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  2. Indie pop - Wikipedia

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    Indie pop was an unprecedented contrast from the gritty and serious tones of previous underground rock styles, as well as being a departure from the glamour of contemporary pop music. [1] Distinguished from the angst and abrasiveness of its indie rock counterpart, [ 5 ] the majority of indie pop borrows not only the stripped-down quality of ...

  3. Independent music - Wikipedia

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    Indie pop is a style of pop music that originally grew out of British post-punk in the late 1970s. [18] [19] Indie pop was one of the first independent music genres, and was initially synonymous with "indie". [19] Indie pop is characterized by a focus on melody, arrangements, and harmony, with less angst and distortion as compared to indie rock.

  4. Indie rock - Wikipedia

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    Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent record labels, by the 1990s it became more widely associated with the music such bands produced.

  5. List of indie rock musicians - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable indie rock artists. Individual musicians are listed alphabetically by their last name. Individual musicians are listed alphabetically by their last name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  6. Alternative rock - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and ...

  7. Rockism and poptimism - Wikipedia

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    Rockism is the belief that rock music depends on values such as authenticity and artfulness, which elevate it over other forms of popular music. [2] So-called "rockists" may promote the artifices stereotyped in rock music [3] [2] or may regard the genre as the normative state of popular music. [4]

  8. For a new generation of indie rock acts, country music is king

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    Like Turi, Jess Williamson of Plains sees the connection to country music from a more traditional indie rock audience as a post-COVID-19 lockdown revelation. “We saw people leaving cities ...

  9. Pop rock - Wikipedia

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    Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock [4]) is a fusion genre and form of rock music [5] characterized by a strong commercial appeal, [6] with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.