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giascle said:
Not sure what you're asking here. Do you think there's a set definition of "indie"?
Basically what The Envoy said.
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the-envoy said:
Yes. But it means no major labels, I guess, as opposed to not being very popular.
There's always grey area; you can't trust a list on one website (especially not Wikipedia). Tom Waits is considered indie, and he's signed to Island Records, a subsidiary of UMG. It's just down to the majority's opinion on each individual musician's place.
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giascle said:
There's always grey area; you can't trust a list on one website (especially not Wikipedia). Tom Waits is considered indie, and he's signed to Island Records, a subsidiary of UMG. It's just down to the majority's opinion on each individual musician's place.
In recent times most people associate a certain 'sound' to indie as well. For instance, even though most dubstep producers are signed to small labels, most people wouldn't consider dubstep music 'indie'.
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SaruDa said:
In recent times most people associate a certain 'sound' to indie as well. For instance, even though most dubstep producers are signed to small labels, most people wouldn't consider dubstep music 'indie'.
I prefer to think of it two ways: indie as a classification, and indie as a genre. It's classified that way when an artist isn't signed to a major label, but they can still have a mainstream sound. Indie as a genre is the more familiar definition, in which the artists break conventional rules of music.
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giascle said:
I prefer to think of it two ways: indie as a classification, and indie as a genre. It's classified that way when an artist isn't signed to a major label, but they can still have a mainstream sound. Indie as a genre is the more familiar definition, in which the artists break conventional rules of music.
I see it more as artists conforming to a different set of conventions, while staying within the larger 'rock music' genre. For instance, I think most people would consider stuff like this to be niche rather than indie:
p.s. sorry about the blatant advertising in the video, but for some reason all the videos by this band have a banner like that, except for their one music video(which kinda sucks).Posted 5 years ago # -
"Indie", to me is a style...I guess. Anyway...
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Going off the 'genre' interpretation of the word indie, here's Band of Horses for anyone who hasn't heard them. They're one of the most well known 'indie' groups, and for good reason!
And here's Arcade Fire, also one of the most well known 'indie' bands.
Iron & Wine. You know what, if I don't say so from this point on, all these bands are very well known.
Mogwai
Modest Mouse
Royksopp
The Dears(Mostly only popular in Canada)
The Mountain Goats
The Postal Service
TV on the Radio
Wilco
Okay, hopefully that's enough for now. Maybe I can throw up some non-super-popular indie tomorrow.
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One more popular indie band before I go to bed. Wolf Parade.
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SaruDa said:
Basically what The Envoy said.
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I like this one.
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For the record, this is what I think of when I hear "indie":
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giascle said:
For the record, this is what I think of when I hear "indie":
No offense to anyone who really loves Neutral Milk Hotel, but I could barely finish that.
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Okay, Broken Social Scene. Another well-known band.
Beck.
Asobi Seksu. Not quite as popular as the other bands I've been posting.
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I will post about the Doujin Music Artist of TANO*C , here is a video of one of their Strikes
The leader/founder is
REDALiCE / him label ALiCE'S EMOTiONMembers
Betwixt&Between
TOTAL DISCOMMUNICATIONDJ-Technetium
ACis-TranceMinamotoya
MINAMOTRANCEKenta-v.ez. (He make also music for H games)
Boostized Euphoriat+pazolite (A former IOSYS artist member)
C.H.SUSAO (Just Hardstyle)
La Fiesta!Thanatos
WAS RecordsDJ Noriken
SKETCH UP! RecordingsP*Light (He make also music for H Games but i havent find what name he use)
Pichnopop
SKETCH UP! RecordingsDJ Technorch (he was a former Tano*C member till he make him own label)
999 Recording
Murder ChannelRoughsketch
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REDALiCE
make mostly Hardcore but now he have benn keeping making Tohou remixes for IOSYS.
One of him song
and website http://www.tano-c.net
t+Pazolite
make from trance happy hardcore to speedcore/terrorcore gabba , he also works for IOSYS and in him and label C.H.S
One of him lastest creations and him website http://www.c-h-s.net/
USAO
Anything that have a dirty and Hard Bass .
P*Light
Make trance and happy hardcore , most of them pretty cute , actually he make the opening of Yume Miru Kusuri - Sekai ni Sayonara , i know becuase i have follow him myspace for a couple of years and he make the song but after the game , the maker of the game only add the lyrics and the girls voices and P*Light look like he sold him song because it doesnt appear at him website anymore.
DJ Technorch
I alwaysmasturbatelisten to him song most of the day , he makes mostly from hardcore to gabba/schranz . He debuted with him albums Boss on Parade (Murder Channel Recordings) and Gothic System Lite , with those he earn a place with Benami Artist and make a duo with Kors K playing with the name of Teranoid as Hardcore United Tokyo a song of IIDX DJ Troppers and also make a song for DDR named 888.
One of him officials PV WITH HIM OWN LABEL 999 RECORDINGS
Roughsketch
Make hardcore gabba and also have do drum and bass , he is part of the Sapporo Drum and Bass Channel , he publlish him song with him friend t+pazolite but he is trying to make him own label Notebook.
One of the Sapporo DnB channel live , Roughsketch is at the mixers and CDJ
One of him songs
About other artist i dont like them so much so i dont talk about them
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This is exactly why I said no hardcore in the Hard Dance group.
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Fang Island. The up-and-coming star of the hipster community.(Warning to those prone to epileptic seizures: You may want to refrain from watching this video, particularly in full-screen with the lights off).
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
Deerhoof. Finally a band that's not very well known!
Liars. We're getting there!
Hercules and Love Affair. I was genuinely surprised to find out how popular these guys are.
That's all for tonight.
p.s. if this page loads slow, you might want to look into the flashblock plugin for firefox.Posted 5 years ago # -
Here. This time I put them in order of exposure. Most popular first, least popular last.. And I know the bands I've been posting aren't all 'indie', but whatever. Close enough.
Sufjan Stevens.
Junior Boys(have posted this video once before in the 'what are you listening to' thread).
Pinback.
Tortoise. This band is mostly instrumental and is probably not even close to indie, but their sound is really popular with the hipsters and audiophiles, so here you go.
Islands. The video's a bit silly, but is actually a decent song once it gets into it.
Mates of State.
midori(ミドリ).
The Fiery Furnaces.
Future of the Left.
The American Analog Set.
Silver Jews.
Marnie Stern.
Hail Social.
Roletta Secohan. Okay no lyrics and I don't have an excuse this time, but come on, this is about as hipster as it gets.
Detholz!
Love is Chemicals.(I was tempted to not even put this since it's the only song by them on youtube, but their self titled album was pure gold, unlike this tripe).
Lone Wolf and Cub.
And that's it for me. I'm out of hipster/indie bands to show you guys. Hope you enjoyed or at least looked at some of them.
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Does this count?
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the-envoy said:
Does this count?
I'll let it. -_- Midori also got signed to Sony, SaruDa. I'm gonna let it slide of course, they only got signed in 2009. Don't know if you've heard their "!st" and "2nd" stuff but they reformed themselves a little with their first Sony album. It's still very enjoyable and easily can easily be identified as them but it's nothing like Doping and Natsu Romance Mode which I feel are defining songs of theirs. I can actually see them doing well with this sound they used on Shinsekai. It seems very marketable while not rendering them artistically.
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not sure if this counts but no one has posted it yet so >_>.......
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