The other day someone asked what kind of music I listen to and I said frank schauthiggua, they asked what genre and I said mostly cerebral catwave. It seemed like he took it seriously or he was really good at pretending to know what that is. I at least think I made those up. His reaction made me question...
I have almost no idea what any of the more specific genre tags I see on a lot of songs even mean. Has anyone already made something like a list of genres with some examples?
Edit: Thanks everyone, I'll check those on my next break or maybe when I get home if they get on my case about headphones at work
11 Jun 2026 20:29
i have found the
genre/subgenre descriptions on RateYourMusic quite handy, when clicking through there is usually a bunch of example albums and/or curated lists, it's been really helpful for when i just start dipping my toes into something but don't know much about it.
11 Jun 2026 20:34
Not guides, but try the 4chan music charts, like this one:
https://4chanmusic.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Mucore2.jpg 11 Jun 2026 21:06
cerebral catwave
That really sounds like it
could plausibly be some niche internet microgenre of music even if you pulled it out of your butt, so maybe they just rolled with it?
(If it isn't one yet, someone will probably
make it one now that you've posted this... 🙃️)
11 Jun 2026 21:24
Lemmy
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