Indie pop is a genre of music that origniated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s. It has its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label such as Josef K, Orange Juice and the popular and dominant The Smiths.
Originally, the term Indie was established to describe artists on independant labels and the genre was named just after the release of NME's C86 tape which featured a variety of different bands including Primal Scream, Half Man Half Biscuit, Bogshed and The Wedding Present.
Overall, the indie pop genre has a dominating influence on the music industry today and successful indie pop artists and bands perform at festivals such as Glastonbury. Popular indie artists and bands include The Kooks, Kate Nash, Lilly Allen, Scouting for girls, Plain white T's.
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