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Pennington · 07-18-2003, 03:55 PM

Recently I've been turned on to such bands as Built to Spill, Superchunk and Modest Mouse and I simply love 'em. They have been described to me as "indie rock." Now, one of the problems with indie rock is that its near impossible to find a decent band before they break up or sell out (sell out meaning changing the style and message of their songs usually after being signed to a major label in order to sell more cds. I'm not one of those pricks that will not like something just because its popular. If its good, I like it)
Anyway, I was thinking that you people could share your favorite indie rock bands here. Who knows, maybe we'll find something original

Donkeypuncher · 07-18-2003, 04:22 PM

The Exies.

Though, they _are_ in the process of doing what most of the too-hip-for-school indie kids would call "selling out." I still like 'em, though.

hersickmother · 07-18-2003, 06:12 PM

No kill no beep beep by Q and not U is one of the best albums in the world. Very special, like nothing I've ever heard before and yet perfectly realised

Spektr · 07-18-2003, 06:27 PM

Postal Service. Check them the fuck out. They simply just fuckin rule. Seriously

MrCubanmafia · 07-18-2003, 08:45 PM

I like The Velvet Teen, The Ghost, The Exit and Faraquet. I dunno though, Modest Mouse is kinda out there for me. Then again, it all depends on what your definition of Indie is.

Locobot · 07-19-2003, 06:12 AM

I recommend:
Rainer Maria - Long Knives Drawn
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Sigur Ros - any
Trans Am - Futureworld
Talib Kweli & Mos Def - any
Red Monkey - any
!!! (pronounced chk chk chk) - Me and Guiliani...
Sonic Youth - Murray Street (not strictly an Indie band, but inseperable from the "indie sound")
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
etc.

JumpinJesus · 07-20-2003, 08:03 AM

Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, and any of the others already mentioned.

apetaster · 07-20-2003, 05:23 PM

Seam
Texas is the Reason
Into Another
Small Brown Bike
Shiner (Lula Divinia era)
Mineral
The Gloria Record
Knapsack
Braid
Elliott
Falling Forward

Bones - you must like Rodan too, right?

anti fishstick · 07-20-2003, 07:00 PM

sleater-kinney. sparta. pretty girls make graves. at the drive in. poison the well. blood brothers.

sdkh · 07-21-2003, 10:46 PM

rilo kiley, cursive, denali, desaparecidos, engine down, onelinedrawing, cardia, detachment kit, mars volta, etc. are a few.
and azure ray! I forgot to mention them. yay for indie.
It is the most dynamic style of rock you can have. That's why I love it. Yaaaaaaaaay.

MrCubanmafia · 07-22-2003, 09:27 AM

Theres also My Bloody Valentine, although theyre pretty old school. Thursday and My Chemical Romance are some pretty hard indie... and they both have albums on the same label. Thursday's album on the label is an old one, but MCR is current.

07-22-2003, 09:40 AM

I haveta second the Slint recommendation. To bad they ended before they should have and robbed us of what could of been. The guys are still around in bands like The For Carnation, Tortoise, the Sea and Cake etc. But nothing they have done since has compared to the Slint. It's just raw emotion on record.

07-22-2003, 09:51 AM

I got a cool track by Rodan on this ep.. I should go find it. They announce them by saying something like "and next is a new band called ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooDAAAAAAAAAAN"

It's great.

07-22-2003, 09:56 AM

Damn.. don't live out Silver Mt. Zion, Don Caberllero or Guided by Voices. One of my favorite bands of all time The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, best seen live.

zenmaster10665 · 07-22-2003, 10:55 AM

Archers of loaf....excellent...saw one of those guys' last shows...

I am really into Built to Spill as well...Modest Mouse has a similar style, I think...

