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Why Your Dad Was Right All Along: The Alt-Rock Revival That's Uniting Dads and Their Kids One Guitar Solo at a Time
Something strange is happening in indie music right now — artists are making guitar-driven, emotionally honest records that Gen X dads and their college-age kids are both streaming on repeat. From Waxahatchee's sun-bleached Americana to Snail Mail's raw confessional rock, a new wave of alt-adjacent artists is blurring the line between 'dad rock' and the indie cool kids' table, and honestly, it's the most exciting thing to happen to the backyard barbecue playlist in decades.