why is indie rock so popular?

because people are tired of hearing kelly clarkson.

You're seeing them in commercials so much because first off they need to pay their bills. And second, it's pretty much indie music's only mainstream outlet for people to hear their music.

People are enjoying indie music so much because right now mainstream music is glossy and based on vocal talent, vocal talent, and more vocal talent. Indie music is nearly opposite of what is going on in the mainstream and people are latching on to that aspect since its very hard to come by in the mainstream. So wether or not these indie bands are warranted for the label of being masterminds, they are going to be called masterminds because they are not playing boring music paired with vocal talent.

Indie is not a fucking genre!!!!

JSBE wrote:

because most of it is good?

but i would hardly call the bands you listed as being at the apex of the mainstream music scene.

just my opinion.

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does the word "indie" mean anything anymore?

i would have never called Arcade Fire indie....maybe "Indie" has gotten to the point that the word "grunge" got to ....doesnt mean now what it originally did etc

personally my favourite grunge bands are Puddle Of Mudd, Creed, Nickelback, and my favourite indie band is Pearl Jam. oooh and that old Indie band "Television".

I always looked at the word "indie" being a shortened form of the word independent record label- well we all already know thats the case.
Somewhere down the line I think bands that are on independent record labels just became known as "indie" in a genre labeling of the music scene, that's my take anyway.

I really don't understand the difference between major label and indie label except that major labels are all about making money and sometimes that requires the band altering their image/ music to a case of sometimes even being labeled a sellout.

That wonderful band from Texas known as the Toadies is a perfect example of a major label fucking a band over. The album that was supposed to be their 2nd record (It's called Feeler) well what I have heard of it was very good showed real music growth from Rubberneck. Any way, Their lead singer now goes with indie labels because they can get major label treatment while still having the ability to create the music they want to make and they still own their music too.
One hard and frustrating thing for me regarding indie bands is getting the word of their music out there, it seems that even with national exposure people continue to ignore it at least on here that's ok though we all like different things and their is so much music and so little time to explore all of it.


One question though: Do bands make more money on an independent label or does it just depend on the popularity of the band and how well the album sales?

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it's popular because it's subtle and it's not in the mainstream to begin with anyway. I think a lot of people catch on to indie bands but when they become big they dont like them anymore. I like bands like spoon, band of horses, arcade fire, wilco because of this fact. They mix soft tones with heavy tones, aren't afraid to use acoustic guitars