Are Modern "Indie" Bands Just The Modern Equlivants Of Manafactured Boy Bands?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I just heard from a girl I know who loves them that they had a new album out, cos she went to their show in NY or something. As in, lives in NY, not travelled to.

Also someone I know has a sister who is still stuck in that phase.

-AC

They haven't released an album in almost 2 years, Kevin Richardson left the group, and Brian Litrell's released or is releasing a solo album. Naturally there's a difference between being "around" and being relevant.

..but to answer the question at hand, no. Pop has always had a boatload of immulators. That's why it's pop. They'll all put out a compilation worthy single for their genre and disappear.

i guess its cuz most indie bands have a constant soundand slowly drift from the indie state of mind...thats whypeople call thosebands indie ...cuz they sound indie

this should have been named
Are Modern "Indie" Bands Just The Modern Equlivants of what was done better 25 or 30 plus years before

Originally posted by vintageSW77
this should have been named
Are Modern "Indie" Bands Just The Modern Equlivants of what was done better 25 or 30 plus years before

is this about the arcade fire copping born torun-era springsteen? because they arguably did it better than was done thirty-two years ago.

I like the Arcade Fire.

I like to tell everyone that I like the Arcade Fire too.

Originally posted by Solo
Bands like The Killers and Fall Out Boy are most definitely "boy bands", but in no way is any real indie artist one.

Fall Out Boy and The Killers aren't boybands (or Indie).

They're not even today's equivalent to boyband music because the music is completely different.

Popularity doesn't mean that they're the same as another popular genre.

They are base level pop that 13 year old girls listen to.

Boybands or not (Although Fall Out Boy etc are more applicable since they're actually a band.), they are pop bands. The only people who refuse to call them pop bands are usually the people who like them.

-AC

Originally posted by manorastroman
is this about the arcade fire copping born torun-era springsteen? because they arguably did it better than was done thirty-two years ago.

Originally posted by Solo
I never liked Springsteen all that much. That said, I think The Arcade Fire are great.

I like both.

I like to tell everyone that I like both too

springsteen's a tough nut to crack, but he's really good. and surprisingly hip. he has a song off of nebraska called "state trooper" that's very frankie teardrop-esque.

Originally posted by manorastroman
is this about the arcade fire copping born torun-era springsteen? because they arguably did it better than was done thirty-two years ago.

No
I never think of Bruce when i hear Arcade Fire
I have thought of Echo and The Bunnymen and Mercury Rev though during the odd track

Does it depend on how you define indie by sound or label these days?

Meh

Indie Rock is considered to be anti-pop...underground from what is popular in the mainstream...so I get how Spoony is saying there are bands that are being marketed as such...(although really aren't indie).

But, I think a better modern-day example of manufactured Boy Bands was with bands like Good Charlote and Simple Plan when they were at the height of thier popularity...(and how they were marketed).

yeah, modern boy-bands are definitely of the screamo/post hardcore ilk. red jumpsuit apparatus et al. man, those bands ****ing suck.

So do people who use genre tags like "screamo" and "Post-" anything.

Redundant.

-AC

Post Hardcore at least makes sense, to a certain extent. Screamo, on the other hand, is an abomination

I'd actually put that the other way around.

Though screamo is still highly idiotic.

When people try and define screamo they say something like "Dude, its any music with screaming." Which of course is a ridiculous definition for a genre.

Post-Hardcore, from what I understand, actually refers to a specific type of music.

Originally posted by RedAlertv2
When people try and define screamo they say something like "Dude, its any music with screaming." Which of course is a ridiculous definition for a genre.

Post-Hardcore, from what I understand, actually refers to a specific type of music.

Well, technically they both do. Screamo actually suggests 'emo with screaming' (as I said, highly idiotic), whereas post-hardcore just suggests music after hardcore. To me, that is lazier.

As I said though, both shit.

I dont particularly mind the term post hardcore, since its a reasonably simple and accurate way to describe bands that otherwise are tough to categorize. Its not a term I use, but at least I understand what people are talking about when I hear it.