Official Indie Music Thread

[Star]

The Official Indie Music Thread

I think that there needs to be somewhere for people to discover less mainstream but still AMAZING bands. I'm sure that there are a ton of people who like 'obscure' bands like me. Even if you don't, it's honestly worth it to check some out. You may not like all of my recommendations but there is definitely something for everyone.

When I say alternative, I mean a very large array of different music styles.

I'll start with a few good bands for everyone to check out/discuss:

Arcade Fire
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Arcade Fire is an orchestral rock band which formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is known for their live performances and their use of a large number of musical instruments; in addition to the guitar, drums, and bass guitar, the band's members also play instruments such as the piano, violin, and viola. Arcade Fire were featured on the April 4, 2005 cover of Time Magazine’s Canadian edition, and hailed as a band who “helped put Canadian music on the world map”.
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Crystal Castles
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Probably the most 'alternative' band I'm going to post today, Crystal Castles are a Toronto based duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles' music is easily recognized by their heavy use of samples and distorted female vocals. Their musical style has been described as having "ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast pierce [the] skull with sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever"
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Regina Spektor
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For fans of Feist or for simply fans of beautiful voices and piano, Regina Spektor is exactly what the doctor ordered. Spektor's musical style has drawn many comparisons to fellow singer-pianists Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, as well as the vocal stylings of Björk. Spektor possesses a broad vocal range and uses the full extent of it. She also explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques.
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Shout Out Louds
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Shout Out Louds are an alternative indie rock band from Stockholm, Sweden. Often thought of as 'pop in it's truest form', Shout Out Louds put ''Pop Bands" on the radio to shame. If you like Coldplay, you'll definitely approve of this super-fun and amazingly talented band.
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Tokyo Police Club
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A Canadian post punk indie powerhouse, Tokyo Police Club has generated a ton of buzz over the past while. With various high profile appearances under their belt, including a guest spot on Ugly Betty, Tokyo Police Club is definitely a band to keep your eye on. They've been compared to Born Ruffians and Bloc Party, but they offer something of their own as well and it's not to be looked over.
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Final Fantasy
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Owen Pallett is a solo violinist who has also toured with the above mentioned Arcade Fire. He is the sole member of the band Final Fantasy, and no, I don't mean the game. Pallett has been noted for his live performances, wherein he plays the violin into a sampler controlled by foot pedals, which then loops back one or more of the previously played musical phrases as he plays additional parts simultaneously, a technique also used by other musicians such as Feist.
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Well that's all I feel like doing for now but everyone please check these bands out and I would LOVE to hear some of your opinions and own recommendations- I'm always looking for new bands to check out!

And of course, I will be posting more in the future.

[chamber-music]

Any love for Patrick Wolf?

Been listening to alot of Interpol, Rilo Kiley and Empire Of The Sun lately.

[Star]

Actually that's kind of funny because while I was searching for Final Fantasy videos I found one of him with Patrick Wolf (who I had never heard of before today). I'm downloading some of him right now. :up:

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[Cmill216]

I think "alternative" may be the most vague term in music today.

[Motown Marvel]

I think "alternative" may be the most vague term in music today.

"alternative" along with "indie" are the worst labels ever.

[Prison Mike]

I've been listening to Kings of Leon recently. :up:

[Star]

I think "alternative" may be the most vague term in music today.

I take it to mean non-mainstream

[Motown Marvel]

I take it to mean non-mainstream

well, i'd have two issues with that:

1. labels should describe the music in some way. if it means "non-mainstream" then that doesnt describe the music, just its status in the general public.

2. alternative IS the mainstream. the biggest "rock" radio stations in the country (please note rock being in quotations) feature "alternative rock" (why would anyone want an alternative to rock anyways?). its just a poor genre label, a lazy one.

but whatever, its just semantics i guess. im not really into the music anyways, so...but i guess it can bug me when good bands get lumped under these lazy and irresponsible labels.

[Star]

It's true. It would also be lazy to lump them all into 'pop and rock' though? I don't know, it's really hard.

[Motown Marvel]

It's true. It would also be lazy to lump them all into 'pop and rock' though? I don't know, it's really hard.

no, i think pop and rock are perfectly acceptable labels, more so rock. i mean, rock and roll is a sound. you hear the sound and its like, yeah thats rock and roll. pop music, a sub-genre of rock, can admittedly be a bit more vague. obviously, it meant popular music, which can mean anything. but i think it came to have a sound attached to it. pop may have originally been short for popular...but it came to just be pop....the 3 minute upbeat song that has....pop. ha ha. it makes sense to me.

i mean, if you really wanted to, you could really call out and question any genre label. but most are rather suitable and are at least an attempt to describe the sound of the music. i just dont see that in labels such as "alternative" and "indie".

[Cmill216]

I just think alternative is such an incredibly broad term. What is it an alternative to? You can have alternative rock, alternative pop, alternative hip hop, etc. But that still doesn't really describe the music all that well.

Take Crystal Castles. I've listened to some of their stuff before. If I had to describe their music, I wouldn't describe it as alternative. I'd describe it as something along the lines of electronic rock. To some, even that might not do their sound justice. But I think it's better than labeling anything that doesn't fall under a simplistic, corporate label as "alternative".

[Brick]

One man's alternative music, is another man's pop music.

[ComicChick]

Of the band's listed, I've only heard of the Arcade Fire. I adore their song Ocean of Noise and I really need to branch out into listening to more of their works.

