BERKELEY, Calif., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles based indie label Dangerbird Records and its catalog of artists are the latest to join local social radio

By WARD, Nick Nelson indie rock fans are in for a visit from lo-fi royalty next week, when American artist Azalia Snail comes to town. Nick Ward reports. -------------------- A zalia Snail isn't the first musician to be stuck with a tag they just can't shake, but she's learned to live with it.

By KATE DARBY Courier & Press correspondent The "indie rock" tag often becomes an albatross for innovative musicians; bands feel that they need to conform to the sound ascribed to the genre, which is tending more and more toward a depressed, slow sound.

LEWISTON - Listeners will get acoustic indie rock and folk music this weekend at She Doesn't Like Guthries. Friday, April 4, Christopher Bell of New York will perform acoustic indie rock. Frank Hopkins of Portland will perform blues and folk Saturday, April 5.

By Simon Harper New York quartet Vampire Weekend are already darlings of the music press, with their eponymous debut album being among the most rapturously received records of 2008 so far.