Indie rock samples span jangly electric guitar riffs, live drum grooves, overdriven bass lines, and raw vocal takes rooted in room ambience and analog warmth. Emerging in the US and UK in the late 1970s and proliferating through the 80s and 90s, indie rock combined the DIY ethos of punk and post-punk with folk and rock traditions. Bands like Sonic Youth, Pavement, and Pixies defined the indie rock asethetic that heavly influenced the devlopment of adjacent styles like shoegaze, emo, indie pop.
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