The funny thing about all these early-2000s indie revival

The funny thing about all these early-2000s indie revival festivals is they’re rarely chasing “the next Strokes” — they’re selling the feeling of discovering a band through a smeared magazine cover, a burned CD, or a tiny stage before everyone had the same algorithm. Nostalgia works because indie rock used to feel local and accidental, and festivals are trying to bottle that messiness back into something you can buy a weekend pass for.