Ive heard that the academy is... is an indie band.
2007-02-23 13:57:08 · 5 answers · asked by mychemrocker101 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with underground music as a whole, though more specifically implicates that the music meets the criterion of being rock, as opposed to indie pop or other possible match-ups. These criteria vary from an emphasis on rock instrumentation (electric guitars, bass guitar, live drums, and vocals) to more abstract (and debatable) rockist constructions of authenticity. It is however not uncommon to see a variety of instruments that are rarely used in other rock genres, such as the violin.
"Indie rock" is shorthand for "independent rock", for many of its artists are unsigned or signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels. It is not strictly a genre of music (although the term is often used to reference the sound of specific bands 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 subgenres often associated with indie rock include lo-fi, post-rock, garage punk, sadcore, C86, twee pop, and math rock, to list but a few; other related (and sometimes overlapping) categories include shoegazing and indie pop.
Indie rock artists place a premium on maintaining complete control of their music and careers, releasing albums on independent record labels (sometimes their own) and relying on touring, word-of-mouth, and airplay on independent or college radio stations for promotion. Some end up moving to major labels, often on favorable terms won by their prior independent success.
2007-02-23 15:29:02 · answer #1 · answered by David F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An "Indie" band is a group that is not played on mainstream radio and such because it is not signed under a big music label. Underground groups are indie. An example would be the Indigo Girls.
2007-02-23 14:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by musikchik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not quite sure on this...but, id have to say, that "indie" is basically any band thats either undiscovered or not signed to any big music label
2007-02-23 14:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My American Heart, Motion City Soundtrack, Hellogoodbye, and lots of others.
It's bands that many people haven't heard of, but are almost major.
2007-02-23 14:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by Irene. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bands signed to independent record labels as opposed to majors, and ones that follow an independent ethic.
2007-02-23 14:34:04 · answer #5 · answered by TJrock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