indie music

The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band. Band consists of singer Ben Gibbard known from Death Cab for Cutie – vocals, lyrics, guitar, keyboard, electric piano, drums; and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine – programming, accordion, keyboard;. Several songs on their first LP, Give Up, feature guest vocals and backing vocals from Jenny Lewis, solo artist and the lead singer of Rilo Kiley, as well as vocals and backing vocalsfrom Jen Wood, an indie rock musician. Chris Walla produced the album and played the …

In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach.
Indie music is a type of alternative rock which exists in the independent music world. The word is periodically used to refer to all underground music, and is the opposite of indie pop music. Indie rock music places an emphasis on electric instruments such guitars and drums. Musicians in the genre are also …