Indie Jangle
tagStarted 2008Peak 2010-2017Last big hit still active
Located in 2 routes
The 2010s indie revival of chiming guitars: soft-focus, reverb-washed Rickenbacker and Jazzmaster arpeggios over hazy, sun-bleached melodies. Relaxed mid-tempos, dreamy vocals, bedroom-warm production, and wistful suburban nostalgia. Cleaner and breezier than shoegaze, it weds C86 sweetness to a lo-fi, gauzy modern sheen.
History
Emerging on Captured Tracks and similar indie labels around 2008-2010, bands like Real Estate, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Beach Fossils, and Wild Nothing revived '80s jangle for the blog era. Canada's Alvvays and Australia's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever broadened it through the 2010s, making bright, melancholy guitar-pop a defining indie texture once more.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Fossils
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Nothing
- https://capturedtracks.com/artist/wild-nothing/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sober_Up