Line #44 Main/JanglePop


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2	Primary Stylistic Influences:
3	+ NewWaveMusic, PostPunk, FolkMusic,
4	Folk Rock, PowerPop, UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion]
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6	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
7	+ PsychedelicRock, PunkRock, CountryMusic, Country Rock]
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9	Describe Jangle Pop here. Well... it's the kind of music Music/{{REM}} and Music/TheSmiths play, basically. Though there's a bit more to it than that...
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11	Jangle Pop (often called "college rock" in the US due to the genre's presence on 80s college radio over there) is a genre of AlternativeRock that first appeared at the tail end of TheSeventies/the beginning of TheEighties. It's characterized by jangly guitars (often, though not always, 12-string Rickenbackers), simple melodies and often [[WordSaladLyrics enigmatic]] (if not straight up [[IndecipherableLyrics indecipherable]]) lyrics. The sound can be bright and upbeat, moody and mysterious or downright trippy at times, but the aforementioned elements are pretty much always present.
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13	Essentially a derivative of PowerPop, the genre was also quite heavily influenced by Folk Rock (especially Music/TheByrds and Music/SimonAndGarfunkel) and (of course) The Music/VelvetUnderground (particularly that band's quieter, folkier songs). The genre was heavily influenced by {{New Wave\|Music}} and PostPunk, and Jangle Pop bands can be seen as PowerPop or PostPunk bands with Folk and CountryMusic influences, in a nutshell. Jangle Pop's most immediate antecedent was Music/{{Television}}, who are cited by both of the bands mentioned at the top of the page as a key influence.
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15	Many of the early bands hailed from either the American west coast (particularly L.A.) or the upper South (with Athens, Georgia being a particular hotbed). The west coast scene was often referred to as the Paisley Underground (due to its heavy PsychedelicRock influence and the obvious Music/VelvetUnderground connection) and was typified by bands like Music/TheBangles, DreamSyndicate and Rain Parade; the Southern scene was rootsier (often influenced by CountryMusic) and included bands like Music/{{REM}}, The dB's, Pylon, and The Connells. In addition, other bands formed all around the country, with key examples being 10,000 Maniacs, Music/TheReplacements, Throwing Muses and Music/CamperVanBeethoven. Scenes also existed in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} (Music/TheChurchBand, Music/HoodooGurus, Music/TheGoBetweens) and UsefulNotes/NewZealand (The Chills, The Bats, The Clean), and in England, Music/TheSmiths became massively popular and spawned many soundalike bands, effectively changing the sound of British AlternativeRock and influencing many later generations of British bands.
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17	The bands were sometimes influenced by genres outside of the usual FolkRock, PostPunk, New Wave and PowerPop influences - PsychedelicRock (most common in the Paisley Underground bands, but found elsewhere as well), CountryMusic (particularly some of the Southern bands), PunkRock and even weirder things like {{Ska}} and {{Funk}}. The genre's heyday was in TheEighties, and it was mostly dead (with a few exceptions, such as TheChurch, Music/ThrowingMuses and of course Music/{{REM}}) by the time Grunge happened, having been largely superseded on College Radio by harder-edged AlternativeRock genres. However, newer bands did pop up sometimes, and the genre influenced later genres, most obviously AlternativeCountry, {{Slowcore}} and many of the less aggressive Indie Rock bands.
