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Microgenre

A microgenre is a specialized or niche genre, often used to describe narrowly defined subcategories within music, literature, film, or art. The term has been in use since at least the 1970s, particularly in the context of music, where it refers to specific stylistic offshoots of prominent genres, such as the many sub-subgenres of heavy metal and…

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Microgenre

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples42
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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Microgenre

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related to 1960s–1990s: Origins · 12
Microgenre → According, Historically, In, Music, Northern, Phil Smee, Reynolds, Robert Christgau, Simon Reynolds, Sonic Youth, The, These
related to 21st century · 9
Microgenre → By, Each, Ezra Marcus, In, New York Times, Pitchfork's Jonny Coleman, The, This, Vice
related to References · 9
Microgenre → Anne, Bibliography Stevens, Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN, Molly, O'Donnell, Quick Look, Small Culture, The Microgenre
related to Other fields · 5
Microgenre → Amish, In, NASCAR, Netflix, TV
related to Etymology and definition · 3
Microgenre → French, Further, The
see also · 3
Microgenre → Internet, List, Writing
is a · 1
Microgenre → specialized or niche genre

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music microgenres early internet chillwave genres often genre term include coined new rock pop electronic house shitgaze 1990s also various

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Microgenreis aspecialized or niche genre0.90text
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsHistorically0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsThe0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsMusic0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsSimon Reynolds0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsNorthern0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsThese0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsPhil Smee0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsAccording0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsReynolds0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsIn0.60section
Microgenrerelated to 1960s–1990s: OriginsRobert Christgau0.60section

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