Indie

Indie typically applies to rock music that is outside of the rock mainstream and is not affiliated with a major record label, hence "independent." Some indie groups actually enjoy significant followings and critical acclaim. Music blogs such as Stereogum and Indie Rock Cafe focus on this genre along with "alternative" rock and other emerging rock music.

Indie (independent) films (see In Bruges) and fashions are two other areas where the term is relatively commonplace.  The indie tag has further spread to include almost any creative or artistic endeavor that lacks an affiliation with a major brand or label.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Indie ”

• New White Hills - "Dead"

  
  Stereogum — Authority: 695
  Longstanding space rockers White Hills, aka guitarist Dave W. and bassist Ego Sensation (not Kanye), teamed up with Oneida drummer Kid Millions to record their new self-titled album at the Ocropolis in Williamsburg. Lots of fuzz, lots of drown, tons of bong smoke. It was captured in three days this past summer -- ...
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• New LAKE Video - "Sing 99 & 90" (Stereogum Premiere)

  
  Stereogum — Authority: 695
  When I spoke with LAKE about their various Day Jobs , it turned out the band behind Lets Build A Roof indeed includes a guy who helps build houses: Eli Moore, his father, and his sister take care of the wiring. The Jason DeWitt-directed video for "Sing 99 & 90" involves architecture on a smaller scale: The ...
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• Hear part of Swedish indie darlings The Knife’s operatic foray: A collision of electronics, arias and Charles Darwin

  
  The Music Mix — Authority: 621
  The opera that Swedish synthpop duo The Knife helped to write last year is finally getting an official release—so those of us who didn’t have the jack to fly to Copenhagen last fall can hear what we missed.But if you require immediate gratification, a ten-minute sample of Tomorrow, In a Year is now available ...
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• Lars Ludvig Lofgren – Heterochromia

  
  popwreckoning — Authority: 139
  It is rather funny sometimes how our preconceived notions can deceive us. Lars Ludvig Lofgren almost fell through my fingers into the abyss of CDs I refuse to listen to due to a name that I incorrectly assumed HAD to make them an awful death metal band from somewhere in Nazi, Germany. However, it would seem that ...
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• New Xiu Xiu - "Gray Death"

  
  Stereogum — Authority: 695
  Before this most recent Xiu Xiu outing Jaime Stewart popped up in Former Ghosts and his former bandmate popped up in Cold Cave (and holiday RadioShack ads ). Now, after doing his best Morrissey impression , Stewarts set to release the cheerfully titled Dear God, I Hate Myself . Its Xiu Xius seventh full-length in ...
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• Episode 45: ‘Velmagate’

  
  radiomagnetic.com — Authority: 131
  Happy New Year! Welcome to Week 45, we hope you have had a lovely Christmas and New Year!! This week sees PodcART crew reunited after much festive merriment and full of new year cheer. Louise , Nic , Halina , Ally (and Sean in the background) have some new and delectable tunes for you this week – hope you ...
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• the vibrations

  
  sneakmove — Authority: 118
  soul version of the allman bros classic the vibrations “midnight rider” (1972) Related posts: burt sugarman’s midnight special saw an infomercial for a dvd set of classic... michael jackson + super mario: mashed up a fun video of the classic super mario bros game,... the beach boys musical, ...
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• Arts Roundup: Wale, Sex Philosopher Edition

  
  Arts Desk — Authority: 144
  Good morning! There is a difference between making love and fucking! Allow  Wale to explain ! The art of making love seems like a pastime, whereas f*cking, has become this generation’s making-out. I think men pursue it a bit more aggressively then women — after clubs, after school, etc. I personally enjoy ...
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• Free Indie Video Competition

  
  Music Connection — Authority: 143
  M3Radio is now accepting indie video submissions through Jan. 15th. The contest calls for all musicians that possess a video they are willing to showcase. Submissions are available to for viewing, rating and commenting at from Jan. 16 - Feb. 14 at www.Youtube.com/M3SonicShowDown . The winner will be announced on Feb. ...
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• The Besnard Lakes Are Back

