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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.
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.
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music [1] to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of notable indie pop artists. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not ...
The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom.Originally published in January 1980, [1] and widely known as the indie chart, the relevance of the chart dwindled in the 1990s as major-label ownership blurred the boundary between independent and major labels.
In the 2000s, indie rock blossomed. Heartfelt emo/indie act The Morning After released their 2008 album, another day like today, to local acclaim and inspired many of Malang’s contemporary indie ...
Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop [1] that originates from the 1986 NME compilation C86. [2] Twee pop gets its name from the aesthetic of twee, which is known for its simplicity and childlike innocence. [3] Some of its defining features are boy-girl harmonies, catchy melodies, and lyrics about love.
The Dunedin sound can be traced back to the emergence of punk rock as a musical influence in New Zealand in the late 1970s. Isolated from the country's main punk scene in Auckland (which had been influenced by bands such as England's Buzzcocks), Dunedin's punk groups, such as The Enemy (which became Toy Love) and The Same (which later developed into The Chills), developed a sound more heavily ...