* Aberdeen City ( band ), Boston based indie / alternative rock band.

Category: Scottish indie rock groups

Love initially gained notoriety in the Los Angeles indie rock scene as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989 with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.

* Conductor ( album ), an album by indie rock band The Comas

* Constantines, indie rock band

A flourishing independent rock music culture brought forth Chicago indie.

* CAMP ( band ), a Swiss indie rock band

Hudson is a folk indie rock band with two narrative concept albums released to date.

* The indie rock band The Essex Green recorded a song titled " Elsinore " for their 2006 album Cannibal Sea.

* The Enemy ( UK band ), an indie rock band from Coventry, England

Fredericton is also known for its indie rock scene and the record label Forward Music Group.

* Germans ( band ), a Canadian indie rock band

Internationally-recognised musicians such as metal acts Striborg and Psycroptic, indie-electro bands The Paradise Motel and The Scientists of Modern Music, singer / songwriters Sacha Lucashenko ( of The Morning After Girls ), Michael Noga ( of The Drones ), and Monique Brumby, two-thirds of indie rock band Love of Diagrams, post punk band Sea Scouts, blues guitarist Phil Manning ( of blues-rock band Chain ), power-pop group The Innocents are all successful expatriates.

He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, electronic music and dance music.

Juliana Hatfield ( born July 27, 1967 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States ), is an American guitarist / singer-songwriter and author from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies and Some Girls.

Hatfield and Strohm shared songwriting credits and often sang together in harmony or octaves, creating a memorable " boy-girl " sound rarely encountered in rock ( except in the work of X and a few later indie bands such as Velocity Girl, Hazel, Quasi, Low, Mates of State, and Rainer Maria ).

Category: American indie rock musicians

Long stylized bangs were very common for emos, scene kids and younger indie kids in the 2000s and early 2010s, among people of both genders.

Jeepster Records was founded in 1995 by Mark Jones and Stefano D ’ Andrea, through a mutual interest in the contemporary indie scene.

David Horvitz played the instrument in a contemporary indie rock scene setting on Xiu Xiu's album, The Air Force.

Post-punk brought together a new fraternity of musicians, journalists, managers, and entrepreneurs ; the latter, notably Geoff Travis of Rough Trade and Tony Wilson of Factory, helped to develop the production and distribution infrastructure of the indie music scene that blossomed in the mid-1980s.

They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock.

Alternative rock acts from the 1980s and early 1990s indie scene were the direct ancestors of the Britpop movement.

The origins of Britpop lie primarily in the indie scene of the early 1990s, and in particular around a group of bands involved in a vibrant social scene focused in the Camden Town area of London.

The dominant musical force of the period was the grunge invasion from the United States, which filled the void left in the indie scene by The Stone Roses ' inactivity.

The European Music Office's report on Music in Europe claimed that Switzerland's hip hop scene is " particularly innovative and advanced ", featuring Unik Records ( the first European indie rap label ).

The local and indie music scene has produced pop stars such as RCA recording artists The Verve Pipe and Metal Blade recording artists Thought Industry.

Sydney is famous for its alternative rock scene, boasting such names as The Celibate Rifles, indie rockers The Clouds, The Vines and The Crystal Set, to electronic music pioneers Severed Heads, Single Gun Theory, The Lab, Itch-E and Scratch-E and local favourites Sneaky Sound System. and is the original home of the now national alternative rock festival the Big Day Out, which began in Sydney in 1992 featuring local bands such as You Am I and The Clouds and international groups like Nirvana.

Sydney has a prominent indie or lo-fi scene which features many rising, internationally touring bands such as Royal Headache, Circle Pit, Electric Flu, Raw Prawn, Bed Wettin ' Bad Boys and Dead Farmers.

The band were a key part of the mid-1980s indie pop scene, but eventually moved away from their more jangly sound, taking on more psychedelic and then garage rock influences, before incorporating a dance music element to their sound.

