It should not come by any surprise that when you search the genre “indie” on applications like Pandora or Spotify, sites that allow for endless amounts of personalized radio stations, you get numerous premade stations. During its origin, the term “indie” was just used to differentiate between mainstream and independent artists. The emphasis of independence was solely of music labels and because of this it left room for confusion. When discussed in present day, the term still simply categorizes music
Indie Music: Be Authentic Not A Sellout “The word ‘indie’ is meaningless now. It’s so overused that people think it simply means green hair.” Steven Patrick Morrissey, who was originally a part of The Smiths as a vocalist, said that. Today, we do hear indie thrown around and it can be hard to define; but indie has an interesting history surrounding its emergence and what it means to its participants has a lot to do with authenticity. Indie music emerged during times of social and political changes
suicide. 3. Emo History 3.1 Emergence of ‘Emotional Hardcores’ The ‘Emotional Hardcores’, commonly known as ‘Emos’, or ‘Emocore’ originated from the ‘Hardcore Punk” movement of Washington, D.C. in the early 1980’s. It started as a style of rock music that typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. In addition to music, emo I often related to musical artists, bands, fans, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture and behaviour. It emerged
Lana Del Rey, whose real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, is a singer songwriter born on June 21st, 1985 in New York City. She is the daughter of two Grey Group executives and lived in Lake Placid, NY. She was the cantor in her church choir and attended a catholic elementary school. Whenever she was 15 she was sent away to boarding school in order to deal with her alcohol dependence that she discusses in her song This Is What Makes Us Girls. After graduation she took a gap year to stay with family
Oh... "Tonight at Tramps, Chisel, Fuzzy and Velocity Girl, seven dollar cover, all ages." Before I became indie rock literate I would not have been able to understand the above quote from a concert flier. Someone who is indie rock illiterate might read it as an add for a brothel, featuring the use of tools, and hairy fast women of all ages. On the other hand, someone who is indie rock literate would know to read it as "tonight at the concert venue called Tramps there will be a show featuring the
Consider a world where indie digital film producers, 3D printing artists, and anonymous hacktivists combined their efforts to bring to the world ideas that are even more creative, more esoteric, and more revolutionary. While the mainstream often views underground culture as one unified force, commentators of indie, hacker, and makers cultures disagree on the purpose of underground culture. Indie traditionalists argue that indie artists seek to express themselves through original and independent art
The Rise of Indie Music Indie music used to mean independent, underground music that was untouched by the corporate world and was listened to only by the people with bizarre music tastes. Now, “indie” artists and bands play to crowds of thousands at widely popular music festivals like Bonnaroo and Hangout Fest. This transition may seem like it came out of nowhere, but there are distinct causes that pushed indie to the headlines of music festivals and the top of the Billboard 500. Many people have
Enrique Iglesias and The Strokes. These two are completely taking over the music industry. For Enrique Iglesias, mostly in Spanish/Pop while The Strokes, mostly in Rock/Indie. It doesn’t matter your personal preferences on music, you are bound to agree that The Strokes are the more genuine artists who bring music, and in particular indie rock, to another level with their heavy guitar beats. Enrique Iglesias is one of those artist that many refer to as “only famous for being hot”. He is mostly admired
reciting his address, and as if he was not hospitable enough, he also offered visitors a cup of coffee. DeMarco’s nonconformist and eccentric personality does not stop there, however, as “Another One” explores the realm of romance through warped indie rock. Graduating high school in his hometown, Edmonton, Alberta, was both the finish line and starting line for DeMarco; as he immediately entered the realm of music under the alias Makeout Videotape in 2008. He then moved to Vancouver, British
out in my mind. During my junior year I went on vacation to a resort in Jamaica with a extraordinary beach. It was a large beach with white sand and remarkable palm trees. There was also a long row of enormous rocks that extended far out into the Caribbean Sea. I found that those rocks made a great place to walk out on to watch the glorious sunsets. I thought this Jamaican beach was great for a couple of reasons. One reason was that it was the perfect place to watch the sunset. The other was
