Story by Daniel Lozano and Michael Quintero Photos by Michael Quintero Design by Michael Quintero
The Indie Kids Aren’t Alright
Indie is thrown around so much, to describe hipsters or edgy people. But, at the end of the day an indie artist or musician is an independent artist, so someone who puts out their music themselves without having a label to put out their music. The term indie is weird to throw around but I don’t think anyone has a true definition of it, but this is as close as we can get to it. Anyways we both decided to interview each other on some indie bands and we can tell you some of these answers are going to be highly controversial. Just remember this is our OPINION, so don’t whine when we say an artist lame. Get over it. Most overrated artist Daniel: This is going to get super controversial but I think The Garden is overrated. I’m just going to say it. I listen to their music and so much of it is hit or miss. Some are actually really good songs and some are like if I was at a circus, with screaming, barking, you know crazy noises. But, I can appreciate that, I can appreciate that in some songs but I think in some of them it is just like ‘what is this?’ I think I respect their solo projects much more than The Garden. 22 | Basement
My second overrated artist is Omar Apollo, that guy. His first ep or album that came out was good, it was really good, I liked it. But, everything after that and how much he gets hyped up on Twitter I just don’t know. At this point I think he’s more of like a sex icon than an actual good indie artist. I listened to his new music, not good. Not good at all. Michael: I also think I will get a lot of hate on this one, but I think Gus Dapperton has just fallen off. I’m still a huge fan of Gus, but his last two albums have
just gone to what I would hear on KROC. I just walked into Vans to buy shoes the other day and I heard “First Aid” on the speakers and I was just like really? Not saying he is a shitty artist now, but just the way people hype him up now thinking he is still underground is wack to me. I think Orca and Where Polly People Go To Read both have so many skippable songs compared to Yellow and Such and his older stuff. This may be a little of a hot take but I think people like Rex Orange County