  
  The POP! Stereo — Authority: 124
  The Besnard Lakes are offering a preview of their much-anticipated album, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night , with the standout single, "Albatross." The single will also be made available on February 9th (8th in the UK) as a vinyl 12" with the exclusive b-side "Four Long Lines." "Albatross," is a beautiful ...
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• Precious

  
  t5m: Love Personality, Love t5m — Authority: 545
  Precious, Lee Daniels’s screen adaptation of the 1997 novel, Push, by New York poet Sapphire, is less a rollercoaster of emotion than a nine-pound sledgehammer of unrelenting torment that hits you right between the eyes. From a critical perspective this is both a curse and blessing. Indeed, so disturbing are some of ...
  6 hours ago

• Viva Forever: Captain Forever Again

  
  Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Authority: 545
  I’ve wanted to post about this again for a while, but it’s non-inclusion in the IGF has given me motivation. I’ve still not been able to totally put my back into it, but it’s the sort of game which strikes me is exactly what certain of you are looking for. It’s a Sinistar-esque shooter, but with a sandbox ...
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• #7: Mean Everything To Nothing

  
  SuperSave Price.com — Authority: 169
  Mean Everything To Nothing by Manchester Orchestra 15 days in the top 100 (64) Download: $2.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. See the rest here: #7: Mean Everything To Nothing
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• OK Go - Of The Blue Colour of The Sky

  
  BE INDEPENDENT! — Authority: 120
  Interpret: OK Go Album: Of The Blue Colour of The Sky (LP) Rok vydání: 2010 Země: USA --- Bude se vám líbit, pokud máte rádi: • Hot Hot Heat • Mando Diao • We Are Scientists --- Ve zkratce: Třetí deska s názvem "Of The Blue Colour of The Sky" se od předchozí tvorby chicagských OK Go ...
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• Aye! Before E: Pirate Princess

  
  Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Authority: 545
  I’m quite a fan of Moonpod’s games – Gametunnel’s game of the year from way back Starscape and inspired Head-over-heels/Final-Fantasy/System Shock riff Mr Robot – so I was surprised to see that they’d released a new game late last year and I hadn’t heard about it. It’s called Pirate Princess , ...
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• Sacreligious Remake #5,636: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

  
  Screenhead — Authority: 532
  It was only a matter of time before the new decade kicked off with some horrific news of Hollywood remaking a classic film. And so yesterday brought word that Warner Brothers have aquired the rights to Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, and plan to remake it for the English-speaking audience.Sympathy was the first in Korean ...
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• Vampire Weekend Performs “Cousins” On Letterman

  
  GossipMax — Authority: 159
  Indie rock group Vampire Weekend promotes their new album Contra and performs Cousins on the Late Show with David Letterman 1/5/10….Tweet This!Share this on FacebookDigg this!Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUponBuzz up!Post this to MySpaceShare this on TechnoratiAdd this to Google Bookmarks
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• 80s Zone - Jan 08,2010

  
  WildWagon | Blog Talk Radio Feed — Authority: 124
  Jump into your Time Machine take Flashback to Memories from 1980s with hosts Jeff & Clay as they fight to keep the 80s alive with topics from Cartoons,Toys,TV,Movies,Fashion,Comics and much more so grab your 80s Cell Phone give us a call it will be a Blast from the Past. fun Cartoons twitter | WildWagon ...
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• Fyfe Flies Solo…Fyfe Dangerfield Fly Yellow Moon- Debut Solo Album Out On March 16th

  
  The Dead Hub — Authority: 141
  Fyfe Flies Solo…Fyfe Dangerfield Fly Yellow Moon- Debut Solo Album Out On March 16th   Following Guillemots 2008 album Red, mercurial singer-songwriter Fyfe used the window of time created to spread his wings and lovingly record his beautiful debut solo album Fly Yellow Moon self released on March 16th. The UK ...
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• An Interesting Faux Conspiracy Theory on the Death of Def Jux

  
  Shabooty.com — Authority: 157
  An Interesting Faux Conspiracy Theory on the Death of Def Jux I’m not one to shy away from interesting articles, even if they are bullshit. Case in point, this post I was notified about on twitter. I got linked to the page, but it was removed, but thanks to Google cache, it is still up. Check it out. It’s some ...
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