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Indie - a modern etymology, by you

“Indie” is a term often bandied about when talking about music. What does it mean though? It’s difficult for anyone to describe it and I guess, it also depends on context. If one checks the venerable, and of course often flawed Wikipedia, one gets two options: Indie Rock and Independent Music. SO lets have a [...]

Share and share alike…

Are illegal download killing the music industry? Lily Allen and Muse seem to think so. In fact, Ms. Allen is quoted as saying that she has no intention of making a new record. As the Grauniad aptly describes in that article, I also expect it’s posturing. She started a blog about it, but you can’t [...]

Cover Bands

Why are there so many Oasis cover bands and so few (if any, I’ve never seen any) Blur tribute acts? Is it because it would be too difficult to be a convincing Blur tribute, whereas Oasis is just disposable drawl? I have no idea… Maybe an interesting discussion point

Blank Dogs

I thought I’d kick all of this off with a bit of praise. It’s easy to start ranting about disposable pop music and marketing gimmicks, so let’s have a pat on the back for some of the ‘industry’. We’ve moved on at a heck of a rate over the past 20 years. For example, Indie [...]