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We corner some Spector fans after their Camden gig to ask: is indie still dead or was it just sleeping?



We corner some Spector fans after their Camden gig to ask: is indie still dead or was it just sleeping?

 

Spector's Fred Macpherson with indie hero of yesteryear, Joe Lean of the Jing Jang Jong

 

Let's be honest, British indie music probably did die for a bit. Nobody was throwing roses into its grave and crying into their veils as " Can't Stand Me Now" played on the organ, but it was in a vegetative state for a while. Although, while a lot of the world was crowing about that, some of indie's greatest fans have been trying to save the old dear.

Leading the charge are the Dalston Kaiser Chiefs themselves, Spector: a band intent on bringing back glamorous indie rock and roll. So we thought that their headline show at Camden's Electric Ballroom would be a good place to go and check out the resurrection live. Whilst we were there, it seemed like a good idea to ask a carefully selected cross-section of people if indie is dead, ever died, and if so, who should be charged with its murder. Like Cluedo with a vest and braces combo. 

The first thing I noticed was that this crowd was young, so young that we spoke to a young man named " Beck." As in, named after Beck, which is a sure-fire way to make anyone feel old. Now some prat in Primrose Hill who once bought a copy of Odelay at Our Price has children old enough to go to gigs. Shudder. Anyway, we asked around, but couldn't find any kids called Pavement or DJ Shadow. 

 

 

 

(l-r) Beck, Jacob  

 

Hi guys! Do you think Spector is bringing indie back?

 

Beck: I think they’re one of the bands that have the potential to. I think it’s good because a lot of music is more electronic nowadays, so it’s nice to hear guitars.

 

It sure is, son. So, is it important to have traditional instruments? What do you think of Skrillex?

 

Jacob: It’s important to have instruments because it gives you something to aspire to. You can’t be like Skrillex and have thousand dollar dubstep equipment. You can just have a guitar and be like Spector.

 

Do you have indie heroes? Could Fred from Spector become one of them? Is he, in fact, a modern day Jarvis Cocker, or just a prat in glasses?

 

Beck: I think he has the potential to be. He’s pretty cool.

 

Jacob: He wears suits all the time. I admire that.

 

Another sign that indie is currently a niche genre, much like metal used to be or like psy-trance always will be, was the abundance of slightly elder folk there. You ever go to a metal club in 2004? They were full of people lying about their age in both directions. We thought we might be able to get more info about the rise and fall—and possibly rise again—of indie music, from somebody who probably saw Shed Seven before they became a lazy journalistic by-word for bands with no cool fans.

 

 

 

Lorraine

 

Hi, Lorraine. Is Spector bringing back indie music?

 

Lorraine: I really like Fred because he talks the whole time and he’s entertaining. So they're certainly good.

 

What did your friends like?

 

Alice: Beyonce.

 

Do you think Beyonce killed indie music?  

 

Alice: Yeah.

 

Hahahaha. Why?

 

Tate: They’re just a bit shit.

 

Sam: I’ve only just got into indie music, so I don’t know.

 

Chris Burman, Spector

 

Fair enough.

 

So, is indie dead, or was it just sleeping? Well according to these people, it never left us. The death of indie was merely a Twitter hoax orchestrated by Skrillex. Keep on rocking in the twee world, Camden!

 

Photography: Dan Wilson

 

 

Link to the original interview - https: //noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/have-spector-saved-indie-music

 

We corner some Spector fans after their Camden gig to ask: is indie still dead or was it just sleeping?

 

Spector's Fred Macpherson with indie hero of yesteryear, Joe Lean of the Jing Jang Jong

 

Let's be honest, British indie music probably did die for a bit. Nobody was throwing roses into its grave and crying into their veils as " Can't Stand Me Now" played on the organ, but it was in a vegetative state for a while. Although, while a lot of the world was crowing about that, some of indie's greatest fans have been trying to save the old dear.

Leading the charge are the Dalston Kaiser Chiefs themselves, Spector: a band intent on bringing back glamorous indie rock and roll. So we thought that their headline show at Camden's Electric Ballroom would be a good place to go and check out the resurrection live. Whilst we were there, it seemed like a good idea to ask a carefully selected cross-section of people if indie is dead, ever died, and if so, who should be charged with its murder. Like Cluedo with a vest and braces combo. 

The first thing I noticed was that this crowd was young, so young that we spoke to a young man named " Beck." As in, named after Beck, which is a sure-fire way to make anyone feel old. Now some prat in Primrose Hill who once bought a copy of Odelay at Our Price has children old enough to go to gigs. Shudder. Anyway, we asked around, but couldn't find any kids called Pavement or DJ Shadow. 

 

 

 

(l-r) Beck, Jacob  

 

Hi guys! Do you think Spector is bringing indie back?

 

Beck: I think they’re one of the bands that have the potential to. I think it’s good because a lot of music is more electronic nowadays, so it’s nice to hear guitars.

 


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