[Motown Marvel]

One man's alternative music, is another man's pop music.

thats like saying one man's roast beef sandwich is another mans vanilla ice cream with sprinkles. i mean, i guess music labels arent quite as definitive, but still. generally, most music can be pretty clearly defined. i think now a days most people are just too lazy to properly define the music, and i really think thats because they dont have the musical knowledge to adequately define it.

a lot of people today claim to love music, and im not really calling that into question. but i think more people who make that claim should have a better working knowledge of music's history, and appreciation for it. not that they need to love it all or anything like that, nor be any expert, but just have some sort understanding and appreciation and knowing where things came from. i have great respect when people do that. i try to do that myself, and always try to dig deeper for a greater understanding of it all. its helped me have a greater appreciation for music and enjoy it more. but sometimes i do wonder how many people really know where their favorite music and bands came from? do they care to know? i dunno. maybe i'm the dick. ha.

[chamber-music]

I've been listening to Kings of Leon recently. :up:

I liked the first too albums the most. The last two have been okay.

alternative is just a broad term for slightly left field music in America.
In the UK we use indie even though most of the bands are on major labels and have different sounds. From Coldplay to The Strokes they all go under the banner term of indie over here.

[Dr. Watson]

I suppose this could be the indie music thread? Or does that not work either?

And I would highly recomend Metric (http://www.myspace.com/metricband), The Arkells (http://www.myspace.com/arkellsmusic), Ted Leo (http://www.myspace.com/tedleo), and Stars (http://www.myspace.com/stars). There are quite a few more, but I'll think of them later.

[Star]

Stars are great. Metric is loosing their appeal to me though. I saw them a few weeks ago and I was SO disappointed with the concert.

[Cmill216]

Metric's Grow Up and Blow Away is a top ten album for me.

[Star]

I won't debate that. It's a great album :up:

The concert I saw though. They only played THREE songs from that album and the rest were random songs of their 'new' album (which hasn't been released yet)

No one in the crowd was that impressed.

[Cmill216]

Were the songs just not that great, or was it just that they were new?

[StorminNorman]

My favorite Indie band is Lord of the Strings.

[Star]

Well... I think it was that they were all very unfamiliar to the audience. I find it really hard to get into a song the first time I hear it. No one really had enough time to decide if they liked the songs or not because it was hard to tell

[Star]

Well... I think it was that they were all very unfamiliar to the audience. I find it really hard to get into a song the first time I hear it. No one really had enough time to decide if they liked the songs or not because it was hard to tell

[Cmill216]

That makes sense. From what I've seen, Metric seem to put on a pretty solid show. But I can't imagine a set made up of mostly new music going over as well as a collection of fan favorites.

[Dr. Watson]

Stars are great. Metric is loosing their appeal to me though. I saw them a few weeks ago and I was SO disappointed with the concert.

I've heard through the grapevine that Emily Haines has been struggling with some drug problems, so sometimes at concerts she comes off badly. The last time I saw them was at a McMaster frosh week concert and they were pretty good. However, they ended their set early because the idiot frosh didn't seem to be huge fans of Metric.

And Stars has become my favourite band. I'm so mad I missed their Olympic Island gig with Death Cab :cmad:!

Metric's Grow Up and Blow Away is a top ten album for me.

Cmill, you should check out Emily Haines's solo project Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton (http://www.myspace.com/emilyhaines). I can't remember if I recomended it to you before or not, but it is really good.

[Cmill216]

Cmill, you should check out Emily Haines's solo project Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton (http://www.myspace.com/emilyhaines). I can't remember if I recomended it to you before or not, but it is really good.

Oh, I've been all up in it! :p

I got the album and the EP. "Crowd Surf Off A Cliff" is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in years. :heart:

[Dr. Watson]

Oh, I've been all up in it! :p

I got the album and the EP. "Crowd Surf Off A Cliff" is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in years. :heart:

Nice :up:

Star, if you like Crystal Castles you should definitely check out Stellastar and The Gossip. Not as techno as CC but definitely fun stuff to dance to.

I also can't believe I forgot to mention Kings of Leon (http://www.myspace.com/kingsofleon). They are getting more mainstream (which is good for them, no doubt), but they've been around for quite some time.

[Dr. Watson]

Another good source for Indie music popped up in my head today-The CBC! CBC radio 3 is ace :up:, I just wish you could listen to it on the radio instead of just on Itunes and on the web. Radio 2 has some good programs though. I like thier stuff during the drive home.

[Star]

Anyone like really experimental stuff like Deerhoof?

[Octoberist]

For any LA fans out there, LA radio station Indie 103.1 is now dead, and heading to online only.

The sad thing is that the ON AIR DJs got laid off. I just hope that Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols) gets a new home.

My take on it is that I felt like it was coming since November; there was a huge shift in the programing (Henry Rollins getting moved to Saturdays, cancellation of the niche shows). Also, the tracks are more 'mainstream' as well. I don't know what to think.

BUT MUSIC IS NOT DEAD. FAR FROM IT. But it'll be hard to be online only because there are so many other sites other than Indie. And without the talent, now what?

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/news/indie-1031-announces-move-to-i/

[Dr. Watson]

That's what happened with Radio 3 too! Except the DJ's kept their jobs (as far as I know) since the CBC is technically a government job so they can't fire people at thier own discretion. But it used to be a show within a CBC radio station and then it all got moved to the web. What a sad state of affairs. I guess the only good part about being on the web is that the can be a lot more free in terms of content.

