Indie Rock Isn't just a "2010s genre"

Indie Rock is often regarded as being one of the defining music genres of the 2010s, despite the fact that EDM and trap are much more prevalent on the charts. While it may have only become a mainstream force in the US in 2010/11, around the time "Pumped Up Kicks" and "Somebody That I Used To Know" (which is ironically by an Australian artist) came out, it was actually well established in the UK, Australia and New Zealand several years prior to that. In fact, you could argue that "indie rock" is one of the most defining genres of the 2000's in those respective countries. Many of the "'00s indie rock" songs were actually really successful and charted well. Here are a few examples:




Song: "Forever Young"
Band: Youth Group
Released: 2006
Charts: #1 in AUS, #7 in NZ




Song: "Little Lion Man"
Band: Mumford and Sons
Released: 2009
Charts: #3 in AUS, #4 in BEL,#9 in NZ

There are more songs, of course, but I just decided to use those two songs as examples. I never realised this, but indie rock was actually really popular in Australia, in particular. There are plenty of indie-rock songs which were released here that didn't even chart in other countries!