indie

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɪndi/

adjective

  • (of a pop group, record label, or film company) not belonging or affiliated to a major record or film company.
  • characteristic of the deliberately unpolished or uncommercialized style of small independent pop groups.

noun

  • a small independent pop group, record label, or film company.
  • [mass noun] indie music regarded as a genre.

Origin:

1920s (first used with reference to film production): abbreviation of independent