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.

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Alexa 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)

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Timestamps:

Intro 00:00

Indie Sleaze Revival 01:30

Declaring Trends 09:00

Old Tech Nostalgia 10:41

Thrifting 12:57

Mixing Patterns & Textures 13:53

The Trashy Party Girl 15:14

2014 Tumblr Era vs. Indie Sleaze 18:58

Social Media Surveillance 20:46

What killed indie sleaze? 24:07

The Apolitical Nature of Indie Sleaze 26:23

Music of the Indie Sleaze Era 27:00

Radio Flop Era 33:24 

American Apparel 36:56

Indie Sleaze Media 40:19

Animal Heads 43:50

Vampire Weekend 44:30

Skins 46:17

UK & North America 47:51

The Strokes vs. The Killers 49:15

Is there an indie sleaze revival? 51:13

Bev Review 54:15

Outro 55:50

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