“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 [...]
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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 [...] 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 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 [...] |
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