Live Fast and Die Young: Indie Sleaze

We’re celebrating the New Year (and our last episode of 2023!) by dissecting none other than the Indie Sleaze revival. We discuss the various fashion trends that encapsulate the era, the music that soundtracked it, modern-day depictions of wannabe hedonism, and Alexa Chung finally gets her flowers.Links:⁠Spotify Playlist⁠Pinterest Board⁠TikTok Collection⁠Alexa Chung, “⁠Alexa Chung on the unpolished appeal of Indie Sleaze⁠” (Financial Times)Alexa Chung, “⁠It⁠” (Google)Arielle Richards, “⁠The Indie Sleaze ‘Revival’ Isn’t Real - It’s Just An Echo Chamber⁠” (Vice)El Hunt, “⁠How ’00s indie sleaze made a massive comeback⁠” (NME)Luke Morgan Britton, “⁠The Strokes on The Killers rivalry⁠” (NME)Find us:⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠Watch ⁠⁠this episode⁠⁠ on YouTube Timestamps:Intro 00:00Indie Sleaze Revival 01:27The Trashy Party Girl 14:372014 Tumblr Era vs. Indie Sleaze 17:23The Apolitical Nature of Indie Sleaze 23:32Music of the Indie Sleaze Era 25:25American Apparel 32:38Indie Sleaze Media 36:08The Strokes vs. The Killers 43:48Is there an indie sleaze revival? 45:40Bev Review 48:42Outro 50:15 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com