A genre of modern indie rock that blends the traditional post-punk leanings of indie with the dad rock of the 70s.
Expect a singer-songwriter playing average electric guitar solos over the top of an incredibly bored backup band.
Examples: the War on Drugs, Wilco, Kurt Vile, etc.
Expect a singer-songwriter playing average electric guitar solos over the top of an incredibly bored backup band.
Examples: the War on Drugs, Wilco, Kurt Vile, etc.
by Dingbatdude January 19, 2018
A form of shoegaze that relies on emulating vacuum cleaners with a guitar. Pioneered originally by an ex-Dyson employee Kevin Shields, vacuumcore has become one of the major styles of shoegaze and has bleeded over into many other genres of music such as black metal.
Kevin Shields' Mum: Oh finally you're tidying your room
Kevin Shields': I'M EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW SOUNDS UNKNOWN TO MORTAL EARS
Kevin Shields' Mum: Just sounds like generic vacuumcore to me.
Kevin Shields': I'M EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW SOUNDS UNKNOWN TO MORTAL EARS
Kevin Shields' Mum: Just sounds like generic vacuumcore to me.
by Dingbatdude February 19, 2019