Editing Britpop (section)

====Post-punk/garage rock revival====
{{Main|Post-punk revival}}
Bands like [[Coldplay]], Starsailor and Elbow, with introspective lyrics and even tempos, began to be criticised at the beginning of the new millennium as bland and sterile<ref>M. Roach, ''This Is It-: the First Biography of the Strokes'' (London: Omnibus Press, 2003), {{ISBN|0-7119-9601-6}}, pp. 42 and 45.</ref> and the wave of [[garage rock]] or [[post-punk revival]] bands, like [[the Hives]], [[The Vines (band)|the Vines]], [[the Strokes]], [[the Black Keys]] and [[the White Stripes]], that sprang up in that period were welcomed by the musical press as "the saviours of rock and roll".<ref>C. Smith, ''101 Albums That Changed Popular Music'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), {{ISBN|0-19-537371-5}}, p. 240.</ref> British groups in this vein, including [[the Libertines]], [[Razorlight]], [[Kaiser Chiefs]], [[Arctic Monkeys]] and [[Bloc Party]],<ref name=Collinson2010>I. Collinson, "Devopop: pop Englishness and post-Britpop guitar bands", in A. Bennett and J. Stratton, eds, ''Britpop and the English Music Tradition'' (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010), {{ISBN|0-7546-6805-3}}, pp. 163–178.</ref> were viewed by some as a "second wave" of Britpop".<ref name=Dowling2005/> These bands have been seen as looking less to music of the 1960s and more to 1970s–1980s punk, new wave,<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Wave/Post-Punk Revival Music Style Overview |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/new-wave-post-punk-revival-ma0000012020 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> and post-punk, while still being influenced by Britpop.<ref name=Collinson2010/> Despite these developments, artists such as [[Travis (band)|Travis]], Stereophonics and [[Coldplay]] continued to record and enjoy commercial success into the late 2000s.<ref name=AllMusicColdplay/><ref name=AllMusicStereophonics/><ref name=AllMusicTravis>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p132643/biography|pure_url=yes}} "Travis"], ''AllMusic'', retrieved 3 January 2010.</ref>