It used to be that non-mainstream records were rarities that would only come out once every few months. Over the last two years, though, two or three have come out each month, put out by independent labels or the artists themselves. Independent artists used to be just a drop in the ocean of releases, but now they are a force to be reckoned with.
以往非主流的音樂作品，僅是唱片市場中好幾個月才出現一張的「稀有動物」，但近兩年來，幾乎每個月都有 2 到 3 張獨立廠牌或自主發行的專輯問世，獨立音樂從原本在唱片市場裡的「單兵突圍」，逐漸集結成一股不可忽視的新勢力。