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"Indie" Music

penelope

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Any fans here? If there are, we know we're die-hard, passionate lovers and supporters of what is referred to as "indie" music. Speak up!

My top fifteen (because 5 or 10 are too hard... in no particular order):

Deerhoof
Joanna Newsom
Regina Spektor
Blonde Redhead
Department of Eagles
The Decemberists
Cocorosie
Radiohead
Beirut
Of Montreal
The Books
Spoon
The Strokes
Animal Collective
Sufjan Stevens

Recent finds/downloads:

The new Animal Collective album
Inara George
Wax Tailor
Deerhunter
Adron
She & Him
newer Andrew Bird
Basia Bulat

And... any requests for uploads or sharing? I'm pretty confident I have like, everything. Ever.
 

A Schnitzel

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Cool thread.

I like about half of those.

I'll add some of my favourites in a bit.
 

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What does indie mean today? I know it used to mean independently released, but that was in like...1988. Is it basically skinny-pale-guys-in-european-cut-short-sleeved-button-down-shirts now?
 

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What does indie mean today? I know it used to mean independently released, but that was in like...1988. Is it basically skinny-pale-guys-in-european-cut-short-sleeved-button-down-shirts now?

It's a way to say "Cool" without coming off as an elitist tryhard.
 

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I used to read a magazine from England ( Wire ? ) to keep up with the more obscure parts of this scene, but the Borders here in Chicago have screwed it up lately. They get the issues in so late that the people who cycle out magazines that "didn't sell during the last month" grab them and throw them out ( or return them ) before one even has a chance to buy read them, as soon as they arrive, practically. I'm not sure how much they let you read on their site - here it is..The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music: Index

You can spend a shitload "keeping up" with all this stuff year after year, decade after decade. I am now trying to just get started creating my own sound projects, and making sense of the thousands of recordings I've already accumulated. I still acquire new stuff, but not as often as before.
 

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Yeah, it's not like the 70s when all you had to do was listen to FM radio. Or so I've heard.
 

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What does indie mean today? I know it used to mean independently released, but that was in like...1988. Is it basically skinny-pale-guys-in-european-cut-short-sleeved-button-down-shirts now?

That was roughly what I thought. I believe an accurate descripitive term for the genre would be "Like Coldplay" though I may be very wrong here ;)
 

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Any fans here? If there are, we know we're die-hard, passionate lovers and supporters of what is referred to as "indie" music. Speak up!

My top fifteen (because 5 or 10 are too hard... in no particular order):

Deerhoof
Joanna Newsom
Regina Spektor
Blonde Redhead
Department of Eagles
The Decemberists
Cocorosie
Radiohead
Beirut
Of Montreal
The Books
Spoon
The Strokes
Animal Collective
Sufjan Stevens

Recent finds/downloads:

The new Animal Collective album
Inara George
Wax Tailor
Deerhunter
Adron
She & Him
newer Andrew Bird
Basia Bulat

And... any requests for uploads or sharing? I'm pretty confident I have like, everything. Ever.

Definitely some good stuff there, I love Animal Collective, and the Decemberists, I'm only vaguely familiar with the others...

I'm right into Iron & Wine and Bon Iver at the moment. I guess I'm mainly an "indie" folk fan, I guess I just love the idea of the musician grabbing a guitar and using it to make music in a unique way. Oh and Panda Bear's last album was great!
 

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Bloc party
The kooks
We are scientists
Snow patrol
Starsailor
Newton faulkner
Paolo nutini
James morrison
Morning runner
Keane
James Blunt
The hours
Feeder
Embrace
The courteeners :headphne:
Athlete
Arctic monkeys
Arcade Fire
The automatic
Babyshambles
The libertines
Bellx1
Editors
The feeling
Franz ferdinand
The fratellis
Get cape, wear cape, fly
Ghost
Goo goo dolls
The pigeon detectives


Err I really could go on and on and on lol

I like hitting the festivals and the gigs as much as my pocket can afford it. Indie rock just plain out rocks.
 

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How do y'all keep up with all those bands? Looks exhausting to me. And then when you've found people you like, suddenly those people are overexposed and lame and you have to dig up new ones. ;)
 

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How do y'all keep up with all those bands? Looks exhausting to me. And then when you've found people you like, suddenly those people are overexposed and lame and you have to dig up new ones. ;)

haha seriously
I used to try to keep up with that indie music, but there was just waaaaaay too much for me to even comprehend. I listen to some stuff here and there but I don't go out buying a lot of their albums.
 

