Codes and conventions of Indie music

Indie music is generally part performance based and predictable as they give their target audience what they expect and what they are used to seeing. A lot of indie music is about live performances e.g: festivals and acoustic sets and is very much about the music itself. When there is a storyline as part of the music video indie music videos can either stick very closely to the lyrics of the song or digress into something far fetched and random that has very little to do with the lyrics. Below are some examples of well known indie music videos.


The Kooks-Shine on

 

 

The Courteeners-No you didn't and no you don't

 

 

Two door cinema club-Something good can work

 

 

Arctic monkeys-Fluorescent adolescent