Creative, business, and technological reasons have all contributed to the growth of the indie film scene in the late 20th and early 21st century.

Many countries have developed an extensive local indie scene, flourishing with bands with enough popularity to survive inside the respective country, but virtually unknown outside them.

In the United Kingdom the C86 cassette, a 1986 NME compilation featuring Primal Scream, The Pastels, The Wedding Present and other bands, was a document of the UK indie scene at the start of 1986.

It gave its name to the indie pop scene that followed, which was a major influence on the development of the British indie scene as a whole.

Similarly, in the United Kingdom Britpop saw bands like Blur and Oasis emerge into the mainstream, abandoning the regional, small-scale and political elements of the 1980s indie scene.

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.

Existing indie bands that were now able to enter the mainstream included more musically and emotionally complex bands including Modest Mouse ( whose 2004 album Good News for People Who Love Bad News reached the US top 40 and was nominated for a Grammy Award ), Bright Eyes ( who in 2004 had two singles at the top of the Billboard magazine Hot 100 Single Sales ) and Death Cab for Cutie ( whose 2005 album Plans debuted at number four in the US, remaining on the Billboard charts for nearly one year and achieving platinum status and a Grammy nomination ).

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 British indie band The Hit Parade has taken its name from the US TV show.

At the beginning of 1989 Spacemen 3 had been one of the " hottest indie band in England " ( Erik Morse ) and were gaining the attention of major US record labels.

After the release of the album in 1987, the band began working the American indie circuit, playing shows across the US with other SST bands such as fIREHOSE and Meat Puppets.

* The Churchills ( U. S. band ), a US indie band

* Come ( US band ), an American indie rock band, formed in 1990

Released to generally negative reviews from critics, who noted it " patently absurd in both the details and larger aspects ", the indie film had a short play and became a financial disappointment, gaining US $ 1. 24 million during its U. S. run only.

The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists.

After the release of the album in 1987 the band began working on the American indie circuit, playing shows across the US.

From 2004 Matthews is the bassist of the Australian band Youth Group who have experienced commercial success as an indie rock band in not just Australia, but the UK and US, with a # 1 single " Forever Young ", and # 10 album, Casino Twilight Dogs, on the Australian ARIA charts in 2006.

After several releases on Flying Nun, and after changing base several times between New Zealand, Germany, and the US, New York City indie label Matador Records signed them for release in the United States, in approximately 1990.

* The Bees ( UK band ), an indie group from the Isle of Wight, known in the US as A Band of Bees

Late 1990s bands drew on the work of Fugazi, SDRE, Jawbreaker and Weezer, including The Promise Ring, Get Up Kids, Braid, Texas Is the Reason, Joan of Arc, Jets to Brazil and most successfully Jimmy Eat World, and by the end of the millennium it was one of the more popular indie styles in the US.

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.

Arguably the most successful of the grime acts, Dizzee Rascal, has also crossed the Atlantic to release music in the US on indie label Definitive Jux, and has recently been at the centre of some controversy regarding British hip-hop.

It was the band's first album to reach number one on the US Billboard 200, and the first time a British indie had reached this position in 19 years.

They are best known for their Prince homage " Battle Flag ", which, as remixed by Lo Fidelity Allstars, enjoyed brief popularity in US and UK clubs and indie radio stations.

Having supported the Happy Mondays on a US tour, in the emerging UK indie dance scene, it took an alliance with the Jungle Brothers, to ensure chart success for Supernatural ( 1990 ).

Completed in 2003, the disc earned considerable acclaim not only in the Twin Cities but also from indie tastemakers and college radio programmers across the US, combining ambient electronic elements with moody alt-pop songwriting.

Coates has written music for several documentaries, short films and independent features under his own name including Paul Cotter's Bomber and the US indie " Meeting Spencer " ( 2009 ).

* US indie pop band, The Receptionists, have a song titled " Søren Loved Regina ".