Saturday, February 28

The Benchmark:
 


Over at Launch, they reckon there's a genre of music called 'Indie Pop'. Isn't that an oxymoron? By definition, something cannot possibly be both Indie and Pop.

But HOW CAN YOU TELL IF SOMETHING IS INDIE OR POP?

Well, you can put it to our sister site's two point 'foolproof' test.
Just for the sake of the experiment, we'll randomly use....hmm, I dunno...Liz Phair, as an example.

Indie Or Pop? The Definitive Test!

1. Does It Sound Like Steps?

No.

2. Ok then....well, does it have a jaunty Steps vibe?

....sort of.

There we go - foolproof! We've successfully deduced that Liz Phair is in fact pop. You can try the two point test on anything - it always works!