This article is about the genre of music. For the adjective, see "twee".

Twee pop is a type of indie pop that is known for simple, sweet melodies and lyrics, often combined with jangling guitars. While groups in this style had existed previously, twee pop was first recognised as a distinct genre in 1986, when a number of these bands, including Shop Assistants, Primal Scream and The Pastels, emerged simultaneously, and were showcased on C86, a compilation released by mail-order through New Musical Express (see 1986 in music). At the time, the genre was also analysed in Melody Maker by Simon Reynolds, who saw in it a rejection of dominant 1980s values of commercialism and Americanisation and a yearning for a perceived innocent past. Bubblegum pop (bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of popular music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... A girl group is the equivalent of a boy band, but, as the name implies, featuring a group of female rather than male singers. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Classical and Bass Guitar The guitar is a musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Template:Englishmusic England has a long musical history. ... Scotland is a Celtic-Germanic country, located to the north of England on the island of Great Britain. ... Wales is a part of the United Kingdom, but is a culturally and politically separate Celtic country. ... This is a timeline of alternative rock, from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present. ... In British English or English English, twee is from tweet, a baby talk alteration of sweet. It is used to denote something that is overly sweet, knowingly cute or overly precious. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Shop Assistants were an indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1984, initially as Buba & The Shop Assistants. ... Primal Scream (temporarily abbreviated to PRML SCRM for the XTRMNTR album) are a rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie. ... The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Their story is under-documented, but they first released music around 1983 with a series of awkward but brilliant almost-pop singles for labels like Creation, Rough Trade and Whaam!. Eventually they developed a slightly more sophisticated sound and by the... The C86 Cassette Sleeve. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... See also: 1985 in music, other events of 1986, 1987 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Commercialism, in its original meaning, is the practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business. ...

While the roots of the genre can be traced back to groups of the late 1960s like The Byrds and The Lovin' Spoonful, the clearest influence on twee pop comes from Post-Punk artists of the late 1970s and early 1980s who mixed a do-it-yourself approach with a rejection of chest-beating rock machismo - especially Orange Juice, Television Personalities and Jonathan Richman. Twee pop bands who use 'buzzsaw' rather than jangling guitars, such as Shonen Knife and the Beatnik Termites, tend also to be influenced by Buzzcocks and The Ramones. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964) were an American rock band. ... Lovin Spoonful album cover The Lovin Spoonful was an American pop-rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... For other uses, see Orange juice (disambiguation). ... Television Personalities is an English post-punk group with a varying line up. ... Jonathan Richman (born May 16, 1951), musician, is an American proto-punk icon and one of the progenitors of indie rock. ... The all-female band Shonen Knife (少年ナイフ, Shōnen Naifu; lit. ... The Beatnik Termites are a Cleveland, Ohio based pop punk band with a heavy surf influence. ... Buzzcocks are a British rock music group. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ...

In the United Kingdom, where twee pop was most popular, Sarah Records became home to most of the bands in the field. In the United States, the movement was championed by K Records of Olympia, Washington. There and Back Again Lane is a genuine road name near Blackwells Bookshop, Park Street, Bristol, England Sarah Records was a UK independent record label, best known for its recordings of twee pop. ... K Records logo K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... Coordinates: County Thurston County Incorporated January 28, 1859 Mayor Mark Foutch Area    - City 48. ...

Although 'twee pop' is a widely accepted term for this style of music it did not come into use until the 1990s. In the 1980s 'twee' bands were simply described as 'indie' or 'shambling', the latter term coined by DJ John Peel, who originally applied it to a session by the group Bogshed. Autobiography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... Bogshed were an independent band formed in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England in 1985. ...

Though Belle & Sebastian have been described as a twee pop band, this is a description the band has rejected.^{[citation needed]} Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ...

The term has been rejected and then adopted by many of the bands whose sound has been described this way. This has spawned inside jokes like the T-shirts that read "Twee as Fuck" or "Twee Fucker".

A more punk-influenced, North American variant of twee pop is also sometimes referred to as cuddlecore.[1]

List of twee pop bands

• Acid House Kings
• Amida
• All Girl Summer Fun Band
• Architecture in Helsinki
• Baby Calendar
• Beat Happening
• Beatnik Termites
• Black Tambourine
• Blueboy
• The Boy Least Likely To
• The Brunettes
• Camera Obscura
• Catchers
• The Chesterfields
• Close Lobsters
• Courtneys
• Crayon (band)
• Cub
• The Desert Wolves
• Dressy Bessy
• Dýrðin
• The Fakrays
• The Farmers Boys
• The Flatmates
• Heavenly
• Hurah Hurah
• Lois
• Look Blue Go Purple
• The Lucksmiths
• The Man From Delmonte
• The Marshmallow Kisses
• Mates of State
• Merricks
• Milky Wimpshake
• Moving Pictures
• Orange Juice
• Pants Yell!
• Pastels
• The Pipettes
• Pony Up!
• The Pooh Sticks
• The Radio Dept.
• Red Sleeping Beauty
• The Siddeleys
• Small Factory
• The Softies
• Suburban Kids with Biblical Names
• Swirlies
• Talulah Gosh
• Tiger Trap
• Tilly & the Wall
• Tsunami
• Tullycraft
• Vaselines
• The Velvet Crush
• Young Marble Giants

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Blueboy is the name of an indie pop band formed in Reading, Berkshire, consisting of Keith Girdler (vocals) and Paul Stewart (guitars), formerly of little-known band Feverfew. ... the boy least likely to The Boy Least Likely To are an English twee pop/indie rock duo, comprised of composer/multi-instrumentalist Pete Hobbs and lyricist/singer Jof Owen. ... The Brunettes The Brunettes are an indie pop or twee pop group from New Zealand formed in 1998. ... Camera Obscura is an indie band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson, and Gavin Dunbar. ... The position of the catcher Catcher is a position played in baseball. ... Close Lobsters was a Scottish indie pop band. ... 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The Lucksmiths: (left to right) Marty Donald, Tali White and Mark Monnone The Lucksmiths are an independent pop band from Melbourne, Australia who formed in 1993 and have been associated with the genres of indie pop, anti-folk and retro-pop. ... Kori Gardner, Stockholm 2005 Mates of State are an American indie rock duo, active since 1997. ... Moving Pictures was the name of a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia in the early 1980s. ... For other uses, see Orange juice (disambiguation). ... Pants Yell! is a twee pop band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... A bravura pastel portrait of Louis XV by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1748 Pastel or pastels is an artistic expression which involves the application of soft colors by painting with soft crayons wrapped in paper. ... The Pipettes are a girl pop group from Brighton, England. ... Pony Up! is an indie pop band from Montreal, Canada. ... The Pooh Sticks were an indie pop band, from Swansea, Wales recording between 1988 and 1995. ... The Radio Dept. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Suburban Kids With Biblical Names Suburban Kids with Biblical Names are a Swedish band made of only two members. ... Swirlies are a band from Boston that formed in 1990. ... Talulah Gosh were a guitar-pop group from Oxford, England and one of the leading bands of the twee pop movement. ... Tiger Trap was an all-female twee-pop foursome composed of high school friends Angie Loy and Rose Melberg, with Heather Dunn and Jen Bruan. ... Tilly and the Wall is an indie pop group from Omaha, Nebraska. ... Disenchanted Hearts Unite Album Cover Tullycraft is an American twee pop band formed by the members of two now defunct bands, Crayon and Wimp Factor 14. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Young Marble Giants were a Cardiff post-punk musical trio formed in 1978. ... 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External links

• Pitchforkmedia: 'Twee As Fuck'
• TweeNet