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PassiveTheory:
Eh, growing up in Southern California, it really doesn't seem like the indie thing has tremendously skyrocketed... I mean, granted, now even Bright Eyes can headline a show at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Decemberists can command the LA Philharmonic Orchestra to do their bidding, but that's really LA, and I'm a SD guy... Ska, metal, and especially hip-hop have always had larger followings down here than indie music, but now that I'm in college back up in nor cal, yeah, indie music seems a lot more prevalent in people I interact with's tastes... Weird. But, more or less, I ended up being the guy that found friends and turned them on to stuff like the Arcade Fire, Portishead, and the Smiths, so... Go figure?
Then again, up until the last 2 years or so, I wasn't really an indie fan, not at least until a friend of mine burned me a compilation of DCfC, Bright Eyes, Pixies, and The Faint, so... yeah, there is that.
Anyway, all I can say here is that the success of indie rock cannot be measured by how popular the bands are here in San Diego... I think the only mildly successful indie band to emerge from the city/area is the Album Leaf, if that counts for anything.
a pack of wolves:
It does, if you click on the bit above where it says pet peeve it takes you to the original post which clears things up once you've read a few responses.
Johnny C:
Nice save, Tommy.
The first time I saw the Weakerthans in Regina there were maybe thirty people in the audience, and this was two years after Reconstruction Site. When I saw them this year they packed a club near capacity. That's a "successful" "indie" band but they can't really pack more than a mid-level venue. In a similar vein, Feist played at a concert hall when she was here this summer and it was maybe two-thirds full - not bad by any means especially considering that capacity is 2031 people, but not a particularly strong turnout for an artist with such enormous crossover appeal and commercial success.
Incidentally if "indie rock" runs out I'm pretty well fucked. I play guitar solos for God's sake.
KvP:
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--- Quote from: Spinless on 30 Dec 2007, 11:29 ---Tommy's problem is not an isolated one! I do NOT live in rural Scotland, but I am looked upon as some sort of freak because my music taste is 'out there'. Truth be told, the majority of you guys make me look tame!
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This describes me perfectly.
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Dec 2007, 11:38 ---Right now my friends are by and large people with the same overall cultural sensibility as myself. However I spent the bulk of high school being literally the only person I knew outside of these forums who listened to the bands I did. This pretty much reached its zenith when I was seventeen. I can assure you it is a real situation to be in that you know at most one or two people who you can actually have a conversation about the music you love with.
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This also describes me perfectly.
Oh jeez do I want to change a lot of things.
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Same here, but I always felt as though I was 10 years behind everyone else. Still do, I just know more people who are in the same place I am.
est:
Seems like electro and Nu-rave have been getting off the ground here for the past year or so, with Indie rock still popular but tapering out some. I go out and all I see is sweatbands and flouro hotpants, which I guess wouldn't be quite so bad if it were on the girls.
I also notice that some indie-folk/country type stuff is being played a bit more over here too. Not sure if that is a bleeding-over from the indie-rock thing or not.
This is on the trendier radio stations, btw. From what I hear on the pop stations they are still steadfastly refusing to play anything but shit.
(oh, and I'm in Sydney, Australia for those that don't know)
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