Some bands that I am into recently:
The Libertines
Kings of Leon
Flaming Lips (new album is excellent)
sigur ros
Folk Implosion

good s*it!

lilriceboi · 07-22-2003, 01:25 PM

Good shit, I like it.

built to spill
flaming lips
velvet teen
sigur ros
postal service
thievery corporation
the libertines

there are a lot of good "indie" bands out there

ChipX86 · 07-22-2003, 10:30 PM

Check out http://radio.freenode.net/. That's an online station I do some volunteer work, where only independent music is played. There's some 50+ hours of music, and most of the artists have their stuff available for download (good stuff, too).

And on the subject, Emily Richards (http://www.emilyrichards.com/) is great

ChipX86 · 07-23-2003, 03:57 PM

Sorry, wasn't trying to plug a site. I was trying to show a resource for more indie rock and other types of indie music, since it also links to other record labels that offer free music and such. I thought it was on topic enough, but I won't mention such things again.

emopwr · 07-23-2003, 04:03 PM

engine down owns hard.

juanvaldes · 07-23-2003, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bones
no site plugs, sorry rules are rules

chill bones. If you see a problem use the report post button. As for the links, they appear to be very on topic to me and I see no problem with them.

Jeff · 08-18-2003, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bones
kings of leon are great.

Yeah. They're gonna be huge. But indie rock? They're signed to RCA, so I don't think so.

terrain_racer · 08-18-2003, 03:10 PM

The Dames
Houston
Gunfighter
Season To Risk
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Really good music.

Bust_Action · 08-18-2003, 04:42 PM

Ozma is rock-out fun music, and they're awsome live.

The ultimate indie rock band is Fugazi. The've been going for 20 years and never gave in to a major label.

mantra · 08-18-2003, 04:59 PM

i recomend you listen up on these.

Euphone
Mogwai
Yo La Tengo
Modest Mouse
Sigur Ros

Tom Thumb · 08-18-2003, 05:17 PM

I generally don't judge bands by what labels they're on, but yeah, I accept there's more going on off the majors than on.

As for bands...I just got the reissue of Pavement's debut. Still a classic. But I don't really keep up with indie rock.

kofspades · 08-18-2003, 07:53 PM

Chin Up Chin Up. Excellent sound. Simply amazing

soopafreek · 08-18-2003, 09:02 PM

pinback

&

m e l l o w d r o n e

348Dav · 08-18-2003, 09:18 PM

Interpol

teshadoh · 08-20-2003, 07:10 AM

Anyone remember Polvo?

And Bones - I have to say I am incredibly jealous of you. Spiderland is still my favorite album of all time. In fact I became slightly obsessed with Louisville bands & became fans of King Kong, Palace Bros. & Rodan.

But could I ask for a response - what period do you think was the 'golden era' of indie rock? I would say the early 90's, but mainly because that was when I was in college & really was the peak in my interest in new rock. My favorite bands of that period were Slint, Sebadoh, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Guided by Voices, Ween, Seam, & Fugazi.

YourNeverThere · 08-20-2003, 06:35 PM

Pedro The Lion

gardenhead · 08-20-2003, 07:47 PM

THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN = The best indie rock band ever.
Other good ones include; Neutral Milk Hotel, Tortoise, Q and not U, etc.

supersix2 · 08-21-2003, 07:10 AM

This must sound dumb but what is Indie rock? What I mean is what is the sound that makes indie unique?

teshadoh · 08-21-2003, 12:26 PM

Indie Rock is essentially what 'Alternative Rock' of the 80's evolved into in the 90's. What makes 'Indie Rock' different from 'Alternative Rock' during the 90's is a tricky subject. Bands like Smashing Pumpkins & The Breeders could be considered in the same soup as Indie Rock - they aren't.

A simplistic definition would be Alternative Rock bands that were on a Independant label - like Merge, SubPop, Kill Rock Stars, & Thrill Jockey just to name a few. These bands also tended to have a rougher around the edge sound than the more popular & commercially produced Alternative Rock bands that were played on mainstream commercial Alternative or Modern Rock stations.

