dubjectivist

You don't need me to tell you this I'm sure, but no. But only because we don't have a bunch of kids running round saying, "I'm into major!" If the music media, in their infinite wisdom, had wanted to create such an uber-genre, I'm sure they would have. And the sheeple would follow.

The important fact is that it's the sub-genres within it which tend, now, to define the style of music you're about to listen to. The genre "Indie" merely represents an artist's/band's decision to maintain artistic control over his/her/their work. Sometimes, as it was in the 70s & 80s (and again now if the media are to be believed), that will define similar styles in the music too.

Of course, in the age of "daddy bought me a record label," indie can also mean, "desperate bunch of untalented tw@s who would kill to be with a major".

Alls I'm saying is, it's just a word that collectively represents, in the main, a band's philosophy. Which to me does not mean it's not still a genre.