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The Next Big Thing
Ryder:
Indie originally referred to having an independent label, right? So how can all bands that choose to go on indie labels have the same sound?
Although, maybe the definition is becoming the idea of lo-fi, slightly electronic, casual rock.
(I still say octopi, and say "irony" only in it's original definition, though).
lilibet23:
Just to go back to the original point (As opposed to arguing about genre names, when all they are is something helpful to either describe yours or other music taste/find things in record stores)
I've noticed a couple of trends amongst my friends who play music in the past couple of years:
All the grind-ey botch or 31G bands are now playing pelican/isis type riff rock
All the Gravvy Train!!! bands are DJing dubstep
All the posthardcoreemowhateveryouwanttocallit bands are playing, well pelican/isis type riff rock
Maybe not next big thing, but there is a lot of riff rock round my parts, a lot of prog influence stuff, s'all a bit 70's and long winded for me....
Also not enough hard and fast and not enough folk that does have a laptop involved somewhere.
Has anyone else noticed trends in the kinds of music friends and peers are making? x
Spinless:
Yes. The music that any friend I have ever had has made has always sounded like the flavour of the week, with covers of songs from that week's top 40 entering their set list. It's a crying shame!
Kieffer, are you so jaded that the word 'indie' has lost any and all useful meaning?
I do understand how 'indie rock' is a useful blanket term for bands that are often a little harder to place, but the extent to which it is being used these days is pretty ridiculous. 'Indie' can be used to describe that Chapel Hill sound back in the 90s, but can also be used to describe this poppy and upbeat thing that canada has going on. How about we start using place names and time spans in our music genre descriptions?
Actually, I just realised. I do not find the 'p' in 'description' all that aesthetically pleasing, so I shall be typing it without the 'p' for the calendar week.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Spinless on 06 Jan 2008, 09:06 ---I do understand how 'indie rock' is a useful blanket term for bands that are often a little harder to place, but the extent to which it is being used these days is pretty ridiculous. 'Indie' can be used to describe that Chapel Hill sound back in the 90s, but can also be used to describe this poppy and upbeat thing that canada has going on.
--- End quote ---
See, that's what confuses me - what you just said there is precisely why I think "indie" is NOT a useful blanket term. Even nebulous terms such as "rock" and "pop" are more useful than "indie". Example:
"So what kind of band are The Hold Steady?"
"Oh, they're a rock band."
"And what kind of band are the Stars?"
"Oh, they're a pop band."
I think that's better than saying they're both "indie".
Spinless:
'Hey, what kind of band are Polvo?'
'They're a...uhm...indie rock band.'
'Hey, what kind of band are Fugazi?'
'They're a...uhm...indie rock band.'
Personally, I do not hear the similarity between the two, but I might be doing it wrong!
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