Huh, that’s pretty much exactly the opposite of how i interpreted it. In fact, I think you’ve exactly stated the viewpoint that Hopper is complaining about/responding to.

There might not be a current movement with a cute name attached, and God knows that music journalism just LOVES to catagorize music into genre, sub-genre and sub-sub-genres, but there also isn’t that much mainstream rock journalism anymore. Most of the magazines have folded and youtube don’t count as a meeting place for like minded music fans to exchange opinions.

I mentioned on Facebook three “bigger” indie bands that are all fronted by female leads who are the face of the band. (My snarky reply being that I’d know the girls in the band but I couldn’t tell you the guitar players if you put a gun to my head.)

The bands are out there but there isn’t a regional label/magazine/whatever turning that local scene into a major scene. (Would Riot Grrl have existed Calvin Johnson’s K Label?)

The music scene, such as it remains, has at once grown larger and smaller. Now every person with $50 for a 4 track can put their video on youtube. (Smaller) Of course, it is also much harder to get that same track onto a forum heard but more than just your friends due to a lack of magazine/radio etc. (Larger)

Thanks for the mix – I’m on it!