We’re celebrating the New Year (and our last episode of 2023!) by dissecting none other than the Indie Sleaze revival. We discuss the various fashion trends that encapsulate the era, the music that soundtracked it, modern-day depictions of wannabe hedonism, and Alexa Chung finally gets her flowers.
Links:
Alexa Chung, “Alexa Chung on the unpolished appeal of Indie Sleaze” (Financial Times)
Alexa Chung, “It” (Google)
Arielle Richards, “The Indie Sleaze ‘Revival’ Isn’t Real - It’s Just An Echo Chamber” (Vice)
El Hunt, “How ’00s indie sleaze made a massive comeback” (NME)
Luke Morgan Britton, “The Strokes on The Killers rivalry” (NME)
Find us:
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Timestamps:
Intro 00:00
Indie Sleaze Revival 01:27
The Trashy Party Girl 14:37
2014 Tumblr Era vs. Indie Sleaze 17:23
The Apolitical Nature of Indie Sleaze 23:32
Music of the Indie Sleaze Era 25:25
American Apparel 32:38
Indie Sleaze Media 36:08
UK & North America 47:51
The Strokes vs. The Killers 44:43
Is there an indie sleaze revival? 46:43
Bev Review 49:46
Outro 51:19
