Indie
Part of speech: noun
Definition: any form of popular culture (such as pop music from a group not signed to a major label) from outside the mainstream a type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
Example sentence: I had seen other comic friends of mine go to indie labels. Like David Cross and Pat Oswald went to Subpop, and Subpop didn't make total sense for me, but the metal version of that did. So I made a small list with Metal Blade, Prosthetic and couple of other labels, and Relapse was one of them.
Independent
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; freenot affiliated with any political party
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.A neutral or uncommitted person.
Example sentence: I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.