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19	Bands that play jangle pop include:
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21	[[index]]
22	* 54-40 (also Roots Rock)
23	* Music/TenThousandManiacs
24	** ''Music/InMyTribe'' (1987)
25	* Music/{{Accelerators}} (also PowerPop)
26	* Music/TheBalancingAct (also FolkRock and PsychedelicRock)
27	* Music/TheBangles
28	** ''Music/AllOverThePlace'' (1984)
29	* Music/BarenakedLadies
30	* Music/TheBats
31	* Music/BeatFarmers (also Cowpunk)
32	* Music/TheBeatles (TropeMaker)
33	** ''Music/AHardDaysNight'' (1964)
34	* Music/TheBible
35	* Music/TheBongos
36	* Music/TheByrds (TropeMaker)
37	** ''Music/MrTambourineMan'' (1965)
38	* Music/CamperVanBeethoven
39	* Music/TheChills
40	* Music/TheChurchBand (also PsychedelicRock)
41	* Music/TheClean
42	* Music/TheConnells
43	* Music/CountingCrows
44	* Music/TheCranberries
45	* Music/CrowdedHouse
46	** 1993 - ''Music/TogetherAlone''
47	* The dB's (also PowerPop and {{New Wave\|Music}})
48	* Music/MacDeMarco
49	* Music/DonDixon (primarily known as a RecordProducer, but his solo work counts as well)
50	* Music/DreamsSoReal
51	* Music/DreamSyndicate (also PsychedelicRock, and the TropeMaker for the Paisley Underground movement)
52	* Music/{{Dumptruck}}
53	* Music/MitchEaster
54	* Music/TheFeelies
55	* Music/{{Felt}} (also PostPunk)
56	* Music/FireTown
57	* Music/TheFleshtones (also GarageRock)
58	* Game Theory
59	* Music/GinBlossoms
60	* Music/TheGoBetweens
61	* Music/TheGrapesOfWrath
62	* Music/GreenOnRed
63	* Music/GuadalcanalDiary
64	* Music/HoodooGurus (also NewWaveMusic)
65	* Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish
66	* Music/TheHousemartins (who featured [[Music/FatboySlim Norman Cook]], of all people)
67	** Music/TheBeautifulSouth (also SophistiPop)
68	* Music/TheJeanPaulSartreExperience
69	* Music/JehovasWitnesses
70	* Music/{{Jellyfish}} (also PowerPop)
71	* Music/MartiJones
72	* Music/TheLas
73	* Music/TimLee
74	* Music/LetsActive
75	* Music/TheLongRyders (also Cowpunk)
76	* Music/LoveTractor
77	* Music/JohnnyMarr
78	* Music/MarysDanish
79	* Music/TheMightyLemonDrops (also PsychedelicRock, and part of the C86 movement)
80	* Music/MiracleLegion
81	* Music/{{Morrissey}}
82	* Music/PrimalScream (first album only)
83	* Music/{{Pylon}} (also PostPunk and arguably DancePunk)
84	* Music/RainParade (also PsychedelicRock, most notable for featuring later members of Music/MazzyStar)
85	** Music/{{Opal}}
86	* Music/RankAndFile (also Cowpunk)
87	* Music/TheReivers (also FolkRock)
88	* Music/{{REM}} (TropeCodifier at least, possibly also the TropeMaker)
89	** ''Music/{{Murmur}}'' (1983)
90	** ''Music/{{Reckoning}}'' (1984)
91	** ''Music/FablesOfTheReconstruction'' (1985)
92	** ''Music/LifesRichPageant'' (1986)
93	** ''Music/{{Document}}'' (1987)
94	** ''Music/{{Green}}'' (1988)
95	** ''Music/OutOfTime'' (1991)
96	** ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' (1992)
97	** ''Music/{{Monster\|REMAlbum}}'' (1994)
98	** ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'' (1996)
99	** ''Music/{{Up\|REMAlbum}}'' (1998)
100	** ''Music/{{Reveal}}'' (2001)
101	** ''Music/AroundTheSun'' (2004)
102	** ''Music/{{Accelerate}}'' (2008)
103	** ''Music/CollapseIntoNow'' (2011)
104	* Music/TheReplacements (who started off as a HardcorePunk band, but became a Jangle Pop / PunkRock hybrid around 1983 or so)
105	* Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher
106	* Music/SmartBrownHandbag
107	* Music/TheSmiths (TropeCodifier for the British wing of the genre)
108	** ''Music/TheQueenIsDead'' (1986)
109	* Music/TheSoftBoys (especially on ''Underwater Moonlight'')
110	** Music/RobynHitchcockAndTheEgyptians7
111	* Music/{{Squalls}}
112	* Music/TheStoneRoses
113	** ''[[Music/TheStoneRosesAlbum The Stone Roses]]''
114	* Music/SydStraw (also FolkRock)
115	* Music/TheSundays
116	* Music/BobbySutliff
117	* Music/SwimmingPoolQs
118	* Music/TeenageFanclub (also PowerPop)
119	* Music/ThinWhiteRope (also borderline AlternativeCountry)
120	* Music/TheThreeOClock (also PsychedelicRock)
121	* Music/ThrowingMuses
122	** Music/{{Belly\|Band}}
123	* Music/ToadTheWetSprocket
124	* Music/{{Tribe}} (''very'' versatile musicians)
125	* Music/TrueWest
126	* Music/UncleGreen
127	* Music/TheWeddingPresent
128	* Music/WednesdayWeek
129	* Music/WildFlowers
130	* Music/TheWindbreakers
131	* Music/TheWonderStuff
132	* Music/{{XTC}} (borders on NewWaveMusic and Psychedelia, most prominently during the ''English Settlement''-era)
133	** ''Music/{{Skylarking}}'' (1986)
134	[[/index]]

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