Genre List
These are all the genres currently available for use in MusicBrainz.
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- acid house
- acid jazz
- acid rock
- acid techno
- acoustic blues
- acoustic rock
- afoxê
- afrobeat
- alternative country
- alternative dance
- alternative folk
- alternative hip hop
- alternative metal
- alternative pop
- alternative punk
- alternative rock
- ambient
- ambient dub
- ambient house
- ambient techno
- americana
- anarcho-punk
- aor
- arena rock
- art pop
- art rock
- atmospheric black metal
- audiobook
- avant-garde
- avant-garde jazz
- avant-garde metal
- avant-garde pop
- avant-prog
- bachata
- ballad
- barbershop
- baroque
- bebop
- bhangra
- big band
- big beat
- black metal
- blackened death metal
- blackgaze
- blue-eyed soul
- bluegrass
- blues
- blues rock
- bolero
- bolero son
- bongo flava
- boogie rock
- boogie-woogie
- boom bap
- bossa nova
- bounce
- breakbeat
- breakbeat hardcore
- breakcore
- breaks
- britpop
- broken beat
- brutal death metal
- bubblegum pop
- cajun
- calypso
- candombe
- canterbury scene
- cantopop
- celtic
- celtic punk
- chamber pop
- champeta
- changüí
- chanson
- chicago blues
- chillout
- chiptune
- christian rock
- christmas music
- chutney
- city pop
- classic blues
- classic country
- classic jazz
- classic rock
- classical
- classical crossover
- club
- comedy
- comedy rock
- compas
- conscious hip hop
- contemporary christian
- contemporary classical
- contemporary folk
- contemporary gospel
- contemporary jazz
- contemporary r&b
- contra
- cool jazz
- country
- country blues
- country folk
- country pop
- country rock
- coupé-décalé
- cowpunk
- crossover prog
- crust punk
- cumbia
- cumbia villera
- cyberpunk
- d-beat
- dance
- dance-pop
- dance-punk
- dancehall
- dark ambient
- dark electro
- dark folk
- dark wave
- death metal
- death-doom metal
- deathcore
- deathgrind
- deathrock
- deep house
- delta blues
- descarga
- desert rock
- detroit techno
- digital hardcore
- disco
- doo-wop
- doom metal
- downtempo
- dream pop
- drill
- drill and bass
- drone
- drum and bass
- dub
- dub techno
- dubstep
- dungeon synth
- east coast hip hop
- ebm
- edm
- electric blues
- electro
- electro house
- electro swing
- electro-funk
- electro-industrial
- electroclash
- electronic
- electronic rock
- electronica
- electronicore
- electropop
- electropunk
- emo
- emocore
- enka
- ethereal
- euro house
- eurodance
- europop
- experimental
- experimental rock
- fado
- filk
- flamenco
- folk
- folk metal
- folk pop
- folk punk
- folk rock
- freak folk
- free improvisation
- free jazz
- funk
- funk carioca
- funk metal
- funk rock
- funk soul
- funky house
- fusion
- future garage
- future jazz
- futurepop
- g-funk
- gabber
- gangsta rap
- garage
- garage house
- garage punk
- garage rock
- glam
- glam metal
- glam rock
- glitch
- goa trance
- goregrind
- gospel
- gothic
- gothic metal
- gothic rock
- grebo
- grime
- grindcore
- groove metal
- group sounds
- grunge
- guaguancó
- guajira
- guaracha
- happy hardcore
- hard bop
- hard house
- hard rock
- hard trance
- hardcore hip hop
- hardcore punk
- hardcore techno
- hardstyle
- harsh noise
- harsh noise wall
- hauntology
- heavy metal
- heavy psych
- heavy rock
- hi-nrg
- hip hop
- hip house
- honky tonk
- horror punk
- horrorcore
- house
- idm
- illbient
- indie
- indie folk
- indie pop
- indie rock
- indietronica
- indorock
- industrial
- industrial metal
- industrial musical
- industrial rock
- industrial techno
- instrumental
- instrumental jazz
- instrumental rock
- irish folk
- italo-disco
- j-pop
- j-rock
- jazz
- jazz blues
- jazz fusion
- jazz rap
- jazz rock
- jazz-funk
- joik
- jungle
- k-pop
- kawaii metal
- kayōkyoku
- kizomba
- klezmer
- krautrock
- latin
- latin jazz
- latin pop
- latin rock
- leftfield
- line dance
- lo-fi
- lounge
- lovers rock
- madchester
- mainstream rock
- maloya
- mambo
- mandopop
- martial industrial
- maskanda
- math rock
- mathcore
- medieval
- melodic black metal
- melodic death metal
- melodic metalcore
- melodic rock
- melodic trance
- mento
- merengue
- metal
- metalcore
- miami bass
- microhouse
- milonga
- min'yō
- mincecore
- minimal
- minimal techno
- minimal wave
- modern blues
- modern classical
- modern country
- motown
- mpb
- musical
- neo soul
- neo-progressive rock
- neo-rockabilly
- neo-traditional country
- neofolk
- nerdcore
- new age
- new jack swing
- new romantic
- new wave
- nightcore
- no wave
- noise
- noise pop
- noise rock
- noisecore
- non-music
- norteño
- northern soul
- nu jazz
- nu metal
- nueva canción
- occult rock
- oi
- old school death metal
- old-time
- opera
- orchestral
- outlaw country
- p-funk
- pachanga
- polka
- pop
- pop metal
- pop punk
- pop rap
- pop rock
- pop soul
- pornogrind
- post-bop
- post-classical
- post-grunge
- post-hardcore
- post-metal
- post-punk
- post-rock
- power electronics
- power metal
- power pop
- powerviolence
- production music
- progressive
- progressive folk
