*asides: indie?
July 21st, 2008“The guitars, the production; all these bands sound like they’re made in the same studio with the same producer. It’s such a ball-less, soulless, generic whitewashed indie sound. You could probably take a member from each band and throw them together in a new group and no one would be able to tell the difference. They’re completely interchangeable.”
John Niven, author of Kill Your Friends quoted in yesterday’s Independent article Does the World Need Another Indie Band?
I’ve let on that I have issues with britpop. I also have huge problems with the term “indie” and try to avoid using it at all costs. The complaint in this Independent article isn’t new. Fluxblog tried to make it recently, too. I really should do a post about all this if only to get it all straight in my head.
