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August 6th, 2003

Look, look - Indie is king

Look, look - Indie is king. 28% of platinum albums in the UK last year were on indie labels. Actually further perusal of the story tells you that the true figure is 39% but that included albums which went multiple platinum - which is a distinction which I’m not sure is worth making, but then I don’t work in music sales. Has there ever been such a high point for indie bands like Liberty X, Craig David and…

I know, I know - this argument is about ten years old and thoroughly meaningless. Almost as meaningless as the term indie. Certainly I’ll be glowing when I play Liberty X tonight at the Freaky Trigger Relaunch Party because I manage to sneak some indie under the noses of the pop snobs here at NYLPM. In the end a press release bigging up a trade association - though one that suggests that when the talk is of manufactured pop, we should not always think of the large mill owners. There are cottage industries out there - Will Young is signed to one.

Written by Pete Baran on Wednesday, August 6th, 2003 | 789 views |

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