[sinewave]

i highly recommend checking out "throw me the statue". they sound a lot like the shins mixed with beulah and grandaddy. really catch indie-pop with tons of layered instruments and quirky lyrics.

[Octoberist]

That's what happened with Radio 3 too! Except the DJ's kept their jobs (as far as I know) since the CBC is technically a government job so they can't fire people at thier own discretion. But it used to be a show within a CBC radio station and then it all got moved to the web. What a sad state of affairs. I guess the only good part about being on the web is that the can be a lot more free in terms of content.

I just listen to a radio show online for 103.1 (I guess they're keeping the station's dials). Ever since the station went off air, it was just all music (like the old days with no DJ) but he actually went on with his show.

It seems like some of the DJs (like the metal rock host and Henry Rollins) are coming back to do their shows..for free because they believe in company so much. And I guess they're trying to adjust to the online format, which means more freedom. But now the problem is accessibility. It has been mentioned that internet is easier to get now and hopefully, it'll be open to anyone with a tuner (like an iphone has one)

[Dr. Watson]

I just listen to a radio show online for 103.1 (I guess they're keeping the station's dials). Ever since the station went off air, it was just all music (like the old days with no DJ) but he actually went on with his show.

It seems like some of the DJs (like the metal rock host and Henry Rollins) are coming back to do their shows..for free because they believe in company so much. And I guess they're trying to adjust to the online format, which means more freedom. But now the problem is accessibility. It has been mentioned that internet is easier to get now and hopefully, it'll be open to anyone with a tuner (like an iphone has one)

I wonder if they could get a satellite channel. I know a lot of radio stations that were only on the web have been able to get onto satellite (like sirius).

[chamber-music]

Does anyone else find it annoying when all these indie bands release a second album where they confuse ambition with size and try to make some sort of U2 sounding staduim sized album.

[Mr. Thing]

Franz Ferdinand's third album is out next week. I've already heard it, and to be honest, it's their best yet.

They've ditched the guitars as the main instrument and replaced them with synths and keyboards. A nice progression in their sound.

I highly recomend it. :up:

[Star]

I've heard it too. I would agree with you in saying it's their best album yet... something about the sound makes it superior. Probably the keyboards, because I'm a sucker for that.

[Mee]

Indie music!


Some of my favorites...


The 88-

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Cold War Kids-

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The Shins-

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Spoon-

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Matt Costa-

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[chrisfishlock]

My favourite indie bands:

Bloc Party
The Futureheads
Pete and the Pirates
The Libertines
The Cribs
We Are Scientists
Arctic Monkeys

[Ender Durden]

The Most Serene Republic

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[Dr. Watson]

The new Franz Ferdinand album is teh sex :up:

[chamber-music]

I've heard good things about the Franz album. I'm gonna check it out. Pete and the Pirates are good too. Mr Understanding and Knots are my favourite tracks.

The actress Tilda Swinton is gonna be on the new Patrick Wolf album.

[Star]

Patrick Wolf= :up:

Tilda Swinton= :down

[Brick]

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's Fugazi!


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And yes the guy in the white shirt is all kinds of awesome.

[Brick]

The greatest indie band you have never heard of Georgie James

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And the band that everyone on this planet needs to bow down and worship At The Drive-In

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[sinewave]

The Night Marchers are a great new band. It's basically the Hot Snakes lineup, with Gar Wood moving from bass to guitar and a new kid taking over on bass. If you're a fan of singer/songwriter/guitarist John Reis' previous bands, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes or the Sultans, you should definitely check this out. It's got the swagger of RFTC with the thick chords of Hot Snakes, but a little more rock and roll than post-hardcore. I highly recommend their debut album "See You In Magic". I've seen them twice already and they're just a really fun band to catch live.

[Brick]

The Night Marchers are a great new band. It's basically the Hot Snakes lineup, with Gar Wood moving from bass to guitar and a new kid taking over on bass. If you're a fan of singer/songwriter/guitarist John Reis' previous bands, Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes or the Sultans, you definitely check this out. It's got the swagger of RFTC with the think chords of Hot Snakes, but a little more rock and roll than post-hardcore. I highly recommend their debut album "See You In Magic". I've seen them twice already and they're just a really fun band to catch live.
I love the Hot Snakes so i'll be checking them out :up:

[sinewave]

I love the Hot Snakes so i'll be checking them out :up:

I think you'll like them.

[Dr. Watson]

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The Shins-

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I've been off the Shins since one of the members allegedly beat up his girlfriend :(.

So, I might be seeing USS this weekend (http://www.myspace.com/ubiquitoussynergyseeker) :up:

[sinewave]

I've been off the Shins since one of the members allegedly beat up his girlfriend :(.

So, I might be seeing USS this weekend (http://www.myspace.com/ubiquitoussynergyseeker) :up:

which one?

[Dr. Watson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Crandall

I don't know what the whole story was, but his girlfriend was an ANTM contestant and she told her side pretty exstensively on her blog. But the charges were dropped, so who knows what happened really.

[sinewave]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Crandall

I don't know what the whole story was, but his girlfriend was an ANTM contestant and she told her side pretty exstensively on her blog. But the charges were dropped, so who knows what happened really.

yeah, i remember that chick from ANTM. my wife's a big fan of the show and she mentioned how that chick dated a guy from the shins. interesting....

[Cmill216]

Natasha Bedingfield introduced me to the awesomeness that is Citizen Cope last night.

