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Surfbort, Gurr & more playing free Reeperbahn fest A2IM showcase in NYC this week

Germany’s Reeperbahn Music Festival is presenting a showcase of international acts this Wednesday as part of the 2019 edition of industry conference A2M Indie Week, appearances by Peaches, Tony Visconti, Kate Nash and Bob Rock included.

People are tweeting their embarrassing indie stories with the #indieamnesty hashtag

As you may have seen in the Twitterverse today, the hashtag #indieamnesty is going around and people are using it to confess their most embarrassing indie stories. Topics range from bands you wish you never liked to bands you pretended to like and plenty of the in between…

Mitski suggests Damon Albarn go see a Downtown Boys show

Blur have not been the most pleased with the current state of music lately. Bassist Alex James, who spends most of his time these days as a cheesemaker, said “that culture of independent music that I grew up with has disappeared really” but that the same independent spirit lives on in the current foodie movement…

'Emo Revival' & how 'Indie Rock' was already 'Emo' (or vice versa)

Title Fight at Europa in 2012 (more by Rebecca Reed)”Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics…

"Indie Rock's Tuneful Death Rattle"

a Haim striking a pose (more by Amanda Hatfield) Steven Hyden at Grantland writes:…we’re witnessing the death rattle of the current version of alternative, “indie…