Jul 11, 2007 Spoon - Rockefeller Park, New York, NY Jul 16, 2007 The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear - Central Park Summerstage, New York, NY Jul 17, 2007 (WPRB ticket giveaway avaiable) Slin...
Good explanation as to why I don't hear of these groups. They aren't publicized well.
Well, you've been reading about enough of these bands by now on eZabel that you should have at least listened to some of them! (punk excluded because that's not your thing, of course)
Indie isn't limited to rock. There are many varieties of independent artists. It's a broad term. These artists ARE publicized, but not in the areas you are looking.
Where are they publicized? The local Quick Chek? LOL!
haha, not quite.
On TV: MTV( http://www.mtv.com/music/indie/ ), Fuse
A well known website: www.pitchforkmedia.com
There's tons of places.
Ever read magazines, blogs, or listen to college radio.
Ah, ok. College radio, yes. In fact I listened to Centennary College's station and hated everything they played during the show Katie does.
lol
Katie does a mostly punk show. So, we've pretty much determined that you don't like Punk as a genre, but don't rule out Indie in general. Although Punk is usually Indie, Indie Rock is not Punk.
No wonder the show sucked. LOL!!
There may be something in the genre I like, but that remains to be seen. I'll ask JP for his mix tonight. It'll make for a heavy ezabel debate one day. LOL!
keep in mind, some of JP's mixes have a bunch of punk. but it's not all punk. so skip a song if you can't stand it, but give others at least a modest effort. you may be surprised.
The punk would be skipped immediately. LOL!
the "punk" i put on mixes usually is pop punk, so its a little more listener-friendly to people who may not usually like punk music. so you may find it ok.
Ok, you hook me up my brother from another mother.
I happened not to read music review websites... I found out about music artists that are new to me, mostly from my emusic.com subscription, going from one artist's download page to another and another, jumping all around, sampling stuff... if I like the song clips, I usually download that artist's entire album (legally too, 'cause its all licensed) Plus, there's Pandora.com where you make your own music channel and occassionally you'll get artists that you never listened to, related to what you already like. Then, of course, College Radio with its broad freestyle format. I've been listening to WPRB Princeton University at least since the mid-nineties. I also listen to radio broadcasts that are sydicated over the Web... my favorites are Virgin Radio UK, KCRW - Santa Monica, California, and University of Bergen and U of Trondheim, Norway. Look at www.vtuner.com - there's a database of Radio stations all over the World that broadcast over the Web.