TL;DR
For a hot minute in the early 2010s, everyone was stompin’, clappin’ and hoedown-ing to millennial-tinged Americana. This video traces the rise of the stomp-clap craze by highlighting the seven pivotal tracks that paved the way: the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, Arcade Fire’s anthemic “Wake Up,” Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love,” Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros’ “Home,” Mumford & Sons’ “Little Lion Man,” Of Monsters and Men’s “Little Talks,” and, of course, The Lumineers’ smash “Ho Hey.”
Why It Matters
These songs sparked a rootsy, sincerity-over-irony movement that briefly dethroned Rihanna and Bruno Mars on the charts. Part nostalgia trip, part percussion overload, the stomp-clap era was a perfect storm of banjos, group vocals and earnest vibes—one that left a lasting footprint on indie folk and pop alike.
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