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'''Indie rock''' is a genre of [[alternative rock]] that primarily exists in the [[Indie (music)|independent]] [[underground music]] scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as opposed to [[indie pop]] or other possible match-ups. These criteria vary from an emphasis on rock instrumentation (electric guitars, bass guitar, live drums, and vocals) to more abstract (and debatable) [[rockism|rockist]] constructions of authenticity. It is however not uncommon to see a variety of instruments that are rarely used in other [[Rock music|rock]] genres, such as the [[violin]].

 

"Indie rock" is shorthand for "independent rock", for many of its artists are unsigned or signed to [[independent record labels]], rather than [[major record labels]]. It is not strictly a genre of music (although the term is often used to reference the sound of specific bands and the bands they have influenced), but is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of artists and styles, connected by some degree of allegiance to the values of [[underground culture]], and (usually) describable as [[rock music]]. Genres or subgenres often associated with indie rock include [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]], [[post-rock]], [[sadcore]], [[C86 (music)|C86]], and [[math rock]], to list but a few; other related (and sometimes overlapping) categories include [[shoegazing]] and [[indie pop]].