On December 18, 2008, Prince premiered four songs from his new album on LA's Indie rock radio station Indie 103. 1.

Some 1990s and 2000s rock and pop bands use a double bass, such as Barenaked Ladies ; Indie band The Decemberists ; and punk rock / psychobilly groups such as The Living End, Nekromantix, The Horrorpops, and Tiger Army.

Indie rock band Pavement ( who also toured with Stereolab ) acknowledged the group's sound on their song " Half A Canyon.

* Jeff Mangum, Indie rock musician and member of the Elephant Six Collective and Neutral Milk Hotel

* John Moen-drummer for the popular Indie rock group, The Decemberists ( born in Brainerd )

Indie rock band Vampire Weekend filmed a music video for their song " Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa " in a home in Spring Lake, as well as on the beach.

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s.

Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include indie pop, jangle pop, C86, and lo-fi, among others.

Indie rock, derived from " independent ", describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved.

Indie rock has been identified as a reaction against the " macho " culture that developed in alternative rock in the aftermath of Nirvana's success.

Calling indie rock part of " Alternative Rock " is not correct since it has little to do with the production values, message, and history of that genre ( in the early 2000s, Alternative Rock acts in their attempt to regain mainstream status competed in the charts against Indie Rock acts actively ), yet a significant number of indie rock bands refuse to align to other mainstream genres that generally fail to describe them at all.

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Wendy Fonarow, an anthropology professor and author of the book Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Culture, asserts that this change occurred because at the turn of the century American bands began to be influenced by British indie music and the Internet, which made British music publications and online music websites such as Pitchfork Media immediately available to readers.

Indie electronic, which had begun in the early 1990s with bands like Stereolab and Disco Inferno, took off in the new millennium as digital technology developed, with acts including Broadcast from the UK, Justice from France, Lali Puna from Germany and The Postal Service, and Ratatat and BOBBY from the US, mixing a variety of indie sounds with electronic music, largely produced on small independent labels.

The NME still covered the Indie scene and was involved with a war of words with a new band called Manic Street Preachers who were criticising the NME for what they saw as an elitist view of bands they would champion.

Indie Online is a website feature which takes music contributions from indie bands, which are then voted on by listeners on the page to determine the Edge Indie Band of the Month.

The main Madchester bands dominated the UK Indie Charts during late 1989 and much of 1990.

Other popular bands, most largely unknown outside the country, include Negligence ( thrash metal ), Elvis Jackson ( ska punk ), Lačni Franz, Bohem, Puppetz ( Indie ), Tabu, Društvo Mrtvih Pesnikov ( pop-rock ), Naio Ssaion ( Gothic metal ), Terrafolk, Leaf Fat ( screamo ), Avven, Perpetuum Jazzile, Carpe Diem, Šank Rock, Big Foot Mama, Yogurt, Adam, Levitan, Dan D, Time to time, Flirrt, Zablujena generacija, Slon in Sadež, Katalena, Rock Partyzani, Shyam, Eroika, Hic et Nunc, Devil Doll ( experimental rock ), Chateau, Posodi mi jürja, Rok ' n ' band, Čuki, Juliette Justine, Zaklonišče Prepeva, Psycho-Path, Dekadent ( black metal ) and Buldožer ( progressive rock ).

Indie bands Mortimer Nova, Surfer Blood, Iron & Wine, Copeland, The Drums, and Two Years Till Tomorrow are from Florida, as well as Fake Problems from Naples.

Indie rock bands included Element 115 the band, The Stiletto Formal, Fine China, Peachcake, Sugar High, The Format, 36 Cents and a Dream.

* Firefly ( band ), the Filipino Indie rock bands

Replicator started as a bay area Indie rock band of little distinction before finding their signature sound, often compared to bands such as Shellac, The Jesus Lizard, Steel Pole Bathtub and The Melvins.

Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk, very early Indie Pop and early post punk bands such as Buzzcocks, The Smiths and Desperate Bicycles, Travis began to manage acts and distribute bands such as Scritti Politti and began the label, which was informed by left-wing politics and structured as a co-operative.

Indie rock bands Band of Skulls and John & Jehn covered the song for the French TV show Taratata broadcasted in March 2010.

When other German guitar bands, whose music and lyrics were of a different style, were able to profit from this success, however, a new nationwide Indie pop scene emerged.

Indie electronic, which had begun in the early 90s with bands like Stereolab and Disco Inferno, took off in the new millennium as the new digital technology developed, with acts including The Postal Service, and Ratatat from the US, mixing a variety of indie sounds with electronic music, largely produced on small independent labels.

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, with its roots in Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early ' 80s ( Josef K and Orange Juice ) and the dominant UK independent band of the mid -' 80s, The Smiths.

Indie pop continues to have a strong following and inspire musicians, not just in the UK but around the world, with new bands, labels and clubs devoted to the sound.

The album sold well, staying near the top of the ' Indie Rock Chart ' in the UK for several months above bands such as Placebo despite having no touring support from the band.

Craig Hooper is an Australian musician who was a core member ( with Dave Mason ) of Indie rock band The Reels ( 1977 – 1992 ) and was in bands The Mullanes ( the initial incarnation of Crowded House ), The Church ( guested on their 1984 album Persia ) and The Crystal Set.

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The Indie music scene in Mexico has produced bands such as Porter, Austin TV, Los Dynamite, Chikita Violenta, Bengala, and Hello Seahorse !, which often write lyrics in English and have toured alongside American indie rock bands throughout Latin America and the United States.

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The year 2007 saw the creation of Bernhard's show Plan B from Outer Space as well as Indie label upstart Breaking Records release of the compilation " Breaking For the Holidays " where Bernhard co-penned Miracle of Lights with Mitchell Kaplan.

As Britpop declined in popularity, Blurs next three albums, Blur, 13 and Think Tank contained influenced from Indie Rock, Electronic and Hip Hop music.

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Indie electronic began to take off in the new millennium as the new digital technology developed, with acts including Broadcast from the UK, Justice from France, Lali Puna from Germany, and Ratatat and The Postal Service from the US, mixing a variety of indie sounds with electronic music, largely produced on small independent labels.

He retired from legal practice in 2005 and hosted the call-in radio show Barely Legal Radio on Indie 103. 1 FM, where he dispensed entertainment and legal advice to aspiring musicians.

** Indie folk, a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer / songwriters in the indie rock community showing heavy influences from folk music scenes of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, country music, and indie rock

Indie rocker Stephen Malkmus mentions Stoke-on-Trent in " Pink India ", released on his self-titled solo album, singing that the song's protagonist, Mortimer, is a " rook " in The Great Game, who " came from Stoke-on-Trent.

After a lengthy hiatus, Finch re-entered the music industry in 2006, producing numerous Indie artists out of his " Production Kitchen " studios in Ohio, including 2008 " Top 35 " contestants from America's Got Talent, The Memphis Rascals who, in addition to original songs, rerecorded the Casey / Finch hit, Boogie Shoes-and Hawthorn, NV band " Nevada "-who, along with Finch were included on the first round submission ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Big Flame ( often rendered bIG fLAME ) were a post punk / Indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England and active from 1983 to 1986.

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981 – 1991.

In 1984, the singles " Sensoria " and " James Brown " from the album Micro-Phonies ( also on Virgin ) charted on the UK Indie Chart, as well as getting play in the underground dance scene.