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Will the indie chart rise again?

In its 1980s heyday, the indie chart was a beacon of top alternative music. Then the majors took over. Now it may get a new lease of lifeIt seems like a folk memory already. Could there really once have been a pop chart that was topped, variously, by a portly middle-aged man's cod-opera single, by an anarchist collective from Essex, by Australian soap stars, by black-clad goths from Leeds, by â€“ well, by pretty well anyone you can think of?The indie chart began as an industry aid for do...

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23:05 on July 30 2009

Will the indie chart rise again?

Guardian Music — In its 1980s heyday, the indie chart was a beacon of top alternative music. Then the majors took over. Now it may get a new lease of lifeIt seems like a folk memory alrea... more info