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How do y'all keep up with all those bands? Looks exhausting to me. And then when you've found people you like, suddenly those people are overexposed and lame and you have to dig up new ones. ;)

The whole process of being supercool, in general, is pretty exhausting. That's why I can't be bothered myself :devil:
 

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How do y'all keep up with all those bands? Looks exhausting to me. And then when you've found people you like, suddenly those people are overexposed and lame and you have to dig up new ones. ;)

To me, (good) music is like water to me. I can't seem to go a day without it, and I am constantly searching for new music. But it also serves as inspiration for my art, so if I live with the same stuff, my work and life feel stagnant.

Plus, within my group of friends, there's an unspoken contest for who can find the best new music. I think I'm winning. :)

I find it through "indie" radio stations and college/underground stations. I also browse Myspace every now and then for musicians I haven't heard. Then I have my ways of downloading their music and sharing!
 

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A part of me is sick to death with indie. It bugs me how little variety there is, the clichés, how the fans regard themselves as oh so open-minded... Based on this it might sound like I don't listen to indie, but ironically I listen to quite a lot of indie, although I have become very skeptical of checking out new indie music, since so much of it bores me to death with its clichés. Anyhow, some indie favorites:

Radiohead
Sun Kil Moon
Mew
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Bon Iver
The Arcade Fire
Neutral Milk Hotel
TV on the Radio
Fleet Foxes
 

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Okay.

City and Colour
Stars
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Metric
spoon
Wolf Parade
Tegan & Sara
The Shins
Raine Maida
Peter Bjorn and John
The New Pornographers
MGMT
Kasabian
Hot Hot Heat
Feist
Arctic Monkeys
Arcade Fire
Martha Wainwright

It was interesting looking through my collection to see which bands are indie and which aren't. For example the Arctic Monkeys are officially indie simply because they refused
to sign a major record deal while a lot of smaller bands I'm a fan of actually aren't.

What's also interesting is that Death Cab For Cutie is classified as indie while on wikipedia it says that they are under five different labels. Three of them are independent while two are Warner and Atlantic.
 

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Excellent thread idea!

I like:

Imogen Heap
Iron and Wine
Badly Drawn Boy*
The Decemberists
Radiohead
Death Cab for Cutie (Transatlanticism, specifically)*
Of Montreal
Belle and Sebastian
They Might Be Giants*
Kings of Convenience*
Fleet Foxes
Elliott Smith*
Sufjan Stevens


* Not sure if they count as "indie"
 

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That's cool, penelope. I know my roommate gets exposed to a lot of indie artists though Live Journal and imeem, etc., and sometimes I do find a few bands through her that I do like. I like Iron and Wine and Fleet Foxes, especially. I do tend to be more of a backfiller in terms of music, though...I tend to comb through stuff that was made before the era I grew up in. Most of the indie stuff that my roommate digs up is just not really my taste.
 

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A part of me is sick to death with indie. It bugs me how little variety there is, the clichés, how the fans regard themselves as oh so open-minded... Based on this it might sound like I don't listen to indie, but ironically I listen to quite a lot of indie, although I have become very skeptical of checking out new indie music, since so much of it bores me to death with its clichés.

I know what you mean. A few years ago, "indie" (I put it in quotes because most popular indie artists are signed, but they retain that flavor) was recognized by few, and because they genuinely liked the music. Now, it's become the underground popular circle to be in. I've met and known a lot of "fakes" who pretend to be really into it, when they fail to appreciate what's so awesome about this music in the first place. And likewise, there are a lot of artists out there now that are just copying others and turning themselves into a cliche. They're not original or creative.

Okay.
It was interesting looking through my collection to see which bands are indie and which aren't. For example the Arctic Monkeys are officially indie simply because they refused
to sign a major record deal while a lot of smaller bands I'm a fan of actually aren't.

What's also interesting is that Death Cab For Cutie is classified as indie while on wikipedia it says that they are under five different labels. Three of them are independent while two are Warner and Atlantic.

Yeah, I think indie now is just described by its flavor, not by the artists refusing or not being signed to a label. Although, DCFC has become a lot more recognized by the mainstream anyway. Still, they retain their flavor.
 

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hm, um, guess the few I could consider 'indie' that I like-

Death Cab for Cutie
Poster Children
Built to Spill
 

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Indie music = love.

Right now, I'm over-playing the new Animal Collective and The Walkmen new albums.

Also, The Mae Shi, The Most Serene Republic, and Annie. Incredible, in addition to the other bands others have listed.
 
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