{"id":1068,"date":"2022-01-24T01:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T01:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2022-02-06T00:04:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T00:04:07","slug":"for-your-ears-indies-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/2022\/01\/24\/for-your-ears-indies-story\/","title":{"rendered":"For Your Ears: Indie’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is this genre of music on the rise again?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Audrey Jarrett<\/p>Staff Writer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While the origin of indie music can be traced all the way back to the 80s and 90s, modern indie music has begun to incorporate other genres and musical styles. Now, artists around the world release their own, unique music without the help of a major record label, further developing the indie music genre. Indie music is incredibly popular with ACHS students as well as teenagers globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some popular examples of indie music are Bittersweet Symphony<\/em> by the Verve, Creep <\/em>by Radiohead, Sugar<\/em> by Men I Trust, Silk Chiffon <\/em>by Muna ft. Phoebe Bridgers, and Amoeba <\/em>by Clairo. Spotify titled most of these songs as \u201cBest Indie Songs of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major music streaming services, like Amazon and Apple Music, have made numerous playlists featuring rising indie artists and top indie songs. Despite the term \u201cindie\u201d initially serving as a shorthand for music released independently or from a small record label, indie music has evolved to mean much more than that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the website Music Industry How To, indie isn\u2019t a genre by itself. While indie rock, pop, and folk are all related, musically they are different. Theogony <\/em>reached out to ACHS students to discuss whether indie could be considered one single genre or if it is just an umbrella term for several genres of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like nowadays really anything can be defined as indie,\u201d said ACHS sophomore Aidan Hill, claiming that while different indie genres all have similar lyrical themes, they can be performed in various different paces and styles due to the fact that indie simply means small and independent. ACHS sophomore Jolan Foronda advocated for categorizing indie-adjacent genres separately, as \u201chaving them separate helps people be able to look for certain types of music faster and easier.\u201d According to sophomore Faris Zaraoun, \u201cdifferent subgenres have individual personalities and I think they all should be divided and have their own traits instead of just being mushed together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so many individual categories of indie music, such as rock, folk, pop, and lo-fi, one would be overwhelmed if they were all combined. Therefore, by having separate genres of indie music, people have a faster way to find out what they want to listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indie has been slowly rising ever since it became popular back in the mid-80s, and it is still prevalent today, although it sounds very different these days. Sophomore Katherine Winstead said, \u201cpreviously I would listen to music on the radio, but my friends are like \u2018oh this is such a good band,\u2019 so I started picking it up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only has technology gotten better at allowing people to spread the word about up-and-coming indie artists through social media, but now indie is played at large festivals and concerts. Sophomore Faris Zaraoun, said it puts him into \u201ca mood to dance.\u201d Foronda agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indie music relates to many younger generations because of its feeling. The D.I.Y. aspect of it can personalize their taste, making it unique to everyone. Almost everyone gave a different answer when it comes to what the vibe of indie sounded like. \u201cDifferent songs, different moods,\u201d said Romeo Quini, a senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACHS students recommended some of their favorite indie artists and songs. \u201cLovejoy and Penelope Scott,\u201d said Anabel Rodriguez, a sophomore.\u201cPhoebe Bridgers, and Freaks <\/em>by Surf Curse,\u201d said Hill. \u201cImagine Dragons!\u201d exclaimed Quini. Laura San Roman, a sophomore said, \u201cI think Clairo is widely known as a big artist [in the indie community].\u201d Foronda suggests, \u201cGrent Perez.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different from normal music,\u201d said Winstead. \u201cIt feels almost storylike.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the origin of indie music can be traced all the way back to the 80s and 90s, modern indie music has begun to incorporate other genres and musical styles. Now, artists around the world release their own, unique music without the help of a major record label, further developing the indie music genre. Indie music is incredibly popular with ACHS students as well as teenagers globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[323,92,221,335,320,322,317,42,321,319,318],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-style","tag-artists","tag-audrey-jarrett","tag-bands","tag-decades","tag-folk","tag-genre","tag-indie","tag-music","tag-pop","tag-rock","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}