: rock music that incorporates elements of traditional or classical music
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Beat communicated with advanced and exotic languages, its wide-ranging vocabulary including experimental, art-rock,pop, jazz, funk, new-wave and gamelan elements.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
The beloved art-rock group from Sheffield, England, led by their charismatic lead singer Jarvis Cocker, performed an electrifying set of classics and deep cuts.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
The quartet, like many of its peers, attracted attention for its raucous shows at the Windmill in Brixton, as much informed by art-rock hooks and post-hardcore melody as Greep and Simpson’s time cutting their teeth in church bands around London.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Aug. 2024
Much like Clark herself, St. Vincent’s Grammy Award-winning output — which has run the gamut from twee indie to ass-kicking art-rock to conceptual electropop — is an arresting mix of the intellect and the id.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 17 June 2024
The American art-rock band Gastr del Sol was dining inside.
—Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 20 May 2024
In recent years, Fat Dog claimed their stake in London’s vibrant art-rock scene with gonzo shows fueled by visceral energy and, once upon a time, boasting canine masks and nun costumes.
—Ryan Leas, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024
So how Mitski takes the show further into art-rock territory with her visual presentation bears a bit more consideration.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The English bassist, born Christopher Allen, was a founding member of Tiger Lily, the group that became Ultravox in the late 1970s, and took its cues from the electronics-curious post-punk and art-rock of the era.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
The beloved art-rock group from Sheffield, England, led by their charismatic lead singer Jarvis Cocker, performed an electrifying set of classics and deep cuts.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
The quartet, like many of its peers, attracted attention for its raucous shows at the Windmill in Brixton, as much informed by art-rock hooks and post-hardcore melody as Greep and Simpson’s time cutting their teeth in church bands around London.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Aug. 2024
Much like Clark herself, St. Vincent’s Grammy Award-winning output — which has run the gamut from twee indie to ass-kicking art-rock to conceptual electropop — is an arresting mix of the intellect and the id.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 17 June 2024
The American art-rock band Gastr del Sol was dining inside.
—Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 20 May 2024
In recent years, Fat Dog claimed their stake in London’s vibrant art-rock scene with gonzo shows fueled by visceral energy and, once upon a time, boasting canine masks and nun costumes.
—Ryan Leas, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2024
So how Mitski takes the show further into art-rock territory with her visual presentation bears a bit more consideration.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The English bassist, born Christopher Allen, was a founding member of Tiger Lily, the group that became Ultravox in the late 1970s, and took its cues from the electronics-curious post-punk and art-rock of the era.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Art-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art-rock. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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