What is indie rock?

Question

Can you give me some examples of groups/artists.

Answer 1

keane,the killers, the automatic, razorlight, the kooks, kasbian, the orson and many many more. Im a keane fan and i love alternative music (another word for indie).

Answer 2

"Indie rock" is shorthand for "independent rock", which stems from the fact the artists are generally signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. They may also be on no label at all.

It is not strictly a genre of music (although the term is often used to reference the sound of specific bands such as Pavement and the bands they have influenced), but is often used as an umbrella term covering a wide range of artists and styles, connected by some degree of allegiance to the values of underground culture, and (usually) describable as rock music.

Genres or sub-genres often associated with indie rock include lo-fi, post-rock, garage punk, emo, sadcore, C86, twee pop, and math rock, to list but a few; other related (and sometimes overlapping) categories include shoegazing and indie pop.

For more information, including its stylistic and cultural origins, refer to the link below.

There are also numerous bands mentioned, and also a link to a site that has an alphabetical listing of bands.

Answer 3

Indie rock is a term used to refer to rock music that falls within the indie music movement. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with indie music as a whole, though more specifically implies that the music meets the criteria of being rock, as opposed to indie pop, indie dance or other possible matchups. These criteria vary from an emphasis on rock instrumentation (electric guitars, bass guitar and live drums) to more abstract (and debatable) rockist constructions of authenticity.

Answer 4

Oasis
Blur
Ocean Colour Scene
Kula Shaker

90's Indie was wonderful

Answer 5

in truth it's not a real genre. any band or artist signed to an independent label can be called indie. could be any genre. each generation thinks they know what indie sounds like thoug, even though it changes all the time.

Answer 6

It'a a style of music. Most people confuse it with emo, but it's much more unique and a little more cheerful. Some examples of bands that i would give are bands like ActionAction, Panic!at the Disco, and Saves the day.

Answer 7

well at colage i sat in the center of my mates some liked indi , some rave

the radio in the common room was ... one radio
songs flyed all the time one song at a time ... tense !
the year before the higher year blocked of half the common room ! so i thought **** it not me!

enywey indi is a cool soft rock about bio hazards , opression , black , white isues and is way cool sometimes it includes drums bass and techoie bits but sticks to depression rebelion and layed back protest it is cool so cool !

so it teckno and jungle

Answer 8

actually oasis etc are INDIE....NOT Indie Rock, Indie refers to an independant record label, ie not virgin, BMG etc....examples of an indie rock band is green day before their major contract (yes they can ALSO be classed as punk).

Answer 9

The true definition? "Indie" means on an independant label, ie: not EMI, Sony, Polydor, whatever, and "rock" means contemporary guitar based music.

Answer 10

rock music on an independant record label,not one of the big ones like EMI or Warner.