Adjective

(en adjective)

Opposing mainstream pop music.

* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 15, author=The New York Times, title=South by Southwest, Shot by Shot, work=New York Times citation

, passage=It extrapolates those ideas in antipop directions; the beat started amid feedback and reverb, then drove the music toward brick-walled dead ends, while Mr. Barnett repeated thoughts like “Strike me down” or “We’re being watched by experts.” }}

* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 17, author=Jon Pareles, title=An Antipop Soundscape of Beats, Riffs, Throbs and Hisses, Full of Ideas, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Autechre’s soundscape is crowded and discordant, determinedly antipop . }}

* 2011 , Thomas Harrison, Music of the 1980s (page 143)

The song, “We've Saved the Best for Last,” became a wide mainstream hit as well, adding even more fuel to an antipop sentiment in jazz.