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New Sincerity is a term that has been used in music, aesthetics, film criticism, poetry, literary criticism and philosophy, generally to describe art or concepts that run against prevailing modes of postmodernist irony or cynicism. Its usage dates back to the mid-1980s. ==In music== "New Sincerity" was used as a collective name for a loose group of alternative rock bands, centered in Austin, Texas in the years from about 1985 to 1990, who were perceived as reacting to the ironic outlook of then-prominent music movements like punk rock and new wave. The use of "New Sincerity" in connection with these bands began with an off-handed comment by Austin punk rocker/author Jesse Sublett to his friend, local music writer Margaret Moser. According to author Barry Shank, Sublett said: "All those new sincerity bands, they're crap."〔Barry Shank, (''Dissonant Identities: The Rock'N'Roll Scene in Austin, Texas'' ) (Wesleyan University Press, 1994) (ISBN 9780819562760), p. 148–149 & p.271 n.84. ((excerpt available ) at Google Books).〕 Sublett (at his own website) states that he was misquoted, and actually told Moser, "It's all new sincerity to me... It's not my cup of tea."〔("Jesse's Music Bio" ) at (''Jesse Sublett's Little Black Book'' ) (retrieved September 18, 2009).〕 In any event, Moser began using the term in print, and it ended up becoming the catch phrase for these bands.〔〔Peter Blackstock, ("'is it worth the admission....'" ), ''No Depression'' blog post dated January 15, 2008.〕〔Regarding Jesse Sublett and his band, The Skunks, ''see'' Ken Lieck, ("Young, Loud, and Cheap: The Skunks, the Band That Broke Austin Out of the Seventies" ), ''Austin Chronicle'', December 8, 2000, ''and'' Jesse Sublett, ''Never the Same Again: A Rock 'N' Roll Gothic'' (Ten Speed Press, 2004), ISBN 978-1-58008-598-4 ((excerpts available ) at Google Books).〕 Nationally, the most successful "New Sincerity" band was The Reivers (originally called Zeitgeist), who released four well-received albums between 1985 and 1991. True Believers, led by Alejandro Escovedo and Jon Dee Graham, also received extensive critical praise and local acclaim in Austin, but the band had difficulty capturing its live sound on recordings, among other problems.〔(True Believers ) at Allmusic.〕 Other important "New Sincerity" bands included Doctors Mob,〔Kent H. Benjamin, ("Why Should Anyone Care Now?" ), ''Austin Chronicle Weekly Wire'' August 30, 1999.〕〔(Doctors Mob ) at Allmusic.〕 Wild Seeds,〔(Wild Seeds ) at Allmusic.〕 and Glass Eye.〔(Glass Eye ) at Allmusic.〕 Another significant "New Sincerity" figure was the eccentric, critically acclaimed songwriter Daniel Johnston. Despite extensive critical attention (including national coverage in ''Rolling Stone'' and a 1985 episode of the MTV program ''The Cutting Edge''), none of the "New Sincerity" bands met with much commercial success, and the "scene" ended within a few years.〔Kristin Gorski, (Almost Famous: The Austin Texas Soundtrack Circa 1985 ), ''Annabelle Magazine'', No. 12 (2006).〕〔Michael Corcoran, "The New Sincerity: Austin in the Eighties", reprinted in Michael Corcoran, ''All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas Music'' (University of Texas Press, 2005), ISBN 978-0-292-70976-8, pp. 150–156.〕 Other music writers have used "new sincerity" to describe later performers such as Conor Oberst,〔The New York Times, ("Mr. Sincerity tries a new trick" ) ''The New York Times, January 16, 2005.〕 Cat Power, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom,〔Jason Morris, (“The Time Between Time: Messianism & the Promise of a “New Sincerity” ), ''Jacket'' 35 (2008)〕 and Idlewild,〔Robert Christgau, ("Vibrators" ), ''The Village Voice'', March 27, 2001.〕 as well as Austin's Okkervil River〔Kate X. Messer, ("Okkervil River: The New Sincerity" ), ''Austin Chronicle'', March 3, 2000.〕 Leatherbag, 〔Austin Powell, ("Texas Platters: deEP end" ), ''Austin Chronicle'', March 13, 2009.〕 and Michael Waller. 〔 () 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Sincerity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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