DIIV calling it “new alternative” makes sense to me because

DIIV calling it “new alternative” makes sense to me because a lot of indie guitar music right now feels less tied to scenes and more tied to texture and mood — shoegaze haze, post-punk tension, folk intimacy, all bleeding together in the same playlist. You can hear that drift from bands like Nothing to younger acts opening tiny rooms like Cafe du Nord; the genre lines matter less than whether the music creates a world you want to stay inside for 40 minutes.