- progressive house
- progressive metal
- progressive rock
- progressive trance
- psy-trance
- psychedelic
- psychedelic folk
- psychedelic pop
- psychedelic rock
- psychobilly
- psytrance
- punk
- punk rock
- queercore
- r&b
- ragga
- ragga hip-hop
- ragga jungle
- ragtime
- raï
- ranchera
- rap rock
- rapcore
- rave
- red song
- reggae
- reggaeton
- rhythmic noise
- ritual ambient
- rock
- rock and roll
- rockabilly
- rocksteady
- romantic classical
- roots reggae
- rumba
- ryūkōka
- salsa
- samba
- schlager
- screamo
- shibuya-kei
- shoegaze
- singer-songwriter
- ska
- ska punk
- skacore
- slow waltz
- sludge metal
- smooth jazz
- smooth soul
- soca
- soft rock
- son cubano
- son montuno
- soul
- soul jazz
- southern rock
- southern soul
- space rock
- speed garage
- speed metal
- spoken word
- steampunk
- stoner metal
- stoner rock
- street punk
- surf rock
- swamp pop
- swamp rock
- swing
- symphonic black metal
- symphonic metal
- symphonic prog
- symphonic rock
- symphony
- synth-pop
- synthwave
- tango
- tech house
- technical death metal
- techno
- teen pop
- thrash metal
- thrashcore
- timba
- traditional country
- trance
- trap
- trap edm
- tribal ambient
- tribal house
- trip hop
- turntablism
- uk drill
- uk funky
- uk garage
- underground hip hop
- vallenato
- vaporwave
- viking metal
- visual kei
- vocal house
- vocal jazz
- vocal trance
- waltz
- west coast hip hop
- west coast swing
- western swing
- yacht rock
- yé-yé
- zamrock
- zeuhl
- zouk
- zydeco
Yep, I DidErick-Woods EricksonI watched it. I want to talk about mail-in ballots vs. absentee ballots instead, but duty calls.I sat in a bathtub, had a few beers, and watched that Zoom call. I figured doing it that way gave me the option to drown if the Zoom call became too painful. You know what? I actually liked the roll call of states, except Texas. I expected big hats and the Alamo and got El Paso protest mural activism. Texas ain’t going Joe Biden now.I’m confused about how the Northern Marianas Islands cast a vote when the vote was scheduled for August 18th and they were already August 19th, but we’ll let that pass. It was well done.But forgive me — you want me to vote for Biden and trot out all the Democrats and Republicans who have collectively screwed up American foreign policy for the last twenty years ignoring an emboldened communist Chinese regime and an aggressive Russian regime? You people screwed up our foreign policy, weakened us, apologized for our might, and want us to vote for Biden?Nope.Clinton was Clinton and we disagree on a lot, but the man still has a level of political charisma. He knew he needed to make the job application case and I thought he did a good job, but wow has he aged and he is still younger than Biden!The Carter bit was sad. You heard them but did not see them. You can tell they have hit the age of uncertainty beyond the day. It is sad.The Jill Biden stuff was strategically brilliant. Donald and Melania Trump do not have that sort of relationship and, frankly, given the age disparity, it’d probably gross people out to see them behave like the Bidens. But that is for the Bidens to capitalize on. I think they’re going to try to make this the Joe and Jill Show with a side of Kamala and I suspect it is going to be effective for suburban women, i.e. the President’s “suburban housewives” who really aren’t fans of the idea of seeing husbands cavorting with their third wives.The GOP needs to figure out a way to shine more — I suggest live audiences if they can. I still think the President from the South Lawn is a bad and unimaginative idea. The roll call of the states gives the GOP something to consider.The President needs Bill Shine doing this.One last note before getting to ballots.I actually think the Bidens are nice people. Spare me your outrage about how their sins are worse than your own so they are terrible bad people or they have a political position or did something you hate so you hate them. You don’t know them. You are a sinner too. I speak at the civil, civic level where Americans of different politics should be able to be kind to one another. You’re a giant sinner too so spare me.They are nice people. I know military families the Bidens have helped and they have implored these families to stay quiet lest their private help is seen as political. They were sincere in offering help and I find that deeply commendable. You won’t see these families on the campaign trail. None of them are Democrats. But I suspect they’ll all vote for the Bidens because they dearly love them for their help.I am a sucker for the stories never told on both sides of the aisle and I like to know that people I may fiercely disagree with politically are still people who’d give someone the shirt off their back if it’d help.Jill Biden will be an asset on the trail. AOC will not. She did her level best to sabotage the brand last night. It was kind of funny to see.Now, having reviewed last night, let’s get to the real big issue.
