Comments about ‘New York band rocks independent at Sundance’

"Indie" isn't really indie. It's been commodified, codified, and marketed, just like everything else. There's no such thing as being an indie band on a major label--all that really means is that the label has found a niche market to sell the band to.

I don't have a problem with the notion of independent bands, just with the notion that somehow there's an "indie" scene--there's no such thing. To get indie cred, a band has to fit the criteria of the scene, which means basically they have to look and sound just like a lot of other bands. Doesn't sound independent to me.

I don't care if a band is on a major label, small label, or no label, and I don't care what genre or scene it's supposed to be in. I just wish people would make good music and leave it at that.