If there was an indie "revolution" I think it died with the stupid, stupid, stupid This Is Next CD last month.
I just think it means that people are not buying the new CDs from Rilo Kiley (which was put out by Warner Bros., not Saddle Creek) and the New Pornographers. Bright Eyes and the Shins got tons of airplay on mainstream radio (and the latter was on SNL), and I haven't heard much from RK and NPs. For indie rock to sell tons of records, I think it needs to be embraced by mainstream culture.
As much as I love "indie rock" bands (I write about tons of them here), there is not a single place I'd rather be this fall than at the Paramount on November 12.
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ChrisB said on September 7, 2007:
If there was an indie "revolution" I think it died with the stupid, stupid, stupid This Is Next CD last month.
I just think it means that people are not buying the new CDs from Rilo Kiley (which was put out by Warner Bros., not Saddle Creek) and the New Pornographers. Bright Eyes and the Shins got tons of airplay on mainstream radio (and the latter was on SNL), and I haven't heard much from RK and NPs. For indie rock to sell tons of records, I think it needs to be embraced by mainstream culture.
As much as I love "indie rock" bands (I write about tons of them here), there is not a single place I'd rather be this fall than at the Paramount on November 12.