Why Indie Music Is No Longer Indie Music
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Essentially, in the 1980s, to be ‘indie’ signified a particular attitude associated with obscurity and anti-commercialism. But today, indie’s biggest bands are wholly commercial: multi-platinum selling bands like The Kooks, Snow Patrol and Coldplay are still known as ‘indie’, although in truth, they have very little to do with independent music.
But despite the independent [...]