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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Snobbery going on in here. Anybody who claims they don't know what someone is talking about when they talk about an indie rock sound is being an elitist. You know exactly what they mean: fey sounding indie pop/folk bands with guys singing in whiny voices like the Shins or Belle and Sebastian. If you claim that you don't know this then you're just playing dumb.
And yes I know that's a stereotype and doesn't describe indie as a whole.
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I agree with this pretty much wholeheartedly.
Also when I think indie, the first band I think of is Mouldy Peaches. Don't like them, and don't like the other bands people I've known who love them play. So I gotta assume I don't like indie. Seems to be a whole lot of quirky commune-living music with simple lines and riffs, and always young-sounding vocals.
As for music being pussified, I disagree with that statement entirely. Plenty of people are making music that makes an aggressive point.