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This is a tough article to write, as I'm a big music lover and there are so many different possibilities I can consider when it comes to the best indie rock albums of 2009.This was a year marked by the prevalence of many different musical styles, and that made things really interesting for any lover of music. I find myself constantly listening to releases from earlier in the year, which is always a good sign as far as the timelessness of any band's music goes.Anyway, your preferences may be diff... Read More

Looking at the best rock band of the last decade as we near the end is a very difficult task. A lot of it will come down to a matter of personal preferences and musical tastes. After all, we could draw from the pop music charts, or we could go with a band that's more indie in roots.Let's take a look at the contenders for band of the decade, and then I'll give my personal opinion at the end. Naturally, even the nominees here are all subject to opinion and yours may be different.The first band... Read More

As we close out a decade, it's safe to say that the rock world was defined by the indie rock movement. What started out at the beginning of the decade on the heels of the success of bands like The Strokes, the White Stripes, and others, has turned into an entire genre all in its own.Looking back at the 1990s, the alternative rock era began to lose steam at the end of the decade. In fact, it may have very well morphed into the indie movement, as many alternative fans most likely began to show... Read More

No band develops in a vacuum; every band starts out thinking, at least a bit, of other musicians that they want to take after or rebel against. But Nirvana was the first great band of actual music snobs: record fiends who wanted to make it very clear exactly what they listened to. They all loved Led Zep and Aerosmith and CCR and Black Sabbath and Kiss and then some more Led Zep on top of that. Mostly, though, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic had grown up as Pacific Northwest punk rock kids. They... Read More

Do you know what Indie rock means? The term Indie rock comes from independent rock music, which is somewhat on the lines of rock music that evolved in the United Kingdom and the United States of American, in early 1980s. Indie rock artists normally tend to have control over their music and career, and prefer to release their albums on independent record albums. Many artists also prefer to tour in order to promote their music, and spread their word through word-of-mouth publicity, and playing the... Read More

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