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what does "indie" mean? |
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Independent, it means they're too cool to live in the basement with their parents. |
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That didn't come out quite right. |
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Except that most indie labels are satellites for the majors.. ie. developed/funded by them to either test the waters for a certain band or genre, or to fob you off into thinking your icons are outside 'the system' etc. |
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usually means indie shit because nobody wants to give them any money |
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take a deep breath! indie rock used to mean "we are unsigned, or signed to an INDIEpendant label, bra" then allofasudden it is so freaktastic hip to be INDIE that every cat grows his hair to his earlobes and bangs in his eyes and wears t shirts that are too small and sings real sad songs, real loud and melodic, and lives on peoples' couches til he finds a girlfriend to support him but THE STROKES are not indie NOR THE WHITE STRIPES goddamnit, not even MODEST MOUSE cause they got signed to epic but who, no capital WHO fucking cares? there's a lot of cute indie people. some are real assholes. thank you for your time. |
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English University student music.. |
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Interesting... What label is the parent of Kranky, or Thrill Jockey, or Constellation? I mean it: I just don't know, but I would like to. |
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Indy = 4 track,large sonic youth collection, coffee shops, wants to start a ZINE, SUBPOP, and lots of other dumb shit. Yeah visit moncton sometime its hell and always 1994 !!! |
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indie is independant as long as youre signed to and independant label then you are a good exaple is a shite pop group called steps (3 women 2 guys you get the idea) were indie because they were signed to pete watermans label and always topped the indie charts |
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and = an |
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always remember: sometimes it's underground for a reason! |
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steps are shite? fack off mate! :) |
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"a good example is a shite pop group called steps" to quote myself |
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even the lovely faye? |
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two blond pieces were tasty no idea of names |
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h and lee? |
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dude you know far too much maybe you should join the fast food rockers mb :D |
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i did but i got banned |
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me to hehe |
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i got banned in the middle of my first message |
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Indy is a fictional archaeologist circa 1920's. He was involed in all kinds of sticky situations, but always managed to get himself (and his crazy old dad) out of trouble with the help of his trust whip. |
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ohh i remember him but from his younger days |
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constellation and kranky have no ties to major labels at all, but say for example, up records (modest mouses old label etc)or matador(pavement, arab strap etc)(matador was distributed by capitol for a while, and both are manufactured by wea which is one of the biggest manufacturers of music as well as emi music) so just look on the bottom of a cd and if you see the wea or emi text on it near the hole of the cd, its not completely independent in all of the processes, its true that its not advertised by the majors but the distribution allows it to be heard in more places than say a completely indie label like kranky, mush, constellation, young god etc. |
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It's weird though. You can go to Best Buy and find certain artists on Constellation and/or Kranky, like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but you won't find an equally well known band on Matador like Arab Strap. I guess a lot has to do on the retail end with buyers and whatnot. |
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it's all very localized also. I think around here you would find arab strap on the shelf at your best buy. I think you might have a hard time finding GSYBE! though. or not. I don't know, I am a musical pirate... .arrr! |
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