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loungecore, n. Brit. |ˈlaʊn(d)ʒkɔː|, U.S. |ˈloʊndʒˌkɔ(ə)r| [‹ lounge n. + -core comb. form.] Any of a variety of musical styles which combine elements of lounge music and hardcore. Also (humorously): lounge music (cf. lounge n.), typically recordings from the 1960s and 1970s as the object of revived interest, esp. when played in clubs more usually associated with (hardcore) dance music.
1991Independent 29 Aug. 13/3 Urge Overkill. The kings (in a nation of one) of ‘lounge-core’. Crushed-velvet jackets, monogrammed polo-necks, and a horrible guitar onslaught. 1994Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 2 Mar. c2 Their 45-minute set served a main course of straight-ahead punk and ska with side dishes of nightclub skat singing they call ‘Lounge-core’. 1995Time Out 6 Dec. 70/3 (advt.) Assorted trashy (and trashed) clubbers converge every fortnight on this groovy bar room, listening to lounge-core before mid-night and House after. 2001Muzik Jan. 82/3 The sleazy loungecore closer ‘A Man And A Woman’ could easily have come straight from a James Bond bed-romp scene. |