RTP-area local music and culture

[bendy <bendy AT duke.edu>]

Talk about co-opting:

http://www.apmmusic.com/historyofpunk.html



The Style: Indie Rock, Hard Alternative

Definition: Indie Rock is music in the style put out by small record 
labels in the 90s, mostly associated with college campus "scenes", such 
as Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The music is guitar driven, 
characterized by abrupt changes from soft-to-loud and deliberately noisy 
passages. The emphasis is on tense, inscrutable verses and cathartic 
choruses, underscored by a sense of irony (or despair) rather than slick 
production or deliberate catchiness. It's important to remember that 
indie rock was created in direct response to Commercial Alternative and 
Hair Metal.

Popular bands in this style include: Pavement, Superchunk, My Bloody 
Valentine, Archers of Loaf, The Drop Nineteens.

Mouse over the arrows to hear samples of this style, or click on the 
cover to audition the entire CD:

CHE 342 Gen Xtreme

Track #16  Slack Barista ->
Track #4   You Make Me Down ->

FKR 928 Campus Guitar Shop

Track #20  Math Class (Story Problem) ->
Track #12  Po-Mo, Post Office ->

Bendy (who's been cross posting MeFi for years)