Dad-rock doesn't do coke anymore but would listen to a song about it. Dad-rock can also be mom-rock. Dad-rock can be hip-hop. Dad-rock can definitely be jazz. Rush is almost dad-rock, but not quite.

The Misfits are a legendary band, and their debut album, 'Walk Among Us' is an all-time classic. Combining '50s and '60s melodies with a punk and metal sound, the Misfits pounded out 13 songs in just ...

I didn’t invent the term dad-rock, nor was my Sky Blue Sky review the first time I used it. I heard it from Chris Ott, a fellow Pitchfork writer and legendary curmudgeon, who dropped it in a ...

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Sure, 2016 isn't officially half-over, but Nate Scott — from USA TODAY's incredible For The Win — has been tipping so many great new songs in a Best Songs of the Week column (often co-authored ...

Dad rock has changed since I was kid. And I'm learning to embrace it, thanks to Australian indie band Custard, whose lead singer voices Bandit on "Bluey." ...

Mitchum identified the National in 2019 as “purified dad-rock in band form.” Its members are some of the younger, second-generation practitioners of the genre, now in their late 40s to mid-50s.