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Thing is...labels like 'Alternative', 'Experimental', 'Indie' etc used to describe what the band was. Nowadays they only describe what they sound like.
Let me elaborate - 'Indie' bands, back in the late 70's and early 80's got that name because they were independent of the mainstream music business. There were loads of Independent labels being run out of peoples bedrooms and garages and bands that the major labels had no interest in were signed up by these labels. Labels like Rough Trade, Stiff, Factory etc.
Over time, nearly all of these labels were absorbed into major record companies, with the result that the bands, instead of being independent, only sound like the sort of band that would have been signed to an independent label.
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