Indiepopedia

[undyingking]

A maybe worthy project sure to interest some of you, it aims to collect info about indiepop bands, clubs, zines, labels, festivals, etc, both historical and current. Most are frankly pretty obscure -- if you look at this page and don't recognize a single name, you will I suspect be far from alone -- but no doubt none the worse for that.

I find it quite cheering clicking on the 'random page' link -- it's nice to know that there's all this indiepop lore out there, even though I'll never listen to (or even care about) 90+% of it.

If you get deeply motivated to contribute to it, do let me know.

Comments

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

I've seen exactly two of those bands, one of which probably dwarfs all the others in terms of sales. I've seen loads of indie bands, British and US that aren't on their but I'm not sure I feel the urge to contribute.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Go on, you're denying the world its due.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

(And: Hmm, yes, I hadn't noticed Primal Scream lurking there. Bit deceptive.)

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

Fantastic stuff - some of the older indiepop bands are more or less un-Googleable. Looks like there are plenty of gaps (no Happy Birthdays, fr'instance), so I'll try to fill in what I can when I get a chance.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, I don't think they're going to run out of stuff to add in a hurry.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Really? There's a band called "The Parallelograms"?

I think they made that one up!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Not only do The Paralellograms firmly exist, but you can download a GPLed ASCII Asteroids-like game from their official website.

I think we can see at least two reasons why they have yet to trouble the official chart compilers.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Awesome! These guys are going to be huge!

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I recognized a few of those names, enough to understand that these must be predominantly the type of anaemic milquetoast bands that I'd rather see consigned to deserved obscurity. "Indie" as in "music made by boys who wish they were girls, so they'd get to meet other girls".

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I bet it worked for them too, the bastards.