Really this is all bullshit. But the tag stayed just like the dumb 'Alternative' tag continues - I've actually seen the band Creed mentioned as an Alternative band. So how can a band as succesfull & original be considered an alternative to anything?

balderdash111 · 02-19-2004, 11:02 AM

Posting very late entry (happened upon this in a search, so forgive me)...

Creeper Lagoon had a very good album calle Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday. Highly recommended.

Then they broke up, sort of..... long story apparently

FoolThemAll · 02-19-2004, 11:32 AM

The Dismemberment Plan
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Shins (do they qualify?)

Those would be my favorites.

lonster · 02-19-2004, 06:12 PM

Well anyone in Queensland, Australia should check out ThisCollision. They rock hard and are an upcoming indie band that i doubt will ever sell out

jonnyoswego · 02-19-2004, 06:43 PM

Anything by Modest Mouse is great.
Pavement, especially Slanted and Enchanted
Neutral Milk Hotel
FUGAZI!!!!!
The Decemberists

Although, I dunno if it's indie rock, more post-punk, prog, art rock freakout, The Mars Volta

Probably one of the best, underheard Indie bands is Murder by Death, if you can get your hands on it check out the album "Who will survive and what will be left of them":

password · 02-20-2004, 08:52 PM

Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Ever- · 02-25-2004, 01:34 PM

Mars Volta.
I think they're on the edge of taking off and really getting some publicity, like it or not.

CS733t · 02-25-2004, 03:05 PM

Can I still say Sense Field? I know they sorta got famous in the last couple years...but they've got good stuff

07-18-2003, 03:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pennington Banned Location: Autonomous Zone	Indie rock!! Recently I've been turned on to such bands as Built to Spill, Superchunk and Modest Mouse and I simply love 'em. They have been described to me as "indie rock." Now, one of the problems with indie rock is that its near impossible to find a decent band before they break up or sell out (sell out meaning changing the style and message of their songs usually after being signed to a major label in order to sell more cds. I'm not one of those pricks that will not like something just because its popular. If its good, I like it) Anyway, I was thinking that you people could share your favorite indie rock bands here. Who knows, maybe we'll find something original

07-18-2003, 04:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Donkeypuncher Psycho Location: Pasadena, CA	The Exies. Though, they _are_ in the process of doing what most of the too-hip-for-school indie kids would call "selling out." I still like 'em, though. __________________ "take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the Queen of The Underground"

07-18-2003, 06:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
hersickmother Upright Location: Nottingham, England.	No kill no beep beep by Q and not U is one of the best albums in the world. Very special, like nothing I've ever heard before and yet perfectly realised __________________ Kiss me hardly. Thirsty do no harm.

07-20-2003, 08:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, and any of the others already mentioned. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

07-20-2003, 07:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	sleater-kinney. sparta. pretty girls make graves. at the drive in. poison the well. blood brothers. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

07-18-2003, 06:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Spektr Copacetic Location: Nati	Postal Service. Check them the fuck out. They simply just fuckin rule. Seriously

07-18-2003, 08:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
MrCubanmafia Upright	I like The Velvet Teen, The Ghost, The Exit and Faraquet. I dunno though, Modest Mouse is kinda out there for me. Then again, it all depends on what your definition of Indie is.

07-19-2003, 06:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
Locobot is awesome!	I recommend: Rainer Maria - Long Knives Drawn Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher Sigur Ros - any Trans Am - Futureworld Talib Kweli & Mos Def - any Red Monkey - any !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) - Me and Guiliani... Sonic Youth - Murray Street (not strictly an Indie band, but inseperable from the "indie sound") Sleater-Kinney - One Beat etc.

07-20-2003, 05:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
apetaster Insane Location: P.R. Mass.	Seam Texas is the Reason Into Another Small Brown Bike Shiner (Lula Divinia era) Mineral The Gloria Record Knapsack Braid Elliott Falling Forward Bones - you must like Rodan too, right?

