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#Indie rock #2000s in music

1 These include Washington, DC's Dischord Records in 1980, Seattle's Sub Pop Records in 1986[7], and New York City's Matador Records and ________, North Carolina's Merge Records in 1989.

2 In the United States, the term "indie rock" was particularly associated with the abrasive, distortion-heavy sounds of Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, ________, The Replacements, and Pixies.

3 Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the ________ and the United States in the 1980s and earlier.

4 Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock and Slint's ________, provided the catalyst for the development of post rock and math rock.

5 ________ shares similar experimental aesthetics, but is generally denser and more abrasive.

6 ________, The Promise Ring, The Get Up Kids and others brought a more melodic sound to the genre.

7 The ________ movement, which had grown out of the hardcore punk scene in the 1980s with bands like Rites of Spring, gained popularity as the 1990s progressed.

8 [3] The Beach Boys' 1966 album ________ is also commonly listed as a highly influential starting point.

9 The Decade in Indie by Nitsuh Abebe for ________ September 16, 2009

10 [14] ________, Chavez and others contributed to its rise in popularity during the 1990s.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • French indie rock band Stuck in the Sound got their name from the fact that when the group formed, the four band members locked themselves in a basement with their music?
  • the music recording project Gigi involves indie rock musicians singing new 1950s- and 60s-style pop songs?
  • when playing at the 2008 NME Awards in support of their triple-nominated single "Flux", indie rock band Bloc Party were stunned by the scale of the gig?
  • while the British indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club were recording their debut EP, The Boy I Used to Be, they were in the same school year as Cajun Dance Party?
  • San Francisco indie rock band LoveLikeFire formed as a result of a Craigslist classified advertisement?
  • Filipino indie rock band Taken by Cars had two singles that reached the top of Manila's local radio charts before getting signed in a major record label?
  • Half Japanese's Greatest Hits was included in Blender's top 100 indie rock albums?
  • indie rock band Klaxons were forced to re-record parts of second album Surfing the Void, after record label Polydor deemed it "too experimental for release"?
  • indie rock band Fang Island took its name from a fictional location described in an Onion article as a secret hideaway of then U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?
  • Irish indie rock band Ham Sandwich were encouraged by U2 frontman Bono to change their name in 2006?
  • "Albino Ballerina", the final single by indie rock band Sweet Jesus, gained extensive critical acclaim before the band's commercial success dwindled and they soon disbanded?
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