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guitar, bass, and drums driven music, loud or laid-back

melodic, accessible songwriting built for broad, immediate appeal

fast, stripped-down, confrontational rock, DIY in spirit

improvised, harmonically rich music built around rhythm and soloists

traditional, largely acoustic songwriting rooted in storytelling and melody

music made primarily with synthesizers, drum machines, and production

ex-yugoslav and wider balkan folk and traditional popular music

trippy, effects-heavy music meant to evoke altered states

soulful, groove-driven vocal music descended from gospel and blues

intimate, mostly acoustic songs built around one writer's voice

music made primarily for moving bodies on a dancefloor

heavy, distorted, aggressive rock built on volume and riffs

rhythmic, vocal-led music built on beats, sampling, and rhyme

harsh, mechanical textures built from noise and repetition

offbeat, bass-heavy Jamaican-rooted rhythm and songwriting

atmospheric, texture-first music, often without a clear beat

music that breaks from convention in structure, sound, or form

notated, composed music rooted in the Western art tradition

unprocessed sounds captured from real places rather than performed

music composed for film, television, or another visual work

twelve-bar, guitar-driven roots music built on call and response

storytelling-driven roots music built around guitar and twang

theatrical, morbidly playful music drawing on cabaret and gothic

songs written for, or in the style of, comic musical theatre

performed text and poetry set to little or no music