Episode notes
Every movement in the arts has an impetus. The first person or group to break the mold, try things a new way, and leave an impact on their field. This week on the Indie Studies Podcast, Haz explores the beginnings of the indie music scene to uncover its origins and explore how it has grown and changed over the last five decades into what the term “indie” means in music today.
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Sources for this episode:
Independent Music: A Basic History by Quinn Marchese
https://1190.radio/2016-10-25-independent-music-a-basic-history/
How the Buzzcocks invented indie (with help from the Sex Pistols, a Renault and the Quo) by Dave Simpson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/12/how-buzzcocks-invented-indie-with-help-from-the-sex-pistols-a-renault-and-the-quoww19.0123movie.net
The Evolution of Indie Music: From underground to Mainstream by Tamara Jenna
https://www.tjplnews.com/post/evolution-of-indie-music-underground-to-mainstream#:~:text=R.E.M.%20emerged%20in%20the%20early,growing%20influence%20of%20independent%20music.