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RVCA Is "Indie" a genre? 12-24-2010, 02:47 PM

Janszoon I would say that it has... 12-24-2010, 03:14 PM

Alfred In my experience, indie... 12-24-2010, 03:18 PM

sleepy jack Indie is a community and... 12-24-2010, 03:19 PM

Janszoon I guess I couldn't, but then... 12-24-2010, 03:25 PM

James No, it's not. It really bugs... 12-24-2010, 03:21 PM

sleepy jack What would you call indie... 12-24-2010, 03:29 PM

Janszoon I think Alfred's description... 12-24-2010, 03:33 PM

EveryDayNormalGuy Id say Indies a sound. You... 12-24-2010, 03:38 PM

James And I really don't here this.... 12-24-2010, 03:52 PM

James Exactly what annoys me about... 12-24-2010, 03:35 PM

sleepy jack Yeah I'd agree to that. One... 12-24-2010, 03:36 PM

James Yeah, it's not important but... 12-24-2010, 03:39 PM

sleepy jack I'd say it's probably a... 12-24-2010, 03:35 PM

Screen13 Me, I would have loved to see... 12-24-2010, 05:04 PM

Urban Hat€monger ? Apart from the 9 singles &... 12-24-2010, 05:11 PM

Screen13 Thanks for the correction.... 12-24-2010, 05:14 PM

TockTockTock Throbbing Gristle is... 01-12-2011, 05:23 PM

Dotoar If so, then every second... 01-12-2011, 05:41 PM

TockTockTock Please give me a few examples. 01-12-2011, 05:53 PM

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sleepy jack I just had this weird image... 12-24-2010, 03:40 PM

Zer0 'Indie' is a word that was... 12-24-2010, 04:09 PM

RVCA I just feel uncomfortable... 12-24-2010, 04:33 PM

Mangaeyes I think it has become a... 12-25-2010, 01:21 PM

Odyshape I think indie has its... 01-02-2011, 01:28 AM

Hank The Drifter I'm bad about plugging indie... 01-02-2011, 08:01 AM

TheBig3 Indie has never shied away... 01-02-2011, 10:33 AM

Gavin B. The term "indie" doesn't... 01-04-2011, 07:15 AM

TheBig3 Anyone who's come to the... 01-04-2011, 08:02 AM

Dotoar Indie, isn't that the music... 01-05-2011, 07:16 PM

TheCunningStunt No.... 01-06-2011, 11:38 PM

Anteater What's interesting about an... 01-07-2011, 12:29 PM

Dotoar I think that it's about... 01-07-2011, 03:51 PM

Placeholder_ I can get down with this. ... 01-06-2011, 08:49 PM

HiFi I don't think so myself,... 01-20-2011, 05:06 AM

DevonWilliams I just consider it lower... 09-09-2011, 05:07 PM

Zer0 I really don't think... 09-09-2011, 05:15 PM

TheBig3 Smart man. Can someone... 01-13-2011, 07:19 AM

Screen13 History. Indiependent... 01-13-2011, 10:43 AM

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12-24-2010, 02:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Is "Indie" a genre? I'm confused. I thought bands were labeled "indie" if they shied away from major/commercial record labels. It seems to have become commonplace to append the labels "indie", "indie rock", "indie folk", etcetcetc, in describing the genre of artists or albums. Does indie now refer to a specific sound? Is it legitimate to claim indie is a genre?