The other day I found these wicked descriptions of ‘indie’ over at the [urbandictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=indie). You should read them for yourself but this one I particularly liked:
**The state of being ‘indie’:
1. Being unable to talk to anyone about your music.
2. But knowing that — in the process — you’re way cooler than the kids you try to talk to about it.**
A part from the fact of being cooler or not. Indie just rocks! If you are really interested Wikipedia has a slightly more detailed view on [indie folk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_folk). Below a list of the indie groups I’m listening to over the last weeks. So should you? Well only if you want to be cool…
+ **Beirut** ([homepage](http://www.beirutband.com/))
[Listen to their MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/beruit)
+ **The Shins** ([homepage](http://www.theshins.com/))
[Listen to their MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/theshins)
+ **Portugal. The man** ([homepage](http://www.portugaltheman.net/))
[Listen to their MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/portugaltheman)
+ **Fleet Foxes** ([homepage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Foxes))
[Listen to their MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes/)
..and don’t forget to wear a vintage western shirt while listening to indie! If you are planning on starting your own indie band please bear in mind you NEED to use the word ‘the’. If you know other bands I should know of, send me an email (patrick@rekeeb.com) or leave them in the comments below.
Photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkmanfades/ // CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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