Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of indie and alternative rock music, characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements.
Near-synonym: sadcore
2 more examples
“Slowcore” was just a silly label that never caught on, but Galaxie 500 represented one of about a dozen varieties of indie rock that existed at the time.
1996, Pat Blashill, Noise from the Underground: A Secret History of Alternative Rock, TouchstoneSlowcore is a sound best left to the sexless and anal. (No disrespect intended.) Someone worked out that music sounds great stripped right back and left to linger softly in the air.
2001, Everett True, Live Through this: American Rock in the Nineties, Virgin Books Limited, page 114Synonyms: sadcore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA subgenre of indie and alternative rock music, characterized by downbeat melodies, slower tempos and minimalist arrangements.
Origin
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slowcore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slowcore
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