: rock music that incorporates elements of traditional or classical music
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In 2024, his side project the Smile — with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and jazz drummer Tom Skinner — put out two dazzling albums of crinkly art-rock, Wall of Eyes and Cutouts.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Though never a commercial success, the LP made its way into the hands of oddball punks and art-rock weirdos in the Midwest, intriguing many with its aloof approach to merging rock, punk, new-wave, and experimental prog.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025
Sleek dance-pop grooves but also classicist balladry, fey art-rock, and drag-amenable camp all play crucial but disparate parts.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
On the way: indie-folk songwriter Lissie (Sunday, May 18), Philly rockers Low Cut Connie (Tuesday, Sep. 30), and art-rock virtuoso Destroyer (Sunday, Oct. 19).
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
After releasing the album Oriente in 2017 — a sumptuous collage of dream pop melodies and art-rock moods — the Buenos Aires quartet played SXSW in 2019, recorded a 2021 live session for KEXP, and even placed a song in an Oreo commercial.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
Her fragile integrity plays interestingly against the star casting of Lee Pace as the affected art-rock god leading Maestro’s character into an cosmic puzzle.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Glory, out March 28 on his longtime label Matador Records, is the seventh studio album from Mike Hadreas’ long-running art-rock project.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
The adventurous New York art-rock crew reunites for its first gigs since 2019.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
Though never a commercial success, the LP made its way into the hands of oddball punks and art-rock weirdos in the Midwest, intriguing many with its aloof approach to merging rock, punk, new-wave, and experimental prog.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025
Sleek dance-pop grooves but also classicist balladry, fey art-rock, and drag-amenable camp all play crucial but disparate parts.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
On the way: indie-folk songwriter Lissie (Sunday, May 18), Philly rockers Low Cut Connie (Tuesday, Sep. 30), and art-rock virtuoso Destroyer (Sunday, Oct. 19).
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
After releasing the album Oriente in 2017 — a sumptuous collage of dream pop melodies and art-rock moods — the Buenos Aires quartet played SXSW in 2019, recorded a 2021 live session for KEXP, and even placed a song in an Oreo commercial.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
Her fragile integrity plays interestingly against the star casting of Lee Pace as the affected art-rock god leading Maestro’s character into an cosmic puzzle.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Glory, out March 28 on his longtime label Matador Records, is the seventh studio album from Mike Hadreas’ long-running art-rock project.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
The adventurous New York art-rock crew reunites for its first gigs since 2019.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Art-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art-rock. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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