Indie Sentence Examples

Colonial interests have been cared for by the Tijdschrift voor nederlandsch Indie (1848).

Is there despair at the lack of true indie labels in the UK at the moment?

Forty Shades of Blue is a textbook Sundance Film Festival favorite - all long lenses, grainy stock and arduously earnest indie angst.

Check out their new single, the indie dance floor anthem ' Listen Up!

This release combines gentle synths with dramatic piano leads to create an indie pop crossover.

Some mixing wizardry by pal Jeff Garber (formerly of indie darlings National Skyline) finally whipped the album into shape.

Surely ' Country Classics ' does a better job of venting your spleen than a barrage of tuneless indie dirge.

To stop this reading like a play list from an indie disco - i'll go into some more detail.

The Independent Spirit Awards are organized by Film Independent, a group that nurtures indie filmmakers.

The band have combined these elements to form their own brand of indie pop that is amassing an enthusiastic following.

They're kind of filed away in my brain alongside Placebo, whiny miserabilist indie tripe with vaguely Goth leanings.

Welcome to the world of conspicuous consumption, preening celebrities, snowbound indie film hopefuls and arrogant distributor moguls.

It's so laddish, so obvious, so clearly going to mean that the band will be playing bog-standard indie.

Cork Dog Records London based indie lable with artists in over 18 different countries.

It includes the indie classic IC Water, a tribute to Ian Curtis of Joy Division.

Its not all superb new music, classic indie and rock tunes and thrashing about like salmon at clubs and gigs.

Weekly Reviews Rise, The - New Situation (Demo) Good old fashioned early indie, just how I like it.

Or Ella Guru from Liverpool, whose blend of pedal-steel and good old gloomy indie, provided more perfect afternoon fare.

Whilst Steve Woodhouse's Return of the Naive's was more indie orientated.

It takes the excited, almost child-like glee and presence of pop-rock with the sound of great indie.

I have represented RTE, C4 and the BBC over the years and now as a new indie, represented no one but myself.

It features 11 tracks in the mold of The Beach Boys meeting lo-fi indie pop.

His unusual style could be described as a cross between Bo Diddley and cult â80s indie band Stump.

Thankfully The Cadets have oodles of get-up-and-go, guitars, a kitbag full of epic indie tunes and youthful exuberance on their side.

The Flow is a live exciting 5 piece indie band from the North West.

Down the road, a couple of thousand Leeds indie kids are blindly watching the Kaiser Chiefs at the Met Uni.

Do you despair at the lack of true indie labels in the UK at the moment?

For the indie moviemaker wishing to obtain a 35mm film transfer of their footage this is fantastic.

For a time, Six by Seven were pretty much peerless in indie rock circles.

Things in Herds make just the sort of indie pop music that's sadly lacking in the world.

Including techno, skate punk, classic indie and pure pop.

The Hipshakes - indie punk rock, featuring an architecture student from Sheffield University?

The indie dance rockers blasted out their electronic, funky, stunning sound.

If Ben Elton is the stadium rocker of the new musical theater scene, Niall Ashdown is the soulful indie band.

There's a strange kind of inverted snobbery around the last year or two about indie records.

This is an indie kid who's played far too much sonic The Hedgehogs.

In the ensuing folk rock stampede, Vanguard never did reap the huge folk rock sales of Columbia or even its indie rival Elektra.

Would-Be-Goods is something of an indie supergroup, is it not?

Lorraine visit the Fresh Air studio Posted October 26th, 2006 by Tim Johns Lorraine are a Norwegian indie pop three-piece.

They're kind of filed away in my brain alongside Placebo, whiny miserabilist indie tripe with vaguely goth leanings.

It's a pretty turgid take on the underwhelming soft indie rock genre.

This is a band that can do the straight forward heartbreaker song as well as they next load of soppy indie tykes.

God Is In The TV zine - A indie music and culture zine.

The second track ' Everyone 's to blame ' segues neatly into more an indie pop theme.

There 's a strange kind of inverted snobbery around the last year or two about indie records.

This is an indie kid who 's played far too much Sonic The Hedgehogs.

Big Themes/Standout Tracks These are all worshipful songs, but performed in an indie, contemporary, stripped-down rock style.

The quality of both the song and video are very impressive with Century Man doing swaggering, arrogant indie rock well.

Dave Campfield, director of the terrific indie thriller Under Surveillance, answered one of my e-mail mini-interviews in May 2006.

So, White Heat, not exactly the bastion of twee indie pop, but just occasionally they strike out.

Can ' it ' get much better than pleasantly twee Swedish indie?

Your womanly charms are NO MATCH against another impossibly gorgeous indie boy.

Many indie stores also offer you the opportunity to sell DVDs you own that you don't want anymore.

