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  1. Indie rock is a subgenre of alternative rock music which originated in the United Kingdom and North America in the early 1980s. Initially a form of independent music, it was based on small labels with low budgets which produced lo-fi rock records.

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    Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent record labels, by the 1990s it became more widely associated with the music such bands produced.

  3. Jul 16, 2014 · Today, indie-rock, indie-folk, indie-dance, indie-hip-hop and even indie-classical are common terms used to describe the sonically discernible offshoots of an evolving genre once referred to as...

  4. May 29, 2015 · Pop music | How indie rock changed the world. Indie began with Sonic Youth, peaked commercially with Nirvana – and faded away. But not without trace.

  5. Jun 7, 2021 · While many associate rock ‘n' roll artists with major labels like Warner Brothers and Columbia, a plethora of independent labels support an iconoclastic music scene known as indie rock.

  6. Indie Rock. Indie rock takes its name from "independent," which describes both the do-it-yourself attitudes of its bands and the small, lower-budget nature of the labels that release the music. The biggest indie labels might strike distribution deals with major corporate labels, but their decision-making processes remain autonomous.

  7. Jul 11, 2023 · Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the 1980s. Characterized by its independent, DIY ethos, indie rock bands are typically known for their non-mainstream sound, often featuring lo-fi production and introspective lyrics.

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