Whats the best indie music out there?

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  • ADogNamedPilate
    ADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    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.
    Austin City Limits - Oct 04, 2009
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    anotherclone wrote:
    Are The Shins indie? I like The Shins.

    See the post above you.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • nz_spanna
    nz_spanna Posts: 74
    I'm putting a plug in for Odessa.
    Fun fun FUN live.
  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    ween
    band of horses
    neutral milk hotel
    pavement
    guided by voices
    cold war kids


    just for starters...
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

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  • magikev
    magikev Posts: 296
    Check out Thieves and Liars . . . indie record coming out soon

    http://www.myspace.com/weareallthievesandliars
    Kevin Viner
    http://www.kevinviner.net
  • rigneyclan
    rigneyclan Posts: 289
    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.
    7/16/06 7/18/06
  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    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
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    nz_spanna wrote:
    I'm putting a plug in for Odessa.
    Fun fun FUN live.
    ha nice spanna! :D

    "bring ma money back baby!"
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • whitemosquito
    whitemosquito Posts: 60
    You defined indie badly..because I still don't know what is indie. If someone could explain I'll be happy.
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    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
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    The best indie band I've heard (as in not on a major label) in recent times is Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. They are psychobilly/punk/goth rock/indie/alternative in sound.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    whitemosquito wrote:
    You defined indie badly..because I still don't know what is indie. If someone could explain I'll be happy.

    Indie used to mean that the band was on a "Do it yourself" or "Independent" record label. Independent from the major labels and music and entertainment conglomerates. Unfortunately a lot of the successful "Indie" labels were then purchased by the music and entertainment conglomerates so the original definition has lost its meaning. I think today it means more to be out of the mainstream then to actually refer to a band's label. There is a great book out there which talks about this very thing. Check it out sometime it's a great read.

    Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-

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