Throughout her high school years, Alba had roles in The Secret Life of Alex Mack, the new Flipper TV series, Beverly Hills 90210, commercials for Nintendo and J.C.Penny's, the new Love Boat, and several indie films, among others.

September 2006 - Haven - Bloom will play the character of Shy in this indie thriller by the people behind the Academy Award winning Crash.

He stars in the indie Australian film, December Boys, scheduled to be released in 2007.

Well, Tiffany liked being on the B list and now has a cult following of B-Movie (I think they're trying to call it "Indie Horror" now…) fans around the world.

It is sometimes worn by the youth and adult Indie crowd in a mocking sense, as this group hopes to degrade the elitism of the sweater vest.

However, this terminology can be used broadly, as many styles such as emo, indie, punk, rockabilly and goth are sometimes also classified under alternative styles.

For example, those considered to be indie rockers may be offended when accidentally mistaken for the emo crowd.

Simply download a free music player and enjoy a wide range of music from indie hits to Christian rock.

Texas A & M's station, KANM, offers everything from indie to metal.

Party schools often encourage the arts, and have great exhibitions and indie concerts geared toward the student audience.

Even if you're fiercely proud of your indie style, there's still a way to be fashionable while maintaining your individuality.

The oldest of the 2K studios group, Indie Built was founded in 1983 and is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Since their inception, Indie Built has produced over 37 titles for 7 different gaming platforms!

Most of the songs--which include Fat Joe, Snoop Dog and some indie rock--are cool and fit the bill in terms of racing, but why would I want to listen to a song playing over some spinning EA graphic?

Beware, though, they also can have their biases - some are the gaming equivalent of the guy at the indie record store who rolls his eyes every time you mention a band that's sold more than 10 records (High Fidelity, anyone?).

Many alternative rock, ska, and indie bands wear their own variations of emo hair styles, and many emo hair style picture galleries are available for ideas.

So you want an indie haircut, but you've only a vague idea about what is involved in imitating the styles of this popular rock movement.

The term "indie" refers to the independent rock movement that has largely remained in the background of more advertised and hyped pop or alternative bands.

Indie music is similar to alternative in its style and philosophy, however the structure of songs, as well as the type of instruments involved, may be more unorthodox.

Although independent rock is still far from the experimental music scene, one could say that indie rock is the experimental rock of the alternative genre.

When many fans of this rock genre are looking to create an indie haircut they frequently look to many of these band icons for tips and style techniques to mirror.

If you invest your locks in an indie haircut, you will need to embrace a more messy, unkempt philosophy of hair.

You aren't a hippie, you're an indie rocker.

It is a truly adorable short hair style.Want to make the bed head even more indie?

Although older indie bands featured the natural hair shades of the sixties and seventies, the contemporary indie movement gives you a bit more leeway when it comes to color.

Shaggy hair is essential to the indie movement.

Too long, however, and you will have left the indie genre.

Indie hair is short hair, whether shagged or pixied.

The best part about an indie haircut is that it will help you embrace a cuter you.

Just make sure you are maintaining your new indie style with proper hair products in order to give your hair the right bounce and lift it needs to be flirty and adorable.

Ripping a picture out of an indie rock magazine and bringing it into the salon with you is much easier said than done.

Popular amongst urban men and free spirited women, the indie haircut is also known as the rocker cut.

For an indie shag, the hair is usually left a little longer on the neck with longer bangs.

Women sporting an indie cut may choose to soften the look with wispier fringe.

If you want that perfect bed head, unkempt look that helps define the emo, punk, and Indie pop cultures, you may consider a layered cut to help accent your style.

Feels Like Christmas offers a wonderful selection of free mp3 files from several indie artists.

If you don't have a hat that looks like the fedora "Indie" wore in the movies, you will not look like Indiana Jones.

Indie wears a dark brown leather jacket, but just about any type of brown jacket will complete the costume.

And the Sundance Film Festival has been the fairy godmother for a number of indie film Cinderellas.

Search for "free independent films" or "indie films" to find a selection of these movies.

While you won't find full versions of new releases for free, the internet is a great place to find your sentimental favorites and cult classics, as well as foreign flicks, documentaries, and indie films.

As a way to make money, RKO began to sell their older movies to be shown on an indie NY television station.

The Cribs' sold out NME tour in autumn 2005 with Leeds favorites The Kaiser Chiefs and Sheffield born and bred Maximo Park proved the band have cemented their status as one of the new indie scene's most important bands.

From this perspective The Cribs may seem to operate under a double standard - their music scorns the new school of uber cool new wave indie kids, yet their sound adheres to exactly that.

Before the Kaiser's achieved worldwide success, the boys were prominent figures of the Leeds indie scene, and were the original hosts of Pigs, the city's monthly ostentatious electro-punk night at the Hi-Fi club in the city centre.

