conventions of indie rock genre for A2 media course

3. The indie rock style is very casual
which reflects the music that they
make as it is very relaxed and chill
music with soft beats.
Their style includes key pieces
such as black jeans, leather and
denim jackets and checked shirts.
These key pieces build there style
and creates the casual look as for
them as artists its more important
to create good music rather than
a look and performance.

4. Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the 1980’s in the UK and
the United States. Originally indie meant independent music labels and the music
they produced which is still used as a term. As most of the indie labels produced
alternative rock music the ‘indie’ name came from there. It was for the less known
bands as it wasn’t a popular genre in the 1980’s which is more questionable now as
bands such as the white stripes, the killers and the neighbourhood have made a
name for themselves in the industry.
The type of music indie rock band has changed since the 80’s due to a changing
music industry. It wasn’t until the early 2000’s when a new group of bands played
more stripped down and back to basic version of rock emerged with bands such as
catfish and the bottlemen, imagine dragons and Kaiser chiefs.
Indie rock music usually has some aspects of rock music weather it’s the deep voice
or the big loud beats mixed which is then mixed with the opposite such as a
smoother voice or slower and smoother beats. For example the band imagine
dragons mix big beats with a smoother and raspy voice which creates the indie rock
vibe.

5. Indie rock bands and artists usually have pretty simple style with their album covers and logos too.
Such as the ones on the right; arctic monkeys, Lana del ray, the neighbourhood and the 1975 all have
very simplistic artwork and logos associated with them. These logos such as the neighbourhoods one
is very simple and recognisable.
The lyrics and the songs the artists create are usually about several issues or topics
such as everyday life, love and relationship problems. The lyrics of the songs usually
relate to the narrative of the music videos if they use a narrative which is what quite a
lot of indie rock bands use. narrative videos by indie rock bands usually flick back and
froth between a performance to which shows the band and so that audiences can put
a face to the name. this could be the band preforming in a studio, on a stage or in a
outdoor location. Indie rock bands are also very musically talented as many can play
the drums, guitar or other instruments.