Jangle pop

Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock[1] or college rock[4] that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies.[2][5] The term originated from Bob Dylan's song "Mr. Tambourine Man", whose 1965 rendition by the Byrds became considered one of the genre's representative works.[6] Since the 1960s, jangle pop has crossed numerous genres, including power pop, psychedelia, new wave, post-punk, indie rock, and lo-fi.[6]

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Jangle pop
A Rickenbacker 360/12, identical to the model commonly used to produce "jangly" guitar sounds in the 1960s
Etymology	Jangle
Stylistic origins	Pop rock
Cultural origins	Late 1950s to mid-1960s, United States and United Kingdom
Typical instruments	12-string electric guitar
Derivative forms	Indie pop[1] indie rock[1]
Subgenres
Paisley Underground,[2] dolewave[3]
Other topics
College rock

In the 1980s, the most prominent bands of early indie rock were jangle pop groups such as R.E.M., The Wedding Present, and The Smiths.[7] In the early to mid 1980s, the term "jangle pop" emerged as a label for an American post-punk movement that recalled the sounds of "jangly" acts from the 1960s. Between 1983 and 1987, the description "jangle pop" was used to describe bands like R.E.M. and Let's Active as well as the Paisley Underground subgenre, which incorporated psychedelic influences.[2]