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Jangle pop is a Music subgenre of pop rock and indie rock that emphasizes jangle guitars and 1960s-style pop music melodies. The "jangly" guitar sound is characterized by its clean, shimmering and Arpeggio tone, often created using 12-string electric guitars. The term is usually applied to late 1970s/early 1980s bands emerging from the post-punk scene, often influenced by 1960s groups such as the Byrds. Notable acts include Big Star, R.E.M. and the Smiths.
New Zealand's Dunedin sound was a key scene of jangle pop. Bands such as the Chills, the Clean, the Verlaines, the Bats and Straitjacket Fits synthesised 1970s alternative rock and post-punk with jangle, and the scene soon spread to Auckland and other New Zealand cities.
Between 1983 and 1987, "Southern-pop bands like R.E.M. and Let's Active and a California-originated subgenre named Paisley Underground incorporated psychedelic rock influences. An article in Blogcritics magazine claims that, besides R.E.M., the "only other jangle-pop band to enjoy large sales in America were the Bangles, from Los Angeles. While better known for their glossy hits like 'Manic Monday', their first album and EP were organic, real jangle-pop efforts in a Byrds/Big Star vein, spiced with a dash of psychedelia on their debut."
Jangle pop influenced college rock during the early 1980s. In Austin, Texas, the term New Sincerity was loosely used for a similar group of bands, led by the Reivers, Wild Seeds and True Believers.
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