Dec 09, 2012 6:32 PM GMT
Post your favorite artists, always looking for cool music to listen to 
Any indie rock fans here?
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Dec 09, 2012 6:32 PM GMT -
Dec 09, 2012 10:59 PM GMTloving The Black Keys these days. esp "Sister" from there current album. -
Dec 10, 2012 12:37 AM GMTSpoon
The national
Cold War kids
Metronomy
Divine Fits
Cold Cave
Trust
The shins
The drums
Of monsters and men
Purity ring
Empire of the sun
Holy Ghost!
Local natives
The first three are my all time favorites, the rest is just what I've been listening to this year. -
Dec 10, 2012 3:44 AM GMTAlwaysRoaming saidSpoon
The national
Cold War kids
Metronomy
Divine Fits
Cold Cave
Trust
The shins
The drums
Of monsters and men
Purity ring
Empire of the sun
Holy Ghost!
Local natives
The first three are my all time favorites, the rest is just what I've been listening to this year.
Cold War kids and the shins playing on my iPod all day, errryday -
Dec 10, 2012 10:48 PM GMTAlwaysRoaming saidSpoon
The national
Cold War kids
Metronomy
Divine Fits
Cold Cave
Trust
The shins
The drums
Of monsters and men
Purity ring
Empire of the sun
Holy Ghost!
Local natives
The first three are my all time favorites, the rest is just what I've been listening to this year.
im so glad someone else has heard of , of monsters and men, brilliant album.
The vaccines
black keys
kasabian
james vincent mcmorrow
bears den
ben howard
frank turner
the strokes,
jake bugg
mumford and sons
two door cinema club
spector
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Dec 11, 2012 1:12 AM GMTnewbiejock said
AlwaysRoaming saidSpoon
The national
Cold War kids
Metronomy
Divine Fits
Cold Cave
Trust
The shins
The drums
Of monsters and men
Purity ring
Empire of the sun
Holy Ghost!
Local natives
The first three are my all time favorites, the rest is just what I've been listening to this year.
im so glad someone else has heard of , of monsters and men, brilliant album.
The vaccines
black keys
kasabian
james vincent mcmorrow
bears den
ben howard
frank turner
the strokes,
jake bugg
mumford and sons
two door cinema club
spector
Some of these you mentioned I'm not familiar with..I'll have to check them out.
Oh I forget to add Passion Pit and Dirty Projectors to the list. -
Dec 11, 2012 2:43 AM GMTOne of the best from the old days:
One of the best today:
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Dec 11, 2012 2:57 AM GMTI just got into Purity Ring over the weekend; pretty awesome. -
Dec 11, 2012 3:05 AM GMTyes yes yes!!!! I can tell already I'm going to love this thread haha. Scanned some of the artists you guys mentioned - man is it nice to see someone else mention James Vincent McMorrow, Monsters and Men, Ben Howard, Black Keys, mumford and sons, etc.
For those that mentioned the latter (mumford) - look up The Avett Brothers- moreso verging on folk, but they're great. Specifically "i would be sad", "living of love" "all my mistakes".
Also, IMAGINE DRAGONS! It makes me sad that nobody's brought em' up yet. Look up "Radioactive", "Demons", "Nothing left to say", "Amsterdam"-- I can go on and on. So, so so soooooooo good -
Dec 11, 2012 3:10 AM GMTFlorence and the Machine "Lungs" and "Ceremonials"
The Cranberries "Roses" -
Dec 11, 2012 3:10 AM GMTjp_K saidyes yes yes!!!! I can tell already I'm going to love this thread haha. Scanned some of the artists you guys mentioned - man is it nice to see someone else mention James Vincent McMorrow, Monsters and Men, Ben Howard, Black Keys, mumford and sons, etc.
For those that mentioned the latter (mumford) - look up The Avett Brothers- moreso verging on folk, but they're great. Specifically "i would be sad", "living of love" "all my mistakes".
Also, IMAGINE DRAGONS! It makes me sad that nobody's brought em' up yet. Look up "Radioactive", "Demons", "Nothing left to say", "Amsterdam"-- I can go on and on. So, so so soooooooo good
Such a terrible thing is that I was listening to them while replying the post..."Nothing Left to Say" is my favorite and it starts out like the Buffy theme song on crack. iLove. -
Dec 11, 2012 3:17 AM GMTWashed Out
The Knife (& Fever Ray)
Black Keys
Yeasayer
Bibio
Ratatat
Broken Bells
Beirut (More Indie Folk)
The Shins
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Active Child
Animal Collective and the list goes on. But these are a few of my favorites. -
Dec 11, 2012 7:26 AM GMTNot too too familiar w/ this entire scene but here are a couple favs:
THE FAINT
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Gossip
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Dec 11, 2012 7:37 AM GMTHorrorHound saidNot too too familiar w/ this entire scene but here are a couple favs:
THE FAINT
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Gossip
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Ahh the Faint is brilliant! Saddle Creek just reissued Danse Macabe for its 10th anniversary. I can't believe that record has been out that long. YYY's are releasing a new album in 2013 and the gossip is amazing live. Beth Ditto is the shit.
