What is indie music?

[Hacker Khan]

As a fan of something alternative it was amusing to see the top 6 in the current indie chart. Did John Peel die for this??

 

[patricks148]

Indie chart all tits up when SAW got their acts in the chart

 

[fundy]

indie just means its not on one of the big labels doesnt it?

 

[Hobbit]

I thought it was music from Indiea

 

[HomerJSimpson]

A name of a genre of music that has been over used, over hyped and is a million miles from the bands Peel and others discovered on tiny, tiny record labels and which they got out to the masses.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Same thing thing for indie games, books, food and hair styles

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My lad just today told me that 'indie' is now just mainstream. Peel would be playing Grime, Drum and Base, Hardcore genres. And punk is dead. This is his bands newly released EP - btw - this is Beatdown Hardcore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUX0qIKR-BM