# Every music sub-genre known to man! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 19, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194 "2025-09-19T19:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/1 "2025-09-19T19:30:13Z")
There have been a couple of music sub-genre threads but this will be the grandaddy of them all. I stumbled onto this deep-dive rabbit-hole of music yesterday. The genres are loosely associated by color. Click on a sub (word) and it will play an example of that music style. Click on the double arrows by the word and it will take you to a page of artists. Click of the artists name and it will play a sample of their music. For more info about that artist, click the double arrow by their name. If you love music, be prepare to get lost here. I give you, [Every Noise At Once.](https://everynoise.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/2 "2025-09-19T19:44:44Z")
Thanks for sharing that site. I hope they continue to build it out. It’s missing some pivotal artists but the categories I explored seem to be populated more intelligently than I would have expected in a project labeling artists who mostly try really hard not to be labeled. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/3 "2025-09-19T19:52:05Z")
I agree. They are strong sub-genres, less so on artists but presumably they are working on filling it in. Still I was able to discover some new (to me) artists that I would never have known about had it not been for this site. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/4 "2025-09-19T21:51:53Z")
Maybe this is a new thread… This looks similar to [https://www.literature-map.com/](https://www.literature-map.com/) This is the same type thing, but for authors. I ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/5 "2025-09-19T22:12:32Z")
I suppose it’s always possible to nitpick such a list, but I found it strange that their example of “jam band” is moe. covering _In a Big Country_. moe. is certainly a jam band, but I wouldn’t say that that song is in the jam band genre, even if it’s covered by a jam band. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/6 "2025-09-19T22:20:33Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I suppose it’s always possible to nitpick such a list… Indeed, I’d bet most of the relies to this thread will be folks disagreeing with artists classifications. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/7 "2025-09-19T22:59:53Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > I suppose it’s always possible to nitpick such a list, but I found it strange that their example of “jam band” is moe. covering _In a Big Country_. moe. is certainly a jam band, but I wouldn’t say that that song is in the jam band genre, even if it’s covered by a jam band. Yeah, The Dickies are under the subgenre of Early US Punk, but the music sample is “Killer Klowns” (1988) which is in no way representative of that category. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/8 "2025-09-19T23:05:22Z")
Where do they put 4’33"? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/9 "2025-09-19T23:06:47Z")
Minimalism? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/10 "2025-09-19T23:26:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Where do they put 4’33"? I know you were just quipping but he’s under here: > **[Every Noise at Once - experimental](https://everynoise.com/engenremap-experimental.html)** My gosh, what a rabbit hole. Thanks OP. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/11 "2025-09-20T02:00:03Z")
Looks really interesting, and it correctly classified a few artists I tried, even quite obscure ones. But I don’t understand the organization of the chart at all. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/12 "2025-09-20T08:11:20Z")
And I didn’t find Spectral Music, one of the most important developments of contemporary classical music. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/13 "2025-09-20T15:31:34Z")
It certainly has its weird idiosyncrasies. For example, I’ve followed Throwing Muses through their whole career and solo offshoots and have never once heard the term “Rhode Island Indie” as a genre. They have always been lumped into Boston pop/rock/indie. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/14 "2025-09-20T15:35:26Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Boston pop/rock/indie That’s a genre I was heavily into about 30 years ago. My name for it was “Pixies Adjacent”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/15 "2025-09-20T15:41:23Z")
This is sort of like Pete Frame’s _Rock Family Trees_ on steroids. If you’re not familiar with his books, here’s a sample page: [![](https://www.ronnielane.com/uploads/1/2/4/8/124822093/pete-frame-small-faces-faces-slim-chance-all-shapes-and-sizes-rock-family-tree-poster-ronnie-lane-chart-tour-history_orig.jpg) ](https://www.ronnielane.com/uploads/1/2/4/8/124822093/pete-frame-small-faces-faces-slim-chance-all-shapes-and-sizes-rock-family-tree-poster-ronnie-lane-chart-tour-history_orig.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/16 "2025-09-20T16:07:54Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > … have never once heard the term “Rhode Island Indie” as a genre. Out of curiosity, I googled it and got several hits. Example: [Rhode Island Indie artists and listeners — Musicalyst](https://musicalyst.com/genre/rhode-island-indie) > [@](#): > > Rhode Island indie is a subgenre of **[indie rock](https://musicalyst.com/genre/indie-rock)** that originated in the small state of Rhode Island. It is characterized by its DIY ethos, **[lo-fi](https://musicalyst.com/genre/lo-fi)** production, and a wide range of influences from **[punk](https://musicalyst.com/genre/punk)** to **[folk](https://musicalyst.com/genre/folk)** to electronic music. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/17 "2025-09-20T18:10:38Z")
No _mbaqanga_. No _kwela_. No _pantsula_. Not so comprehensive. They do at least have _kwaito_ and _amapiano_. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/18 "2025-09-20T18:29:55Z")
So just like all other indie then? 😉 A criticism to the critic industry, in general a genre that lumps artists together solely because of geographic coexistence is useless. It’s tripe like that that groups The Ramones with Talking Heads simply because they played at the same club. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/19 "2025-09-20T19:15:49Z")
I found a mistake. Near the bottom, under “Deep Delta Blues”, the sample track is what sounds like a 19th-century British hymn!! Also, I never suspected there was such a thing as Chinese reggae. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194/20 "2025-09-22T01:12:05Z")
No Pirate Metal? Not much Pirate at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-music-sub-genre-known-to-man/1023194.md?page=2)