Indie Rock

Indie rock is an umbrella term to reference rock artists that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. Originally the term was not a reference to a specific genre of rock music; however, it has come to be used often to reference the sound of particular bands and the bands they have influenced. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Death Cab for Cutie

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The Fiery Furnaces Double Dagger	The Hideout Chicago(, IL), Chicago, United States 41.913721 -87.662455	11 people attended 1 shout
Spoon Quasi, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears	Stubb's Bar-B-Q Austin TX, United States 30.268599 -97.736155	44 people attended 1 shout
Paper Mache & Abandon Kansas at Studio Seven Paper Mache, Abandon Kansas	Studio Seven Seattle WA, United States 47.574375 -122.333944	Add shout
The Ruse	Troubadour West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States 34.081483 -118.389291	Add shout
Everest Red Cortez	Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles, United States 34.058832 -118.443863	4 people attended Add shout
Titus Andronicus	Glasslands Gallery Brooklyn, New York NY, United States 40.714772 -73.966731	2 people attended Add shout

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darkwaver wrote:
last month

Useless.

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vanilla_boy1 wrote:
last month

chrisfromthelc, what you say is true, now you have indie bands on major labels with a generally vague status as indie in the popular opinion. When I stated my idea of indie rock, however, I was describing the style of music. (just wanted to clarify). I also think that the label 'hipster' has a terribly dodgy connotation, it is associated with what I'd like to call "mall indie" such as Razorlight, The Hives, Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Franz Ferdinand, those types of bands(no offense to the fans) a commercialized form of it continuing in the steps of bands like Coldplay, but precisely The Libertines which I'd attribute it to.(not really indie at all)

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Betontherocks wrote:
last month

Beto On The rocks Electronic / Shoegaze / Experimental http://www.lastfm.es/music/Beto+on+the+rocks www.myspace.com/betoontherocks

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hole666666 wrote:
last month

Arcade Fire, anything from Elephant 6, Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys.... they're all hipster bands, so they don;t feel INDIE to me... I like Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, and stuff from E6, I like the music, just hate the label, and I hate "hipster" too. A lot of shit tagged "hipster" is good... but coldplay fits. Ick, coldplay is terrible.

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hole666666 wrote:
last month

I don't believe in the term "indie" but most "indie" bands are basically "hipster" to me... indie=hipster=mainstream=NOT indie

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tak_dla_szpanu wrote:
last month

gay? should I laugh or should I cry? O________________________O"

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eperbokor wrote:
last month

most of them are totally gay

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Kiomiy wrote:
last month

yeah))) my favorite tag)

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chrisfromthelc wrote:
last month

The problem is, bands like http://www.newindiebands.com/bands/oswald/ Oswald could be construed as "indie" or straight "rock". I think the qualifier of not being "on a major label" is now a dated one, since you've got bands like Death Cab For Cutie (orginally on Barsuk) that are on major label distribution. What used to be black and white is a giant grey area now.

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vanilla_boy1 wrote:
last month

Ok, so here I go stating my idea of Indie Rock..."indie rock" unlike Indie Pop (also spelled indiepop) is for the most part a U.S. phenomenon (as everyone here likely knows, there are indie rock bands from all over the globe, but I think the majority are from the States) and, while the music is similar to indie pop to some extent, Indie Rock is just that, basically---Rock, essentially North American Trad-rock plus a U.K. indie influence, (i.e. like Oasis or Travis with a more rough edge, somewhat unhinged) so the music is not like the UK indie really (Britpop, C-86, Madchester, etc.) and with a different association than on the "other side of the Atlantic" as they say. Indie Rock is not bad music, though. Thank you.

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Borealiscape wrote:
last month

Here you could find some of the finest indie groups - the unsigned music made with great enthusiasm and being beyond any trends indeed. Check it out and come to join the Opera Dog Production group, which embraces such London-based groups as Clinker (their album "Clinker" was probably the best unsigned album of 2008), Opera Dog, DTT. http://www.last.fm/group/Opera+Dog+Production

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TrajkLogik wrote:
last month

It seems what happened to the "Alternative" name in the 90's is what is now happening the "Indie" name. Alternative was just that, and alternative to the mainstream. Now Alternative is mainstream. Now, Indie is becoming so popular, it is becoming mainstream too. It may very well be that ind. labels will become more popular then the mainstream. Personally, I don't see why it isn't already considering all the garbage currently being released by mainstream labels. Money Talks.

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fahh10 wrote:
last month

all bands are indie now. go to the fucking hell with this tags.

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loveisparanoid wrote:
last month

maybe a 15 year old see it that way, but back in the days being tagged as indie ACTUALLY means that a band is on an independent label! indie rock never meant and never will be associated to bands who appear on mtv 24/7 you smarties.

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Wilson_ka wrote:
last month

Indie is Rock!

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oneinchbadgepin wrote:
last month

What's with all the mainstream rock artists tagged as this? [3] seriously O_O

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sonofawidow wrote:
last month

Indie is bullshit.

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rkfs wrote:
last month

I'm not going to bother to check what kind of label a Rock band is on, but if I ever do I should remind myself to tag them with this I suppose.

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E-Gitarrist wrote:
last month

All failures of the 21st centurys' culture concentrated in one genre.

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Dzukac wrote:
last month

8=====D

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