The four genres and aesthetics furthest above their usual month.
№ 1 genre this month
Crank wave (also known as post-Brexit new wave, wonk and Windmill indie) is a music scene and style of post-punk that emerged in the 2010s. The term "crank wave" was originally coined in September 2019 by writer Mark Beaumont in an article for NME.
readers arrived via Windmill scene · Post-punk · Post-punk revival
Plugg is a subgenre of trap music that emerged in the mid-2010s via online distribution on the SoundCloud platform. It was popularized by melodic Southern hip hop artists, and is characterized by deep 808 basslines, sparkly melodies, and melodic vocals.
The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed by electro/hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa. According to the website of the UZN, the Zulu Nation stands for "knowledge, wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, peace, unity, love, respect, work, fun, overcoming the negative to the positive, economics, mathematics, science, life, truth,…
Global Village Coffeehouse (GVC) is a design aesthetic that was prevalent from the late 1980s until the early 2000s. The term was coined by Evan Collins, co-founder of the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, in 2018, to describe the illustration style.
The six scenes climbing furthest above their usual month.
the scene of the month
Pages three months old or less.
the arrival of the month
Therians, also known as therianthropes, are individuals who identify as one or more nonhuman animals, partially or entirely, on a personal level, which they call their theriotypes. Therians are often considered a subset of otherkin.
aesthetic · Coquette, ballet & Tumblr girlhoodGrungegaze (also known as dreamo) is a subgenre of rock music that grew out of soft grunge. It is characterized by shoegaze's use of effects units, emo-inspired melodies and grunge's dynamic songwriting, using both soft reverb-heavy guitars during verses and crescendos of fuzz during choruses.
genre · Alternative: grunge to indie sleaze
Grunge fashion refers to the clothing, accessories and hairstyles of the grunge music genre. This subculture emerged in mid-1980s Seattle, and had reached wide popularity by the mid 1990s. Grunge fashion is characterized by durable or hardy thrift store clothing, often worn in a loose, androgynous manner to de-emphasize the silhouette.
aesthetic · Alternative: grunge to indie sleaze