from wikipedia:
In popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe genres, scenes, subcultures, styles and other cultural attributes in music, characterized by their independence from major commercial record labels and their autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording, publishing and live performing.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_(music)Main indie rock genres after 2000
* Post-Punk Revival: Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Editors, Interpol, The Cribs, The Killers, The Coral, The Arctic Monkeys
* Garage Rock Revival: The Strokes, Ikara Colt, The Libertines, Mclusky, The Vines, The Von Bondies
* Noise Rock: Melt-Banana, The Locust, Lightning Bolt, Neptune
* Dance-punk: !!!, The Rapture, Liars