soulful and powerful, but with bad attitude. Jazzy and smooth, but with elements of the harder end of jazz in there, maybe with a touch of noise. Fuzz and groove a necessity. Melodicism a must. Free and easy, but with a tight structure and a strong sense of dynamism. Talent aplenty. And, above all, badical

You may miss out the odd one of the above criteria, but keep the core there. And absolutely NOTHING twee or emo or indie or one of those other lame things

also: immaculately produced