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Originally Posted by Derwood
i'm glad you put sold out in quotes, because they didnt' sell out at all
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That was more in reference to hipsters than anything else. There's a strong contingent of the indie scene that believes that the instant a band jumps to one of the big four they lose any and all credibility. I have no love of the major labels, but at the same time I happen to think that Ben Gibbard has done some of his best work under Atlantic.
Plans was a great album. Same goes for Modest Mouse (only with Epic instead of Atlantic, of course).
The Moon and Antarctica and
Good News for People Who Love Bad News were awesome.
It relates to indie cred, which is the indie version of pissing contests; basically, the more (and more obscure) bands you know, the more credibility you have in the scene. Thus people who are introduced to the Indie scene by bands like those (or even Arcade Fire, who are still technically indie but have gone more mainstream) are treated as inferior in some way.
I can bust out the indie cred. I can talk Dinosaur Jr and Neutral Milk Hotel and Mogwai. I just happen to think the whole thing is a gigantic load of crap.
And yeah, technically Mogwai is post-rock, but there comes a point where you're segregating music beyond all reason. Post-rock is largely indie.