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Athens, GA bands are the standard-bearer for much of the modern "indie" of today with the Elephant 6 scene in the nineties. Many, many "psych-folk" bands are still farming that same territory. And in fact, Elephant 6 pretty much popularized the whole notion of the "collective" line-up. And do please note that I'm not stating that the Elephant 6 bands were the first to form rotating "collectives." That is not my point at all. What I'm writing, and it's very much the case, is that Elephant 6 bands popularized the notion of the collective; and without question, they did.
I liked a lot of this "indie" and "psych-folk" shit better (not a whole lot better, but still a wee bit better) the first time around, when it was called "Elephant 6."
And there you have the explantation for why many "indie" bands use repetitive, quasi-melodic vocals and back-up vocals that Julian originally wrote about in his initial topic post concerning noticing the trend. And the immediate progenitor is Sung Tongs by Animal Collective, in my opinion.
And as to my statement about Brooklyn being the current hotbed, feel free also to debate this point, as I wrote before, because it is merely an opinion.
The rest of what I wrote previously is a short synopsis of the history of independently-minded art within music, and simply isn't as debatable. I maintain a hope that some enjoyed reading the posts. Simply because it's new knowledge to some readers that have taken issue, doesn't invalidate those portions one bit.
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