Dolewave is an Australian music genre that emerged in the early 2010s. Initially used online as an in-joke to describe one of Melbourne‘s independent music scenes, the term has since been applied by music critics to many other Australian bands that share a DIY ethic and a “peculiarly and recognisably Australasian sound”,[1] often drawing on the 1980s jangle pop of local acts such as the Go-Betweens, as well as the lo-fi “Dunedin sound” of New Zealand’s Flying Nun record label.