Thank you, Natasha! :heart:

[thedeadite]

Brick
At the Drive-In are an amazing band.
Fugazi? It's Ian MacKaye!!! is there anything he's done that isn't great?? (minor threat, egg hunt, skewbald, embrace, fugazi? yep..all great!!)

If we're going to get into punk/early-emo type stuff (which a lot of people call indie now anyway) I'll add these.

Sunny Day Real Estate
Jawbreaker
Rites of Spring

also..
Neutral Milk Hotel
...and you will know us by the trail of the dead
appleseed cast
the inbreds
nada surf
quicksand

...i'm just going to stop there i guess..hah

[sinewave]

Brick
At the Drive-In are an amazing band.
Fugazi? It's Ian MacKaye!!! is there anything he's done that isn't great?? (minor threat, egg hunt, skewbald, embrace, fugazi? yep..all great!!)

If we're going to get into punk/early-emo type stuff (which a lot of people call indie now anyway) I'll add these.

Sunny Day Real Estate
Jawbreaker
Rites of Spring

also..
Neutral Milk Hotel
...and you will know us by the trail of the dead
appleseed cast
the inbreds
nada surf
quicksand

...i'm just going to stop there i guess..hah

good stuff! :up:

i'd add cursive and braid, also.

[Star]

I love Neutral Milk Hotel!

[LifeisNoCheese]

Any love for Circa Survive? Damiera?

[sinewave]

I love Neutral Milk Hotel!

the best show i've ever seen was superchunk with neutral milk hotel opening for them at gabe's oasis in iowa city back in 1998. i'd never heard of neutral milk hotel but was, and still am, a huge superchunk fan and ended up taking a 4.5 hour greyhound bus ride by myself to see the show. it was ****ing amazing. people were really ****ing friendly there. great experience.

[souvlaki]

Any love for the Pixies, Sonic Youth, the Microphones, or Yo La Tengo around these parts? Also, probably would fit more under the shoegaze genre but My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized are all pretty top notch as well for fans of noisy guitars and effects pedals.

[Brick]

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[thedeadite]

Any love for the Pixies, Sonic Youth, the Microphones, or Yo La Tengo around these parts? Also, probably would fit more under the shoegaze genre but My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized are all pretty top notch as well for fans of noisy guitars and effects pedals.

the Pixies, Sonic Youth and the Jesus and Mary Chain ALL get played frequently on my mp3 player, or in my car.

[sinewave]

Any love for the Pixies, Sonic Youth, the Microphones, or Yo La Tengo around these parts? Also, probably would fit more under the shoegaze genre but My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized are all pretty top notch as well for fans of noisy guitars and effects pedals.

hell yes! to the pixies, sonic youth, yo la tengo, m.b.v. and the j.a.m.c.

[chamber-music]

Any love for the Pixies, Sonic Youth, the Microphones, or Yo La Tengo around these parts? Also, probably would fit more under the shoegaze genre but My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, and Spiritualized are all pretty top notch as well for fans of noisy guitars and effects pedals.

Guess you might like Glasvegas and Joy Formidable

[Marx]

I would strongly recommend Joe Hedges and July for Kings. Simply amazing! http://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/smilies/icon14.gif

[sinewave]

anybody who liked "the promise ring" back in the late 90's/early '00's should probably check out "maritime". it's the singer/guitarist and drummer from that band and they play catchy indie-rock similar to the promise ring. nothing spectacular, but i can't get the song "the guns of navarone" out of my head.

[souvlaki]

Guess you might like Glasvegas and Joy Formidable

I'm not sure. I will check them out immediately though. :yay:

[souvlaki]

Speaking of Sonic Youth, and JAMC, both have new albums coming out this year. MBV, in theory, have a new album coming out this year but their new album has been in the works longer than Chinese Democracy so I'm not holding my breath.

[sinewave]

Speaking of Sonic Youth, and JAMC, both have new albums coming out this year. MBV, in theory, have a new album coming out this year but their new album has been in the works longer than Chinese Democracy so I'm not holding my breath.

I loved "Rather Ripped", so hopefully the new one will be as good or better. I got to see those guys play with the Flaming Lips after "Rather Ripped" was release, it was awesome. I'm not holding my breath for the follow-up to "Loveless", either. It's been 18 years. Talk about being a perfectionist!

[sinewave]

I'm hearing good things about the new "...And you will know us by the trail of dead" album. Has anyone here heard it yet?

[JTHM777]

Lemon Jelly

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[Archangel]

I'm hearing good things about the new "...And you will know us by the trail of dead" album. Has anyone here heard it yet?

It definitely harks back to their "wall of sound", fuzzed out Source Tags & Codes days, but it's not as good.

Better than So Divided, and probably on par, IMO with Worlds Apart.

Isis Unveiled is a great f'ng song.

[sinewave]

It definitely harks back to their "wall of sound", fuzzed out Source Tags & Codes days, but it's not as good.

Better than So Divided, and probably on par, IMO with Worlds Apart.

Isis Unveiled is a great f'ng song.

sounds good. i miss their old sound. when they're on, they're deadly.

[Bobber]

Imo, Pavement is the greatest Indie band of all time.

[Ender Durden]

No love for Broken Social Scene?

I think theyre making their way up top and has actually been there for a good while, Kevin Drew is a musical genius.

[Star]

I loveee Kevin Drew. But have you heard Brendan Canning's solo album? It's sooooo good. Well, it's pretty much Broken Social Scene: Part 2 though. Because they all join in ahha.

