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theremin Jul 10, 2007

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...

brotherman Jul 11, 2007

Ok, so I kind of like Midlake and Blonde Redhead. To me that is normal rock. Some of these other groups are weird. But again, Indie Rock is a non-popular genre. Hence the need for a small label...

brotherman Jul 11, 2007

Ok, so these two are OK, but I probably wouldn't waste money buying their albums. I'd probably listen to them once at a concert as an opening act and think they were somewhat entertaining, but tha...

thatdarngirl Jul 12, 2007

No, it doesn't hook you in particular in. It hooks plenty of other people, though. It doesn't have to be played on the radio to be popular by any means.

brotherman Jul 12, 2007

My point is, the average person isn't going to be impressed.

thatdarngirl Jul 12, 2007

Yeah, but you're just pulling that out of your butt basically. Who is this "average person" and how do you know what they like to listen to? You just make these generalized statements and have ...

brotherman Jul 12, 2007

I'm not pulling anything out of my butt. The big labels determine whether the public will like these bands or not. They stand for the public. These bands don't get signed, because they won't sel...

thefunkyfresh Jul 12, 2007

i have to put my two cents in... average person?? fergelicious was in the top 20 for weeks. That is what the average person in this country likes to listen to. the average person is a comple...

brotherman Jul 12, 2007

I haven't stated anything in here as fact other than Indie Music is not as popular as Conventional Rock music. Record sales determines what is most popular, what people want to listen to. What I ...

jp jpOG 2003

i love u2 also though. so i would go see them.

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