07-21-2003, 10:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
sdkh Upright Location: MD/DC/VA	rilo kiley, cursive, denali, desaparecidos, engine down, onelinedrawing, cardia, detachment kit, mars volta, etc. are a few. and azure ray! I forgot to mention them. yay for indie. It is the most dynamic style of rock you can have. That's why I love it. Yaaaaaaaaay. __________________ "Hey, crap for brains! Good to see you!"

07-22-2003, 09:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
MrCubanmafia Upright	Theres also My Bloody Valentine, although theyre pretty old school. Thursday and My Chemical Romance are some pretty hard indie... and they both have albums on the same label. Thursday's album on the label is an old one, but MCR is current.

07-22-2003, 09:40 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ruiner Guest	I haveta second the Slint recommendation. To bad they ended before they should have and robbed us of what could of been. The guys are still around in bands like The For Carnation, Tortoise, the Sea and Cake etc. But nothing they have done since has compared to the Slint. It's just raw emotion on record.

07-22-2003, 09:51 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ruiner Guest	I got a cool track by Rodan on this ep.. I should go find it. They announce them by saying something like "and next is a new band called ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooDAAAAAAAAAAN" It's great.

07-22-2003, 09:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
Ruiner Guest	Damn.. don't live out Silver Mt. Zion, Don Caberllero or Guided by Voices. One of my favorite bands of all time The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, best seen live.

07-22-2003, 10:55 AM	#15 (permalink)
zenmaster10665 Bokonist Location: Location, Location, Location...	Archers of loaf....excellent...saw one of those guys' last shows... I am really into Built to Spill as well...Modest Mouse has a similar style, I think... Some bands that I am into recently: The Libertines Kings of Leon Flaming Lips (new album is excellent) sigur ros Folk Implosion good s*it! __________________ "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way." -Kurt Vonnegut

07-23-2003, 04:03 PM	#19 (permalink)
emopwr Crazy Location: florida	engine down owns hard.

08-18-2003, 09:18 PM	#28 (permalink)
348Dav Tilted Location: Anaheim	Interpol

07-22-2003, 01:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
lilriceboi Upright	Good shit, I like it. built to spill flaming lips velvet teen sigur ros postal service thievery corporation the libertines there are a lot of good "indie" bands out there

07-22-2003, 10:30 PM	#17 (permalink)
ChipX86 Tilted	Check out http://radio.freenode.net/. That's an online station I do some volunteer work, where only independent music is played. There's some 50+ hours of music, and most of the artists have their stuff available for download (good stuff, too). And on the subject, Emily Richards (http://www.emilyrichards.com/) is great

07-23-2003, 03:57 PM	#18 (permalink)
ChipX86 Tilted	Sorry, wasn't trying to plug a site. I was trying to show a resource for more indie rock and other types of indie music, since it also links to other record labels that offer free music and such. I thought it was on topic enough, but I won't mention such things again.

08-18-2003, 03:10 PM	#22 (permalink)
terrain_racer Upright	The Dames Houston Gunfighter Season To Risk Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Really good music. Last edited by terrain_racer; 08-18-2003 at 03:14 PM..

08-18-2003, 04:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
Bust_Action Upright Location: San Marcos, Tx	Ozma is rock-out fun music, and they're awsome live. The ultimate indie rock band is Fugazi. The've been going for 20 years and never gave in to a major label. __________________ Your favorite band sucks.

08-18-2003, 04:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
mantra Banned Location: Miami	i recomend you listen up on these. Euphone Mogwai Yo La Tengo Modest Mouse Sigur Ros

08-18-2003, 05:17 PM	#25 (permalink)
Tom Thumb Crazy Location: In a self portrait	I generally don't judge bands by what labels they're on, but yeah, I accept there's more going on off the majors than on. As for bands...I just got the reissue of Pavement's debut. Still a classic. But I don't really keep up with indie rock. __________________ My name is marketing. Now buy my product.