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[Ender Durden]

Yea, it sounds just like BSS and Kevin Drew's solo album too. Not complaining or anything , i love that sound. thanks for letting me know about it i gotta go do some downloading now.

Also, have you heard the Most Serene Republic? Very similar to BSS, theyre from Canada too so they have that uniquely Canadian indie sound and i think theyre even on the same label, but definitely check out both the albums Phages and Population.

[cyborg ninja 14]

I love Indy music.

[sinewave]

Yea, it sounds just like BSS and Kevin Drew's solo album too. Not complaining or anything , i love that sound. thanks for letting me know about it i gotta go do some downloading now.

Also, have you heard the Most Serene Republic? Very similar to BSS, theyre from Canada too so they have that uniquely Canadian indie sound and i think theyre even on the same label, but definitely check out both the albums Phages and Population.

i've heard the most serene republic. they're not bad. they've got that whole surging melodic thing down.

[Dr. Watson]

No love for Broken Social Scene?

I think theyre making their way up top and has actually been there for a good while, Kevin Drew is a musical genius.

BSS has come to annoy me. I like a lot of thier songs, to be sure, but I have the same issue with them as I do with Arcade Fire. Their songs tend to sound the same after a while. It's the same thing over and over.

[sinewave]

A couple of bands I've been listening to lately are The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Jay Reatard. The Pains play really poppy shoegazer rock and Jay Reatard plays spazzy pop-punk (with acoustic guitars layered over crunchy hooks and keyboards) that is insanely catchy. I recommend them both. You should be able to find them on MySpace.

[Motown Marvel]

jay reatard is awesome.

[sinewave]

jay reatard is awesome.

i dig him. have you heard any of his earlier stuff with "the reatards"? i'm wondering if it's worth checking out.

[sinewave]

wow. the new "...and you will know us by the trail of dead album, "the century of self" is really good. i dig tracks 2, 3, 6, and 9, but the whole album is very solid.

[Brick]

I was disappointed by it, although tracks 2 and 3 are real standouts.

[Eggyman]

Any Kula Shaker love?

[Matrixo]

Anyone listen to the Greenskeepers?

[nite-owl]

anyone else a fan of Les Savy Fav?

[Brick]

Yep. Go Forth is my favorite album by them. :up:

[Cmill216]

I got a chance to listen to an advance copy of the new Metric record. I'm pretty sure it's leaked online, as well.

Metric fans should be EXTREMELY pleased with this album. It's a little less electro happy, and more guitar driven. But it picks right back up where Live It Out left off.

"Help, I'm Alive" , "Gold Guns Girls", and "Gimme Sympathy" are amazing.

[Go Web Go!]

I had never heard of either of these bands prior to seeing them open a show in '07, but they've been in heavy rotation on my end since then:

Fair To Midland - embedding was disabled, so here's a link to one of their songs. The studio stuff isn't so easy to find on the Tube, but if you're interested in looking them up elsewhere, "Walls of Jericho" is another good song by them.

Tyler Read -

"The Killer"
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"Intentions"
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[sinewave]

anyone else a fan of Les Savy Fav?

big fan. i've had at least one of their CDs in my car's CD changer for the last 6 months.

[arachnid-guy]

Tokyo Police Club fans here?

[Star]

I got a chance to listen to an advance copy of the new Metric record. I'm pretty sure it's leaked online, as well.

Metric fans should be EXTREMELY pleased with this album. It's a little less electro happy, and more guitar driven. But it picks right back up where Live It Out left off.

"Help, I'm Alive" , "Gold Guns Girls", and "Gimme Sympathy" are amazing.

REALLY? I can't believe anyone actually likes that album... one time through and the album is completely disappointing. Metric is clearly making a bid for fame, and going about it in the most boring way possible. Fantasies is tired and forgettable. Really bad.

The only song I can deal with is "Stadium Love", and even that song is CLEARLY just them wishing they were huge so they can have a whole stadium ranting along with them

I'm all for bands getting more popular and I do believe Metric deserves this, but their album is such a pathetically obvious attempt to get more mainstream that it makes me cringe.

I saw them in concert a few months ago and I was already aware that they were wishing to be bigger, because they performed a lot of the new songs, and it was like they lost their soul

Not cool, Haines.

[chamber-music]

Tokyo Police Club fans here?

I like them. Your Engish Is Good is my favourite song of theirs.

Anyone like The Maccabees?

[arachnid-guy]

I like them. Your Engish Is Good is my favourite song of theirs.

Anyone like The Maccabees?

Yep and Yep. :word:

I <3 the Maccabees.

[Brick]

Any Kula Shaker love?
Hush!

[Dr. Watson]

I actually don't mind Metric's new(ish) sound. What I've heard off the album thus far I like.

Anyone picked up Neko Case's new album? She's becoming one of my absolute favourite singers.

[Cmill216]

Fantasies review from All Music:

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fixzq0ldhe


Metric's third full-length album, Fantasies, is a glossy, slick, and so-clean-you-could-eat-off-it slice of modern rock that may scare off some of the band's early fans due to the unrepentant commercial nature of the album.

Anyone who isn't repelled by the band's professionalism and ambition to sound perfect will find it to be quite good. You can't begrudge them taking a shot at the big time, especially when the result is as good as this. And it's not like they are doing anything radically different here; it just sounds freshly painted and shorn of any defects.

