Possible Clues:

• (Of group) not with a major record company
• Small-budget film, often
• ''Wordplay'', for one
• Type of film, e.g.
• Not mainstream with trendy end
• Low-budget pic, maybe
• Popular to pop one's clogs with unconventional pop?
• Like Modest Mouse and Cake, at one time
• Unaffiliated (pop record label)
• Not one of the majors