Whats the best indie music out there?

musicismylife78

I am defining indie music as music that is indeed indie, and on an indie label (Devendra Banhart, Arcade Fire, Damien Rice etc…), and additionally it is for the sake of this discussion, music that is also on a major label but was previously on an indie label, or is just indie sounding (Modest Mouse, Death Cab)

So what is the best indie music around right now? Who is the best indie band?

Brisk.

lol good indie music..

i'll be darned.....

welll in these modern days anyway

intodeep

Some of my favs are and were always:
Pixies
Pavement
Modest Mouse
Built to Spill
Neutral Milk Hotel
Dinosaur Jr
Arcade Fire
Minus the Bear

You probalby know all about them. I'm not cool with all the ultra hipster bands :(

rigneyclan

Fugazi...they're fucking legendary
here's some live videos of their songs if you've never heard of them:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gzC0RNkBXM0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SGJFWirQ3ks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=48Jhrc6S12Y
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EfjDBxGchYg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKPFHg5NkA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=apuLs_ayKRM

Boom The Cat

Hmm, Indie has either lost its meaning, or gained a new one.

Indie used to mean Independant, and exactly that by definition. Now it's just the name of crappy generic british pop rock.

anotherclone

Are The Shins indie? I like The Shins.

intodeep

anotherclone wrote:

Are The Shins indie? I like The Shins.

I think they have that indie sound and they are on sub pop so they would count i assume.

I really liked the first two albums. I like songs on the third album but i would stop short of saying i like the entire album.

itsevobaby

here are a few of my favs...you could argue if they are indie or not, but really, who gives a fuck as long as the music is good....

pinback
built to spill
modest mouse
nada surf
belle & sebastian
national
new pornographers
shins
death cab
postal service
secret machines
tv on the radio
decemberists
polyphonic spree
bright eyes
idlewild
dinosaur jr
arcade fire
sigur ros
explosions in the sky

Get_Right

SPOON
Nada Surf

Brisk.

manic street preachers

bayleaf

http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/

catefrances

for me, the best music out there(indie or otherwise), is the music i like and therefore listen to.

btb002

http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/17041415/indie_rock_universe

Pearl Jam and toast

Anything that wouldn't classify itself as 'indie'.

Modest Mouse is the best band 'indie' kids listen to. They should get a lot of credit for their part in inventing the sound indie rock has been falling short of for it's existence. Isaac Brock is brilliant, but almost everyone who's tried to rip him off have been terrible.

There are a lot of bands that get pulled into the genre like the Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket that are just getting better and better. Get into the older bands that indie tries to stick it's label all over like Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, sometimes the Pixies, Sonic Youth, and the Velvet Underground.

As a general rule of thumb, any band with a singer who imitates Isaac Brock or a singer who imitates the guy from Bright Eyes imitating Isaac Brock is poison.

pjoasisrule

The Redwalls

bossman3188

The Slant

MarkerInTheSand

pick up "in an aeroplane over the sea" by neutral milk hotel

soulsinging

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

Anything that wouldn't classify itself as 'indie'.

Modest Mouse is the best band 'indie' kids listen to. They should get a lot of credit for their part in inventing the sound indie rock has been falling short of for it's existence. Isaac Brock is brilliant, but almost everyone who's tried to rip him off have been terrible.

There are a lot of bands that get pulled into the genre like the Kings of Leon and My Morning Jacket that are just getting better and better. Get into the older bands that indie tries to stick it's label all over like Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, sometimes the Pixies, Sonic Youth, and the Velvet Underground.

As a general rule of thumb, any band with a singer who imitates Isaac Brock or a singer who imitates the guy from Bright Eyes imitating Isaac Brock is poison.

i'm curious what you think those bands would be. also, how does conor oberst try to sound like isaac brock? bright eyes has been playing for as long as modest mouse as far as i know.

built to spill, kings of leon, my morning jacket, modest mouse, and bright eyes are all great bands.

Anon

i like my friends band

http://www.myspace.com/teethofmammals

soclose

Califone
Dr. Dog
Deadstring Brothers

Just to name a few I'm enjoying lately.

I can't leave this thread with out stating that I strongly dislike the implications that a.) there is such a thing as an indie sound (how does one sound independent?) and b.) that all or most newer indie bands either sound the same or are guilty of imitating one of several earlier independent bands. Not only is this unfair, but in most cases it's probably a sign that the speaker isn't taking much time to listen to the music he or she has chosen to criticize.

brainofPJ

Boom The Cat wrote:

Hmm, Indie has either lost its meaning, or gained a new one.

Indie used to mean Independant, and exactly that by definition. Now it's just the name of crappy generic british pop rock.

kind of funny, huh?

people describe the sound of some bands as "indie"

i always thought it should have been just "indi"

ADogNamedPilate

The Anniversary are really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVoCPOnM9g the video is dumb in my opinion but the music kicks ass.

All the others I listen to have been named.

boxwine_in_hell

anotherclone wrote:

Are The Shins indie? I like The Shins.

See the post above you.

nz_spanna

I'm putting a plug in for Odessa.
Fun fun FUN live.

Zoso

ween
band of horses
neutral milk hotel
pavement
guided by voices
cold war kids


just for starters...

magikev

Check out Thieves and Liars . . . indie record coming out soon

http://www.myspace.com/weareallthievesandliars

rigneyclan

I'm suprised no one else mentioned Fugazi...they're the most influential band of the las twenty years, moreso than any of the bands listed in this thread will ever be.

JSBE

catefrances wrote:

for me, the best music out there(indie or otherwise), is the music i like and therefore listen to.

exactamundo.

lately i have been listening to the new band of horses, the new radiohead, neon bible and the latest from menomena...

...then again i've been on a big early metallica kick lately...

itsevobaby

nz_spanna wrote:

I'm putting a plug in for Odessa.
Fun fun FUN live.

ha nice spanna!

"bring ma money back baby!"

whitemosquito

You defined indie badly..because I still don't know what is indie. If someone could explain I'll be happy.

OutOfBreath

I define indie as "just-a-tad-off-mainstream pop/rock with generally darker and more angst-filled themes than the actual mainstream".

Needless to say, I prefer indie to the mainstream. I like to think of indie as "how the mainstream should have been".

Prime examples of indie:

The Decemberists
Modest Mouse
Shins
Postal Service

Another definition could be "anything they like at pitchfork.com"

Peace
Dan