I'm not really sure if the big "indie revolution" massive sales that you were talking about ever really happened. Don't get me wrong, the Shins and Modest Mouse sold a ton of records, but you can't really compare chart positions from week to week. Being #2 in the second week of January, when there aren't really a whole lot of hotly anticipated albums coming out, isn't necessarily better than being #15 in the middle of August when everyone and their mom is putting out an album.
The big problem all these indie bands have, chart-wise, as I see it, is that they're hyped up and hyped up and hyped up, so 90% of fans rush out and get the album its first week in stores. That's dandy, except for the fact those albums fall out of the charts pretty quickly, as they're not getting radio play, etc. to get casual fans and mainstream poeple into them.
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The Grim said on September 7, 2007:
I'm not really sure if the big "indie revolution" massive sales that you were talking about ever really happened. Don't get me wrong, the Shins and Modest Mouse sold a ton of records, but you can't really compare chart positions from week to week. Being #2 in the second week of January, when there aren't really a whole lot of hotly anticipated albums coming out, isn't necessarily better than being #15 in the middle of August when everyone and their mom is putting out an album.
The big problem all these indie bands have, chart-wise, as I see it, is that they're hyped up and hyped up and hyped up, so 90% of fans rush out and get the album its first week in stores. That's dandy, except for the fact those albums fall out of the charts pretty quickly, as they're not getting radio play, etc. to get casual fans and mainstream poeple into them.