Term describing the
attitude of someone who derives
pleasure or a vague feeling of
self-worth from listening to a particular piece of
music for the sole reason that no one else has ever heard of it. Usually the term is only applicable when the person goes out of their way to
gloat about this, or makes constant and
pointless references to said no-name
band.
Often the term will be associated with someone who uses overly
comparative and
vague descriptions of a band, usually using at least one (preferably many) of the following terms as a base of comparison:
indie rock,
emo,
acid,
house,
punk,
power pop,
retro,
post-punk (and so forth). People who are indier than thou are frequently also incurable
audiophiles, who gain actual
sexual satisfaction from handling new
vinyl albums.
Example:
"Dude have you dug the new Escapegoat
vinyl EP?"
"The what?"
"Escapegoat... my friend, where have you been?"
"What kind of music is it?"
"Hmmm... well they really don't fit into a
genre, that's so great about them! They're kind of retro acid jazz house emo (*
breath*) post punk power pop. Sort of like Fearwig. But indier."
"Don't you have
friends or something?"
"No."
Someone truly indier-than-thou will never hesitate to jump on the chance at unnecessary
namedropping.