What is indie music?

About indie rock music

• In popular music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie", is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing. Usually music that isn't mainstream and not included in the charts. They are usually bands/artists that appear at festivals and can be described as rock music

Indie rock music in magazines As you can tell from the magazines below, there are a few which are aimed at readers who like indie music. Examples of magazines are the NME, Q and mojo magazine. We can tell that they are ‘indie’ magazines because of the bands and artists they use on the front cover which are usually rock indie bands. Also the content of the magazines usually include interviews which bands/artists and album reviews which I will take into consideration when designing my indie magazine.

Examples of indie rock bands/artists

Arctic Monkeys Oasis Kasabian

Two Door Cinema Club Jamie T Florence

Images associated with indie rock music

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Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sE8KocXZPo

This interview with the Arctic Monkeys is at a festival in America. The interviewer asks the band members Alex and Matt about how they got the idea for their video for their new song ‘r u mine’. Alex the band member on the left then goes on to explain how they got the idea and then they both briefly explain how they feel about the festivals in America. Throughout the whole of the short interview it is fairly relaxed and informal because of the style of questions. They also have a bit of a joke about how short the interviewers shorts are.