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Before the progressive pop of the late 1960s, performers were typically unable to decide on the artistic content of their music.[46] Assisted by the mid-1960s economic boom, record labels began investing in artists, giving them the freedom to experiment, and offering them limited control over their content and marketing.[47] This situation declined after the late 1970s and would not reemerge until the rise of Internet stars.[47] <anchor>Indie pop</anchor>, which developed in the late 1970s, marked another departure from the glamour of contemporary pop music, with guitar bands formed on the then-novel premise that one could record and release their own music without having to procure a record contract from a major label.[48]
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Genre of alternative pop music

For the pop music scene of India alternately called "Indi-pop", see [Indian pop](/wiki/Indian_pop "Indian pop").

Indie popStylistic origins

- [Pop](/wiki/Pop_music "Pop music")[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1)
- [punk rock](/wiki/Punk_rock "Punk rock")[\[2\]](#cite_note-Dolan-2)[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1)
- [guitar pop](/wiki/Pop_rock "Pop rock")[\[3\]](#cite_note-Aux2014-3)[\[4\]](#cite_note-Heaton2013-4)
- [post-punk](/wiki/Post-punk "Post-punk")[\[4\]](#cite_note-Heaton2013-4)
- [indie rock](/wiki/Indie_rock "Indie rock")[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5)

Cultural originsLate 1970s, United KingdomDerivative forms

- [Alternative pop](/wiki/Alternative_pop "Alternative pop")
- [chillwave](/wiki/Chillwave "Chillwave")[\[6\]](#cite_note-6)
- [Shibuya-kei](/wiki/Shibuya-kei "Shibuya-kei")[\[7\]](#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReynolds2011168-7)

Subgenres

- [Chamber pop](/wiki/Chamber_pop "Chamber pop")[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5)
- [twee pop](/wiki/Twee_pop "Twee pop")[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5)

Fusion genres

- [Indietronica](/wiki/Indietronica "Indietronica")

Local scenes[Dunedin](/wiki/Dunedin_sound "Dunedin sound")Other topics

- [Indie rock](/wiki/Indie_rock "Indie rock")
- [alternative dance](/wiki/Alternative_dance "Alternative dance")
- [alternative R&B](/wiki/Alternative_R%26B "Alternative R&B")
- [anorak](/wiki/Anorak_(slang) "Anorak (slang)")
- _[C86](/wiki/C86_(album) "C86 (album)")_
- [dream pop](/wiki/Dream_pop "Dream pop")
- [lo-fi music](/wiki/Lo-fi_music "Lo-fi music")
- [new wave](/wiki/New_wave_music "New wave music")
- [noise pop](/wiki/Noise_pop "Noise pop")
- [pop punk](/wiki/Pop_punk "Pop punk")
- [northern soul](/wiki/Northern_soul "Northern soul")

**Indie pop** (also typeset as **indie-pop** or **indiepop**) is a music genre and subculture[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1) that combines [guitar pop](/wiki/Guitar_pop "Guitar pop") with [DIY ethic](/wiki/DIY_ethic "DIY ethic")[\[3\]](#cite_note-Aux2014-3) in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream [pop music](/wiki/Pop_music "Pop music").[\[8\]](#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrithHorne2016139-8) It originated from British [post-punk](/wiki/Post-punk "Post-punk")[\[4\]](#cite_note-Heaton2013-4) in the late 1970s and subsequently generated a thriving [fanzine](/wiki/Fanzine "Fanzine"), [label](/wiki/Independent_record_label "Independent record label"), and club and gig circuit. Compared to its counterpart, [indie rock](/wiki/Indie_rock "Indie rock"),[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5) the genre is more melodic, less abrasive, and relatively angst-free.[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5) In later years, the definition of _indie pop_ has bifurcated to also mean bands from unrelated DIY scenes/movements with pop leanings.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Heaton2013-4) Subgenres include [chamber pop](/wiki/Chamber_pop "Chamber pop") and [twee pop](/wiki/Twee_pop "Twee pop").[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5)

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### Origins and etymology

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See also: [Post-punk](/wiki/Post-punk "Post-punk"), [DIY music](/wiki/DIY_music "DIY music"), [Indie rock](/wiki/Indie_rock "Indie rock"), [Jangle pop](/wiki/Jangle_pop "Jangle pop"), and [C86](/wiki/C86 "C86")

> Indie pop is not just "indie" that is "pop." Not too many people realize this, or really care either way. But you can be sure indie pop's fans know it. They have their own names for themselves ... the music they listen to ... their own canon of legendary bands ... and legendary labels ... their own pop stars ... their own zines ... websites ... mailing lists ... aesthetics ... festivals ... iconography ... fashion accessories ... and in-jokes ... in short, their own culture.

—Nitsuh Abebe, _[Pitchfork](/wiki/Pitchfork_Media "Pitchfork Media")_[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1)

> Within indie genres, issues of authenticity are especially prominent: indie was born in a Utopian attempt to stop the inevitable cycle of bands being co-opted - and, it is assumed, corrupted - by the mainstream.

—Emily I. Dolan, _[Popular Music](/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press "Cambridge University Press")_[\[2\]](#cite_note-Dolan-2)

Both _indie_ and _indie pop_ had originally referred to the same thing during the late 1970s, originally abbreviations for _[independent](/wiki/Independent_music "Independent music")_ and _[popular](/wiki/Popular_music "Popular music")_. Inspired more by [punk rock](/wiki/Punk_rock "Punk rock")'s DIY ethos than its style, guitar bands were formed on the then-novel premise that one could record and release their own music instead of having to procure a [record contract](/wiki/Record_contract "Record contract") from a major label.[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1) According to Emily Dolan, indie is predicated on the distorted music of [the Velvet Underground](/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground "The Velvet Underground"), the "rebellious screaming" of early punk, and "some of rock's more quirky and eccentric figures", such as [Jonathan Richman](/wiki/Jonathan_Richman "Jonathan Richman").[\[2\]](#cite_note-Dolan-2) _[Pitchfork](/wiki/Pitchfork_Media "Pitchfork Media")_'s Nitsuh Abebe identifies the majority of indie as "all about that 60s-styled guitar jangle".[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1) [The Monochrome Set's](/wiki/The_Monochrome_Set "The Monochrome Set")[\[9\]](#cite_note-9) early singles were so heavily influential to indie pop band [the Smiths](/wiki/The_Smiths "The Smiths") that [Johnny Marr](/wiki/Johnny_Marr "Johnny Marr") stated without them, the Smiths would not have existed.[\[10\]](#cite_note-10)[\[11\]](#cite_note-11)

Indie pop was an unprecedented contrast from the gritty and serious tones of previous [underground rock](/wiki/Underground_rock "Underground rock") styles, as well as being a departure from the glamour of contemporary [pop music](/wiki/Pop_music "Pop music").[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1) Distinguished from the angst and abrasiveness of its indie rock counterpart,[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5) the majority of indie pop borrows not only the stripped-down quality of punk, but also "the sweetness and [catchiness](/wiki/Catchiness "Catchiness") of mainstream pop".[\[2\]](#cite_note-Dolan-2) Music critic [Simon Reynolds](/wiki/Simon_Reynolds "Simon Reynolds") says that indie pop defines itself against "charting pop".[\[8\]](#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrithHorne2016139-8) Abebe explains:

> One of those things was the idea that rock music was supposed to be cool – "cool" meaning sexy, tough, arty, fiery, or fantastical... The charts had "cool" covered – these kids, in their basements and bedrooms, were trying to hand-craft a mirror-image of it, a pop world where they were the stars... and a little bit of a raspberry blown at the larger musical world, which (sensibly) went right on preferring something more interesting than average white kids playing simple pop songs.[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1)

Despite their relatively minor commercial success (their third album was sardonically titled _[They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles](/wiki/They_Could_Have_Been_Bigger_than_the_Beatles "They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles")_), the [Television Personalities](/wiki/Television_Personalities "Television Personalities") are highly regarded by critics and have been widely influential, especially on the [C86](/wiki/C86 "C86") generation.[\[12\]](#cite_note-12) Reynolds has said that "what we now know as indie music was invented in Scotland,"[\[13\]](#cite_note-13) with reference to the emergence of [Postcard Records](/wiki/Postcard_Records "Postcard Records") in 1979. However, some have posited that the concept of indie music did not crystallise until the late 1980s and early 1990s.[\[2\]](#cite_note-Dolan-2) Brisbane band [the Go-Betweens](/wiki/The_Go-Betweens "The Go-Betweens") were an early influential indie pop band, releasing their first single " [Lee Remick](/wiki/Lee_Remick_(The_Go-Betweens_song) "Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song)")" in 1978.[\[14\]](#cite_note-14) American indie pop band [Beat Happening](/wiki/Beat_Happening "Beat Happening")'s 1985 [eponymous debut album](/wiki/Beat_Happening_(album) "Beat Happening (album)") was also influential in the development of the indie pop sound, particularly in North America.[\[15\]](#cite_note-15) In the early 1990s, English indie pop influenced and branched off to a variety of styles. The US, which did not have as much of a scene in the 1980s, had many indie pop enthusiasts by the mid 1990s.[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1) Most of the modern notion of indie music stems from _[NME](/wiki/NME "NME")_'s 1986 compilation _C86_, which collects many guitar bands who were inspired by the early [psychedelic](/wiki/Psychedelic_music "Psychedelic music") sounds of 1960s [garage rock](/wiki/Garage_rock "Garage rock").[\[16\]](#cite_note-Martin2013c86-16)

Names that indie pop fans use for themselves are _popkids_ and _popgeeks_, and for the music they listen to, _p!o!p_, _twee_, _[anorak](/wiki/Anorak_(slang) "Anorak (slang)")_ and _C86_. Abebe says that the Scottish group [the Pastels](/wiki/The_Pastels "The Pastels") typified the "hip end of 'anorak': Their lazy melodies, lackadaisical strum, and naive attitude transformed the idea of the rock band into something casual, intimate, and free from the pretense of cool".[\[1\]](#cite_note-TAF-1)

### Disputed significance of _C86_

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[Everett True](/wiki/Everett_True "Everett True"), a writer for _NME_ in the 1980s, believes that _C86_ was not the main factor behind indie pop, arguing that [Sarah Records](/wiki/Sarah_Records "Sarah Records") was more responsible for sticking to a particular sound, and that: "C86 didn't actually exist as a sound, or style. ... I find it weird, bordering on surreal, that people are starting to use it as a description again".[\[17\]](#cite_note-planb-17) Geoff Taylor, a member of the band [Age of Chance](/wiki/Age_of_Chance "Age of Chance"), added: "We never considered ourselves part of any scene. I'm not sure that the public at large did either, to be honest. We were just an independent band around at that same time as the others."[\[18\]](#cite_note-18)\[ _[better source needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS "Wikipedia:NOTRS")_\]

[Bob Stanley](/wiki/Bob_Stanley_(Saint_Etienne) "Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)"), a _[Melody Maker](/wiki/Melody_Maker "Melody Maker")_ journalist in the late 1980s and founding member of pop band [Saint Etienne](/wiki/Saint_Etienne_(band) "Saint Etienne (band)"), acknowledges that participants at the time reacted against lazy labelling, but insists they shared an approach:\[ _[improper synthesis?](/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material "Wikipedia:No original research")_\] "Of course the 'scene', like any scene, barely existed. Like squabbling [Marxist](/wiki/Marxism "Marxism") factions, groups who had much in common built up petty rivalries. [The June Brides](/wiki/The_June_Brides "The June Brides") and [the Jasmine Minks](/wiki/The_Jasmine_Minks "The Jasmine Minks") were the biggest names at [Alan McGee](/wiki/Alan_McGee "Alan McGee")'s Living Room Club and couldn't stand the sight of each other. Only when [the Jesus and Mary Chain](/wiki/The_Jesus_and_Mary_Chain "The Jesus and Mary Chain") exploded and stole their two-headed crown did they realise they were basically soulmates".[\[19\]](#cite_note-ReferenceA-19)\[ _[verification needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability "Wikipedia:Verifiability")_\] [Manic Street Preachers](/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers "Manic Street Preachers") bassist [Nicky Wire](/wiki/Nicky_Wire "Nicky Wire") remembers that it was the bands' very independence that gave the scene coherence: "People were doing everything themselves - making their own records, doing the artwork, gluing the sleeves together, releasing them and sending them out, writing fanzines because the music press lost interest really quickly."[\[20\]](#cite_note-20)

Many of the actual _C86_ bands distanced themselves from the scene cultivated around them by the UK music press - in its time, _C86_ became a [pejorative](/wiki/Pejorative "Pejorative") term for its associations with so-called "shambling" (a [John Peel](/wiki/John_Peel "John Peel")-coined description celebrating the self-conscious primitive approach of some of the music) and [underachievement](/wiki/Underachiever "Underachiever").[\[21\]](#cite_note-timeout.com-21)\[ _[verification needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability "Wikipedia:Verifiability")_\]

## Related genres

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### Twee pop

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Main article: [Twee pop](/wiki/Twee_pop "Twee pop")

[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/AcidHouseKings.jpg/220px-AcidHouseKings.jpg)](/wiki/File:AcidHouseKings.jpg) [Acid House Kings](/wiki/Acid_House_Kings "Acid House Kings"), a twee pop band.

Twee pop is a subgenre of indie pop[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5) that originates from _C86_. Characterised by its simplicity and perceived innocence, some of its defining features are boy-girl harmonies, catchy melodies, and lyrics about love. For many years, most bands were distributed by Sarah Records (in the UK) and [K Records](/wiki/K_Records "K Records") (in the US).[\[22\]](#cite_note-AMTwee-22)

### Shibuya-kei

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Main article: [Shibuya-kei](/wiki/Shibuya-kei "Shibuya-kei")

_[Shibuya-kei](/wiki/Shibuya-kei "Shibuya-kei")_ is a Japanese style from the 1990s that was embraced by indie pop enthusiasts, partly because many of its bands were distributed in the United States through major [indie labels](/wiki/Indie_label "Indie label") like [Matador](/wiki/Matador_Records "Matador Records") and [Grand Royal](/wiki/Grand_Royal "Grand Royal"). Out of all the Japanese groups from the scene, [Pizzicato Five](/wiki/Pizzicato_Five "Pizzicato Five") was the closest to achieving mainstream success in the US.[\[23\]](#cite_note-Ohanesian2013-23)

### Chamber pop

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Main article: [Chamber pop](/wiki/Chamber_pop "Chamber pop")

[Chamber pop](/wiki/Chamber_pop "Chamber pop") is a subgenre of indie pop that features lush orchestrations. Heavily influenced by [Brian Wilson](/wiki/Brian_Wilson "Brian Wilson") and [Burt Bacharach](/wiki/Burt_Bacharach "Burt Bacharach"),[\[5\]](#cite_note-AMIndiePop-5) the majority of [Louis Phillipe](/wiki/Louis_Philippe_(musician) "Louis Philippe (musician)")'s productions for [él Records](/wiki/%C3%89l_Records "Él Records") embodied the sophisticated use of orchestras and voices that typified the style,[\[24\]](#cite_note-tango-24) whilst [the Divine Comedy](/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_(band) "The Divine Comedy (band)") were the most popular chamber pop act of the [Britpop](/wiki/Britpop "Britpop") era.[\[25\]](#cite_note-25)

## See also

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- [List of indie pop artists](/wiki/List_of_indie_pop_artists "List of indie pop artists")

## References

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01. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-3) [_**e**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-4) [_**f**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-5) [_**g**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-6) [_**h**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-7) [_**i**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-8) [_**j**_](#cite_ref-TAF_1-9)Abebe, Nitsuh (24 October 2005), ["Twee as Fuck: The Story of Indie Pop"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110203183515/http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/6176-twee-as-fuck/), _Pitchfork Media_, archived from [the original](http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/6176-twee-as-fuck/) on 3 February 2011
02. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-Dolan_2-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-Dolan_2-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-Dolan_2-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-Dolan_2-3) [_**e**_](#cite_ref-Dolan_2-4)Dolan, Emily (2010). "…This little ukulele tells the truth': indie pop and kitsch authenticity". _Popular Music_. **29** (3). [Cambridge University Press](/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press "Cambridge University Press"): 457–469. [doi](/wiki/Doi_(identifier) "Doi (identifier)"): [10.1017/s0261143010000437](https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0261143010000437). [JSTOR](/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier) "JSTOR (identifier)") [40926945](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40926945). [S2CID](/wiki/S2CID_(identifier) "S2CID (identifier)") [194113672](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:194113672).
03. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-Aux2014_3-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-Aux2014_3-1)Tea, Mark (14 April 2014). ["10 Canadian jangle and indie pop bands that will improve your day"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180615004350/http://ontheaside.com/uncategorized/9-canadian-jangle-indie-pop-bands-vastly-improved-day/). _Aux_. Archived from [the original](http://www.aux.tv/2014/04/9-canadian-jangle-indie-pop-bands-vastly-improved-day/) on 15 June 2018. Instead, we're focusing on a more classic definition of the genre, one that marries guitar pop with D.I.Y. ethics.
04. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-Heaton2013_4-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-Heaton2013_4-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-Heaton2013_4-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-Heaton2013_4-3)Heaton, Dave (5 December 2013). ["The Best Indie-Pop of 2013"](https://www.popmatters.com/feature/176889-the-indie-pop-of-2013/). _[PopMatters](/wiki/PopMatters "PopMatters")_.
05. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-1) [_**c**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-2) [_**d**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-3) [_**e**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-4) [_**f**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-5) [_**g**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-6) [_**h**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-7) [_**i**_](#cite_ref-AMIndiePop_5-8)["Indie Pop"](http://www.allmusic.com/style/indie-pop-ma0000004494). _[AllMusic](/wiki/AllMusic "AllMusic")_.
06. **[^](#cite_ref-6)**The Week Staff (22 July 2011). ["Washed Out: _Within and Without_"](http://theweek.com/articles/483036/washed-within-without). _[The Week](/wiki/The_Week "The Week")_.
07. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReynolds2011168_7-0)**[Reynolds 2011](#CITEREFReynolds2011), p. 168.
08. ^ [_**a**_](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrithHorne2016139_8-0) [_**b**_](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrithHorne2016139_8-1)[Frith & Horne 2016](#CITEREFFrithHorne2016), p. 139.
09. **[^](#cite_ref-9)**["The Monochrome Set"](https://shop.tapeterecords.com/a-z/the-monochrome-set/). _Tapete Musik_ (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2023.
10. **[^](#cite_ref-10)**["The Monochrome Set"](https://www.cccb.org/en/participants/file/the-monochrome-set/214217). _CCCB_. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
11. **[^](#cite_ref-11)**Robb, John (9 January 2009). ["The Monochrome Set: Remembering the band that history forgot"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/jan/09/the-monochrome-set-remembered). _The Guardian_. [ISSN](/wiki/ISSN_(identifier) "ISSN (identifier)") [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 30 April 2023.
12. **[^](#cite_ref-12)**Buckley, Peter. _The Rough Guide to Rock_. Rough Guides, 2003.
