indie rock

Alternative Rock music that didn't cross over into the mainstream(by choice or not) after the "alternative revolution" of the 90's. Typically, the music is relased on small "indie" labels. Indie Rock bands do music that doesn't necessarily appeal to wide mainstream audiences. There are a variety of reasons for this but some of the more common examples are the sound being to raw and abrasive(i.e to much distortion/feedback), the lyrics being to cryptic and abstract or the production and musicianship being to amateurish. In more recent years however some indie bands such as Modest Mouse, The Shins and The White Stripes have found some mainstream success. These bands however are still considered indie because they still have a decidedly non-mainstream sound.

90's indie rock-Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fugazi, Modest Mouse, Radiohead(controversially)

2000's indie rock-The White Stripes, The Shins, The Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, The Strokes, Artic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Subgenres

90's-lo-fi, emo(went mainstream in 2000's), post-hardcore, noise pop, dream pop, neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, indie pop
2000's-garage rock revival, post-punk/new wave revival, freak folk, new weird America, dance punk, indietronica

by Devmeister July 3, 2009

The only indie in the village

A phrase used to describe a pretentious youth, who genuinely believes that nobody can appreciate indie music as much as he/she can and will throw an eppy if told otherwise. Inspired by the popular Little Britain sketch, where the gay character Dafydd insists that he is "the only gay in the village."

"He just told me to stop pretending that I liked The Beatles and started screaming. He's like the only indie in the village"

or

A: "Awww, I love The Beatles"
B: "No you don't! Nowhere near as much as me! I'm #1"

by everyoneelseinthisthreadsucks June 13, 2008

indiebitch

A person who only listens to the first three tracks of an album they read about on Pitchfork, and then pretend like they know everything about the band.

Alex: Listen to Cut Copy's album! It's awesome
Mark: I know, I like track 8.
Alex: Oh I've never heard that one.
Mark: ...
Mark: Fucking indiebitch.

by Alex Le November 5, 2005

Indie

is another soicial class like chav, goth, emo ect..
people who are indie are not trying to follow along with any fasions or trends, they where whatever they like, they dont take any shit from anyone, unlike most goths, emos and chavs which are all trying to be somthing and have a false personality covered in crap, indie people just do what they want when they want, no this dose not include people trying to make a political statement by wearing a pink shirt to school. Indie people are often cool too, and would not be embarresed like most people today by there parents and own personal intrests.

CoolKid1:My parents wouldent mind if any one drank a few bottles of booze and passed out at my house, they dont give a shit to what i do.

CoolKid2: Yeah my parents too.

CoolKid3: Yeah my Parents let me have parys with loads of beer too whenever i want them, and they dont care what happens.

IndieKid:
Well if it was my parents they would call an ambualnce if someone passed out from drinking too much.
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CoolKid1:
Starwars is so gay, im glad i never liked it

CoolKid2:
Yeah me too, never even see them

CoolKid3:
Yeah only nerds are into that stuff, i dont even know why they bother making it, no one ever watches it.

indieKid:
I used to be into the star wars films a few years ago, i kind of went off it though as i was disapointed with the newer films. anyway i prefer more realistic films.
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IndieKid:
I hate those fucking emos, no one wants to here how there lives are so "shit", or why they need sympathy. I used to have a friend who went Emo, he still has the same personality but it is coverd in all that emo shit, so i cant even talk to him now without hearing about how his life sucks and how he is so depressed.
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Chav:
Oi nob'ed, ah ah ah, nice trousers, stitch it up mate ah ah.
(trousers have hole in the crotch)

IndieKid:
Nice Face Faggot, do you rub greese into it to help the fungus grow?

*Chav walks off insulted

by Liam archwrite July 29, 2005

indie chick

A girl that is into alternative music

This bar is full of indie chicks

by smooth April 23, 2003

indie rats

1.Noun
Any of various indie music kids who tend to not shower for days and wear tattered and torn clothing.
These scenesters will try their hardest to look dirty and poor even if they are subsidized by their wealthy parents.

Discussion:

John - "Yeah man, so how was that Junior Boys show?"

Wes - "Eh, it was good, but these damn indie rats in front of me stunk so bad I could hardly focus."

by Prolly January 27, 2006

integral

The integral, or antiderivative, is the basis for integral calculus. It tells you the area under a curve, with the base of the area being the x-axis. Its symbol is what shows up when you press alt+b on the keyboard. It can also be written as d^-1y/dx^-1. The process of finding an integral is known as integration or antidifferentiation.

The antiderivative of sin x from x=0 to x=2<pi> is 2.
The antiderivative of sin x without boundaries is -cos x. (?sin x dx = -cos x)

by Calculicious December 20, 2003