indie pop

indie pop (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of pop music that has little mainstream appeal and is influenced by alternative rock or indie rock.
   • 2016, Geoff King, editor, A Companion to American Indie Film, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 110:

     Indie pop tends to be “more melodic and less loud” than indie rock, which is often more raucous.