Conventions of Indie rock

1. Conventions of Indie rock.
By Guy Nicholson

2. Type of instruments:
• The type of instruments that the artists who base their genre
mainly in the Indie rock section tend to use the same four or
five instruments, these are guitar, bass, drums, vocals and
piano/keyboard. Sometimes piano/keyboard tends not to be
used but it is still a common instrument found in most Indie
rock artists. An example of a band that uses these instruments
is the Arctic Monkeys as they have all but a pianist in their
band.

3. Sound:
• In Indie rock tracks they tend to have a common theme in the
way they sound, most have a relaxed feel to the songs as it
really reflects the laid back reputation of the artists and that
genre of music. They also seem to start of very instrumental
and quiet then usually following up the main riff and lyrical
sequence. A great example of this is the band that we are
going to make a music video for and also The Kooks, the clip
for the music I am going to do is down below in the blog as it
is a great example to back up this point.

4. Lyric themes:
• A lot of the Indie rock songs that I listen to have the same
theme and message when you listen carefully to the lyrics, a
lot of the songs are based on love or a girl however they
aren’t like the romantic songs where they talk about feelings
and the stereotypical love lines. Some artist examples that do
this are Franz Ferdinand (Take Me Out), The Kooks (She Moves
in Her Own Way) and Oasis (Wonderwall).