The british music scene?

Question

i just wanted to know, how popular are the following bands in britain?

- the arctic monkeys

-the horrors

- kaiser chiefs

- robots in disguise

- pigeon detectives

- bloc party

-peaches geldof (i know she's not a band...but still)

- any other "new and upcoming" band featured in nme

because i get confused, people say they're indie, but lots of others are saying they're fairly popular (like fall out boy or panic at the disco is in america)

i'm just curious, their popularity level won't make me change my opinion of their music...

Answer 1

The whole scene is called British Indie, but you're right when saying that many of the bands in the scene belong to major record labels. Other famous bands in the scene are Razorlight, Kasabian, Kooks, Klaxons, Wombats, Libertines, and Zutons.  

Answer 2

kaiser chiefs are pretty popular

Answer 3

no idea who most of those bands are