European Indie...?

Long time, no blog. My little sojourn over to Italy last week made me realise how bad some European music tastes can be. Although Livigno was a little tourist in parts, the music was an unfortunate mix of 80's and 90's poptacular crap. So, all this got me thinking, let's have a little look at the state of European indie, of course aided by our friends at Last.fm.

The tag "European Indie" was made by 8 people so already it's indie, but unfortunatly, none of these people know was "indie" actually means, with the number one on the list being Franz Ferdinand, who aren't really that indie (although the do come from the indie rock scene in the UK). In fact most of the bands on that list fall into that UK indie, but not really that indie, scene such as Bloc Party, Coldplay, The Streets, you can see where this is going. The only non-UK bands on the list, are Peter Bjorn & John, Carli Bruni (wife of the President of France), and psycho-electro-indie-rock band El Columpio Asesino.



The indiest band on the list are Go Ahead, Drink Drink, and indie pop punk band from Oslo, Norway. I have to say, I like the cover art. As for the music, it's not too bad. Reminds me of all the pop-punk I used to listen to in the before times, and is well worth checking out, even if you're not really into this kind of stuff. Even if it does have that overly American sound to it. Apparently their EP is out of May 26th, and I wouldn't mind getting myself a copy. Now, how much is postage from Norway to Ireland...?