Chiomara |
06-27-2017 10:34 AM |
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I listed "indie rock"/indie folk earlier in the thread since I was having trouble succinctly describing what exactly I was referring to but yeah, it really is too broad of a term seeing as it's not a genre. I LOVE Low and Tall Dwarfs and Mount Eerie and numerous bands that would fall under the general umbrella of indie. I was referring more to that specific kind of tepid and bland alternative jangly pop-rock that sounds like a mish-mash of everything you've ever heard in college town cafes or CW shows (not that I would know anything about CW shows of course). As well as most stuff you'd find in the most popular nondescript Spotify "Indie Chill" type playlists. There is certainly more boring music out there, though. Like the entire new-age genre, probably, as well as popular radio country.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
(Post 1850368)
"Indie" is a useful term because it immediately brings to mind a certain sound stereotype that even casual music nerds can easily recognize. Whether or not it's a useful genre descriptor is kind of beside the point. It's not like anyone gives a legitimate **** about it as a positive label anymore.
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This is true, too. It's useful when discussing music with regular people who otherwise may have no clue what you're talking about during polite music-related small-talk. If someone asks me what my favorite kind of music is, (while they're eating potato chips and clearly only half-listening) I can't go off on a tangent about all of my favorite ambient sub-genres or whatever; I have to instead say "I like Silent Hill type music" etc. And then they nod and change the subject. With those people, indie is its own genre, and I know that when they say they like indie music, they mean stuff like Neutral Milk Hotel, Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys etc etc.
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