alt-rocker noun

Examples of alt-rock in a Sentence

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One of Nashville's secret alt-rock weapons, BabyJake, talks 'Beautiful Blue Collar Boy' — Audrey Gibbs Teddy Swims / Jessie Murph / MGK Pop stars making country music will again impact Nashville in 2025. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024 There have been a handful of new and exciting pop acts over the past few decades that have garnered the kind of near-instant celebrity Roan has managed this year, but none have cracked my cold, angry, alt-rock exterior. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 His newer TikTok audience was also drawn to his brand of folksy alt-rock that had a resurgence over the pandemic and the years immediately following, perhaps best exemplified by the breakout success of Noah Kahan. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2024 Duster, In Dreams In Dreams, the fifth full-length from San Jose slowcore luminaries Duster, drifts somewhere between the ominous crunch of ‘90s alt-rock and the somnambulant midwest indie rock that sprung up in conversation with it later in the decade. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for alt-rock 

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alt-rock was in 1982

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“Alt-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-rock. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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