Explore Madison music genres with Every Noise at Once

Every good story needs a soundtrack, and ours is no exception. We could just pick one — but you know we love a deep dive.

Every Noise at Once is Spotify’s algorithmically generated scatter plot of music genres, from “German dark minimal techno” to “neo-trad doom metal” to “classical saxophone quartet,” and literally everything in between.

Here’s where Every Noise sorts some of our favorite local artists, plus national acts from the same genre — perfect for a walk through the Arboretum .

Garbage | Permanent wave

Spotify recommends:

• B-Movie (Listen )
• a-ha (Listen )
• Tears for Fears (Listen )

Rainer Maria | Midwest emo

Spotify recommends:

• Origami Angel (Listen )
• Sunny Day Real Estate (Listen )
• The Get Up Kids (Listen )

Seasaw | Wisconsin indie

Spotify recommends:

• Volcano Choir (Listen )
• Kainalu (Listen )
• PHOX (Listen )

Brother Ali | Conscious hip hop

Spotify recommends:

• Ms. Lauryn Hill (Listen )
• Common (Listen )
• The Roots (Listen )

How did it do? Explore Every Noise yourself and tell us your pick for 608’s top genres.