Indie Pop?

simonbrew · Post by **simonbrew** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 15:37

Im finding it hard to know what the users on this forum perceive as indie pop, maybe I have the wrong idea but I'd be curious about what you guys identify as Indie Pop and what examples of bands would follow?

a layer of chips · Post by **a layer of chips** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 15:39

http://anorakforum.com/viewforum.php?f=6

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 15:39

I'll start digging the trenches.

Right. Who wants to go first?

roundbitsofplastic · Post by **roundbitsofplastic** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 16:16

That's it, I'm heading to the Anderson Shelter.

humblebee · Post by **humblebee** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 21:01

This is indiepop.

Tweetotal · Post by **Tweetotal** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 21:57

Why don't you tell us what you think might be Indiepop? We'll let you know. Seems pretty clear to me what is and what isn't - It's not something that can be confused with, say, reggae :)

ETA - Bob Marley: Not Indiepop.

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 23:49

There is no one absolute rule as to what Indiepop is. Everyone will have their own idea and they all tend to get rather heated and sulky when someone else says "That's not indiepop" / "yes it is" / "No it's not" / Yes It Is!!" etc etc until one of them dies....I tend to follow this rule which helps me live quite a pleasant life...If i like it, I like it, regardless of who it's by, or what anyone else calls it. And if I don't like it...then i call it shite! It's not a bad rule to have....

thomasintrouble · Post by **thomasintrouble** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 23:55

easy... if it sounds like some combination of 60's girl groups, the velvets & the smiths, it's probably indiepop.

indiansummer · Post by **indiansummer** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 00:00

razorlight, the kooks and babyshambles, i think

i'm talking about the real legends there, like

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 00:01

thomasintrouble wrote:easy... if it sounds like some combination of 60's girl groups, the velvets & the smiths, it's probably indiepop.

Ah yes, but that misses out on the obvious Buzzcocks punk influences. And also the whole Orange Juice postcard thing, not to mention the jangle guitar of The Byrds or the shambling DIY of the TVPs.

It's whatever you want it to be, really.

thomasintrouble · Post by **thomasintrouble** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 00:11

I'm wondering if we can narrow the definition even further. "sounds like Orange Juice" might just do it :-)

RITH · Post by **RITH** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 09:19

For beginners I do still always think that Pitchfork article is a very decent way to get some idea about indiepop. Despite the 'twee' title and other quite cringeworthy generalizations it gives starters some insight about what we're talking about here.

Indie pop is not just "indie" that is "pop." Not too many people realize this, or really care either way. But you can be sure indie pop's fans know it.

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/ ... e-as-fuck/

simonbrew · Post by **simonbrew** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 16:13

RITH wrote:For beginners I do still always think that Pitchfork article is a very decent way to get some idea about indiepop. Despite the 'twee' title and other quite cringeworthy generalizations it gives starters some insight about what we're talking about here.

Indie pop is not just "indie" that is "pop." Not too many people realize this, or really care either way. But you can be sure indie pop's fans know it.

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/ ... e-as-fuck/

ahh sweet thanks the pitchfork article was interesting. I guess I was just curious about what peoples perceptions of indie pop was, not exactly asking a specific definition of it since Indie Pop can would be hard to define specifically.

simonbrew · Post by **simonbrew** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 16:17

I suppose it'd be hard to claim that Indie Pop consists of only one sound, I guess its more of a loose umbrella term for several different sounds. Anyways thanks guys for helping clarify things for me and giving me insight into your perspectives of the 'genre'

roundbitsofplastic · Post by **roundbitsofplastic** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 16:21

Though I'd probably call it "indiepop" (though I generally refer to it simply as 'pop') rather than "indie pop" cos that makes me think of popular-style "indie" bands, which is very much removed from what I consider indiepop. See also indie/pop.

Should I have just kept my mouth shut? Yea.

humblebee · Post by **humblebee** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 16:36

Simon - you're right that indiepop isn't a single sound. It's not really a genre either. You can't define it by what it sounds like. It's much more a set of values than a sound.

thomasintrouble · Post by **thomasintrouble** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 17:46

I think it's more a set of people, and almost all of them post here ;-)

tonieee · Post by **tonieee** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 18:51

thomasintrouble wrote:I think it's more a set of people, and almost all of them post here ;-)

I'd never thought of it that way before but it's possibly a good one. If we accept that then an indiepop band is an indiepop band purely because we say it is without any other explanation needed. It would make us all elitest though!

ketameaningless · Post by **ketameaningless** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 23:31

yeah but the truth is, elitism is fun!

Rocker · Post by **Rocker** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 16:48

But surely indiepop should be more socialist than elitist?

*ducks*

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