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1. Indie artists
The smiths
Rat boy
Swimdeep
Arctic monkeys
Catb
Wolf alice
Grimes
Halsey
Black honey
Indie,orindependent,musicisthatwhichisproducedoutside of mainstreamrecordlabelslike
Columbiaand RCA.Asindie referstohow the artistproducestheirmusic,genrescanrange from pop
to jazzto grunge.
Indie bandsandartistsare often self-promoted,andgainattentionbydoingliveshowsandslowly
gaininganinitial fan base andreputation.Theyhave topay fortheirownstudiotime,record
releasesandpromotion.Indie bandsare more likelytobe playedonalternativeradiostations,
unlessalarge record companyhas giventhemaloan,inwhichcase because the companygetthe
royalties,the bandgetbetterpromotionandairtime.
1. Alternativemusicisnamedsoas itis musicthat doesn’tquite fitintoaspecificgenre,insteadit
spansa few.Itcan occasionallybe mistakenforanothergenre;butvariedgenre-crossing
elementsof the sounddetermineitasalternative. Itisa wide spreadgenre,withartistsranging
fromethereal Kate Bushtogrunge-ygirl bandBabesIn Toyland,tospoof rap punkband
MindlessSelf Indulgence. Itbegantoforminaround the mid80s, where bandssuchas
Radioheadand Nirvanaincorporatedelementsof othergenresintorock,creatingasound
harderto pindownto one genre. Alternativemusichasmade itswayintomainstream, and
differsfromthe earlyversion.A lotof alt bandsstart out as indie bands,despite this.

2. Lana del rey
Babesin Toyland
L7
MindlessSelf Indulgence
Hands Off Gretel
Florence andthe Machine
Barb Wire Dolls
2. For my musicmagazine’sfrontcover,Icoulduse artistslike IzzyBee fromblackhoney,LanaDel
Reyor the bandWolf Alice,all of whichare positive representationsof womeninthe alt/indie
musicbusiness.Mytargetaudience iswomen,andsothisrepresentationwill have animpacton
them.
Include pictures
3. Examplesof mise enscene –locationsforphotosfor covers
4. Photosof clothesartistwouldwear – see liston8
4/8. People whofitthe lookof genre //whatthe artistwouldwear
Stripedtops
Those uglynewlookskirts
Doc martins
Chokers
Eyeliner
Thighhighsocks
Buckethats and Adidaswornironically
Poloshirts
Tinyhair knots
5.photosof make-upthey’dwear. Minimal

3. 6. recordingsoran artist.Music videos – blackhoney,catb,grimes,delrey, babes
7. charts – where some artistshave gotto in downloads/vinyl/cdsales.
Catfishandthe Bottlemenare one indie bandwhomthroughhardwork,social mediaandyearsof
constanttouringhave reacheda huge audience,inaway similartothatof Arctic Monkeys.Their
debutalbum‘The Balcony’wascertifiedgold.Itreachednumber9 inUS topAlternative charts,and
10 in UK albums.Florence andthe Machine isan indie rockband,turnedhouseholdname.
Florence’sthirdalbumpeakedatnumberone of the UK charts. Theirother2 albumsbothreached6
and 14. Lana Del Rey’snewestalbumUltraviolence hitnumber1on the charts, andher debuthit
number2.
8. google tumblrgals – picturesof real people whofitthe lookof the genre.See list
9. mindmapof ideasforarticlestoinclude inmagazine:
Bestof 2015 / ‘thisartist’smusicchoices’/interviews/detailsonnew records/recordsto lookout
for in2016 / votedbyyou: bestguitars/ giglistings/reviewsonlive shows/thisweekx yearsago/
vinyl vsdownload
10. lookat 2 articlesI like.ExplainwhyIlike them, analyse.