List of jangle pop bands

This is a list of jangle pop bands. Jangle pop is a genre of rock music created in the 1960s that saw a resurgence in the 1980s.[1][2]

## Artists

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* 10,000 Maniacs[3][4]
* 54-40[5]
* Alvvays[6]
* Aztec Camera[7][8]
* Big Dipper[9]
* Big Star[10]
* The Byrds[1]
* The Chills[11]
* The Church[12]
* The Clean[13]
* Close Lobsters[14]
* Lloyd Cole and the Commotions[15]
* The Connells[16]
* The Cranberries[17]
* The dB's[18]
* The Feelies[19]
* Felt[13]
* Game Theory[20]
* Gin Blossoms[21]
* The Go-Betweens[22]
* The Grapes of Wrath[23]
* Guadalcanal Diary[24]
* Guster[25]
* Her's[26]
* The Hummingbirds[27]
* Kiwi Jr.[13]
* The La's[28]
* Let's Active[29]
* Life in Film[2]
* McCarthy[30]
* Orange Juice[31]
* Pylon[32]
* Real Estate[13]
* R.E.M.[33]
* The Rembrandts[34][35]
* The Refreshments[1][36]
* Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever[37]
* The Smiths[33]
* The Sundays[38]
* Teenage Fanclub[39]
* The Wedding Present[40]

## See also

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* Dunedin Sound
* Paisley Underground

## References

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1. ^ a b c LaBate, Steve (December 18, 2009). "Jangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology… from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond". Paste. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
2. ^ a b Wilkin, Jeff (August 19, 2015). "British band Life in Film sounds off on 'Jangle Pop'". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2023). "10,000 Maniacs". AllMusic. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
4. ^ Warman, Zane (August 7, 2017). "Listen to a Pre-Fame 10,000 Maniacs Go Country on 'Wildwood Flower'". Paste. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
5. ^ Duffy, John. "54-40 - Since When Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
6. ^ "Alvvays keep jangle-pop alive". San Diego City Beat. November 19, 2014. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
7. ^ Jeff Terich (March 2, 2009). "The 90-Minute Guide: New Wave". Treblezine. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
8. ^ Russell Leadbetter (June 11, 2020). "From the Cocteaus to Blue Nile and Aztec Camera: Part one of our look back at the 1980s". The Herald. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
9. ^ "Big Dipper to shake off the rust and release their first new LP in two decades". Tiny Mix Tapes. September 28, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
10. ^ Zimmerman, Kevin (December 7, 1992). "Blue Light Special". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC - via Google Books.
11. ^ Breihan, Tom (July 30, 2015). "The Chills – "America Says Hello"". Stereogum. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
12. ^ Sullivan, Denise. "Jangle-Pop". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
13. ^ a b c d "15 Acts Defining the Jangle Pop Renaissance". May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
14. ^ "Close Lobsters". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
15. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole and the Commotions / Lloyd Cole". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
16. ^ "On The String: The Delevantes And The Connells Jangle On". wmot.org. September 8, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
17. ^ Peacock, Tim (September 6, 2024). "Best Cranberries Songs: 20 Essential Tracks That Linger On". UDiscover Music. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
18. ^ Mark Deming. "The dB's | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
19. ^ Thiessen, Brock (November 8, 2016). "The Feelies to Return with New Album 'In Between'". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
20. ^ "R.I.P. Scott Miller, singer for Game Theory and The Loud Family". AV Club. April 18, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
21. ^ "Gin Blossoms define sound of jangle pop". Salina Journal. April 27, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
22. ^ "Record Bin: The jangling pop brilliance of The Go-Betweens' "16 Lovers Lane"". Nooga Today. July 11, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
23. ^ Knapp, Lonny (April 3, 2013). "The Grapes Of Wrath: 'We'll Never Break Up Again' Promise Reunited B.C. Band". Retrieved February 1, 2025.
24. ^ Mark Deming. "Guadalcanal Diary | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
25. ^ "Guster 10/25 – State Street Theatre". Slope Media. November 1, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
26. ^ "Liverpool's Her's Has The Jangle Pop You Want [Interview]". Blurred Culture. 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
27. ^ Xiao, Alison (December 11, 2023). "How an 80s Sydney band inspired Canadian indie pop darlings Alvvays". ABC News [Australia]. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
28. ^ Walker, Gary (October 25, 2021). "Making the La's". Classic Pop Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
29. ^ "Watch Let's Active Reunite For The First Time In 24 Years". Stereogum. August 14, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
30. ^ McCarthy - The Way of the World (1987)-tendingthepalebloom on YouTube
31. ^ Harvell, Jess (September 12, 2005). "Now That's What I Call New Pop!". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
32. ^ "It's a new day for '80s 'jangle' courtesy of Pylon, 'Strum and Thrum' box sets". Chicago Sun-Times. March 26, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
33. ^ a b Bannister, Matthew (2013). White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 71–72, 85, 87, 124–125\. ISBN 978-1-4094-9374-7.
34. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "The Rembrandts - Choice Picks". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
35. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "The Rembrandts - Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
36. ^ "Recordings: The Refreshments, Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy (Mercury)". Phoenix New Times. February 29, 1996. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
37. ^ "Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever trace son sillon indie-pop". Les Inrockuptibles. June 11, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
38. ^ White, Adam (January 20, 2025). "The Sundays were the dream-pop greats who disappeared without trace". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
39. ^ Lockett, Mac (March 4, 2021). "Teenage Fanclub Sticks to Its Melancholic Jangle-Pop on 'Endless Arcade' (ALBUM REVIEW)". Glide Magazine. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
40. ^ Carpenter, Lorraine. "The Wedding Present". Retrieved February 1, 2025.

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