As penned by Wooden Wand's JJT for The Stranger (via Catbirdseat). INDIE BAND LIFE-O-METER by JJT: Your garden variety, moderately successful indie band lasts an average of five years. Chances are, if you?re not already on Matador or Sub Pop, yours won?t even last that long. What will break your band up, you ask? Well, if it isn?t the oft-cited ...