Lady Sovereign is one of those people who gets splashed about all over the indie music press though.

Did you ever consider that ther might be loads of acts like that which you'd like if you heard about them?

Thats suprisingly common actually.

My mate Ross only listens to drum'n'bass ,hip hop and 80's rock, his band sound like Placebo.

soul and reggae, and theres always a special place in my heart for swing.

To make it quick and easy www.buzzmachines.com

you can make some pretty good techno in buzz. Thats waht I've been doing the past few days

"Anyone who only likes a genre of music or dislikes a particular genre of music doesn't really like music. "

I agree.

"Plus, most modern jazz, techno, reggae and modern composition is independent. So your second question is nonsensical."

I think the evolved meaning of the term "Indie" is pretty clear in 2005, isn't it? Not simply a literal suggestion of being signed to an Independent record label...? I know someone who plays contemporary jazz who can't even work a washing machine.

Your genre bashing is all valid if one looks at it from a literal point of view. But if you more think about it from a "which rack would the record be on in a shop" type of viewpoint, my questions make perfect sense.

And I also agree about disliking an entire genre, but you are ultimately going to like some types of music more often than others and end up with a skewed record collection.

"would be hip-hop" - I prefer real hip-hop.

I like a bit of Blues now again, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson that kind of thing.

Jazz: Hate the music, love the mags
Hip-Hop: Surely the only thing to rival RnB and indie-rock in terms of over-repetition?

I should listen to more music, I'm sure it can't be healthy to listen to the Beta Band on repeat for...let's see...an hour and a half. My dad is always taking the piss out of my bands, which means I have an obligation to play them as loud as I can when I'm home.

Having said that, I really like Four Tet, Tom Waits, and Massive Attack, none of whom are really indie. And I like old blues, like Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

sorry but beasties and shadow aren't really "proper hip-hop". dj shadow is more sample based 'dance' music than anything else, and beasties, they just suck really.

:-)

Bamos, I've just done your mixtape so I'm glad you said that.

I like trip hop
I like sugarbabes, brandy, great 70s disco (NOT Kool and the Gang) Soul.....everyone can appreciate soul music...you don't have to be a soul man, can anyone honestly say they don't think aretha franklin is fantastic?

I imagine that reggae and ska/2tone are really 'alternative music', in that it has its own subculture and is considered a 'specialist' maeket.
Real hip hop....thats not really alternative just an elistist wing of the general milaise that is r n b which is a big commercial venture.....dont get me wrong I like Missy E, Mary J and Evee E the problem is it has so much money and hype behind it.....although nowadays so does indie music maybe indie music is ceasing to be alternative.
In the past no indie band would make it to number one, in the charts, however I have heard it said that the kaiser chiefs, green day, even oasis and coldplay are indie(ish) indie can be very mainstream now.

RnB/hip hop and indie in general are not really specialist markets anymore are they?.

I likey quite a lot of Hip Hop and Country/Americana...

Oh and some Jazz, although not as much as I probably should. Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock...

Beefheart - what does he count as?

And.....Louis Jordan, Tom Waits, Dr John, Ry Cooder. And Motown.

I'd say Indie/Rock is only 30/40% of what I listen to really.

Motown/Soul is a weakness of mine. Especially Marvin Gaye. That guy wrote Mercy Mercy Me AND Got To Give It Up!

Got To Give It Up is one of the most brilliantist songs ever

BTW I hate trying to describe the music I like cos it always comes out sounding contrived and pretentious

Just go look at my itunes dammit