post-punk revival

Post-punk revival (also known as indie rock revival) is a genre or movement of indie rock that emerged in the early 2000s as musicians started to play a stripped down and back-to-basics version of guitar rock inspired by the original sounds and aesthetics of post-punk, new wave and garage rock. It is closely associated with new wave revival, and garage rock revival, with the three often put under the umbrella genre of new rock revolution.There was an emphasis on “rock authenticity” that was seen as a reaction to the commercialism of MTV-oriented nu metal, hip hop and “bland” post-Britpop groups. The commercial breakthrough of the genre came with the release of the Strokes’ Is This It in 2001. The success of the genre was exacerbated in the middle of the decade by Bloc Party, Arctic Monkeys and the Killers and indie rock proliferated into the landfill indie movement.

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