indie (not rap or as i say crap)
 

yes, indie is all forms of rock pop and alternative music. however it is not rap as stated above or electronica. these things lack musical ability... no offense guys who do these things but an instrument makes 'real' noise. indie is the abreiviation of indipendant, just like emo is the abreiviation of emotion which again as far as music goes is an abrieviation for emotional hardcore but thats not the topic so on we go - ie bands that work through garages or smaller record companies making only a select amount of cds. indie rock does not fall under cliche catagories of pop music, moreso it creates a slower or faster beat with higher amount of 'concentration' (i'm not even going to go into that one), all in all indie is good very very good.

So wait, Rap can't be independant because it isn't music?

You won't last long here you ignorant moron

Indie can describe two things your genre or your label. Indie as in label is of corse meaning independent. ie Indie films. Genre as in lo-fi, slowcore and the such.

Rap most definitely can be indie. I much prefer indie rap.

If we are lucky rainee will be one of those 1-time-posters

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Well I guess New Order are not an indie band then even though Factory records were one of the first indie labels, and because they played electronica.

And I guess even though in the band Peter Hook plays bass & Bernard Sumner plays guitar they`re not 'real musicians' either.

Congratulatons , that has to be the most idiotic post I have ever read from someone who quite clearly has a brain in there somewhere.

indie music- comes from independent, this term is someetimes also used for alternative music. it has nothing to do with mainstream music(well some of indie artists respect this one:band: )errr.. close enough?:)

Everyone goes on about indie now, basically every band that has a guitar in it seems to be 'indie'.

I'm still not sure, what bands would be indie that are out now?

The sound not the label right?

The Shins
The Go Team
The Decemberists
Built to Spill
Nuetral Milk Hotel
Belle and Sebastian
The Dismemberment Plan
The Microphones

stuff like that

Oh golly I don't know any of those bands!

ooh the stone roses fan! well i think bands like franz ferdinand or kaiser chiefs claim for themselves they are indie bands.. i like them:wave: