Whois & Analysis for jigsaw-records.com

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock.

As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective.

In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.

Power pop is a pop rock music subgenre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American rock music.

It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, clear vocals and crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements and prominent guitar riffs.

Instrumental solos are usually kept to a minimum, and blues elements are largely downplayed.

Jigsaw Records is an American independent record label, based in Seattle.

The label was started in 1995 by Chris McFarlane and has released recordings from artists including Boyracer, Rocketship, Blooper, Spraydog and Summer Twins, among others.

In 2015, McFarlane also opened a retail space for Jigsaw Records in the Seattle district of Ballard.

Low fidelity or lo fi (adjectival form "low-fidelity" or "lo-fi") is a type of sound recording which contains technical flaws that make the recording sound different compared with the live sound being recorded, such as distortion, hum, background noise, or limited frequency response.

The term "low-fidelity" is used in contrast to the audiophile term high fidelity or "hi-fi", which refers to equipment that very accurately reproduces music without harmonic distortion or unwanted frequency emphasis or resonance.

The ideas of lo-fi are taken to extremes by the genre or "scene" of no fidelity, or "no-fi".

Some lower-budget recordings from the 1970s and 1980s have an unintended "lo-fi" sound because of the limitations of the analog recording and processing techniques of the time, which introduced unwanted artifacts such as distortion, hum and phase problems.

In some recordings, however, high fidelity recording is purposely avoided, or the artifacts such as simulated vinyl record crackles are deliberately retained or added in for aesthetic or historical reasons.

Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music subculture and counterpart of indie rock that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music.

It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and subsequently generated a thriving fanzine, label, and club and gig circuit.

The style differs from indie rock to the extent that it is more melodic, less abrasive, and relatively angst-free.

In later years, the definition of indie pop has bifurcated to also mean bands from unrelated DIY scenes/movements with pop leanings.

Subgenres include chamber pop and twee pop.