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And yeah agreed totally with @MarsKid, Hot Fuss only seems frontloaded because the first 5 songs all charted as singles and 2 were some of the biggest songs of the entire decade. The second half is a little less radio-friendly but still just as high in quality. I'd encourage you to go back and take a listen if it's been awhile.

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Can someone explain how the Killers are indie rock

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sandwich, should we bump this?

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Can someone explain how the Killers are indie rock [2]

Sandwich, I think they get labeled indie rock because they fell under the "post-punk revival" label.

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Sandwich, indie has become a big encompassing term for artsy white kids who make music with guitars and electronics.. come on..



it's been appropriated from its original meaning more than decade ago, grandpa..

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They're signed under a conglomerate label like IslandDefJam and they're still indie?



I hate it

really depends whether you consider the post-punk revival scene of the early 2000s indie riock or not. Regardless that was the label attributed to them and to that terrible terrible wave of british rock bands circa 2006/2007

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i'm going to bump my rating so it's the same as yours, okay, grouchy indie grandpa?

To be fair indie rock is more than just a descriptor for bands who make rock on indie labels, it's more an aesthetic/approach to making music that can definitely be achieved whether you're on an indie label or not.

That said, The Killers are definitely not indie rock.

Indie rock is basically just the term for alternative rock after alternative rock ironically became a mainstream genre.

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@butcherboy (:



@theBoneyKing

"To be fair indie rock is more than just a descriptor for bands who make rock on indie labels, it's more an aesthetic/approach to making music that can definitely be achieved whether you're on an indie label or not."

Then what the hell do people call actual indie artists now? Indie Indie Rock?

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Yeah you did actually say exactly that @BoneyKing...you said standard pop-rock with a little new wave.



But here's the thing. A good way of telling how original a band is is how easily they are imitated. Well there's dozens, if not hundreds of bands that manage to sound EXACTLY like Coldplay...as in, you would never know it wasn't Coldplay if you just heard it on the radio. Whereas I can't think of any bands that sound just like the Killers. Lots are similar, sure, but you can always pick out a Killers song even if you just hear one verse or chorus.

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I hate it because I'm old and I don't understand

someone help me cross the street

I mean, tons of bands who are unanimously called indie rock make music on major labels.

and lol it's stupid to get uppity over a label like that

the term 'indie', as well as terms like 'progressive', have long been descriptors for a particular sound around which the term originated rather than their actual meaning. How are half the bands called indie rock today indie? How are half the progressive bands today progressive? More than that, who cares?

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just follow the sound of traffic into sure safety!!



Sint, fair enough, but if someone is old enough, it means they grew up with that label meaning something very specific, something that shaped your record shop trips to particular sections and shows with specific

bands on the roster..



indie used to mean Sonic Youth, Dino jr and a ton of other bands that wipe their ass with what is labelled indie now, regardless of genre..

Scorpion, standard does not equal bad. Originality has no inherent value. I don't care how original you are if you suck. And I wouldn't say that having a distinctive sound is quite the same thing as originality.

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"descriptors for a particular sound around which the term originted rather than their actual meaning"

do you guys actually think this? no way in hell is was the case back in the day



@butcherboy understands

Doesn't matter how you want to use the term or even how it was used in the past. What matters is how it's used now. Don't be prescriptive. I agree that the terms can be be misapplied in some cases but it's pretty clear that prog and indie rock have been used in the ways sint described for quite a while now.