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art rock

American  

noun

  1. a type of rock music, often with poetic lyrics, characterized by sophisticated harmonic, dynamic, and technical complexity based on forms derived from classical music and requiring performers of considerable training and skill.


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Hotly-tipped art rock band the Last Dinner Party and indie veterans the Courteeners are among other acts booked for the festival.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2023

Her art songs gave way to art rock — “Hey Joni,” sang Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo in 1989, an explicit nod to her alternative tunings — and to the indie rock orbit of Waxahatchee.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2021

In making their performance art rock, the four members of Pylon drew on what they had learned in art school about the ways that tensions between materials, mediums, and expectations could animate art.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2020

During Frieze, Ms. Sewall will auction off art, rock memorabilia and photographs that regulars gave her.

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2019

Their music remains a perplexing brew of art rock and mellow schmaltz — as if Peter Gabriel’s and Phil Collins’s solo careers had collided into a single act.

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2018

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