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Indie rock (also referred to as simply "indie") [21] [5] is a style of rock music and is one of the most popular independent music genres. It originally grew out of the alternative rock , punk rock , and independent movements of the 1980s, [ 2 ] [ 21 ] with local scenes emerging in many American cities and college towns . [ 22 ]
Indie dance, or alternative dance, a type of dance music rooted in indie rock and indie pop; Indie electronic, a music genre; Indie folk, a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community influenced by folk and country music; Indie hip hop, hip hop music that primarily exists in the independent music scene
The Madchester scene's distinct combination of indie rock and dance music became termed indie dance by critics, or more specifically the subgenre baggy. [47] Madchester and baggy's most infamous moment was the 27 May 1990 Spike Island concert headlined by the Stone Roses. With an attendance of around 28,000 and lasting twelve hours, it was the ...
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture [1] that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic [3] in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. [8] It originated from British post-punk [4] in the late 1970s and subsequently generated a thriving fanzine, label, and club and gig circuit.
A music platform, Gracenote, listed more than 2000 music genres (included by those created by ordinary music lovers, who are not involved within the music industry, these being said to be part of a 'folksonomy', i.e. a taxonomy created by non-experts).
The genre has historically been enjoyed by English-speaking Americans, but their reporting shows growth in non-Anglophonic territories such as Philippines, Indonesia, India, Brazil, Mexico ...
Indie music (from independent) is any genre, scene, subculture, stylistic, and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music ...
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