Best new indie band?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited February 2007 in Other Music
Whose your pick for best new indie rock band?

Bloc Party

Arcade Fire

Artic Monkeys

The Decemberists?

Any others?
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  • Loose Fur!!!
    Cock Fight.
  • wouldnt really call any of them particulaarly new bands, even though they are all very good...

    my favourite at the moment would be annuals or eddy current suppression ring
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Burden Brothers :D If you were a Toadies fan... check these guys out (hint, hint) :D They kick ass. They are a Great band, and their live shows are even better. I've seen them live 4 times so far. They also sign your albums and take pics with you after the shows... Alot of people wonder what happened to Vaden Todd Lewis after Toadies.... and he is still around making kick ass music... I swear to you, so if you were a fan of grunge or 90s alternative rock check this band out.

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  • Out of those,... definately the Arcade Fire. Both albums are pretty damn good.
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  • ya wouldnt call em new, but judging ny first albums, bloc party for me. i dont like their second one much, waiting to hear the new arctic monkeys album, if thats good and solid id vote them.


    gonna go get the new arcade fire right now, torrent style!
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I have not heard the new arcade fire album yet so i am basing it off the strength of funeral and i'll go with arcade fire.
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Whose your pick for best new indie rock band?

    Bloc Party

    Arcade Fire

    The Decemberists?

    Any others?

    Broken Social Scene
    the Dears
    Metric
    Stars
    the New Pornographers
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    None of these bands are really new are they to be honest? out of the ones mentioned id say Bloc Party, Arcade Fire and Broken Social scene are my favourites, hard to pick one of them though.

    Loving the sunshine underground album at the moment, highly reccomment if you havent already got it. The new single Borders is out soon and its on their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/thesunshineunderground
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  • I think the thread starter meant NEW as in the past couple years. Not like new new. I am thinking he didn't want any classic rock mentions in this thread? I can't really tell for sure. But that is how I interpreted it.
    Cock Fight.
  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    Love the view album as well, dont think there is a bad song on there.
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  • Whose your pick for best new indie rock band?

    Bloc Party

    Arcade Fire

    Artic Monkeys

    The Decemberists?

    Any others?

    aren't most of those bands on major labels?
  • I love that scumbag song by the arctic monkeys, always reminds me of a certain youtube clip about Ashley Cole.
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    aren't most of those bands on major labels?

    I'm not sure that that's the point...."indie" has become a genre/sound a la "grunge". I believe i've read in previous posts what a HUGE fan you are of the term "grunge" ;)
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    Metric is awesome.....
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  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    Todd76 wrote:
    I'm not sure that that's the point...."indie" has become a genre/sound a la "grunge". I believe i've read in previous posts what a HUGE fan you are of the term "grunge" ;)
    Exactly, most "indie" labels now have distributions right up there with the big, evil record companies. They are even getting advertisments in major retail stores.

    Indie has become a genre.

    I think Arcade Fire is the best of the original choices.
  • iamsampjiamsampj Posts: 784
    i concur w/ cold war kids and annuals!!! love 'em.

    bands i love from the past year or so...clap your hands and say yeah, band of horses, tv on the radio, favourite sons, tom vek, junior boys, hot chip, tapes 'n tapes, a.c. newman, camera obscura, jose gonzalez...i could go on for days :D

    oh! my personal local fav., that if you ever have the chance to check them out...it's the BEST live show ever!! "band marino"!!! they are really awesome and alot of fun...a little americana/folk, but danceable. i never thought there could be a quasi mosh pit at a folk show, but it happened. and it was fun!
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  • oppie1oppie1 Posts: 755
    they're not new, but they ARE indie

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  • Here's a list of my favorite Indie Bands

    BLOC PARTY

    KINGS OF LEON

    ARCADE FIRE

    SLEATER KINNEY

    MY MORNING JACKET

    TRAIL OF DEAD

    BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

    DAMIEN RICE

    RAY LAMONTAGNE

    SPARTA

    SUFJAN STEVENS

    THURSDAY

    THRICE
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  • Todd76 wrote:
    I'm not sure that that's the point...."indie" has become a genre/sound a la "grunge". I believe i've read in previous posts what a HUGE fan you are of the term "grunge" ;)

    hahaha i know.

    however, record stores usually have separate sections for "indie" which is dedicated to all sorts of genres, but mainly rock-based, under independent labels.

    it's a little ironic, but makes sense.

    thank god there's no grunge sections, right? :)
  • Indie on Capital?

    Ok... Explain this one to me?

    Indie is pinback.
  • whulmefwhulmef Posts: 176
    Annuals!
  • TV on the Radio!!!

    Love the early eps & album, but I've been hooked on the new one since it came out. :)
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    iamsampj wrote:
    i concur w/ cold war kids and annuals!!! love 'em.

    bands i love from the past year or so...clap your hands and say yeah, band of horses, tv on the radio, favourite sons, tom vek, junior boys, hot chip, tapes 'n tapes, a.c. newman, camera obscura, jose gonzalez...i could go on for days :D

    oh! my personal local fav., that if you ever have the chance to check them out...it's the BEST live show ever!! "band marino"!!! they are really awesome and alot of fun...a little americana/folk, but danceable. i never thought there could be a quasi mosh pit at a folk show, but it happened. and it was fun!

    have you heard the new clap your hands say yeah album? is it any good?

    return to cookie mountain is AMAZING. im gonna see tv on the radio in march and im stoked.

    im also going to see the decemberists, whose latest album i also love.

    and i second all the people who mentioned hold steady... they're great.
  • liked seeing pinback mentioned, cant wait for the new album to drop, i really enjoyed rob's solo album as lkinda a precursor, new album should be rad..

    voxtrot is a good call too, while ive only heard two of the eps , i rate them highly and look forwaard to seeing how they go over an entire album

    low have gotta be one of he best indie bands of the lasdt 10 years ?
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