Technically: Indie = independent music, the way "prog" is progressive music.
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ndie is not a genre really, it just means that a band is independent from major labels
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Colloquially: Any band with a certain appeal, attitude, and approach. Any band with the "independent attitude" is indie, even if they're on a major label. Example: Flaming Lips (often considered "indie" though they're on Warner Brothers)
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Yeah, but the term has become kinda perverted over the past five or so years and now pretty much includes any eccentric, skinny, glasses wearing band of college-agers who voted for Ralph Nader.
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