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Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock and college rock that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies. [1] The "jangly" guitar sound is characterized by its clean, shimmering and arpeggiated tone, often created using 12-string electric guitars .
Jangle or jingle-jangle is a sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars (particularly 12-strings) played in a droning chordal style (by strumming or arpeggiating). The sound is mainly associated with pop music [ 1 ] as well as 1960s guitar bands, folk rock , and 1980s indie music .
Let's Active was an American rock group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1981, and often identified with the jangle pop guitar work of the group's frontman and songwriter Mitch Easter. [1] After disbanding in 1990, the group reformed in August 2014 to play a benefit show in North Carolina. [2]
Mavericks is a collaborative album by the two original singer/songwriters of jangle pop band the dB's, Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. It was originally released in 1991 on Rhino Records and was re-released on January 15, 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. [1] The reissue featured six previously unreleased tracks. [1]
They play a guitar-oriented, melodic, jangle-pop style of rock music with introspective lyrics that often reflect the history or culture of the American South. Though the band has released little content since 2001, they never officially broke up and continue to occasionally perform to the present.
This is a list of jangle pop artists. Jangle pop is a genre of rock music created in the 1960s that saw a resurgence in the 1980s. [1] [2] Artists.
Pages in category "Jangle pop songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Age of Consent (song)
Lead single "Mayor of Simpleton", a jangle pop song, reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their only US single to chart. It was followed with "King for a Day" (number 11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) and "The Loving" (no chart showing). The group embarked on a brief acoustic-guitar ...