http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=g.32&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Flo-fi%2Fmusic-videos.rssOriginally known only as a technique for making recordings, Lo-Fi -- shortspeak for low-fidelity -- is now a vibrant subgenre of Indie Rock. As the media embraced this budding sub-genre and gave it its two minutes, it became a musical/political statement of sorts. An intentional nose-thumbing to the glitzy, cookie-cutter albums major labels often churn out -- as well as being a minimalist form of art -- these records were notoriously produced on $200 four-tracks using cheap microphones. Despite indie rock's sometimes-sour elitism, Pavement's <I>Slanted and Enchanted</I> and Guided By Voices' pre-<I>Do The Collapse</I> catalog indeed offer strong testimony that production dollars can't alone write a song.Lo-Fien720Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:25:35 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=g.32&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Flo-fi%2Fmusic-videos.rss Originally known only as a technique for making recordings, Lo-Fi -- shortspeak for low-fidelity -- is now a vibrant subgenre of Indie Rock. As the media embraced this budding sub-genre and gave it its two minutes, it became a musical/political statement of sorts. An intentional nose-thumbing to the glitzy, cookie-cutter albums major labels often churn out -- as well as being a minimalist form of art -- these records were notoriously produced on $200 four-tracks using cheap microphones. Despite indie rock's sometimes-sour elitism, Pavement's <I>Slanted and Enchanted</I> and Guided By Voices' pre-<I>Do The Collapse</I> catalog indeed offer strong testimony that production dollars can't alone write a song.