Remember when "indie" was synonymous with basements, cassette mixtapes, and actually having to mailorder records from faraway lands? Times are changing! At this rate, indie music will be the new China.
Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.