08-18-2003, 07:53 PM	#26 (permalink)
kofspades Crazy	Chin Up Chin Up. Excellent sound. Simply amazing __________________ Even if you stop the clock, it gives the right time twice a day. Once we get out of the eighties, the nineties are going to make the sixties look like the fifties.

08-18-2003, 09:02 PM	#27 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	pinback & m e l l o w d r o n e __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

08-20-2003, 07:10 AM	#29 (permalink)
teshadoh Insane	Anyone remember Polvo? And Bones - I have to say I am incredibly jealous of you. Spiderland is still my favorite album of all time. In fact I became slightly obsessed with Louisville bands & became fans of King Kong, Palace Bros. & Rodan. But could I ask for a response - what period do you think was the 'golden era' of indie rock? I would say the early 90's, but mainly because that was when I was in college & really was the peak in my interest in new rock. My favorite bands of that period were Slint, Sebadoh, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Guided by Voices, Ween, Seam, & Fugazi.

08-20-2003, 06:35 PM	#30 (permalink)
YourNeverThere Practical Anarchist Location: Yesterday i woke up stuck in hollywood	Pedro The Lion __________________ The Above post is a direct quote from Shakespeare

08-20-2003, 07:47 PM	#31 (permalink)
gardenhead antidentite Location: nj	THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN = The best indie rock band ever. Other good ones include; Neutral Milk Hotel, Tortoise, Q and not U, etc. __________________ The world will not be saved by old minds with new programs. If the world is saved, it will be saved by new minds – with no programs.

08-21-2003, 07:10 AM	#32 (permalink)
supersix2 Insane Location: Houston	This must sound dumb but what is Indie rock? What I mean is what is the sound that makes indie unique?

08-21-2003, 12:26 PM	#33 (permalink)
teshadoh Insane	Indie Rock is essentially what 'Alternative Rock' of the 80's evolved into in the 90's. What makes 'Indie Rock' different from 'Alternative Rock' during the 90's is a tricky subject. Bands like Smashing Pumpkins & The Breeders could be considered in the same soup as Indie Rock - they aren't. A simplistic definition would be Alternative Rock bands that were on a Independant label - like Merge, SubPop, Kill Rock Stars, & Thrill Jockey just to name a few. These bands also tended to have a rougher around the edge sound than the more popular & commercially produced Alternative Rock bands that were played on mainstream commercial Alternative or Modern Rock stations. Really this is all bullshit. But the tag stayed just like the dumb 'Alternative' tag continues - I've actually seen the band Creed mentioned as an Alternative band. So how can a band as succesfull & original be considered an alternative to anything?

02-19-2004, 11:02 AM	#34 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Posting very late entry (happened upon this in a search, so forgive me)... Creeper Lagoon had a very good album calle Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday. Highly recommended. Then they broke up, sort of..... long story apparently

02-19-2004, 11:32 AM	#35 (permalink)
FoolThemAll Walking is Still Honest Location: Seattle, WA	The Dismemberment Plan Ted Leo and the Pharmacists The Shins (do they qualify?) Those would be my favorites. __________________ I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.

02-19-2004, 06:12 PM	#36 (permalink)
lonster Upright Location: brisbane, Australia	Well anyone in Queensland, Australia should check out ThisCollision. They rock hard and are an upcoming indie band that i doubt will ever sell out

02-19-2004, 06:43 PM	#37 (permalink)
jonnyoswego Upright Location: Indiana	Anything by Modest Mouse is great. Pavement, especially Slanted and Enchanted Neutral Milk Hotel FUGAZI!!!!! The Decemberists Although, I dunno if it's indie rock, more post-punk, prog, art rock freakout, The Mars Volta Probably one of the best, underheard Indie bands is Murder by Death, if you can get your hands on it check out the album "Who will survive and what will be left of them":

02-20-2004, 08:52 PM	#38 (permalink)
password Tilted	Bright Eyes and Elliott Smith ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

02-25-2004, 01:34 PM	#39 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	Mars Volta. I think they're on the edge of taking off and really getting some publicity, like it or not. __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--