|Stylistic origins||Indie rock, 1960s girl-group pop, post-punk, power pop|
|Cultural origins||Early 1980s, United Kingdom|
|Typical instruments||Guitar - Vocals - Keyboard - Drums - Bass - Synthesizer|
|Mainstream popularity||Some popularity in early 2010s|
|Indie rock, alternative rock, post-rock, independent music|
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock which originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Originally and often still a form of independent music, it is closely associated with indie rock, both genres are similar, yet there are differences between both. Indie rock tends to be edgier, rougher and harsher-sounding, contrasting the more melodious indie pop. Indie pop additionally takes influences from 1960s girl group music and power pop, often giving it retro elements, and makes usage of jangly guitars.
In 1986, British music magazine NME released a cassette called C86, which included indie pop and indie rock music; the artists in C86 made music which was described by About.com as "a twee, amateurish form of home-made music drawing deeply from sunny '60s acts like The Byrds and the Velvet Underground."