Genres they love

  • Alternative rock
  • Americana
  • Country music
  • Garage rock
  • Indie folk
  • Shoegaze

Genres they’re also open to receiving

  • Melodic metal
  • Metal/Heavy metal
  • Singer songwriter

Main opportunities

  • Add artists to my impactful playlist(s)

Others

  • Create post or reel on social media
  • Add to story on social media

They want to receive music similar to…

  • Poor Man's Poison
  • The Bridge City Sinners
  • Colter Wall
  • Sam Donald
  • The Dead South
  • Charley Crockett
  • Alice In Chains
  • Nirvana
  • See all +4

Moods they love

  • Dark
  • Downbeat
  • Meaningful lyrics
  • Melancholic

Moods they’re also open to receiving

  • Authentic
  • Chill
  • Dreamy

Attributes they love

  • Available on Spotify

They don't want to receive...

  • Psy-Trance
  • AI Music

Pawns or Kings

Playlist Curator

Pawns or Kings is the curator for Spooky Banjo Time, the most followed independent dark country playlist on Spotify. He also curates playlists in the The Alt Country and Nu-Grunge genres. I don't care whether you have monthly listener or 1 million, the sound is most important. I prefer dark and eerie sounding music in the vein of Poor Man's Poison and the Dead South for Spooky Banjo Time. I do like rawness in an artist but I expect you to have professional level production in your songs. Submit to Spooky Banjo Time with dark and moody folk/country/bluegrass with a gritty feel. Submit to You Don't Hate Country with Alt Country, Indie Country, everything in country but pop country Submit to Best of Nu-Grunge with grunge, post-grunge, Grungegaze, Shoegaze, Alt Metal, and garage rock. Chosen songs will be added to playlists in the top 25 songs for at least a month but most songs will be permanent. For the artists that are not accepted into the playlist, feedback on how to reach that standard will be provided. Pawns or Kings loves mentoring artists and helping them grow as songwriters. No AI music, only real people and real music please.

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