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Indie vs Shoegazing - What's the difference?

indie | shoegazing |

As nouns the difference between indie and shoegazing

is that indie is an independent publisher while shoegazing is (british) a type of britpop or other indie music of the 1990s, characterised by a dreamlike sound making much use of effect pedals, and by a detached or introverted performance style.

As an adjective indie

is independent; from outside the mainstream.

As a verb shoegazing is

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indie

English

(wikipedia indie)

Adjective

(-)
  • independent; from outside the mainstream
    • an indie''' pop group; an '''indie video game

    Usage notes

    * In this spelling, generally but not exclusively used for pop culture, especially music or games, with indy used in other contexts such as wrestling.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An independent publisher.
  • * 2005 , Billboard (volume 117, number 3, 15 January 2005, page 36)
    • He says Ninja Tune retains the master and publishing rights on most of its catalog, making it easy to license quickly. Yet as majors jump on the videogame bandwagon, he fears indies may lose that outlet.
  • A work released by an independent publisher.
  • (uncountable) A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
    • English clippings ----

    shoegazing

    English

    (wikipedia shoegazing)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British) A type of Britpop or other indie music of the 1990s, characterised by a dreamlike sound making much use of effect pedals, and by a detached or introverted performance style.
  • * 2006 , James Buckley, Celebrate Myself , page 12,
    • "Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong here, Danny, but wasn't it you who told me that true shoegazing began and ended with Slowdive's 12-inch debut: the imaginatively titled, 'Slowdive'?”
    “You're taking me out of context here, dude. What I meant was that it was the epoch of the genre. The other bands still made a valid contribution, they just didn't define the moment."
  • * 2011 , Barney Hoskyns, Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits , page 491,
    • Johansson and Sitek started out in more faithful lo-fi style before filtering the songs through an indie-rock sensibility that's equal parts postpunk-gothic, 4AD dreampop, shoegazing drone, and TV on the Radio epicness.
  • * 2013 , Pete Crigler, Majorlabelland And Assorted Oddities , page 91,
    • Then in 2003, they released Still Electric only on their website; with this album, they'd taken on more of a shoegazing style of rock, similar to Chapterhouse or Catherine Wheel.

    Synonyms

    * shoegaze

    Verb

    (head)