In other words, it sounds just like an album by one of the bands that inspire them, finely tuned machines like the Cars, Garbage, Blondie, and Missing Persons. Or conversely, they sound sort of how you'd imagine the ideal Idol contestant's album would sound -- huge with an excess of glittering and hooks.

Indeed, most of the songs on Fantasies wouldn't sound out of place on a Kelly Clarkson record; they are finely crafted, totally focused, and powerful pop songs that blend '80s new wave, '90s alt-rock, and timeless pop songcraft into compact pop nuggets.

If "Sick Muse" were given a push on radio, it could easily be a big smash for the band. The hand-waving chorus, the pulverizing drumming, and the smooth-as-glass production are perfect for the airwaves.

Quite a few others sound like they too should be blasting out of car radios on summer streets; the laser beam-tight "Gold Guns Girls," the shimmering "Front Row," and the propulsive "Gimme Sympathy" all fit this bill perfectly.

The few ballads that dot the album like frozen teardrops betray none of the warm introspection that Emily Haines brought to her solo albums; her singer/songwriter demons sound like they've been exorcised once and for all here. Instead, they sound big enough to reach the back row of a stadium, as does the whole album. That Metric title a song "Stadium Love" gives you a clue to the ambition of the band.

There's nothing small or careful about Fantasies -- it's a full-on bid for pop glory and it's a smashing success.

[The Professor]

The mentions of The Pixies and Pavement drew me to this thread.

Anyone else big into The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, and so on? Been big into The Futureheads, Maximo Park, and The Last Shadow Puppets lately.

[akoya]

Another good source for Indie music popped up in my head today-The CBC! CBC radio 3 is ace :up:, I just wish you could listen to it on the radio instead of just on Itunes and on the web. Radio 2 has some good programs though. I like thier stuff during the drive home.

CBC radio 3? I don't think I've ever heard of that. I mostly float on Radio 2 and the modern rock stations cross the nation.
Thanks!

[akoya]

Tokyo Police Club fans here?

Yar. I find the first song I heard from them, "Nature of the Experiment" really captivating, still my favourite.

How many albums do they have out?

[akoya]

This indie junkie tends to have that electronic flair to it. Namely Stars, Death Cab for Cutie, the RealPeople and the Postal Service.

I really enjoy the fact Stars, Metric and The Arcade Fire put a little depth and ambiguity in their lyrics. I like them thinking songs.

Anybody heard of Psapp, Blonde Redhead, Ladytron or Matisyahu?

[The Professor]

Love me some Arcade Fire.

I have a friend who's big into Matisyahu, saw him live and loved it. I've heard some Ladytron although it's not my cup of tea.

[akoya]

Love me some Arcade Fire.

I have a friend who's big into Matisyahu, saw him live and loved it. I've heard some Ladytron although it's not my cup of tea.

OH hella. I was on a HUGE Arcade Fire kick last year. 8 months of Neon Bible. Funnily enough, I'm still not sick of it yet.

I can see Ladytron being... out there. For me, it's kinda like Blonde Redhead. Really abrasive at first, then a little more bearable each time.

[sinewave]

This indie junkie tends to have that electronic flair to it. Namely Stars, Death Cab for Cutie, the RealPeople and the Postal Service.

I really enjoy the fact Stars, Metric and The Arcade Fire put a little depth and ambiguity in their lyrics. I like them thinking songs.

Anybody heard of Psapp, Blonde Redhead, Ladytron or Matisyahu?

Blonde Redhead :up: Ladytron :down

[chamber-music]

The mentions of The Pixies and Pavement drew me to this thread.

Anyone else big into The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, and so on? Been big into The Futureheads, Maximo Park, and The Last Shadow Puppets lately.

I got a Libertines album Up The Bracket when it came out I thing I've listened to it about twice I could never really get into the The Libertines.

I heard Arctic Monkeys 'From The Ritz To The Rubble' on the radio the other day I haven't heard that song in a while and I forgot how awesome it is :up:

Love the Futureheads 'hounds of love' cover. Shadow Puppets, Maximo Park are good too.

[chamber-music]

My favourite recent indie tunes are

Patrick Wolf - Hard Times
Art Brut - Just Desserts
Passion Pit - The Reeling
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
PJ Harvey & John Parish - Black Hearted Love
The Maccabees - Love You Better/No Kind Words

[arachnid-guy]

Yar. I find the first song I heard from them, "Nature of the Experiment" really captivating, still my favourite.

How many albums do they have out?

They've got 1 LP out (Elephant Shell (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephant-Shell-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B0014GFUPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239723363&sr=8-1)) and 2 EP's (A Lesson in Crime (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesson-Crime-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B000JGW92M/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_b), Smith (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smith-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B000W1V8EY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239723363&sr=8-3)).

Absolutely frantic!

[sinewave]

Liking the new Thermals album.

[Kane52630]

Rook
http://www.myspace.com/rookband
they are from Melbourne, Australia and i found out about them about 2 years ago when they just started (i found a fan made wrestling music video from youtube and thats where i found them)
there best song imo is this

Rook - Desley
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[The Professor]

I got a Libertines album Up The Bracket when it came out I thing I've listened to it about twice I could never really get into the The Libertines.

I couldn't get into them at first, couldn't see what the big deal was. For whatever reason I revisited the album and was hooked. I think some of the stuff from their second album ("Can't Stand Me Now," "Don't Look Back Into the Sun") was more accessible.

