Stereo Current: Duran Duran’s Antony Price Tribute and What “Indie” Means in 2025
Julian and Sloane unpack Duran Duran’s remembrance of fashion designer Antony Price and trace how “indie” evolved from a label-status flex into a modern creative philosophy shaped by platforms, community, and economics.
On this episode of Neural Newscast: Stereo Current, Julian Vance and Sloane Rivera linger on the velvet rope between sound and style: Duran Duran’s heartfelt tribute to fashion designer Antony Price, and the evolving meaning of “indie” in 2025—less a label, more a living method.
- 🧵 How Antony Price helped define the look of pop modernism, from Bowie and Roxy Music to Duran Duran’s “Rio” era
- 🎛️ Why “indie” now signals process and philosophy more than a contract status
- 📈 What the latest indie stats say about scale, revenue, and who really drives discovery
- 💸 The squeeze on working artists: manufacturing costs, streaming payouts, and platform protest
- 📱 Community as the new superpower: direct-to-fan connection in a fragmented culture
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