prisoners of war or any cowboys, but I am a climber, and climbers are hardcore. By sheer will, climbers scale overhanging rock faces, risk life and limb in the pursuit of the summit, and just generally go all out all the time. Aside from being able to handle the risk, climbers latch onto the sharpest and most painful handholds for the simplest reward of having climbed a particular rock wall. No, climbers don't seek attention from the crowds or big bucks for competing; they climb with the pure, unadulterated
sisters and I were driving through Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, in Maine. We stopped and parked at the foot of a mountain. The infamous Bubble Rock rested at its peak. While reading the posted sign we learned how Bubble Rock was formed by glaciers. This rock hung over the edge of the steep mountain. Although the rock was quite stable, it looked like it would snap off at any moment. I looked up and realized how much I wished I was standing up on top of it. I decided to
and summers at the Hall farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. The farm in Quincy provided Parkman with a vast area of rocks and forestry to explore, since it happened to be located adjacent to the Five Mile Woods, later renamed the Middlesex Fells. He encountered many illnesses in Boston, and his parents decided to leave him in his grandparents’ care on the farm. On the farm he collected rocks, trapped animals, shot arrows at birds, and conducted experiments. He wrote about himself and his experiments in
Who doesn’t love a movie where the protagonist is off on a quest for revenge in numerous action sequences for his taste of sweet, sweet revenge? When breaking films into this type of category, one film that stands out among the rest has to be Gladiator. Gladiator can be argued as one of the greatest action movies of all time, and for good reasons. The soundtrack, dialogue, and characters have no equal in the revenge action category of film, and can be considered tops of pure action films. Gladiator
means, "the legs are alike"1. Different species prefer different dwellings however the Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) which has been used for this investigation, is commonly found around residential properties. They can be found under rocks or around compost heaps where the soil is moist and a humid atmosphere is maintained. One abiotic factor that affects the habitat of Woodlice includes damp or moist soil. Compost heaps also provide a continuous source of dead plants, which is part
boulders and moraine carried by the glacier rubs and erodes the valley side as it physically moves down the valley. Plucking happens when the water in the glacier freezes inside of the cracks in the individual rocks on the valley side then the water freezes and as the glacier moves the rock is plucked or torn from the valley side producing the steep side to the valley. The valley also has wide flat floors caused by ice movement aided by large volumes of melt water and moraine has greater erosive
patch of lime-green pasture, then fuses into a white lake, and finally becomes anew, a chaotic waterfall(rocks interfere its smooth passage), separating the latter cliff with a more distant cliff in the center. At the immediate bottom-center of the foreground appears a flat land which runs from the center and slowly ascends into a cliff as it travels to the right. Green bushes, rough orange rocks, and pine trees are scattered throughout this piece of land. Since this section of the painting is at a
a moment or two of you past, and conform it to the poem. Accounts of students from various other backgrounds provide the poet with support from genuine evidence. History and evolution is compared with certain elements of nature, specifically the rock, river, and tree. I like the poem. This poem is really interesting, very imaginative, and very inventive. It makes you think a lot. But while reading at the poem you really gaze at the stanzas with such amazement. It is quite a historical piece
Soils may be formed in place from rock or formed in weathered rock and minerals that have been transported from where the original rock occurred. Soils may be formed in place from rock or formed in weathered rock and minerals that have been transported from where the original rock occurred. are natural media for the growth of plants. They are mixtures of fragmented and partly or wholly weathered rocks and minerals, organic matter, water, and air, in greatly varying proportions, and live more or less
I walk out of the clearing, and before my eyes is a vast and towering cliff face. The first thing that amazes me is the massive rocks right in front of me. The pile has to be several of stories high. Towards the top of the pile, where it meets with the cliff face, is a winding collection of ramps, crevices, and overhangs. Just before the top - is a 20 foot high wall one has to scale to reach the top. My hands sweated looking at the top. I wanted to walk back and retreat back to the safe hotel, but