Word Finder - indie

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An independent publisher.

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A work released by an independent publisher.

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A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.

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A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.

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Independent; from outside the mainstream.

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an indie pop group

Colonial interests have been cared for by the Tijdschrift voor nederlandsch Indie (1848).

The band have combined these elements to form their own brand of indie pop that is amassing an enthusiastic following.

Is there despair at the lack of true indie labels in the UK at the moment?

Forty Shades of Blue is a textbook Sundance Film Festival favorite - all long lenses, grainy stock and arduously earnest indie angst.

Check out their new single, the indie dance floor anthem ' Listen Up!

This release combines gentle synths with dramatic piano leads to create an indie pop crossover.

Some mixing wizardry by pal Jeff Garber (formerly of indie darlings National Skyline) finally whipped the album into shape.

Surely ' Country Classics ' does a better job of venting your spleen than a barrage of tuneless indie dirge.

To stop this reading like a play list from an indie disco - i'll go into some more detail.

The Independent Spirit Awards are organized by Film Independent, a group that nurtures indie filmmakers.

They're kind of filed away in my brain alongside Placebo, whiny miserabilist indie tripe with vaguely Goth leanings.

Welcome to the world of conspicuous consumption, preening celebrities, snowbound indie film hopefuls and arrogant distributor moguls.

It's so laddish, so obvious, so clearly going to mean that the band will be playing bog-standard indie.

Cork Dog Records London based indie lable with artists in over 18 different countries.

It includes the indie classic IC Water, a tribute to Ian Curtis of Joy Division.

Its not all superb new music, classic indie and rock tunes and thrashing about like salmon at clubs and gigs.

Weekly Reviews Rise, The - New Situation (Demo) Good old fashioned early indie, just how I like it.

Or Ella Guru from Liverpool, whose blend of pedal-steel and good old gloomy indie, provided more perfect afternoon fare.

Whilst Steve Woodhouse's Return of the Naive's was more indie orientated.

It takes the excited, almost child-like glee and presence of pop-rock with the sound of great indie.

I have represented RTE, C4 and the BBC over the years and now as a new indie, represented no one but myself.

It features 11 tracks in the mold of The Beach Boys meeting lo-fi indie pop.

His unusual style could be described as a cross between Bo Diddley and cult â80s indie band Stump.

Thankfully The Cadets have oodles of get-up-and-go, guitars, a kitbag full of epic indie tunes and youthful exuberance on their side.

The Flow is a live exciting 5 piece indie band from the North West.

Down the road, a couple of thousand Leeds indie kids are blindly watching the Kaiser Chiefs at the Met Uni.

Do you despair at the lack of true indie labels in the UK at the moment?

For the indie moviemaker wishing to obtain a 35mm film transfer of their footage this is fantastic.

For a time, Six by Seven were pretty much peerless in indie rock circles.

Things in Herds make just the sort of indie pop music that's sadly lacking in the world.

Including techno, skate punk, classic indie and pure pop.

The Hipshakes - indie punk rock, featuring an architecture student from Sheffield University?

The indie dance rockers blasted out their electronic, funky, stunning sound.

If Ben Elton is the stadium rocker of the new musical theater scene, Niall Ashdown is the soulful indie band.

There's a strange kind of inverted snobbery around the last year or two about indie records.

This is an indie kid who's played far too much sonic The Hedgehogs.

In the ensuing folk rock stampede, Vanguard never did reap the huge folk rock sales of Columbia or even its indie rival Elektra.

Would-Be-Goods is something of an indie supergroup, is it not?

Lorraine visit the Fresh Air studio Posted October 26th, 2006 by Tim Johns Lorraine are a Norwegian indie pop three-piece.

They're kind of filed away in my brain alongside Placebo, whiny miserabilist indie tripe with vaguely goth leanings.

It's a pretty turgid take on the underwhelming soft indie rock genre.

This is a band that can do the straight forward heartbreaker song as well as they next load of soppy indie tykes.

God Is In The TV zine - A indie music and culture zine.

The second track ' Everyone 's to blame ' segues neatly into more an indie pop theme.

There 's a strange kind of inverted snobbery around the last year or two about indie records.

This is an indie kid who 's played far too much Sonic The Hedgehogs.

Big Themes/Standout Tracks These are all worshipful songs, but performed in an indie, contemporary, stripped-down rock style.

The quality of both the song and video are very impressive with Century Man doing swaggering, arrogant indie rock well.

Dave Campfield, director of the terrific indie thriller Under Surveillance, answered one of my e-mail mini-interviews in May 2006.

So, White Heat, not exactly the bastion of twee indie pop, but just occasionally they strike out.