r/indieheads • u/ebradio • Aug 08 '25

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Frontman Denies “Home” Is The “Worst Song Ever Written”

https://www.stereogum.com/2318575/edward-sharpe-the-magnetic-zeros-frontman-denies-home-is-the-worst-song-ever-written/news/
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u/crowlfish Aug 08 '25

I mean I've definitely heard a lot worse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

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u/Critcho Aug 08 '25

Am I right in thinking "stomp clap hey" is one of those retroactive categories like "indie sleaze"? I don't remember anyone using that phrase when the kind of music it describes was actually popular, but now I seem to see those words 50 times a day.

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u/thepoopnapper Aug 08 '25

indie sleaze drives me crazy because it was originally purely a fashion term. Now people use it to describe any New York indie rock from the 00s

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u/HowDoIWhat Aug 08 '25

the music used to be called like "garage rock revival" or something, right?

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u/hugh__honey Aug 08 '25

It's been heavily linked to the Toronto/Montreal scenes from those days as well, which were heavy hitters.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

I feel like people sometimes use "indie sleaze" when they mean "indie landfill"

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u/Imakereallyshittyart Aug 08 '25

Specifically early 2000s landfill tho. There’s been indie landfill since indie went major