indie
in·die
noun
adjective
1.
(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company
Origin
From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.
Phrases
- indie folk
- indie pop
- indie press
- indie rock
- landfill indie
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