indie-folk
Strummed personal narratives
Indie-folk is a genre blending folk music's acoustic instrumentation and storytelling with indie rock's sensibility and DIY ethos.
The sound typically features acoustic guitars, banjos, and intimate vocals, often with lo-fi production values.
Artists like Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and Iron & Wine exemplify the style: Her playlist is all indie-folk and sad girl music.
Relating to sound
- singer-songwriterSelf-composing musical performer
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- lo-fiImperfect audio quality, informally
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
alternative · DIY · heartland · pastoral · storytelling · confessional · melancholic · intimate
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
accordion · dulcimer · autoharp · glockenspiel · tambourine · strumming · fingerstyle · capo
acoustic
Relating to sound
- singer-songwriterSelf-composing musical performer
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- lo-fiImperfect audio quality, informally
roots · alternative · DIY · heartland · pastoral · storytelling · confessional · melancholic · intimate · raw
banjo
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
harmonica · accordion · dulcimer · autoharp · glockenspiel · tambourine · strumming · fingerstyle · capo · woodwinds
beards
Hair on chins
woodland · cabins · campfires · autumn · vinyl · Polaroid · typewriters · artisanal · handwritten · zines
longing
Intense, persistent desire
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- natureInherent quality or disposition
wanderlust · solitude · home · loss · love · seasons · memory · youth · mortality · place
indie-folkEDM
Beat-driven club genre
electronic dance music · electronic music · stadium rock · synthpop · electropop
indie-folkdeath metal
Extreme subgenre with growls
heavy metal · thrash metal · hardcore punk · grindcore · industrial metal
indie-folkmainstream pop
Widely popular commercial music
Top 40 · bubblegum pop · radio pop · K-pop · arena rock
indie, folk, independent, independently, independence, independents, folks, folky, folksy