- Sadcore
Infobox Music genre
name=Sadcore
bgcolor=crimson
color=white
stylistic_origins=Indie rock ,slowcore ,shoegazing , and alt country
cultural_origins= Mid-1980s,United Kingdom andUnited States
instruments=Guitar , bass, strings,piano
popularity=LimitedSadcore is an infrequently employed subgenre term used by music journalists to describe examples of
alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slower tempos. The term is an example of use of the suffix "-core". As such, it is a loose definition and does not describe a specific movement orscene .While
Chan Marshall has been dubbed the "Queen of Sadcore", [ [http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/the-queen-of-sadcore/3153/ LA Weekly - Music - The Queen of Sadcore - John Payne - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles ] ] other bands such as Low have rejected the term for being too cheesy. [ [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/low14.html Low interview from QRD#14 ] ]In 2006, the
News Record used the term to refer to Arab Strap, describing their sound as "a lot like the band's nativeScotland : dark, cold, rainy and depressing. The album's mood is both aggressive and somber" [ [http://media.www.newsrecord.org/media/storage/paper693/news/2006/02/20/ArtsEntertainment/Scottish.Duo.Release.Sadcore.Album-1619238.shtml Scottish duo release sadcore album - Arts & Entertainment ] ] but it has not gained widespread currency. More often than not, usage of the term is confined to a rejection of the kind of sub-sub-genre categorisation that it may well have been coined to subvert. [ [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=sadcore sadcore@Everything2.com ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/the-queen-of-sadcore/3153/ Cat Power interview]
* [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=sadcore Portishead article]
* [http://media.www.newsrecord.org/media/storage/paper693/news/2006/02/20/ArtsEntertainment/Scottish.Duo.Release.Sadcore.Album-1619238.shtml Arab Strap review]
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