Not to nitpick but I don't consider Florence, mumford, nor Imagine Dragons to be indie... They are pretty popular and in the mainstream. -
Dec 12, 2012 12:08 AM GMTAlwaysRoaming saidNot to nitpick but I don't consider Florence, mumford, nor Imagine Dragons to be indie... They are pretty popular and in the mainstream.
Florence and Mumford are also now both part of the Universal Music Group, something that will keep them from being on the Indie charts.
A little bit of history about "Indie" as a genre. Although, as already mentioned here, some refer to it as musicians who release music without the help or distribution of a label, the term "Indie" started being used in the late 70's and the 80's to mostly describe music being released on independent labels like Beggars Banquet, 4AD, Rough Trade, Mute, Factory, Nettwerk, SubPop, and Wax Trax. The music styles varied but did not usually fit into what was being played on the radio or was on the mainstream charts. Back then many of these labels did little more than press the vinyl and distribute it for the band. Getting into a studio and recording music, the production, promotion, and planning a tour and getting into venues was mostly left up to the band.
My favorite of any independent label is 4AD. Back in my days of youth the label was bringing acts like This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Lush, Wolfgang Press, Clan of Xymox, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, Throwing Muses, and The Pixies. Today they distribute Grimes, Purity Ring, St Vincent, Twin Shadow, The Big Pink, Efterklang, and Camera Obscura. They've been responsible for bringing the world the best music for more than 30 years.
Great song from a 4AD band in the 90's
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Dec 12, 2012 5:04 AM GMTFranz Ferdinand
The Libertines
The Dead Weather
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
The Raconteurs
The Kills
The Strokes
Elliott Smith
The Blue Van
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Kaiser Chiefs
Fleet Foxes
The Hives
Mew
The Drums
Kasabian
The Vaccines
Vampire Weekend
Bon Iver
Too many. Some folk in there but it can pass. -
Dec 12, 2012 5:19 PM GMTLocal natives
dude local natives RULE, haven't seen them in years but that's still one of the best shows i've been to. new album jan 28th. -
Dec 12, 2012 5:46 PM GMTThis thread is AWESOME!!! Within the first 3-4 posts, many of my favorites were already listed....even
Two Door Cinema Club!!! I love those guys and saw them in concert in October. Great show!
Phoenix
MGMT (Old school with Electric Feel, Kids, Time to Pretend)
M83
Atlas Genius (New band from Australia, song-"Trojans")
Bombay Bicycle Club
Broken Bells
Cage the Elephant
Crystal Castles (more on the indie electronic side)
Delta Spirit
Faded Paper Figures
The Lumineers
The Naked and Famous
Miike Snow (yes with two i's)
Neon Indian
Passion Pit
Peter Bjorn and John
Phantogram
Ra Ra Riot
Starfucker
The Temper Trap
Tokyo Police Club
Walk the Moon
White Lies
The xx
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Horny Hippies
Carolina Liar
AWOLNATION
Alt-J
Muse
Matt & Kim
Hopefully I didn't duplicate any!! So many EXCELLENT ones were already listed. -
Dec 12, 2012 5:54 PM GMTI'm from Manchester so I don't really have a choice in the matter.
The Hives
Franz Ferdinand (where the fuck have they gone to ?)
Black Keys
The Drums
The Strokes
Arctic Monkeys
The Horrors
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Dec 12, 2012 7:06 PM GMTarinano saidFranz Ferdinand
The Libertines
The Dead Weather
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
The Raconteurs
The Kills
The Strokes
Elliott Smith
The Blue Van
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Kaiser Chiefs
Fleet Foxes
The Hives
Mew
The Drums
Kasabian
The Vaccines
Vampire Weekend
Bon Iver
Too many. Some folk in there but it can pass.
Oh another Elliott Smith fan
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And yeah Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and The Strokes are also awesome! -
Dec 14, 2012 5:48 AM GMTmind..blown.. at all... the... artists..
I just looked up Cold War Kids, hot damn is "Hang Me Up To Dry" and "We Used To Vacation" good! They're stuck on repeat.
Imagine Dragon's been picking up steam lately, yeah, they're slowly falling out of that indie label and making their way to mainstream-ish --- hey, all good for me, they deserve it.
On that topic- they're coming back to Vancouver in a few months -- tickets baaaaaaaaaught! Hells Yes.
PS: The Strokes are FANTASTIC.
check out Heartless Bastards - specifically, "Hold Your Head High", "Sway" and "Only For You"
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Dec 14, 2012 6:43 AM GMTKate Bush
Fiest
Regina Specktor
Ingrid Michealson
The Weepies
None of them are rock per say but they are Indie and I don't know how to categorize their music. -
Dec 14, 2012 7:17 AM GMTI forgot to put on my list...
Young the Giant -
Dec 14, 2012 8:05 AM GMTDon't forget Mutemath and The Vettes (local band I heard all over the radio while travelling through NOLA). -
Dec 15, 2012 1:35 AM GMT
Fleet Foxes,
Middle East,
Karkwa / Louis Jean Cormier,
Jay Malinowski,
Temper Trap,
Something For Kate,
Gregory Alan Isakov,
Kings of Convenience,
Miami Horror
Neon Neon