[arachnid-guy]

I couldn't get into them at first, couldn't see what the big deal was. For whatever reason I revisited the album and was hooked. I think some of the stuff from their second album ("Can't Stand Me Now," "Don't Look Back Into the Sun") was more accessible.

Oh I'm exactly the same way. didn't see what all the fuss was before...but I'm absolutely hooked on them now.

[sinewave]

I highly recommend the new album from It Hugs Back entitled "Inside Your Guitar". This is the British band's debut on legendary indie label 4AD and they remind me a lot of The Ladybug Transistor or some of the quieter, fuzzed-out Yo La Tengo songs from the "Painful" or "I Can Hear a Heart Beating..." albums. Really mellow, catchy, beautiful songs full of atmosphere and subtle effects.

[Octoberist]

Went to a show at the Silverlake Lounge in LA to see DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND.

Indie bluegrass at its finest. Even if you don't like that type of music, they are so good live!

http://www.myspace.com/dustyrhodes

[akoya]

They've got 1 LP out (Elephant Shell (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephant-Shell-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B0014GFUPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239723363&sr=8-1)) and 2 EP's (A Lesson in Crime (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesson-Crime-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B000JGW92M/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_b), Smith (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smith-Tokyo-Police-Club/dp/B000W1V8EY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1239723363&sr=8-3)).

Absolutely frantic!

Thanks! I only have Elephant Shell.:yay:

[imaperson2]

So I'd like my ears to listen to different things...hopefully you guys have some suggestions :D

Here are some bands I like: Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket(Z), Bloc Party, Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Foals, Interpol, The Black Keys, Beck, She Wants Revenge...among others. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance :)

[Dr. Watson]

^You would like Metric or Arcade Fire a lot I think.

[Octoberist]

Metric is good stuff.

[The Batman]

Spoon is the best indie band, imo...."Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" was perfection...

[The Professor]

So I'd like my ears to listen to different things...hopefully you guys have some suggestions :D

Here are some bands I like: Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket(Z), Bloc Party, Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Foals, Interpol, The Black Keys, Beck, She Wants Revenge...among others. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance :)

You've got a lot of my favorites listed.

I'd suggest The National, The Flaming Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, and if you're into older stuff I'd throw in Joy Division and The Smiths.

[Captain_BluTac]

Went to make a thread about obscure music and noticed this. :up:

I have a slightly bizarre taste in music so I thought I would list some of my favourite songs.

1. Dog Days - Florence And The Machine

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2. Skinny Love - Bon Iver

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3. Oh My God - Ida Maria

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[sinewave]

Went to make a thread about obscure music and notice this. :up:

I have decidedly bizarre taste in music (I mostly like deem female voices and big sounds lol ) so I thought I would list some of my favourite songs and bands.

Top 5 Best Songs At The Mo

1. Dog Days - Florence And The Machine

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Seriously the beauty of this song just makes me melt into joy.

2. Skinny Love - Bon Iver

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This song is kinda happy and sad at the same time. I love it

3. Oh My God - Ida Maria

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A bit repetitive, but still awesome.

4. A Little Death Around The Eyes - Peter Doherty

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This song relaxes and depresses me, but I think that's just PD's voice.

5. Meddle - Little Boots

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Weird (nothing like the other songs), but it makes me think of video games.

Okay so those are just some weird songs I litterally love so much it hurts. If anyone bothers to listen to these I hope you will be pleasantly surprised. When I can be bothered I'll conform and list off some brilliant musicians.

bon iver :up:

[imaperson2]

^You would like Metric or Arcade Fire a lot I think.

You've got a lot of my favorites listed.

I'd suggest The National, The Flaming Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, and if you're into older stuff I'd throw in Joy Division and The Smiths.
Thanks guys...I've been listening to Arcade Fire for a bit too...but I'll make sure to take a listen to the rest of the bands listed.

[Motown Marvel]

today, april 18, is record store day!! get out to your record stores and buy them records! i picked up two copies of the debut 7" from the dead weather (hang you from the heavens b/w are freinds electric?), outrageous cherry's new LP 'universal malcontents', and a re-issue of the stooges 7" 1969 b/w real cool time.

[The Professor]

Been digging Pete Doherty's solo album, although I wish the seemingly inevitable Libertines reunion would happen. The solo stuff isn't as memorable, although definitely enjoyable.

[chamber-music]

So I'd like my ears to listen to different things...hopefully you guys have some suggestions :D

Here are some bands I like: Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket(Z), Bloc Party, Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Foals, Interpol, The Black Keys, Beck, She Wants Revenge...among others. Any recommendations? Thanks in advance :)
Those are some good bands :up:

Mystery Jets album Twenty One is good if you like Hot Fuss era The Killers

For striped down blues ala White Stripes/Black Keys singing hobo
Seasick Steve is worth a listen. Steve also produced/engineered some songs for modest mouse too.

Friendly Fires are worth a listen too if you like the dancey side of franzs stuff.

Editors and White Lies are very like Interpol


You've got a lot of my favorites listed.

I'd suggest The National, The Flaming Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, and if you're into older stuff I'd throw in Joy Division and The Smiths.

Can't go wrong with The Smiths/Joy Divison :woot:

I've been getting into a alot of those old post punk bands from the late 70s to mid 80s that influnce the current indie bands lately too, bands like Bauhaus, Gang Of Four, The Fall, The Cure ect

[arachnid-guy]

Right now...I got a CD playlist....with some of the coolest bands I've heard lately.