13. **[^](#cite_ref-13)**["Big Gold Dream: Norman Blake, Russell Burn, Tam Dean Bum, Grant McPhee: Amazon Digital Services LLC"](https://www.amazon.com/Big-Gold-Dream-Norman-Blake/dp/B07CGPTYNV). _Amazon.com_. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
14. **[^](#cite_ref-14)**["Record Bin: The jangling pop brilliance of The Go-Betweens' "16 Lovers Lane""](https://web.archive.org/web/20190902232938/https://noogatoday.6amcity.com/record-bin-the-jangling-pop-brilliance-of-the-go-betweens-16-lovers-lane/). _NOOGAtoday_. 11 July 2015. Archived from [the original](https://noogatoday.6amcity.com/record-bin-the-jangling-pop-brilliance-of-the-go-betweens-16-lovers-lane/) on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
15. **[^](#cite_ref-15)**Abebe, Nitsuh. [" _Beat Happening_ \- Beat Happening"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/beat-happening-mw0000648080). _[AllMusic](/wiki/AllMusic "AllMusic")_. Retrieved 25 March 2015. Beat Happening can't be given credit for creating the indie pop genre, but they certainly gave it life in America.
16. **[^](#cite_ref-Martin2013c86_16-0)**Martin, Ian (10 July 2013). ["C86 sound jangles on in the Japanese indie scene"](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/music/c86-sound-jangles-on-in-the-japanese-indie-scene/#.WJWJlFUrJvw). _[The Japan Times](/wiki/The_Japan_Times "The Japan Times")_. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231014175053/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/10/music/c86-sound-jangles-on-in-the-japanese-indie-scene/#.WJWJlFUrJvw) from the original on 14 October 2023. The modern notion of indie music was formed to a large extent by the sounds of melodic guitar bands from declining industrial cities in Margaret Thatcher's Britain, many of which were collected by music weekly the NME on its iconic "C86" compilation album. Disaffected by the implosion of punk and inspired by the proto-psychedelic sounds of '60s garage rock, bands such as The Wedding Present, The Pastels, Close Lobsters and others retained punk's wariness of the commercial music industry but developed a more tuneful, occasionally whimsical musical style.
17. **[^](#cite_ref-planb_17-0)**True, Everett (22 July 2005), [_Friday 22 July_](https://web.archive.org/web/20070501212612/http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/07/22/friday-22-july/), Plan B Magazine Blog, archived from [the original](http://planbmag.com/blogs/staff/2005/07/22/friday-22-july/) on 1 May 2007, retrieved 12 January 2016
18. **[^](#cite_ref-18)**Taylor, Geoff, [_ireallylovemusic vs age of chance_](http://www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk/interviews/irlm_vs_aoc.html), ireallylovemusic\[ _[self-published source](/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources "Wikipedia:Verifiability")_\]
19. **[^](#cite_ref-ReferenceA_19-0)**[Bob Stanley](/wiki/Bob_Stanley_(Saint_Etienne) "Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne)"), sleevenotes to _[CD86](/wiki/CD86_(album) "CD86 (album)")_\[ _[full citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include "Wikipedia:Citing sources")_\]
20. **[^](#cite_ref-20)**Wire, Nicky (25 October 2006), ["The Birth of Uncool"](http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1930836,00.html), _[The Guardian](/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")_
21. **[^](#cite_ref-timeout.com_21-0)**[Reynolds, Simon](/wiki/Simon_Reynolds "Simon Reynolds") (23 October 2006). ["The C86 indie scene is back!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121002142154/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/2167/The_C86_indie_scene_is_back.html). _Time Out!_. Archived from [the original](http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/2167/The_C86_indie_scene_is_back.html) on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
22. **[^](#cite_ref-AMTwee_22-0)**["Twee Pop"](http://www.allmusic.com/style/twee-pop-ma0000012201). _[AllMusic](/wiki/AllMusic "AllMusic")_. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231110053012/https://www.allmusic.com/style/twee-pop-ma0000012201) from the original on 10 November 2023. In the U.K., the hub of the twee-pop scene was for many years the now-legendary Sarah label, home of groups including the Field Mice, Heavenly, and the Orchids; upon Sarah's demise, its founders created a new label, Shinkansen. In the U.S., the twee-pop scene took root most notably in the Olympia, WA area, the home of K Records, a label owned and operated by Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson.
23. **[^](#cite_ref-Ohanesian2013_23-0)**Ohanesian, Liz (13 April 2011). ["Japanese Indie Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Shibuya-Kei"](http://www.laweekly.com/music/japanese-indie-pop-the-beginners-guide-to-shibuya-kei-2408911). _[LA Weekly](/wiki/LA_Weekly "LA Weekly")_. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230709203903/https://www.laweekly.com/japanese-indie-pop-the-beginners-guide-to-shibuya-kei/) from the original on 9 July 2023. If you're going to start digging around in the Shibuya-kei crates, Pizzicato 5 is the best place to start. Our reasoning for this is simple, out of all the bands that came out of this scene, they came closest to breaking through on a wide scale in the U.S.
24. **[^](#cite_ref-tango_24-0)**Marmoro, Gianfranco (12 January 2010). ["The Ocean Tango"](http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_theoceantango.htm). _Ondarock_ (in Italian). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231117112633/https://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2010_theoceantango.htm) from the original on 17 November 2023.
25. **[^](#cite_ref-25)**Kok, Dan (13 September 2016). ["The Divine Comedy: Foreverland"](https://www.popmatters.com/the-divine-comedy-foreverland-2495416625.html). _PopMatters_. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

