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Old 01-02-2011, 10:33 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I'm confused. I thought bands were labeled "indie" if they shied away from major/commercial record labels. It seems to have become commonplace to append the labels "indie", "indie rock", "indie folk", etcetcetc, in describing the genre of artists or albums.

Does indie now refer to a specific sound? Is it legitimate to claim indie is a genre?
Indie has never shied away from Major Label Commercial Success. Thats just some angry piss-ants revisionist history of the sound. Its certainly a genre. I can't name one genre that has a universally mutual sound.
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