Unlike Kazaa, Soulseek is 100% pop-up ad free, geared toward indie music, and you can download entire albums.

They reigned in the late 1980s, and transformed British pop music, combining funky dance grooves with indie guitars.

The Stone Roses are often used as a reference point for bands creating music post Britpop, and in a sense, The Stone Roses symbolise that period of transition from dance music to indie.

The band are influenced by bands like The Kinks, The Jam, The Specials and The Smiths, combining indie with ska-punk producing a perfect pop-rock mix.

If independent (indie) music is your style, CDBaby is your store.

You'll find everything from Myspace music codes to indie music articles on this site!

Kazaa is great for finding major label stuff, mainstream stuff, and some indie stuff, but the more obscure you go; the more unlikely you are to find it on Kazaa.

Soulseek is the P2P network of choice for the indie kids in us all.

While a single radio station might play New York indie rock, a podcast would focus on New York indie rock the creator saw playing live during the past week.

Last year's indie darling crown was decidedly placed on the collective head of Canada's Arcade Fire.

Ra Ra Riot are one of the new breed of indie rockers operating the Arcade Fire vein, but unlike mere pretenders they bring a little something of their own to the table.

Production is what separates an interesting indie pop record from guitar-pop-by-numbers pap, and the production on Dog Problems does the boys proud.

His DJing won him even more fans and lead to Paul making a deal with local indie label Paid In Full Records.

In a remarkable turn for relatively low budget, indie releases, each album spent 15 weeks on the Billboard rap charts.

The benefits for indie artists and bands are much greater.

Are you looking for free indie music downloads?

Indie musicians are often more receptive to letting their music be traded online than major label acts, so the internet is awash in indie music download options.

Read on to find some top spots online for loading up on free indie goods.

Indie music is an extremely broad term that refers to music released outside of the major label infrastructure.

Indie music means everything not swept up in that major label pool.

Some indie music is released by indie record labels that are distributed by independent record distributors, and some indie music is completely DIY.

Thanks to the early 90s explosion of rock artists like Nirvana and Sonic Youth who were plucked from the indie ranks and signed to major label deals, indie rock is the most familiar genre to many.

However, there is indie rap, indie jazz, indie country - you name it, and there is an indie scene associated with it.

Free Indie - Well, the name kind of says it all.

The focus here is on indie rock, in all its many guises.

This is indie indie, in that most of the musicians on this site are just building their careers, but this is a great place to hear 'em first - and isn't that what indie is all about anyway?

Indie Music - Indie Music offers more than the rock on their site.

Indie musicians from all genres feature here.

Get free downloads, plus get plenty of indie music you can stream for free and check out tour schedules and more for a variety of indie artists.

GarageBand.com to discover new indie music.

Though you will need to sign up and join the site, once in, you can access a treasure trove of indie music of all genres.

Also interesting to note is that major labels, not indie labels, are suffering profit losses and suing the Limewires of the world.

Van She are an Australian indie outfit keeping all the good things about the 80s alive.

Even hip indie kids find it socially acceptable to dance to The Rapture's music.

Just because he was first discovered by an indie label (Bloodshot), he is forever labeled "alt country."

Indie kids rejoice - one of the most influential albums by one of the most influential bands of the early 90s has been remastered, and if possible, is sounding better than ever.

Beginning as an off-shoot of hardcore punk, emo has grown to encompass a number of musical styles including indie rock and pop.

Pahardcore.com is part music site, part online social scene, dedicated to hardcore music, emo music, indie rock, metal music and hip hop.

Amie Street is an indie music source representing a small selection of emo bands.

The Shins are one of those bands that everyone can agree on - moms, dads, and children; indie kids to American Eagle Outfitter shoppers.

They're indie cred is strong - they are on SubPop Records, after all - but their too darned catchy hooks are downright irresistible to all who encounter them.

This Swedish indie queen is starting to make waves in the US for her vaguely Regina Spektor like vocals, her charming lyrics, and her lovely little piano based ditties.

Canadian indie pop kids The Dears often get compared to The Smiths (fair enough) and Broken Social Scene (not so sure about that one).

The Bird and The Bee make indie pop born out of jazz standards, or rather, they show just how much Europop actually has in common with jazz (surprisingly).

Because it utilizes a peer-based network, the availability of music files depends largely on its popularity, so if you're looking for obscure indie music downloads, for example, you may be presented with very limited results.

You'll find everything from indie rock to hot club hits.

Is The Wedding Present the most underrated band in the indie rock universe?

With Morpheus on your side, finding everything from the latest Top 40 track to obscure indie music tunes is a breeze.

What was once a great tool for indie music is now firmly stocked with major label product, so keep that in mind before you buy a membership.