### Works cited

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- [Frith, Simon](/wiki/Simon_Frith "Simon Frith"); Horne, Howard (2016) \[First published 1988\]. [_Art into Pop_](https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ej7CwAAQBAJ). Routledge. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [978-1-317-22803-5](/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-22803-5 "Special:BookSources/978-1-317-22803-5").
- [Reynolds, Simon](/wiki/Simon_Reynolds "Simon Reynolds") (2011). [_Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past_](https://books.google.com/books?id=8FI3dVT9t34C). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. [ISBN](/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)") [978-1-4299-6858-4](/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4299-6858-4 "Special:BookSources/978-1-4299-6858-4").

## Further reading

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- Fonarow, Wendy, "Empire of Dirt, The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music" 2006
- Hann, Michael, _[Fey city rollers](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/oct/13/popandrock)_ ( _The Guardian_, 2004)
- Pearce, Kevin, [_A Different Story: The Ballad of the June Brides_](http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2001/march/junebrides.html) ( _Tangents_, 2001)
- Rogers, Jude, [_Smells like indie spirit_](http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2121219,00.html) (The Observer, 2007)
- Stanley, Bob, _[Where were you in C86?](https://web.archive.org/web/20080704103719/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2411784,00.html)_ ( _The Times,_ 2006)

## External links

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- [TweeNet - indiepop reference web site](http://www.twee.net)
- [INDIE POP BR - Brazilian indie pop music reference web site](https://web.archive.org/web/20210123052254/https://www.indiepop.com.br/)

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[Pop music](/wiki/Pop_music "Pop music")

Stylistic origins

- [Tin Pan Alley](/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley "Tin Pan Alley")
- [Traditional pop](/wiki/Traditional_pop "Traditional pop")
- [Rock and roll](/wiki/Rock_and_roll "Rock and roll")

[Styles](/wiki/Styles_of_pop_music "Styles of pop music")

- [Adult contemporary](/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music "Adult contemporary music")
  - [Christian](/wiki/Christian_adult_contemporary "Christian adult contemporary")
  - [Quiet storm](/wiki/Quiet_storm "Quiet storm")
  - [Rhythmic](/wiki/Rhythmic_adult_contemporary "Rhythmic adult contemporary")
  - [Urban](/wiki/Urban_adult_contemporary "Urban adult contemporary")
- [Alternative](/wiki/Alternative_pop "Alternative pop")
  - [Paisley Underground](/wiki/Paisley_Underground "Paisley Underground")
- [Ambient](/wiki/Ambient_pop "Ambient pop")
- [Art](/wiki/Art_pop "Art pop")
- [Avant](/wiki/Avant-pop "Avant-pop")
- [Beach](/wiki/Beach_music "Beach music")
- [Beat](/wiki/Beat_music "Beat music")
- [Brill Building](/wiki/Brill_Building_(genre) "Brill Building (genre)")
- [Bubblegum](/wiki/Bubblegum_music "Bubblegum music")
- [Chamber](/wiki/Chamber_pop "Chamber pop")
- [Contemporary Christian music](/wiki/Contemporary_Christian_music "Contemporary Christian music")
- [Country](/wiki/Country_pop "Country pop")
  - [Bro-country](/wiki/Bro-country "Bro-country")
  - [Cowboy](/wiki/Cowboy_pop "Cowboy pop")
- [Cringe](/wiki/Cringe_pop "Cringe pop")
- [Dancehall](/wiki/Dancehall_pop "Dancehall pop")
- [Dance](/wiki/Dance-pop "Dance-pop")
  - [Freestyle](/wiki/Freestyle_music "Freestyle music")
- [Disco polo](/wiki/Disco_polo "Disco polo")
- [Dream](/wiki/Dream_pop "Dream pop")
- [Experimental](/wiki/Experimental_pop "Experimental pop")
- [Folk](/wiki/Folk-pop "Folk-pop")
- [Hyperpop](/wiki/Hyperpop "Hyperpop")
- [Hypnagogic](/wiki/Hypnagogic_pop "Hypnagogic pop")
- Indie
  - [Dunedin sound](/wiki/Dunedin_sound "Dunedin sound")
  - [Twee](/wiki/Twee_pop "Twee pop")
- [Operatic](/wiki/Operatic_pop "Operatic pop")
- [Orchestral](/wiki/Orchestral_pop "Orchestral pop")
  - [Baroque](/wiki/Baroque_pop "Baroque pop")
- [Pop rap](/wiki/Pop_rap "Pop rap")
- [Pop rock](/wiki/Pop_rock "Pop rock")
  - [Emo](/wiki/Emo_pop "Emo pop")
  - [Jangle](/wiki/Jangle_pop "Jangle pop")
  - [Pop metal](/wiki/Pop_metal "Pop metal")
  - [Pop-punk](/wiki/Pop-punk "Pop-punk")
  - [Power](/wiki/Power_pop "Power pop")
- [Progressive](/wiki/Progressive_pop "Progressive pop")
- [Psychedelic](/wiki/Psychedelic_pop "Psychedelic pop")
- [Schlager music](/wiki/Schlager_music "Schlager music")
- [Sophisti-pop](/wiki/Sophisti-pop "Sophisti-pop")
- [Space age](/wiki/Space_age_pop "Space age pop")
- [Sunshine](/wiki/Sunshine_pop "Sunshine pop")
- [Swamp](/wiki/Swamp_pop "Swamp pop")
- [Synth-pop](/wiki/Synth-pop "Synth-pop")
  - [Electropop](/wiki/Electropop "Electropop")
  - [Futurepop](/wiki/Futurepop "Futurepop")
- [Teen](/wiki/Teen_pop "Teen pop")
- [Traditional](/wiki/Traditional_pop "Traditional pop")
- [Wonky](/wiki/Wonky_pop "Wonky pop")

