David Hedmondhalgh, "Indie: The Institutional Politics and Aesthetics of a Popular Music Genre"
Crass
Crass, "Bloody Revolution"
Flux of Pink Indians
The Sugarcubes
The Sugarcubes, "Birthday"/"Deus"
My Bloody Valentine, "Soon" (DH writes page 46: "The deliberately 'formless' studio experiments of MBV are far removed from the traditional rock song.")
Primal Scream, "Loaded" (DH continues, same page, "PS's 1991 album Screamadelica was the most successful attempt to fuse dance rhythms with a rock sensibility during the dance boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s....")
Oasis, "Supersonic", epitome of Britpop (DH page 48: "Oasis was marketed from the start of its deal with Sony as an authentic British rock act for the global, or at least the US, market...")
Ryan Hibbett, "What is Indie Rock?"
Lou Barlow
Lou Barlow, "Brand New Love"
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós, "Glósólie" (RH, page 65: "SR aspires toward a self-contained, transcendental beauty")
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "The Dead Flag Blues" (RH, same page: "a sound at once threatening and majestic."
So You Wanna Be an Indie Rock Expert? (pp. 69-73)
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i have to say... looking at Bjork in that early Sugarcubes video - she is totally meant to be a global influence, in terms of her sheer talent and desire. So, how would it be good to limit such a talent by condemning her to some ghetto of "indie" if it means to only leave her as a performing artist - to a small audience?
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