I like indie music. A lot  of it is very good.
Yes, I only just realized that it is called indie rock because of their "independent" record labels.
Yes I like that the artists do it all on their own.
I agree. I believe some of the most prominent indie rock labels came out in the 80's.
I think some people do it today but then later get  picked up by a label.
the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, some indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.
Sometimes used interchangeably with "guitar pop rock", in the mid-1980s, the term "indie" (or "indie pop") began to be used to describe the music produced on punk and post-punk labels. Some prominent indie rock record labels were founded during the 1980s. During the 1990s, grunge bands broke into the mainstream, and the
As I try to figure out what it is about that record that I react to so strongly – we started recording it like twelve years ago – dissecting all those elements and trying to reverse-engineer what happened, I've learned so much about what I value about songwriting and about performances."
Critical reception.
"We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes" was ranked the 14th greatest indie rock album of all time by Amazon.com. It was ranked 27th on "Pitchfork"s list of "The 50 Best