Indie has a voice - and it's white, male and whiney. Fortunately, artists such as Nadine Shah, Jay Som and Vagabon are bringing queer, gender and racial politics to the party Earlier this year, Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors was forced to backtrack on an Instagram post in which he asked if the alternative music scene had become "bad and boujee". The problem, Longstreth suggested - to Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold of all people - was that indie rock had become too "refined and effete", d...
Indie has a voice - and it's white, male and whiney. Fortunately, artists such as Nadine Shah, Jay Som and Vagabon are bringing queer, gender and racial politics to the party Earlier this year, Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors was forced to backtrack on an Instagram post in which he asked if the alternative music scene had become "bad and boujee". The problem, Longstreth suggested - to Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold of all people - was that indie rock had become too "refined and effete", d...
Share this Article
Recommended