Regional variants

Africa

- [Africa](/wiki/African_popular_music "African popular music")
  - [Afrobeats](/wiki/Afrobeats "Afrobeats")
  - [Moroccan](/wiki/Moroccan_pop "Moroccan pop")

The Americas

- [American](/wiki/American_popular_music "American popular music")
- [Argentine](/wiki/Music_of_Argentina#Popular_music "Music of Argentina")
- [Brazilian (MPB)](/wiki/M%C3%BAsica_popular_brasileira "Música popular brasileira")
- [Latin](/wiki/Latin_pop "Latin pop")
  - [Tropipop](/wiki/Tropipop "Tropipop")
  - [Mexican](/wiki/Mexican_pop_music "Mexican pop music")
- [Nueva ola](/wiki/Nueva_ola "Nueva ola")

Asia

- [Arabic](/wiki/Arabic_pop "Arabic pop")
- [Assyrian](/wiki/Assyrian_folk/pop_music "Assyrian folk/pop music")
- [Azerbaijani](/wiki/Azerbaijani_pop_music "Azerbaijani pop music")
- [Chinese](/wiki/C-pop "C-pop")
  - [Cantopop](/wiki/Cantopop "Cantopop")
  - [Hakka](/wiki/Hakka_popular_music "Hakka popular music")
  - [Hokkien](/wiki/Hokkien_pop "Hokkien pop")
  - [Mandopop](/wiki/Mandopop "Mandopop")
    - [French](/wiki/French_Mandopop "French Mandopop")
  - [Xinyao](/wiki/Xinyao "Xinyao")
  - [Zhongguo feng](/wiki/Zhongguo_feng_(music) "Zhongguo feng (music)")
  - [Chinoiserie](/wiki/Chinoiserie_music "Chinoiserie music")
- [Hong Kong English](/wiki/Hong_Kong_English_pop "Hong Kong English pop")
- [Indian](/wiki/Indian_pop "Indian pop")
  - [Bhangra](/wiki/Bhangra_(music) "Bhangra (music)")
  - [Filmi](/wiki/Filmi "Filmi")
  - [Hindutva](/wiki/Hindutva_pop "Hindutva pop")
- [Indonesian](/wiki/Indo_pop "Indo pop")
- [Iranian](/wiki/Iranian_pop_music "Iranian pop music")
- [Japanese](/wiki/J-pop "J-pop")
  - [City](/wiki/City_pop "City pop")
  - [Kayōkyoku](/wiki/Kay%C5%8Dkyoku "Kayōkyoku")
  - [Ryūkōka](/wiki/Ry%C5%ABk%C5%8Dka "Ryūkōka")
  - [Shibuya-kei](/wiki/Shibuya-kei "Shibuya-kei")
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- Korean
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- [Philippine](/wiki/Pinoy_pop "Pinoy pop")
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- [Vietnamese](/wiki/V-pop "V-pop")

