Noisettes, The Streets, The Hold Steady, Girlyman, TV On The Radio, Anthony and the Johnsons, Eliza Carthy, Ellen Allien, Hawksley Workman, Neko Case, Drive-by Truckers, The Ditty Bops, The Libertines, Morningwood, Cold War Kids. . .
Yeah, there's no good music out there. Nothing indie or interesting or unusual.
Throw out your radio.
Pangloss
Don't get me wrong...I know there is a ton of good music out there...you bet.
Some of my favourites are:
Webb Wilder, Marshall Crenshaw, Grinspoon, China Drum, Samiam, Shawn Colvin, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Ignite, Kelly Willis, Todd Snider, Jack Ingram, Mojo Nixon, Hank III, Earth Crisis, Drivin' n' Cryin', Rufus Wainwright (I looooove Rufus), good ol' Spacehog...man I liked those guys, Nailbomb...the list goes on.
I mean all of this is great music to me. None of it is overly indie...but it all sounds...different...it's all interesting stuff.
My issue here is not to say that all music sucks...that most definitly is NOT the case...however, it is to question this whole "indie" deal. It's kinda like when I was in highschool and all of these giant bands that became mainstream were still refered to as "alternative". They weren't alternative. They were topping billboard charts. That's mainstream...there is nothing alternative there. The alternative was to listen to something that wasn't them. So, these wierd labels that are awarded to certain sounds and certain bands don't always fit. And then the problem was, so many of the bands started to sound like clones of eachother...so again, alternative did not fit. Same is happening with the whole "indie" name now. We have a whole pile of bands, being picked up or distributed by larger labels or distributers who often sound very much the same, who are being dubbed "Indie". Sound the label ain't fittin' here, and I can't say that I am personally crazy about the type of music or bands that are falling into this whole "Indie" genre.