Indie Adventure: Maryland Day

I like to find some of the underrated or even lesser-known attractions and experiences in an area, and publicize them here as Indie Adventures. They represent the Indie Experience, living life outside the mainstream.
So, why do I consider an event that brings an estimated 8,000 people to?
Because I recently got an email from someone who [...]

Commercial Indie Part II

I’ve blogged on this before…so I’ll forgo the previous question I posed and pose two new ones:
Is some of the brightest new Indie music coming out through car commercials?
And if so, should I be alarmed?
A while ago, Saturn had a commercial featuring the Band of Horses’ “Funeral.” Infinitely fantastic song. Still one of my favorites. [...]

Machine-Dunking

No, this doesn’t have anything to do with Indie music.
And, no, I don’t care since no one’s reading this anyway.

I don’t know what I like more about this, the broken English imitation of Sasha Vujajic, or calling Paul Pierce “Cry Baby Weenie Man”…wait, no, I do…Paul “Cry Baby, Weenie Man” takes [...]

If Indie Goes Mainstream, is it still Indie?

I’ve been thinking about this question especially after seeing this commercial:

So, after years of relishing as an out-of-the-limelight element, the recent commercial indie explosion has really gotten me thinking. Indie is known for being hard-to-find, different, and underrated–the type of stuff that mainstream just doesn’t have time for…at least until now.
This commercial [...]

The Secret of Success…

on their initial success in Ireland, which led to world distribution, Spanish Guitaristas Rodrigo Y Gabriella comment:
“There weren’t that many Mexicans playing guitar in Ireland.”
Genius.