A self released EP followed in 2002, which earned them a deal with indie label Uprising Records.

After releasing two EPs with Uprising, the band went on to sign with fellow indie label Fueled by Ramen, with whom they released their first full length album, Take This To Your Grave, in 2003.

Although they're generally labeled a hip hop band, they also evoke thoughts of indie rock with their backing instrumentals, making them more at home on The Warped Tour than with Jay-Z.

The band's music was labeled "alternative rock", more specifically grunge, a genre that presented a mix of punk, metal, and indie rock ideals, sounds, and lyrical choices.

When Liz Phair's first record, Exile in Guyville, was released in 1993, she was an indie rock queen through and through.

The album was released by indie label extraordinaire Matador, and Phair's sexually explicit lyrics and connection with the Chicago independent music scene put her firmly in the indie rock camp.

The All American Rejects released their first album Same Girl, New Songs on indie label Doghouse in 2001 when Ritter was 17 and Wheeler was 18.

A slow buzz built around it, and as media attention piled up, more and more people took to the theater to check out what might just have easily ended up being a limited release indie film.

They had enjoyed a successful career at the indie level in the early 2000s, but made very little splash in the mainstream.

Is This It did take off in the U.S. as well as around the world, and it was one of those rare releases that was lauded by both mainstream and indie press and won favor among mainstream, chart music fans and indie music fans.

They hit the London club circuit in the late 1990s, and eventually they renamed themselves Coldplay and signed to well respected indie label Fierce Panda, with whom they released the Brothers and Sisters EP.

They formed in 1998, and soon after scored a record deal with indie label Darla.

Soon, they had sold a whopping 100,000 copies of the tape - an almost unheard of number of sales at the time by a band direct selling the release themselves without even indie label backing.

Yellow Tape was actually the first indie release to reach that number of sales in Canada.

The publishing deal came in 1992, but a record deal with indie label Capricorn came soon after.

The album did reasonably well for a country release on an indie label, selling around 10,000 copies, but Chesney found himself without a record deal soon after as Capricorn decided to get out of the country music business.

The Police greatest hits include both mainstream hits and indie rock favorites.

In 2001, the California singer/songwriter Gary Jules recorded a sparse, slowed down version of the song for the soundtrack to the indie film, Donnie Darko which starred a young Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Bass Brothers, owners of the studio, released the debut, called Infinite, on their indie label Web Entertainment.

He initially received a lot of criticism on the local scene for this EP when it was released as people believed he had copied the style of another indie rap artist, Cage.

There are countless others, from the musicals of Hollywood's golden age, to modern indie flicks.

Unlike other indie films, they didn't open in arthouse cinemas but in churches instead.

While Belouis Some was a hit on the indie and college radio circuits, he never quite achieved mainstream success in the way that other artists on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack did.

Many people believe that part of the reason the charts are so heavily weighted in the favor of major labels is because many indie and DIY releases do not have UPC codes and so are not being counted.

But if you're looking to experiment with a few new indie band downloads or rediscover a 90's rock artist, the site is great for providing a few downloads.

If you're looking for a song by a local indie artist, chances are you might not even be able to find their songs online--let alone their lyrics.

Outside of the indie circuit, female performers had a tougher struggle booking dates.

Epitonic used to be one of the premier underground sites for indie music downloads.

Further, sometimes the term modern rock is used to describe music that is slightly off beat from the mainstream - college radio, alt rock and indie rock all usually fall under the banner of modern rock.

Nerdy indie rockers Weezer somehow became very mainstream in the late 2000s, but this tribute to teenage love 50s style is them at their best.

The Beach Boys were the indie pop group's biggest influence, and their cover of the song that was their namesake was one of the band's first singles.

Indie legends Stereolab took note of Darlin' and featured two songs from the group on a sampler EP they were releasing through their own Duophonic Records.

Bangalter and de Homem-Christo turned their backs on indie pop and began to focus exclusively on electronic music when they formed Daft Punk.

If indie music is your bag, than you can hardly do better than eMusic.

If you prefer to keep things indie, Think Indie is an online alliance between dozens of indie stores across the country that offers music downloads.

Over the years, their folk rock dropped out of mainstream popularity, but the pair remained extremely popular in the indie music world.

If your indie rock mood suddenly changes to a hankering for reggae, simply plug in a new artist and start again.

Though owned by AOL Radio, SHOUTcast is a much more indie radio experience.

After releasing Ray J's third album, Raydiation, Knockout went on to sign a multi-million distribution deal with large indie record company Koch.

Many underground indie fans may remember her as a part of the Dane Cook hit Spiral.

I made eight or so indie films between Dallas and Austin before moving to Los Angeles.

This might be the best indie DJ set in London.