10 Astounding Albums By Landfill Indie Bands Of The '00s
This term originated in the UK, referring to the flood of generic, guitar-based bands gaining prominence during the latter part of the decade. However there are some incredibly solid albums on offer.
In proving of the cyclical nature of things, one needs only to look so far as popular music. The excess of the 1980s gave way to the increased prominence of the alternative in the 1990s, where alt-rock was frequently heard on the radio and independent films made themselves more known amongst the mainstream. The 2000s may have returned to superficial commercialism, but the tail end of the decade found a resurgence of alternative music, now being branded under the catch-all genre tag of "indie rock". This music is now commonplace, found everywhere from hit TV shows, to video games and commercials, and the term itself has lost much of its original meaning, to the point where you can see bands dumping out albums for the sole purpose of releasing a single that can hopefully be used in an iPod commercial. This mass proliferation of indie rock led to the decidedly derogatory term of "landfill indie". The term originated in the UK, and initially referred to the flood of generic, guitar-based bands gaining prominence and attention during the latter part of the decade. This term can be expanded though, as the increased prominence of "indie" music led to other genres gaining popularity while still being equally derivative as the bands being labeled landfill indie. Like a diamond in the rough though, occasionally a band would manage to stand out and produce a particularly notable effort, be it a great single or a great album. Whether it was accomplished through the use of an outside element, clever songwriting or perhaps just sheer charm, here are 10 surprisingly solid landfill indie albums: