Music Banter - What Sucks About This Genre: Indie Rock Edition

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1978131)

And I got **** for my comments on hip-hop? :usehead:

I actually thought your comments on poppin a cap and bustin a nigga was pretty funny actually.

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1978103)

My formative years was nothing but indie. Modest Mouse, early Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Bloc Party, that whole NY scene in the early oughts. Plenty of trash, especially nowadays, but quality records have been made under this umbrella term.

Like a few AM tracks and same for Blur. There's not a lot in this genre for me though.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1977916)

The only people who like indie rock as a genre are boring, milquetoast, white people because it's made by people so bland that they can't relate to anyone else.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1978009)

The blandness is what sucks about this genre.

Sonic Youth was, among other things, indie rock.

It's a pretty damn broad term.

PJ Harvey as well, and she's damn cool.

Indie rock is pretty much any rock band that wasn't signed to a major label tho. That means even the likes of Marillion or The Residents or Frank Zappa could classify as "indie".

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1978137)

I guess what sucks about indie is it became a genre that's whole meaning is basically "rock that is not bombastic" which is pretty far from its original form where it was a label for punk bands that even shed the expectations of their scenes along with the major labels

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1978229)

Indie rock is pretty much any rock band that wasn't signed to a major label tho. That means even the likes of Marillion or The Residents or Frank Zappa could classify as "indie".

From a position of ignorance, what sucks for me is that Indie seems to be defined by what it isn't, not by what it is, so it's difficult to work out it's characteristic sound. Also, the term "Indie" suggests to me that you'll hear something way out of the mainstream, something unbridled, innovative and eccentric. In that respect, everything "indie" that I've heard so far has been a disappointment, and I'm beginning to suspect that "indie" is a euphemism for "second rate." ( Happy to be proven wrong on this btw. )

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1978232)

The genre is inherently ambiguous imo, there's something for everybody under the umbrella. Self-proclaimed indie rock is typically not very interesting because the bands make a show of their credibility as opposed making better music.

Here's a list of artists

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1978241)

Much like prog rock.

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1978153)

I actually thought your comments on poppin a cap and bustin a nigga was pretty funny actually.

Thanks man. It was supposed to be.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1978248)

Much like prog rock.

And yet you didn't post about how it sucks in its own thread... :usehead:

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1978255)

Thanks man. It was supposed to be.

And yet you didn't post about how it sucks in its own thread... :usehead:

I no longer look down on prog rock as a whole but haven't listened to enough to refocus my derision.