art-rock

noun

ˈärt-ˌräk How to pronounce art-rock (audio)
: rock music that incorporates elements of traditional or classical music
art-rocker
ˈärt-ˌrä-kər How to pronounce art-rock (audio)
noun

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Radiohead isn’t playing Coachella this year — but the English art-rock band is still here. — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 In the five years since, Geese has emerged as a new beacon of post-punk, mutating into an ambitious art-rock experiment across three albums. — Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025 The English band spent much of the past two years making their third and best album, Secret Love, which brings their uniquely beguiling mix of post-punk and art-rock styles to a new creative peak. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2026 But on his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, the rising art-rock star reveals his hand as a singer-songwriter extraordinaire, toning things down and slipping into a drowsy falsetto. — Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for art-rock

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First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of art-rock was in 1968

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“Art-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art-rock. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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