Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early 1980s (Josef K and Orange Juice) and the dominant UK independent band of the mid-1980s the Smiths. Indie pop was inspired by punk’s DIY ethic and related ideologies and it generated a thriving fanzine label and club and gig circuit.
