(Btw, English pub Guinness tastes rather like the Australian stuff, or perhaps more like the stuff you get in cans in Australia. Don't know yet what the Irish Guinness tastes like.)
I think the NME definition of "indie" means "not signed to a major recording label", and "major" means "EMI, Warner, BMG, Sony or Universal". Thus a few years ago, the NME indie charts were dominated by Britney Spears, Nsync and the Backstreet Boys, all products of that greatest of indie labels, Zomba.
If the "yet" implies that you're also visiting Ireland, indie bandery details can be found on www.thumped.com and www.eventguide.ie - think you've just about missed the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival at this point, but.
Ta. I may be in Dublin for a day or two (depending on how things unfold; London is proving interesting enough to hang around in, and then there are all the places in England, Scotland and Wales I'd like to visit), but I'll certainly take a look, and possibly time my visit accordingly.
(Speaking of gigs in Dublin, I do believe that Ninetynine are playing there in early November sometime...)
Yeah, this weekend I think. I'll probably go along, as I like one of the support bands anyway.
Who's supporting them, and what are they like?
Joan of Arse, who are sort of quiet but rockin with really good lyrics (for some reason the phrase "urban folk rock" comes to mind, so I'll probably have to self-flagelate later to make up for it) and the Coldspoon Conspiracy, about whom I have no opinion, having only heard them once while drunk.
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Well, I'm not from Britain, but my understanding is that 'indie' is used in the literal sense over there. As in independent or unsigned bands without regards to style. IOW, that unsigned polka band could be very 'indie' (well, I guess with the right attitude they could be very indie here in Chicago, too) MJ