Rock branch
Indie rock
Rock › Alternative rock › Indie rock
- Emerged
- 1985
- Origin
- USA / United Kingdom
- Subgenres
- 2
Originally an economic description - independent labels - that hardened into an aesthetic: modest production and total freedom.
- Heaviness
- 3
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 8
Key acts
- Pavement
- Sonic Youth
- Arcade Fire
- The National