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A person, usually a self appointed "Musician" who particularly entertains the idea that their taste in music is really different and unique to everyone else's, and is usually convinced that any band who experiences commercial success has "sold out", even if said fan may have previously claimed to have liked that band before their peers.
Putting three Indie Snobs in a room together is usually dangerous and somewhat anti social, as they will continually argue with each other over who liked a band first.
Regular John: Mate. Muse are playing in a few months, I haven't seen em yet. Wanna go?
Indie Snob: Bitch please, I saw them years ago when they still played in bars.
Indie Snob #2: Yeah? I went to High School with one of them.
Indie Snob #3: Pretty sure I was there watching their grandparents have sex, you're all newcomers.
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Its not about how you look
its about how you think
its not about what you listen to
or what you wear
its about why you do.
Indie isn’t a 'look' or a 'style' it’s part of the way you think, independent from what the mainstream wants you to think (which would explain the love of political debates), independent from what Elle and Cosmo want you to wear this month, independent from what MTV plays, independent from labels and restrictions in general. Basically indie means following your own mind.
Meaning: if you listen to a song or wear clothes because it’s the latest chart topper or must have
and stop listening to it or wearing it because its "soo last month"
- you're not 'so-called' indie simply because you are obviously not thinking
independently, you follow what others prescribe, suggest, and do.
Therefore if you listen to indie bands and wear skinnys and scarfs
because you want to be indie then you are NOT indie, because you are yet
again simply following.
The only reason why I think there even is a ‘indie look’ is because all 'indie peeps'
think alike and shy away from labels and anything mainstream and commercial.
This of course does not mean that they never ever wear labels or like something
that is commercial it just means that if and when they do, it’s not because it’s a
label or whatever, but because they want to and they don't allow themselves to be
bound by some definition and set of do's and don’ts.
They think for themselves , they like what they want.
Trying to be an indie person contradicts the whole concept...
it's not something you can buy, its something you just are,
dressing in skinny's and oldish clothe's to be an indie person won't make you indie, it just makes you a poser.
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Term used within the complex exchange system established by the Spanish for African trade; referred to the value of an adult male slave.
Spanish colonist: "A yo, how much for dat young Indies piece right durr?"
Slave Trader: " Ay man I got a real deal for you dawg, you know dem Royal African Company be sellin dem for £300, but ima be you's brother and sell you that young piece for £50.
Spanish colonist: " Sheeiiiit mannn yous got a deal!" *Hands 50 fresh ones*
Slave Trader: " Aight thanks man keep it cool."
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The term coined by a UK band called Hadouken. They mention the term Indie Cindy in their lyrics to their song, That Boy That Girl.
"That girl's an Indie Cindy,
Lego haircut and polka-dot dress,
I don't care if she thinks she's indie,
How she's different is anyones guess."
An Indie Cindy is described as a girl with painted eyebrows, lego haircut, wears a polka-dot dress, carries a shiny red handbag that matches her shiny red shoes, is spotted at indie night clubs, pouts while dancing or posing for pics, wears glowsticks, goes to Klaxons gigs, idolizes The Pipettes or Karen O, and loves the following: mascara, vodka and coke, pink, the 50's, skinny boys, kitsch, myspace and NME.
That girl is an indie cindy!
She is sooo indie cindy!
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Traditionally, someone who doesn't care what anybody else thinks, or at least pretends to.
If she sees something she likes in Urban Outfitters or Topshop, she'll get it. If she sees something she likes in Abercrombie, she'll get it. If she likes something in a thrift store, she'll get it, etc.
Likewise, her music taste should be what she likes, not limited by any sort of genre.
She will read, write or draw if those are the things she enjoys or is good at.
SHE WON'T ACTIVELY TRY TO BE DIFFERENT, SHE JUST IS! To be an indie girl, you have to be someone who is mature enough to know who you are and happy enough in yourself to stand out.
To be a fake indie girl, however, you need only 4 things. Tumblr, photoshop, a pretentious jumped-up attitude and a fringe.
Fake indie girls are the ones who google 'bands that nobody has heard of' to make themselves different.
Fake Indie- Check out my Tumblr with photoshopped pictures of beaches with writing! Or don't, but that's just because you're jealous of me and my cool indie-ness.
Indie Girl- No, I'm alright doing my own thing.
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Refers to indie bands or artists that are only obscure in that they have no Top 40 plays or chart hits, but are otherwise at least moderately well-known among music fans. The name comes from the fact that these bands are among the first that people discover when they are getting into indie music, as they are just scratching the surface. Surface indie bands often penetrate the mainstream consciousness from time to time, usually by appearing on TV show or movie soundtracks, or by signing to a major label. Examples include Sufjan Stevens, Belle and Sebastian, and The Decemberists. Smug hipsters will often deride surface indie bands by saying the quality of the music suffers as a result of their increasing popularity (and are especially prone to claiming those bands have sold out), but this is just pointless douchebaggery.
Don't listen to that hipster douchebag who says it gets so much better than Of Montreal. If you enjoy surface indie, then listen to it.
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Someone who builds products (usually software) on their own, without taking on VC funding.
“Have you seen the new Email marketing software Julie just launched? She bootstrapped it over three years. I’m glad to see Indie Hackers like her succeeding!”