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Notes on video lecture:
1990s Indie Rock and the Question of Selling Out
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on July 16, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
porch, lower, cassette, styles, Velvet, MTV, hooks, major, quality, shadow, Pearl, alternative, Seattle, London, Voices, Geffen, college, Dallas
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many of the bands from the 1980s indie scene went to labels
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ended up on , went on tours
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there was some push back on this, e.g. Jam protested Ticket Master's prices
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the indie scene continued
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a kind of alternative to the
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more dedicated to the idea of not selling out, keep it indie, keep it real, keep the do-it-yourself aesthetic
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indie record labels
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Matador
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from New York
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Merge
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Chapel Hill
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Sub Pop
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continued involvement of radio stations
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College Music Journal (CMJ)
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parallel to Billboard
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wide circulation
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alternative network
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Lo-Fi movement
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it cost a lot of money to make a sound production
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indie artists would have to create quality
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they embraced this idea and owned it
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turned it into a mark of distinction, of authenticity
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a way of showing: we haven't sold out, we can do something hip with this lo-fi approach
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people moving back to tapes
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Pavement
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Stockton, California
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Stephen Malkmus
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Scott Kannberg
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Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
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Matador label
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Guided by
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Dayton, Ohio
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Robert Pollard
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1994 album: Bee Thousand
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Elliot Smith
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born in Omaha
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career emerged out of Portland, Oregon
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1994 Roman Candle
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Indie label: Cavity Search
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recorded on a simply machine
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Merge Records
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Chapel Hill
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Indie music brings together many
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Superchunk
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1991 No Pocky for Kitty
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clear punk roots
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guitar rhythm
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Neutral Milk Hotel
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1998 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
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singer songwriter
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lo-fi
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The Magnetic Fields
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out of
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Stephin Merrits
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69 Love Songs (1999)
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singer songwriter theme
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interesting and diverse
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not a lot of air play
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college radio and venues
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a kind of a parallel culture, a culture
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Noise Pop
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roots in the Underground
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fascination for sound and sound effects
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artsy
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Yo La Tengo
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Ira Kaplan
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Georgia Hubley
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1993 Painful
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1997 I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
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Moby Octopad
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My Bloody Valentine
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1991 Loveless
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classic of 90s Indie rock
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When You Sleep
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Only Shallow
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Alt-Country
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blending country with rock
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old country, honky-tonk country
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authentic back- music
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Uncle Tupelo
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Illinois
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1990 No Depression
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Screen Door
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split up and form:
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Wilco
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Jeff Tweedy
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Son Volt
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Jay Farrar
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Whiskeytown
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Ryan Adams
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1995 Faithless Street
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India label: Mood Food
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Old 97's
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, Texas
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Bottle Rockets
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Festus, Missouri
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Beck Hanson
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goes major label but tries to retain his integrity
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much like R.E.M.
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Los Angeles
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1994 signs to Geffen Records
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1993 "Loser"
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Bong Load
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when re-released it, it became very popular
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1994 Mellow Gold
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1996 Odelay
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combines pop with hip hop, country rock, soul, and classical music
Ideas and Concepts:
Hitherto unknown musical genre, via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"As many of the bands from the 1980s indie scene went to major labels, starting touring, and ended up on MTV, the 1990s saw a new indie scene form which was dedicated to not selling out in this way, and became a kind of alternative to the alternative scene, adamant about keeping it indie, keeping it real, keeping the do-it-yourself aesthetic.
Some of the major labels were Matador in New York, Merge from Chapel Hill, and Sub Pop in Seattle. In addition, you had the continued involvement of college radio stations and the College Music Journal (CMJ), which was a kind of Billboard magazine for indie and other alternative bands.
A sub-group that grew out of this was the the Lo-Fi movement, which produced sound recordings that were of lower quality than the usual standard for modern music. The fact was it cost quite a bit of money to make quality sound productions, and so many indie artists embraced and owned the idea of creating lower quality sound recording on purpose, turning it into a mark of distinction. It was a way of showing the world they hadn't sold out and that they were still hip. Many of them even produced their music on retro cassette tapes.
So while Lo-Fi music is by definition music with low sound quality, it often comes across as being quite authentic."
"As many of the bands from the 1980s indie scene went to major labels, starting touring, and ended up on MTV, the 1990s saw a new indie scene form which was dedicated to not selling out in this way, and became a kind of alternative to the alternative scene, adamant about keeping it indie, keeping it real, keeping the do-it-yourself aesthetic.
Some of the major labels were Matador in New York, Merge from Chapel Hill, and Sub Pop in Seattle. In addition, you had the continued involvement of college radio stations and the College Music Journal (CMJ), which was a kind of Billboard magazine for indie and other alternative bands.
A sub-group that grew out of this was the the Lo-Fi movement, which produced sound recordings that were of lower quality than the usual standard for modern music. The fact was it cost quite a bit of money to make quality sound productions, and so many indie artists embraced and owned the idea of creating lower quality sound recording on purpose, turning it into a mark of distinction. It was a way of showing the world they hadn't sold out and that they were still hip. Many of them even produced their music on retro cassette tapes.
So while Lo-Fi music is by definition music with low sound quality, it often comes across as being quite authentic."
Hitherto unknown musical genre, via tonight's History of Rock and Roll class:
"Alt-country is a loosely defined 1990s subgenre of country music which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music.
It has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences ranging from roots rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock, and punk rock. Lyrics may be bleak or socially aware, but also more heartfelt and less likely to use the clichés sometimes used by mainstream country musicians.
The Old 97's are an American alternative country band from Dallas. Lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller has described the band's style as "loud folk".
Initially a popular Dallas bar band, the Old 97's toured the country after releasing their first album, 1994's Hitchhike to Rhome. The band has never reached the level of success expected of them by the music press. Although they have been heralded as a great live band, they claim never to rehearse their act."
"Alt-country is a loosely defined 1990s subgenre of country music which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music.
It has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences ranging from roots rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock, and punk rock. Lyrics may be bleak or socially aware, but also more heartfelt and less likely to use the clichés sometimes used by mainstream country musicians.
The Old 97's are an American alternative country band from Dallas. Lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller has described the band's style as "loud folk".
Initially a popular Dallas bar band, the Old 97's toured the country after releasing their first album, 1994's Hitchhike to Rhome. The band has never reached the level of success expected of them by the music press. Although they have been heralded as a great live band, they claim never to rehearse their act."
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