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1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
edited March 2007 in Other Music
I like Arcade Fire, The Shins, TV on the Radio, etc. I am looking for some fresh new indie bands (and by indie, i mean either underground, or off the radar in terms of radio play) to listen to. Any suggestions?
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  • stu geestu gee Posts: 1,174
    http://www.myspace.com/thesunshineunderground

    The sunshine underground from here in the UK, love this band and the album is great. Think Borders is the next single to be realeased, but i highly recommend the album.
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, Ten Kens, The Decemberists
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Kaiser Chiefs
    Minus the Bear
    Pavement
    The Replacements
    Sonic Youth
    Pixies
    New Pornographers
    Belle and Sebastian
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    White freaking Stripes x10
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Go buy Doolittle by the Pixies and never use the word 'indie' again.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Viva Voce
    Ted Leo
    Catfight
    Lamb Handler
    NERDS!
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    get Ted Leo & the Pharmacist's "Shake the Sheets", it will rock your face off.

    The Hold Steady is another very good rock band, their album was one of my favorites from last year.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Band of Horses
    Built to Spill
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    The Eels
    Flaming Lips
    Iron and Wine
    Jeff Buckley
    Flaming Lips
    Neko Case
    Neutral Milk Hotel
    Wolf Parade
    Wilco
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • culot4culot4 Posts: 775
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Viva Voce

    Yes indeed. I've been listening to "Get Yr Blood Sucked Out" a lot lately. Really, really good stuff.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    culot4 wrote:
    Yes indeed. I've been listening to "Get Yr Blood Sucked Out" a lot lately. Really, really good stuff.
    they blew me away when i saw them open for the shins. and my god, is she gorgeous! :)
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • culot4culot4 Posts: 775
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    they blew me away when i saw them open for the shins. and my god, is she gorgeous! :)

    Anita is very pretty. Her angelic voice just makes her even more beautiful.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    culot4 wrote:
    Anita is very pretty. Her angelic voice just makes her even more beautiful.
    don't forget her playing!!!

    watching a gorgeous woman work a guitar like that sprung me for their entire 45 minute set :) haha. A chick that plays guitar is hot, a chick that plays guitar with feedback & fuzz is dead sexy!
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • SigEpCougarSigEpCougar Posts: 96
    best indie music? Isnt that an oxymoron?
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    Band of Horses
    Built to Spill
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    The Eels
    Flaming Lips
    Iron and Wine
    Jeff Buckley
    Flaming Lips
    Neko Case
    Neutral Milk Hotel
    Wolf Parade
    Wilco

    Yes. The Flaming Lips put on quite a show. Saw them in Syracuse back in September.
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    2021 Sea.Hear.Now
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    I dislike the word indie.........please dont ask me to explain
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I dislike the word indie.........please dont ask me to explain

    I hear ya. Good music is good music, end of story. Whether a band is signed to an indie or a major label is completely irrelevent. I think the lines between indie and mainstream are becoming more and more blurred as the decade rolls on. A band like the Arcade Fire are constantly referred to as being "indie", "underground", or "off the radar", and yet at the same time they're one of the biggest bands in the world and have now become part of mainstream culture. Funny how that happens.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    built to spill
    flaming lips
    new pornographers
    hold steady
    brand new
    redwalls
    elliott smith

    im not sure they're all "indie" but they're all excellent bands that dont really have high visibility.
  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    direwolf74 wrote:
    I hear ya. Good music is good music, end of story. Whether a band is signed to an indie or a major label is completely irrelevent. I think the lines between indie and mainstream are becoming more and more blurred as the decade rolls on. A band like the Arcade Fire are constantly referred to as being "indie", "underground", or "off the radar", and yet at the same time they're one of the biggest bands in the world and have now become part of mainstream culture. Funny how that happens.

    the same thing happened with the term "Alternative" music as the 90s rolled on... it started out as an actual alternative and then became the mainstream

    i agree it should only be about the music
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Pavement.

    so fucking brilliant that words fail me. Go buy Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    Allow me to clarify the word indie- by indie i mean under the radar. I don't really use "indie" to classify a certain sound, because like many of you said, good music is good music. When I hear indie, I think of music that isn't totally in the mainstream. And for that, I'll continue to use the word.
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  • DeetroitBaasketballDeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    Can we get some general descriptions or comparisons of these bands? I mean, I know many of these bands, but it probably would be helpful.
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I like Arcade Fire, The Shins, TV on the Radio, etc. I am looking for some fresh new indie bands (and by indie, i mean either underground, or off the radar in terms of radio play) to listen to. Any suggestions?

    well i think you could scratch the shins of the list already, because i don't think they are too under the radar anymore. their new album has been promoted quite well with advertising and a new video on mtv. not that there is anything wrong with that. although i'm pretty sure they are still on sub-pop which is an indie label. so i guess they are still an indie band.
  • TwatayTwatay Posts: 64
    how about the band all current indie bands wish they were....RADIOHEAD!
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Black Heart Procession
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Super Furry Animals
    Deerhoof
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  • lephtylephty Posts: 770
    heh usually i read these threads just to see how many people do the "i am going to name as many obscure bands that are better than anything you like" replies.

    its usually indie or goth that people do that.. however, this thread has so far disappointed me!

    someone name 20 obscure bands to make this a real thread about indie music please!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dimi dero inc.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Tek MoneyTek Money Posts: 642
    Menomena
    Cock Fight.
  • WesternskyWesternsky Posts: 363
    I can't get enough of TV on the Radio these days, but these are a few more bands I'm listening to...

    Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
    Peter Bjorn and John
    Viva Voce
    Dean and Britta (for any Galaxie 500 or LUNA fans)
    French Kicks
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Twatay wrote:
    how about the band all current indie bands wish they were....RADIOHEAD!
    Do you listen to Radiohead?

    Those 'indie' bands don't even sound like rip offs.. completely different.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    lephty wrote:
    heh usually i read these threads just to see how many people do the "i am going to name as many obscure bands that are better than anything you like" replies.

    its usually indie or goth that people do that.. however, this thread has so far disappointed me!

    someone name 20 obscure bands to make this a real thread about indie music please!
    Afrirampo (japanese)
    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (obscure if you aren't english or australian)

    Neither of them are technically indie I don't think (Afrirampo might be.. I believe they're on a label started by Acid Mother's Temple which would probably make them indie) but there's 2 gems of obscurity for you.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



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