new wave
Fresh cultural surge
New wave refers to movements that break from established traditions.
In music, it describes the late-1970s post-punk style blending rock with electronic elements and artsy sensibilities—bands like Talking Heads and Blondie.
In cinema, the French nouvelle vague of the 1960s revolutionized filmmaking with jump cuts and naturalistic dialogue.
The term applies broadly to any fresh approach challenging conventions in an artistic field: a new wave of comedians, new wave science fiction. (Capitalized New Wave often names the specific music genre or film movement.)
Innovative cultural pioneers
- zeitgeistEra's dominant mentality
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- subcultureGroup with alternative norms
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
trendsetting · DIY · indie · rebellion · nonconformist · alternative · post-modern
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- zeitgeistEra's dominant mentality
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- subcultureGroup with alternative norms
underground · trendsetting · DIY · indie · rebellion · nonconformist · alternative · post-modern
- rock genresalternative rock, classic rock, heavy metal, hard rock, indie rock
- Alt Rockalt-rock, alternative metal, grunge, indie rock, post-grunge
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- newfresh, newest, newly, recent, current
new waveold guard
Conservative faction within organization
old school · establishment · tradition · heritage · classic rock
new waveconventional
Following accepted practices
mainstream · orthodox · traditional · conformist · conservative
new waveclassic rock
Enduring guitar-driven music
arena rock · prog rock · hard rock · heavy metal · blues rock
new, wave, waves, waver, wavering, nouvelle vague, wavelength, wavered, wavelike