Sasha Frere-Jones: “The Arctic Monkeys are an independent rock band, a genre in which sunny dispositions are hardly the norm.”
Um, the Apples in Stereo? The Liars? A substantial chunk of the Elephant Six Collective? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah? Seems to me like there’s a lot of sunny indie rock these days. At least from where I’m sitting.
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Leave it to the pretentious bastard to say “independent” instead of “indie.”