This list is generated on the fly based on readers' votes on your favorite local (capital district) bands, so every time someone joins, edits their profile, or unsubscribes, this list changes. The top twenty voted acts get listed on every Rkstar page in "The Local Twenty" in the top left corner. If you're a local band who would like to be added to the list, please visit this link. If you're just visiting to see who the most popular bands are, be sure to take into account the fact that new bands start at the bottom and it takes an average of 2 months to average out. You can read through recent news posts to see who has been added lately.

Place	Band Name	Styles	Votes
1)	Monkey Gone Mad	Ska, Punk, Funk	1072
2)	Sirsy	Female-Fronted, Alternative, Pop Rock	1065
3)	Paddy Kilrain	Anti-Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter	736
4)	Jupiter Sunrise	Power Pop, Punk Pop	611
5)	The Velmas	Alternative, Modern Rock, Pop Rock	553
6)	Public Access	Punk, Ska, Hardcore	497
7)	Sean Rowe	Anti-Folk, Funk, Soul	431
8)	Brian Kaplan Band	Modern Rock	400
9)	Bryan Thomas	Soul, Singer/Songwriter	381
10)	Mathematicians	Indie, Dance, Electronic	323
11)	Venomentality	Indie, Female-Fronted, Modern Rock	310
12)	Acoustic Trauma	Alternative, Progressive	293
13)	See Girl Run	Female-Fronted, Folk Rock	279
14)	Mike Grosshandler	Acoustic, Alternative, Modern Rock	276
15)	Wetwerks	Modern Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative	264
16)	The Wait	Alternative, Pop Rock	262
17)	Honeycreeper	Ska, Funk, Punk	244
18)	Jonathan Bright	Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter	233
19)	Rocket Vs. Robot	Pop Rock, Punk, Electronic	226
20)	Jes Hudak	Piano, Singer/Songwriter, Pop Rock	226
21)	Knotworking	Indie, Americana	225
22)	Rob Skane	Folk	200
23)	The Suggestions	Power Pop	194
24)	The Renowned Army	Alternative, Punk, Indie	185
25)	Ten Year Vamp	Modern Rock, Pop Rock, Alternative	162
26)	Maurizio	Folk Rock, Indie, Singer/Songwriter	161
27)	Five Til Midnight	Alternative, Indie	158
28)	Arc	Americana, Pop Rock	153
29)	Pocket Protector	Indie, Funk, Acoustic	153
30)	The Late Night Show	Ska, Funk, Reggae	152
31)	Dave Strumfeld Group	Acoustic, Jazz, Folk Rock	146
32)	Great Day For Up	Alternative, Hard Rock	141
33)	Steve Moss	Pop Rock, Power Pop, Indie	140
34)	Stickmen Play	Funk, Jam Band	140
35)	Amazing Plaid	Experimental, Indie	138
36)	Blackcat Elliot	Alternative, Indie, Modern Rock	124
37)	Geno K	Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative	120
38)	Candice Jarrett	Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic	119
39)	Phillips Head	Punk Pop, Modern Rock, Alternative	118
40)	Blake & The Family Dog	Folk Rock, Americana, Singer/Songwriter	116
41)	Alycia Ercums	Singer/Songwriter, Piano	116
42)	Joe Nacco	Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Pop	115
43)	Casey Chapman	Acoustic, Female-Fronted, Anti-Folk	113
44)	Marlow	Emo, Jam Band	108
45)	Brian Bassett	Indie, Pop Rock, Alternative	95
46)	Hector On Stilts	Power Pop, Pop Rock, Dance	88
47)	Steve Scarlata	Folk, Acoustic, Singer/Songwriter	75
48)	Parwana	Experimental, Indie, Punk	73
49)	Panache	Female-Fronted, Alternative	70
50)	Brothers Of Intention	Jam Band, Funk, Progressive	69
51)	The Decadent Royals	Modern Rock, Jam Band	67
52)	The Realside	Acoustic, Electronic, Pop Rock	65
53)	Broadcast Live	Spoken Word, Hip-hop, Jam Band	60
54)	Mother Necessity	Modern Rock, Hard Rock, Jam Band	58
55)	Mike Germano	Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic, Jazz	55
56)	Melodrome	Modern Rock, Pop Rock, Blues	51
57)	Kelly Maguire	Acoustic, Pop, Country	50
58)	The Frank Boscoes	Indie, Pop	43
59)	Aspect Ratio	Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock, Americana	40
60)	Carlene Godfrey	Folk Rock, Acoustic, Pop Rock	40
61)	Moloko Canes	Indie	38

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