracks. Click here for Apple Music playlist


Ashe
Very original and very personal pop & indie folk. Familiar sounding - some melodies may be borrowed. Still funny, adorable and poignant....


Pony
Accessible, very catchy alt/indie pop-rock reminiscent of all your favorite 90's acts in that genre. Great vocals, interesting lyrics,...


Low Cut Connie
Bluesy honky-tonk rock, with flaunty attitude, and some unconventional surprises thrown in. Many grooves are kind of similar across...


Artifakts
Melodic synth/electro music with good beats, rhythms, samples and loops. Click here for Apple Music playlist


RaeLynn
Lyrically strong country music, at times autobiographical and other times aims at pure entertainment. Choruses are melodically very...


Cochise
Cochise's droning, looping rap with a voice that sounds like a sped-up Kevin Hart is oddly infectious. Lyrically rich. Click here for...


Hana Stretton
Uniquely spare, meditative tracks with creative instrumentation, ambient sounds and overdubbed harmonies. Great quiet background music.


Drug Church
Unusual to say this, but this punk rock has wonderful arrangements, and effective use of instrumental octaves/harmonics and delicate...


Starcleaner Reunion
Fans of Sterolab will enjoy this dreamy blend of 1960's psychedelic pop and droning indie rock, with lovely vocals and a positive vibe....


Paris Texas
Entertaining, talented rap duo with arresting backing tracks. Creative flowing relentless rhymes. (Explicit!)


Holy Locust
Spirited, darkly themed, enjoyably sloppy, Gypsy & Irish influenced folk.


TAUK
Original, mostly instrumental music with synths and electric guitar, featuring some very listenable fusion jams. Elements of reggae and...


Naked Giants
Their best stuff is blues riff based hard rock that references The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, The Cramps, Dinosaur Jr/Sebadoh, and...


Yellow Days
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...


The Ophelias
Consistently listenable, smart, melodic and engaging indie rock, mostly about relationships. From Cincinnati.


Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
With a name like that, you know the music will be somewhat whymsical. And it is! Rich instrumental compositions with fantastic horn...


Topaz Jones
High quality rapping over mostly mid-tempo funk, soul and R&B tracks. Very clever, always interesting. Great backing vocals.


Jordana
The 2021 "Summer's Over" collaboration with TV Girl is full of catchy DIY/alt-pop tunes with sweet etherial vocals and infectious...


Vana Liya
Instantly enjoyable light Caribbean-flavored pop. Great voice and near perfection vocal tracks.


Baths
Peaceful piano-based dreamy techno ambient soundscapes, almost like video game music. Great background music. Solo project of L.A....
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