Twee

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Twee (or Twee pop) is a type of indie rock that is known for simple, sweet melodies and lyrics, often with jangling guitars. The genre began in 1986, when New Musical Express released C86, a compilation of bands including the Pastels and Primal Scream; see 1986 in music.

In the United Kingdom, where twee pop was most popular, Sarah Records was home to most of the bands in the field, including Heavenly and the Orchids. In the United States, the movement was championed by K Records out of Olympia, Washington and was headed by the band Beat Happening.

"Twee", a baby-talk alteration of "sweet", is a British English term for something that is overly sweet or knowingly cute.

The more punk-influenced variants of twee pop are also sometimes referred to as cuddlecore.

Twee bands

• Aberfeldy
• All Girl Summer Fun Band
• Another Sunny Day
• Apples in Stereo
• Architecture in Helsinki
• Beat Happening
• Belle & Sebastian
• Black Tambourine
• BMX Bandits
• The Boy Least Likely To
• Boyracer
• Oliver Brown
• The Brunettes
• Bunnygrunt
• capsela
• Captain Cocoa
• Cannanes
• Camera Obscura
• The Cardigans
• The Cat's Miaow
• Chasing Dorotea
• cub
• The Darling Buds
• Death By Chocolate
• Dennis Driscoll
• The Diskettes
• Dressy Bessy
• The Field Mice
• The Flatmates
• Gingerbread Patriots
• Go Sailor
• Heavenly
• Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes
• Language of Flowers
• Lois
• The Lucksmiths
• Maow
• Math and Physics Club
• Ocean Alexander
• The Orchids
• The Pastels
• The Pipettes
• The Poo Sticks
• The Primitives
• The Razorcuts
• Santa Dog
• St. Christopher
• Shoestrings
• Shonen Knife
• The Shop Assistants
• The Softies
• Stars
• The Steinbecks
• The Sundays
• The Sugar Gliders
• Talulah Gosh
• Tiger Trap
• Tilly and the Wall
• Trembling Blue Stars
• Tullycraft
• The Vaselines
• Virginia Astley
• Wolfie

Alternative rock

Britpop - College rock - Dream pop - Gothic rock - Grunge - Indie rock - Jam band - Madchester - Twee

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