Europe

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- Balkan pop-folk
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  - [Nederbeat](/wiki/Nederbeat "Nederbeat")
  - [New pop](/wiki/New_pop "New pop")
- [Eurodance](/wiki/Eurodance "Eurodance")
- [Europop](/wiki/Europop "Europop")
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  - [French Mandopop](/wiki/French_Mandopop "French Mandopop")
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- [Hungarian](/wiki/Hungarian_pop "Hungarian pop")
- [Italian](/wiki/Italian_popular_music#Rock_and_pop "Italian popular music")
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  - [Čalgija](/wiki/%C4%8Calgija "Čalgija")
- [Romanian](/wiki/Muzic%C4%83_popular%C4%83 "Muzică populară")
  - [Manele](/wiki/Manele "Manele")
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- [Turkish](/wiki/Turkish_pop_music "Turkish pop music")
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Precursors

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- [Punk rock](/wiki/Punk_rock "Punk rock")
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    - [Post-hardcore](/wiki/Post-hardcore "Post-hardcore")
    - [Riot grrrl](/wiki/Riot_grrrl "Riot grrrl")
  - [New wave](/wiki/New_wave_music "New wave music")
  - [Noise rock](/wiki/Noise_rock "Noise rock")
  - [Proto-punk](/wiki/Proto-punk "Proto-punk")
  - [Post-punk](/wiki/Post-punk "Post-punk")
    - [Gothic rock](/wiki/Gothic_rock "Gothic rock")

[Styles and\
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fusion genres](/wiki/Category:Alternative_rock_genres "Category:Alternative rock genres")

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- [Dark cabaret](/wiki/Dark_cabaret "Dark cabaret")
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- [Emo](/wiki/Emo "Emo")
- [Geek rock](/wiki/Geek_rock "Geek rock")
  - [Wizard rock](/wiki/Wizard_rock "Wizard rock")
- [Grebo](/wiki/Grebo_(music) "Grebo (music)")
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- [Indie rock](/wiki/Indie_rock "Indie rock")
  - [Indie folk](/wiki/Indie_folk "Indie folk")
  - [Jangle pop](/wiki/Jangle_pop "Jangle pop")
    - [Dunedin Sound](/wiki/Dunedin_Sound "Dunedin Sound")
    - [Paisley Underground](/wiki/Paisley_Underground "Paisley Underground")
  - [Math rock](/wiki/Math_rock "Math rock")
  - [New rave](/wiki/New_rave "New rave")
  - [Slowcore](/wiki/Slowcore "Slowcore")
- [Industrial rock](/wiki/Industrial_rock "Industrial rock")
  - [Industrial metal](/wiki/Industrial_metal "Industrial metal")
- [Latin alternative](/wiki/Latin_alternative "Latin alternative")
- [Madchester](/wiki/Madchester "Madchester")
  - [Baggy](/wiki/Baggy "Baggy")
- [Mangue bit](/wiki/Mangue_bit "Mangue bit")
- [Neo-psychedelia](/wiki/Neo-psychedelia "Neo-psychedelia")
  - [Dream pop](/wiki/Dream_pop "Dream pop")
  - [Shoegaze](/wiki/Shoegaze "Shoegaze")
    - [Blackgaze](/wiki/Blackgaze "Blackgaze")
    - [Nu gaze](/wiki/Nu_gaze "Nu gaze")
- [New wave of new wave](/wiki/New_wave_of_new_wave "New wave of new wave")
- [Noise pop](/wiki/Noise_pop "Noise pop")
- [Pagan rock](/wiki/Pagan_rock "Pagan rock")
- [Post-punk revival](/wiki/Post-punk_revival "Post-punk revival")
- [Post-rock](/wiki/Post-rock "Post-rock")
  - [Post-metal](/wiki/Post-metal "Post-metal")
- [Slacker rock](/wiki/Slacker_rock "Slacker rock")

[Alternative metal](/wiki/Alternative_metal "Alternative metal")

- [Funk metal](/wiki/Funk_metal "Funk metal")
- [Neue Deutsche Härte](/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_H%C3%A4rte "Neue Deutsche Härte")
- [Nu metal](/wiki/Nu_metal "Nu metal")
- [Rap metal](/wiki/Rap_metal "Rap metal")

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- [Anorak](/wiki/Anorak_(slang) "Anorak (slang)")
- [Artists](/wiki/List_of_alternative_rock_artists "List of alternative rock artists")
- _[C86](/wiki/C86 "C86")_
- [Campus radio](/wiki/Campus_radio "Campus radio")
- [Independent music](/wiki/Independent_music "Independent music")
- Indie pop
- [Independent record label](/wiki/Independent_record_label "Independent record label")
- [Lo-fi music](/wiki/Lo-fi_music "Lo-fi music")
- [Lollapalooza](/wiki/Lollapalooza "Lollapalooza")
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