Questions tagged [indie]
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Trying to find a song I head about murder for insurance
Unfortunately, I can't remember the band show sang this song, but if I remember rightly the song was a story about a guy who murdered a girl's husband for insurance money.
I think the story goes ...
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What is behind the “message redacted” in “Chiron Beta Prime” by Jonathan Coulton
So there is this song, Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton, where he tells the story of a family that is on a mining asteroid Chiron Beta Prime and working for the robots there. It is written as a ...
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Music video with monster chasing firefly
The video of this song shows a monster chasing a firefly at first.
Eventually, the monster catches the firefly, he puts her in a cage.
He realizes then that the firefly is sad, is losing her shine.
He ...
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What happen to Roxie LS?
So, yeah, what happened to Roxie LS? I like her style and voice. She was supposed to be big.
She studied classical music, she is British if I remember correctly. She loved surf culture and she surfs ...
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What song did Sir was use at the beginning of A Minor Life
Song - https://soundcloud.com/cityslang/sir-was-a-minor-life-1
The beginning of the track has a bagpipe song that I haven't been able to find on popular Bagpipe playlists or with Shazam. Does anyone ...
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Can new-age be considered an indie genre?
Can new-age be considered an indie genre?
Like Enya—the genre of her music is considered new-age, but I do not see many differences in her music from indie music. . .
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What genre would Fiction by Sumika (a japanese band) be categorized as?
The song, for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKHGAuNaGuA
I hesitate to call the genre "J-rock" or "J-pop".
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Origins of 'Madchester'
I'm interested in the origins of the term 'Madchester' that was used to describe the Manchester music scene of the late 1980s /early 1990s. The 'Madchester Rave On' EP released by the Happy Mondays ...
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Meaning of lyrics from “505” by Arctic Monkeys
These lyrics are from the song "505" by Arctic Monkeys:
'Not shy of a spark,
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark,
Frightened by the bite though its no harsher ...
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What is the meaning behind the name Catfish and The Bottlemen?
I find this name fairly weird, where does it derive from?
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What's the meaning of the snippet of dialogue at the beginning of “All the Pretty Girls?”
The song "All the Pretty Girls" by fun. starts with a short snippet of dialogue that sounds like
[indecipherable talking]
(So it's?) gonna have to be two passes.
The pretty... [actual song ...
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How could Iron and Wine open for Jason Isbell in concert
I recently went to a concert in Canandaigua, NY, in which Iron and Wine opened for Jason Isbell.
Iron and Wine seems to be a much more established artist.
A quick glance at Wikipedia shows that ...
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Australian or NZ bands like Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, etc.?
I am looking for Australian or New Zealand bands like Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, etc.? This may not exist.
I am also interested in any bands with a similar sound from other languages or ...
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What genre or other singer matches the chorus of “Dream State…” by Lucy Dacus?
In the chorus of her song Dream State... Lucy Dacus sings in a deep, monotone drone over guitar, peaking with a chorus of her own voice layered over itself several times...
I know there is at least ...
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What classifies a band as “indie”?
Is "indie" a moniker that indicates their record company is of a certain size, or not part of a larger music conglomerate, or is it a style or subgenre? Googling this seems to come up with multiple ...