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Originally Posted by Minstrel
But allmusic has pretty decent, credible descriptions of each. And I find them quite useful to find other bands with a very specific sound. They are certainly subjective, but if I like a certain band, whatever allmusic calls it, I can use that highly specific genre to find more bands that have very similar elements (like, say, jangly guitars) that more "agreed upon" genres like "pop," "rock," "metal" wouldn't preserve, informationally.
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Oh I wasn't complaining. You are right, if you are looking for a certain sound and don't want to go through heeps of artists at aren't related at all, allmusic is the place to go. I'm just saying they really peck at the key genres until there is almost nothing left.