What are the best indie bands out there? I am kind of ignorant, actually very ignorant about this genre...
So enlighten me!
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| Author: | Dago [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:40 pm ] |
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What are the best indie bands out there? I am kind of ignorant, actually very ignorant about this genre... So enlighten me!
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| Author: | rio [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:46 pm ] |
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Me too... for me indie stops after Blur's 13 and is interchangeable with the term britpop. |
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| Author: | noodles [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:54 pm ] |
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I like The Paper Chase... I'm not really sure if they're considered indie though. Sort of like all of the prentention and ambition of prog minus the musical talent... it sounds like music a serial killer or inasne person would make. |
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| Author: | Dago [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:56 pm ] |
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Well the only indie bands i know are Bloc Party (which i think are ok) Artic Monkeys (meh) Interpol Arcade Fire and that's it.. The other bands maybe have indie influences but are not 100% indie. |
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| Author: | Legacy Of The Night [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:03 pm ] |
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How about Cursive? The Ugly Organ is an excellent album. |
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| Author: | Seinfeld26 [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:42 am ] |
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Ash isn't bad if you're into mid-90s Nirvana style alternative. Otherwise, I don't really listen to a lot of indie rock. |
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| Author: | Radagast [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:25 pm ] |
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Dago wrote: Well the only indie bands i know are
Bloc Party (which i think are ok) Artic Monkeys (meh) Interpol Arcade Fire and that's it.. The other bands maybe have indie influences but are not 100% indie. Stay the hells away from that flavour of the month (or last couple of years) crapzorz. I recommend: Idlewild, Pavement, Pixies, Teenage Fanclub (technically TFC are pop, but 'meh' to that). I'm no expert but the above bands are all cool. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:43 pm ] |
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didn't the term indie mean indipendent? Like not signed to a label or anything? |
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| Author: | Eternal Idol [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:17 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: didn't the term indie mean indipendent? Like not signed to a label or anything?
Years ago it did. It was used to refer to bands that were way too abstract to be marketable to a mass audience. Now people are trying to pass the term off as a genre, which is ridiculous. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:27 pm ] |
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Eternal Idol wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: didn't the term indie mean indipendent? Like not signed to a label or anything? Years ago it did. It was used to refer to bands that were way too abstract to be marketable to a mass audience. Now people are trying to pass the term off as a genre, which is ridiculous. yeah, that's right. Balls. |
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| Author: | Rhys [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:50 am ] |
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Franz Ferdinand are pretty good. There are lots of pretty good Aussie Indie bands. I shall return after researching a bit. |
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| Author: | Radagast [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:26 pm ] |
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following the reaper wrote: Franz Ferdinand are pretty good.
No they fucking well are not. Awful, awful shit. Really bad. Few bands have music that makes me as angry as them. Fuck, i'm getting pissed off just thinking about it. |
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| Author: | Misha [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:24 am ] |
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I don't get why, but I don't dig most indie bands, maybe it's because they're too poppy... |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:29 pm ] |
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Akron/Family Stars The Decemberists |
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| Author: | noodles [ Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:07 am ] |
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Misha wrote: I don't get why, but I don't dig most indie bands, maybe it's because they're too poppy...
Same, a lot of it just seems to be slightly experimental pop. Anyways heres some bands that are considered somewhere in the indie/post-hardcore/neofolk area of things: The Arcade Fire Iron & Wine Wilco (for Misha: Their guitarist Nels Cline's free jazz guitar solo work  )
Neutral Milk Hotel Aereogramme These Arms Are Snakes Minus The Bear Architecture in Helsinki Slint Mogwai Surfjan Stevens Modest Mouse i probably got a few names wrong since I haven't actually heard a few of their bands, just heard people talk about them on rateyourmusic |
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| Author: | Misha [ Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:43 am ] |
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noodles wrote: Misha wrote: I don't get why, but I don't dig most indie bands, maybe it's because they're too poppy... Same, a lot of it just seems to be slightly experimental pop. Anyways heres some bands that are considered somewhere in the indie/post-hardcore/neofolk area of things: The Arcade Fire Iron & Wine Wilco (for Misha: Their guitarist Nels Cline's free jazz guitar solo work )Neutral Milk Hotel Aereogramme These Arms Are Snakes Minus The Bear Architecture in Helsinki Slint Mogwai Surfjan Stevens Modest Mouse i probably got a few names wrong since I haven't actually heard a few of their bands, just heard people talk about them on rateyourmusic Yeah, there are some good names there, but I personally don't see why the good names are indie rock like Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Aereogramme, Arcade Fire...
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| Author: | Eternal Idol [ Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:57 pm ] |
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Oh god, not Modest Mouse. Nooooooooooooooooooo! *gets in his car and drives off a bridge* |
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| Author: | Adam [ Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:21 pm ] |
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I prefer to call it underground rock, but I'm a big fan of the following: Shellac June of '44 Zeni Geva Tar A Minor Forest The Jesus Lizard (older stuff) Fugazi Slint Don Caballero |
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| Author: | Fingon [ Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:37 pm ] |
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Admiral Freebee dEUS Ozark Henry just three belgian bands, because the other indie bands are well known, so you probably all know them |
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| Author: | Anonymous [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:15 am ] |
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Russian circles are good stuff, sorta like pelican. I don't know why I'm posting this here, but I am. |
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