Definitions

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  • noun music, rare A form of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slow tempos.

Etymologies

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sad +‎ -core

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Examples

  • Sadly, I wasn't very taken by their music, and I would have probably known this had I known they are labelled as the pioneers of 'sadcore' wtf?

    Archive 2009-02-01 Ra 2009

  • Purtroppo, la musica era molto meno piacevole, e forse se avessi saputo che costoro sono i pionieri del 'sadcore' ?

    I am not good at creative post titles Ra 2009

  • Purtroppo, la musica era molto meno piacevole, e forse se avessi saputo che costoro sono i pionieri del 'sadcore' ?

    Archive 2009-02-01 Ra 2009

  • Sadly, I wasn't very taken by their music, and I would have probably known this had I known they are labelled as the pioneers of 'sadcore' wtf?

    I am not good at creative post titles Ra 2009

  • The love story combines comedy with "sadcore," a rarely used term for downbeat alternative rock, to create a new kind of theater Walker Theater calls "comsadcore."

    Taipei Times 2009

  • Defining her aesthetic as 'Hollywood sadcore' you could hear her straining towards a sound in principle that crosses spooky David Lynch-style trembling rock n'roll with head-nodding contemporary hip hop rhythms.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Bernadette McNulty 2011

  • The sadcore singer-songwriter has had a rapid rise to stardom.

    NYDN Rss TAYLOR HOM 2012

  • When Mark Eitzel re-formed American Music Club a few years ago, it sounded pretty much like the same San Francisco group that pioneered sadcore back in the early '90s.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • When Mark Eitzel re-formed American Music Club a few years ago, it sounded pretty much like the same San Francisco group that pioneered sadcore back in the early '90s.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • When Mark Eitzel re-formed American Music Club a few years ago, it sounded pretty much like the same San Francisco group that pioneered sadcore back in the early '90s.

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

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