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Genres
Deep dives into the sounds that define us.
Genres
The Post-Genre Collision: Music in 2026
The term “post-genre” has been thrown around for years, but in 2026, it has finally become the literal reality of the music industry. We are no longer living...
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Lo-Fi Hip Hop: The Genre That Became More Famous for Its Context Than Its Music
Lo-fi hip hop is a genre that has become more famous for its context than its content, which is either a criticism or a description depending on how...
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Chillwave: The Genre That Was Always About Remembering Summer Rather Than Having It
Chillwave is a genre that had a brief, specific moment of cultural prominence and then retreated into a kind of wistful afterlife, which is appropriate for a genre...
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Math Rock: The Genre Where the Rhythm Is the Point
Math rock is a genre defined primarily by its rhythmic complexity, and it is a genre that produces passionate arguments about what actually belongs in it. The name...
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Post-Punk: The Genre That Turned Discomfort Into an Art Form
Post-punk is one of those genre names that explains itself and then immediately fails to explain anything. The “post” part tells you it came after punk. The “punk”...
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Bluegrass: The Genre That Knows Exactly What It Is and Will Tell You If You Ask
Bluegrass is a precisely defined American music genre with a debated origin story and a devoted community that polices its boundaries more actively than almost any other genre...
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Noise Rock: The Genre That Made Dissonance the Point
Noise rock occupies a position in the taxonomy of music that is simultaneously clear and contested. The clarity: it is guitar-based rock music that incorporates noise, dissonance, and...
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Twee Pop: The Genre That Turned Amateurism Into an Aesthetic Position
Twee pop is a genre defined almost entirely by attitude rather than sound, which makes it one of the more contested categories in the taxonomy of music. The...
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Trap: The Production Style That Became a Genre Before Anyone Agreed on the Definition
Trap is a production style before it is a genre, and the distinction matters because it explains why so much music that does not share obvious aesthetic sensibilities...
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Alternative Rock: The Genre That Became What It Was Supposed to Be Against
Alternative rock is a category that described a commercial position before it described a sound, and the confusion between those two definitions runs through every argument about what...
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Indie Rock: The Genre That Named Itself After a Business Model and Then Forgot
Indie rock is not a sound. It never was. The term described a distribution model before it described a genre, and the confusion between those two definitions has...