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1482:Dark cabaret
1477:College rock
1460:Post-Britpop
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1760:Lo-fi music
1519:Post-grunge
1502:Wizard rock
1467:Chamber pop
1414:Gothic rock
1291:Cajun music
1068:Psychobilly
1019:Country rap
1007:Bro-country
1002:Country pop
980:Traditional
975:Progressive
759:M. Deming,
432:Whiskeytown
383:'s 1990 LP
180:country pop
150:alt-country
1805:Categories
1683:Funk metal
1658:Post-metal
1643:Pagan rock
1599:Mangue bit
1587:Madchester
1536:Jangle pop
1531:Indie folk
1526:Indie rock
1428:Styles and
1404:Proto-punk
1399:Noise rock
1387:Riot grrrl
1372:Avant-punk
1362:Jangle pop
1355:Precursors
1197:Australian
1099:Honky-tonk
1090:Swamp rock
1075:Roots rock
1063:Gothabilly
1058:Rockabilly
1012:Cowboy pop
603:C. Smith,
513:References
487:Indie folk
408:Freakwater
248:honky tonk
240:rockabilly
232:indie folk
228:roots rock
192:indie rock
131:indie folk
71:indie rock
1750:Indie pop
1698:Rap metal
1653:Post-rock
1638:Noise pop
1619:Blackgaze
1609:Dream pop
1553:Math rock
1497:Geek rock
1409:Post-punk
1367:Punk rock
1202:Bush band
1034:Americana
970:Bluegrass
788:, p. 550.
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687:G Smith,
678:, p. 164.
636:, p. 549.
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420:Bloodshot
349:Nashville
327:punk rock
275:Nashville
244:bluegrass
236:folk rock
196:punk rock
163:Americana
121:folk punk
111:Americana
86:folk rock
66:punk rock
1789:Category
1693:Nu metal
1614:Shoegaze
1563:Slowcore
1558:New rave
1487:Dolewave
1394:New wave
1258:Nigerian
1214:Canadian
1192:Atlantan
1159:Red dirt
765:Allmusic
558:AllMusic
533:Archived
507:Cow punk
446:See also
412:Old 97's
400:Son Volt
391:magazine
263:Son Volt
224:Red Dirt
1728:Artists
1624:Nu gaze
1455:Britpop
1279:Related
1109:Norteño
1041:Cowpunk
369:cowpunk
305:History
174:and/or
116:cowpunk
36:Country
1723:Anorak
1514:Grunge
1164:Tejano
963:Genres
956:genres
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1592:Baggy
1509:Grebo
518:Notes
396:Wilco
279:lo-fi
166:, or
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