Indie

luckily, my friend is going to tell you about indie stuff, so here goes:

"Independent music is not just a genre, for many people it is a lifestyle. You may walk into a second-hand clothing store and realise that this is just not your scene, but for a small minority of people it is. They have houses with floral wallpaper, various kinds of stockings, a large variety of herbal tea, and an old record player. Not really. Some people like those things. Personally, I really do, but I'm not sure I would dedicate my entire home to something like that.

There are many bands fitted into the indie genre, but I don't like putting bands into genres and groups. Its like putting your friends into groups of best, close & good. So I just listen to a whole heap of bands, many that people have not even heard of, as my friends call me a hipster.
I really enjoy listening to bands such as Washington, The Wombats, Art Vs. Science, Foster The People, The Jezabels, Boy And Bear, Gypsy & The Cat, Jinja Safari, Josh Pyke, Vampire Weekend, Regina Spektor, Florence & The Machine, Marina & The Diamonds, LIGHTS, Dan Sultan, Cloud Control, Sparkadia, The Waifs, John Butler Trio, Bluejuice, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Missy Higgins, etc;"

well, you got that part from her! unfortunately she didn't have time to get into the visual aspect of it but i think i can give you an acceptable description from my (alternative) point of view:

Indie culture is often quit distinct for its combination of hippie and "old school dress code" fashions. Rather than the tight jeans and vibrant colours, it is quite common to see an "indie kid" (particularly girls) in loose clothes with vintage floral patterns, old knit cardigans, naturally coloured jeans, anti-short skirts, sandals or boots (no skate shoes.... EVER!!!!! converses are quite acceptable though)
Over all, they are quite happy folk, and while I would never consider immersing myself in the culture, I certainly wouldn't dis anyone who does, like anything (culture/music/fashion) it requires a certain amount of creativity to be a "good" indie, especially without becoming cliche!
Another thing that comes to my attention (and quite random to) is the indie bop, as their music is often quite folk orientated (well, right now most independent music is) its become a growing trend to awkwardly bop (almost like a squat motion where your feet are together) in tune with the music!

Overall i hope this gives you a good insight to indie culture/music/fashion, perhaps (if i can convince her) she submit another article regarding her fabulous world of Indie!


(Posted by .itsdannibitch @ weheartit.com respectively)

My playlist Right now

well right now, i have made some excellent dicoveries in the way of music. ive decided that since theres so many i would post a small list complete with some of my favourite videos, as there are so many.

Deadstar assembly

Vampires everywhere

The echelon effect

Artesia

the Devotchkas

the silver shrine

perhaps ill share some more music later, but for now i am short on time!

Musical crash course part 1

okay, so Ive been busy again, and haven't been able to do much, anyway here is a small unedited section of my musical crash course writing, if you notice Ive written any contradictions, just ignore them. i often contradict myself when writing, then later i have to reread them and fix it all up, these arnt the most interesting genres but i think you ll get the point of what i mean by crash course:

Female vocalists, generally it could apply to any girl singer but when things are tagged with female vocalist its rock or heavier since its establishing its not trad. Male vocals, since otherwise girls often sing.

Indie: now this term isn’t even a genre really, I’m telling you because it comes up a lot, people think indie is just like hippies playing acoustics….. There’s a lot more to it than that indie is short for independent, meaning the artist who is indie plans their own gigs, is not signed to any record label no company is their “producer” or anything like that, any artist could be indie if they want, the stereotype of hippies on guitars is actually FOLK INDIE, a different story. In short it means any band that is indie is guaranteed to be poor. The Maine, skipping girl vinegar

Acoustic: some bands are purely acoustic and others just play a sad little song on their album that’s acoustic. If common sense didn’t already inform you what acoustic is, it’s just an acoustic guitar with vocals, maybe piano or soft drumming and whatever. November blessing

Alternative, this applies to about any band who is so original that no one knows what label them. Although you’ll notice a lot of bands are alternative rock of alt/punk and stuff, this means they are rock and unique or whatever. But it depends on the band.

Rock, Rock was basically the first genre where kids (in that time) were allowed to rebel, instead of all the silly junk like classical and folk/barn yard dances. rock allowed people to be themselves, usually has guitars bass drum kit and vocals, no screaming. And I forgot to mention, rock has an extremely steady beat, a real beat, not the techno doof! Doof! Doof!, and traditionally male vocals. Such as AC DC or blink 182

Band exposure: Girl vs Ghost

Girl vs ghost are an Australian (suprisingly good for Australian music, i must say so myself) Punk/rock band, with female vocals. They use inspiration mainly from Paramore and My chemical romance.
The one thing i probably admire mostly about this band would have to be some of their earlier expiriences as a band. In 2008 their guitarist (tristan) was diagnosed with cancer. GvsG held their heads up and Tristan did survive. during that time their line up changed quite a bit although within that time the development of their first ep eye for an eye, came to be. the ep has many songs dealing with the fight against cancer and other troubling situations. im sure you will all enjoy GvsG, they really are one of those bands that anyone can love. check out their video eye for an eye below:

all my friends are zombies (below eye for an eye)

thanking http://www.triplejunearthed.com/GirlVsGhost for refreshing my knowledge!