Some of those included...

Belle & Sebastian
Meet me in St Louis
Animal Collective
American Football
Right Away, Great Captain!
Manchester Orchestra.

I'm liking what I'm hearing so far!

[RKO]

I've been listening to alot of Band of Horses, they got a very chill sound that I love, like something out of the 70's.

[Jumpin' Jack]

I've been listening to:
DCFC
Franz Ferdinand
The Fratellis
Artic Monkeys
Joy Division (one of the best)
Flaming Lips

[Captain_BluTac]

Been digging Pete Doherty's solo album, although I wish the seemingly inevitable Libertines reunion would happen. The solo stuff isn't as memorable, although definitely enjoyable.

I dunno, "I Am The Rain" is pretty brilliant... but thinking about it, I can't actually remember the melody.

[Eklypze]

StrangeMusic Baby!!! Tech N9ne is my shiznit as well as Krizz Kaliko and Prozak. Ive been listenin to Prozak for 10 years now pretty much since he first started rapping

[Captain_BluTac]

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[JTHM777]

Any MewithoutYou fans out there?

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[imaperson2]

any of you heard of or listen to Efterklang?

[chamber-music]

Jack Penate's new album is awesome. One of my favourite albums of the year so far.

[chamber-music]

Anyone heard the wild beasts new album two dancers. Its like a cross between Queen and The smiths.

[Aesop Rocks]

Iron and Wine - 'Boy With a Coin'.

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The Shins - "Caring is Creepy".

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The Shins - 'Kissing The Lipless'
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[Carusos Shades]

Any Fall fans out there?

[Jumpin' Jack]

Anybody like Arctic Monkeys new single: Crying Lightning?

[chamber-music]

Any Fall fans out there?
Sweet some else who likes the fall on here :woot:
I love this nation's saving grace
Anybody like Arctic Monkeys new single: Crying Lightning?
Got the new album Humbug its great. Its quite dark and heavy. Pretty Visitors is my favourite tune on the album.

[Jumpin' Jack]

You downloaded from Internet right ? I kind prefer to wait and get it on a CD, CD's are much better.
Anybody here a Franz Ferdinand fan or Blur fan? (Even though there Britpop there still independent)

[imaperson2]

I love me some Franz Ferdinand!

[Jumpin' Jack]

Cool I'm going to see them in December in Barcelona.
anybody heard of this group Tunng? Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gof27nx13NU&feature=channel_page
Here's If it doesnt work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gof27nx13NU&feature=channel_page

[Paroxysm]

I'm a huge fan of Bloc Party. You Say Party We Say Die, Metric, Battles, Animal Collective and The Arctic Monkey are pretty good too.

[Lasirius]

I used to like Metric, but this new song they got on the radio gets on my nerves. I've seen Bloc Party twice live and they're really good. Recently, I've been listening to the genius of Sparklehorse, Dinosaur Jr. , Spoon, Pinback, Bon Iver, Tiny Vipers and Monsters of Folk :up:

[Jumpin' Jack]

Phoenix are really good there a french indie band really cool listen to the sone lisztomania or 1901 I really like them.

[imaperson2]

Who would you compare them with?

Oh, I'm stupid- I know who they are

[Jumpin' Jack]

I would kind of compare the voice too Death Cab for Cutie or Belle and Sebastian but instrumentaly like Los Campesinos.

[Amashelle]

I love the independant mucisians; their songs are so much less cliche than most of the mainstream stuff.

For example, Dala, one of my favorite bands EVER, have a song about driving to Winnipeg (which, apparently, some people do do, for whatever reason :P )

[Paroxysm]

I love the independant mucisians; their songs are so much less cliche than most of the mainstream stuff.

For example, Dala, one of my favorite bands EVER, have a song about driving to Winnipeg (which, apparently, some people do do, for whatever reason :P )

I have haha

[Brick]

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Hooray for generic indie!

[Archangel]

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead used to be so much more than "generic indie". Whatever that even means.

Built to Spill's new album, There is No Enemy is absolutely fantastic.

Listen, all of you. Listen!

[Brick]

Sarcasm was the key to my comment.

[Captain_BluTac]

I used to like Metric, but this new song they got on the radio gets on my nerves. I've seen Bloc Party twice live and they're really good. Recently, I've been listening to the genius of Sparklehorse, Dinosaur Jr. , Spoon, Pinback, Bon Iver, Tiny Vipers and Monsters of Folk :up:

I officially :heart: you for this, not enough people realise just how good Bon Iver is. I mean For 'Emma, Forever Ago' is one of the most beautiful (and heartbreaking) albums ever made.

[RKO]

Bon Iver is indeed legendary. Re:Stacks is my fave song.

[Captain_BluTac]

Bon Iver is indeed legendary. Re:Stacks is my fave song.

That's so weird, I am actually listening to Re: Stacks right now, but I've gotta admit I actually prefer Flume, I may not understand the lyrics, but the passion it's sung with means that doesn't even matter. It's kind of like when you see people crying whilst listening to whale song.

[Archangel]

Sarcasm was the key to my comment.

I should've guessed. It's just that Trail of Dead have had their share of mediocrity in their career, so I could see it as a serious comment.

[Dr. Watson]

http://www.myspace.com/saidthewhale

Strongly recommend these guys. BC Orientering and Camilo (The Magician) are standouts. I think they still have the free download of the week on iTunes.

EDIT: and this band. http://www.myspace.com/heyrosetta. :up: