[paladisiac]

there's a little bit in all of us in music.
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[Kiki]

IMAGINATION! MYTHOS! THE PEOPLE RECORDING THE MUSIC!!!

Seriously, I am a sucker for a band with a great image. I am much more likely to enjoy music if it isn't created by a group of people wearing whatever t-shirt they reached for that morning. Gorillaz, Nicky Wire and Danger Days era My Chemical Romance come to mind.

That said, albums can still get 9/10 or 10/10 from wearing stuff the Arctic Monkeys would wear.

Need my imagination in rock! If you have the songs, what have you got to lose? Someone not being a fan because they consider you're "putting out an image" when they would of liked you if you wore some drab clothing? Perhaps it is they who are letting image get in the way of what they like!

[HigherThanTheSun]

[Guest]

Something with a TONE and an ATMOSPHERE! Something that conjures a feeling...You'd be surprised at how absent that is in a lot of music.
I also love sounds that are interesting and unique, if I don't notice the instruments, music, whatever then I probably won't like it...
Does that make sense?
I always enjoy a song that will never leave your thoughts, something that sticks with you.
And I like some spurts of noise (pure cacophony, I speak of), but I don't want Metal Machine Music 24/7 (though, come to think of it, I don't think anyone does XD)
So...yep.

[Yourselfisntsteam]

Coming up with any decent universal criteria for what I like/want in music is nearly impossible without getting vague and rambling.

I want music to be interesting: interesting composition (chords, melody ), interesting textures and atmospheres, interesting instrumentation....and I want these interesting things to create some interesting/creative/unique emotional effect.

Of course their are certain sounds/ideas I am particularly drawn to : noisy dissonant anger, grand spirituality, surreal atmospheres or sometimes detached academic sounding stuff ect.

[purple]

I look for genuine emotiveness in music. if not that, then I'll settle for a creepy atmosphere...

[Jasonconfused]

I'm not saying a band needs to have all of these things all of the time but I appreciate the following: Technical ability, soul, uniqueness, creativity, influence, loudness, catchiness, and rarely but sometimes lyrics.

[RFNAPLES]

Sound patterns
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[Michaelo16]

Effort and creativity (not always originality)
Generally emotive music but not always necessary (Janelle Monae, Lupe Fiasco)
Artists that don't have every song sounding the same is always a plus
If it's a new artist entering the music scene, just nothing cliched or predictable like the whole bunch of pop singers/rappers that have come through lately (Jason Derulo, Drake, Ke$ha, Justin Bieber), who have little to no talent

[Guest]

A dusty old soul or jazz sample and a unique rhyme scheme. And if that fails then anything really. It's what it feels like I guess.