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Best Indie Band Ever????
Posted by IndieArto • 11 days ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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I review indie music and I would love to hear a couple of suggestions from you guys!!!!
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vonpip claims that Marina and the Diamonds will be the next biggie ... she's not bad
Although, ignorance is bliss .. as my knowledge of "the indie bands" spans only one website: epitonic.com/
My faves: Royal City, Cat Power, The Capitol Years, Rye Coalition, Pavement, Need New Body, etc ... (but, haven't been listening to new music for years now - have enough .mp3's to keep me away and thanks to Galaxy Music on digital TV. -
I dont know if I ever will have enough music, I love getting new tunes and absorbing them! I am definately going to check out epitonic.com! I like your indie music selection but I have discovered a couple of other hot bands like the features! WOW!!!
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I am not sure I will ever have a 'best band ever' type favourite, but at the moment Yeasayer is my current favourite. -
I am hooked on Bright Eyes! Go check it out at www.indiearto.com/search/label/Bright%20Eyes there is even a couple of free mp3's to download!!!!
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I love At The Bottom Of Everything.. It's fantastic!
Or Lover I Don't Have To Love.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs-
Love them, seeing them in December
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MODEST MOUSE!
I'm going to see them in December! Every time I think of it i almost pee myself in excitement.-
Oh yea them too....I love them.
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OMG! I think I hate you for going to see them in Decemebr ; ) I would love to go and see them! They are like one of my favourite bands! I think if I must choose like top ten Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse and definately Yeah Yeah Yeah's make the list!!!!
P.S. I would be pee myslef if I knew I was going to see Modest!!!
Really go check out www.indiearto.com-
haha if i had to think about it fully i probably would.
I'm an obsessive fan, People just associate me with modest mouse, I don't realize I talk about them that much, but i just can't stop myself!
Pinback, Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel and The Unicorns are really good too.
But I don't really like mainstream indie, like the Kooks or Razorlight.
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Yeah i dont rate those bands either but I really love the bands you mentioned especially Neutral Milk Hotel, i have had their album "Aeroplane over the Sea" for like four years and I still havnt got enough of it!
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Yeah! the acoustics are so simple yet brilliant, so i always play The Aeroplane over the Sea at open mics etc.
Wishful Eyes is also a fantastic one, which is on the album Beauty I think.
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Oh so you play a little? Do you just play like covers or do you play your own music too?
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Yeah, i make my own music too, my blogs sort of like my lyrics/poems. I sing mostly, then drums, then guitar, then piano
I'm just a lover of music in general really.
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Unfortunately they are a little emoish in the lyrics department but Heaven Below and The Dreaming are both extremely good. -
My band...
you can hear some of our crappy recordings on the WITCHVIEW blog. -
I'm always sort of shocked to see what counts as "indie" music, because apparently it has nothing to do with being published on an independent label. When people say "indie" do they just mean another stagnant genre populated by soundalikes who are more focused on image than music? I think so.
If you want to hear something that sounds good and is indepedently published, but not "indie," I would recommend LowSpeedDuplicating.-
I do think that's partly the case - you can hear dozens of bands and not be able to tell their vocalists and songs apart. I much prefer bands with a more distinctive sound or unusual instrumentation, although there's nothing wrong with the occasional foray into the popular, from time to time. Heck, I would have missed out on Vampire Weekend if I were a total trend-snob. I use the label "indie" on my blog for songs that are less-typical rock songs but aren't quite out there far enough to be alternative or even misc.
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Yeah indie has become a lot more mainstream, it is clear with bands like the killers and razorlight, etc. Image also plays a large role... Its kinda hard to define but I think bands like modest, bright eyes and NMH are indie and they just make really good music!
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I would like to propose the term "indie" be thrown straight out of the window. How do you define what is indie and what is not anymore, and where do you draw the line where indie crosses over to mainstream. Is it something the bands themselves can control? Is it just public perception? And why are we so obsessed with labelling things? Can't we just call it music and be done with it? How about this question, "Whats the best band that most people haven't heard of?" That's what I'm interested in.
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I like Eels, Death Cab for Cutie and Silversun Pickups.
Yeah, I think it's kinda hard to define what indie sounds like. It's become a lot more mainstream lately, and I find it's hard to tell the difference between an indie band and a 'regular' band just by listening to them... I tend to use the term only for bands that are actually independent and not tied to any major label.
[shameless self-promotion] Ahem... I'm an independent musician, and it just so happens that I released my album a few days ago on my website... [/shameless self-promotion] -
Na man I think their is definitely a line between indie bands and mainstream bands, indie is not just associated with being signed under an independent label but it is also a music genre. That is why you get real or true indie and mainstream indie. I will never in my life call nickelback or creed indie, thasts just music for the masses and really bad music too.
Cool Rainhat, I am gonna check your shameless self promoted album : )-
lol I agree that calling Nickelback an indie band would be rather silly... I think I phrased that rather badly. I meant that some bands that call themselves "indie" sound just as mainstream as many mainstream bands, so you can't really tell that they are indie bands just by listening to them.
Cool!
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Im at work now so I could'nt really check out to much of your work but I downloaded the first track and it was pretty cool! I will download the rest and leave a comment about it... mmmmmm if its good maybe i'll review your album on my blog...
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I just got the latest Grizzly Bear album, what a great buy!!!
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So what is your definition of indie music? Music not meant to reach the masses? I'd like to ask how many starving artists would like to not make a living off their art reaching the masses. Musicians simply make music, but it's we who label them and try to cage them up in categories.
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I used to listen to Spoon quite a bit, but I'm afraid I have been too busy to keep up with anything. Anyone have any suggestions for Indie bands in the same vein?-
yo dkeage, if you like spoon go check this out indiearto.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Features its a relatively new indie band, which I am sure will be to your liking, oh yeah they are called "The Features". Let me know what you think.
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@trailofpen, yes it is true that many "starving" artists would give a limb to get their music heard and obviously make money from it but if you look at Jeff Magnum from Neutral Milk Hotel, who stepped out from the music scene once the attention got to much, it tells you that he made music just to make music. Thats the impression I get from indie artist they make artistic, experimental and extremely creative music which happens to fall under the indie category, indie is in fact a very broad and wide category!
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I find it funny when people won't listen to music because it is considered mainstream. I also find it funny that the definition of the term "indie" has transformed into something much more broad and undefinable. I mean, can you classify Pepe Deluxe as an indie band or are they just fucking amazing?
There are many artists that were originally considered "indie" but are now being played on many radio stations. Bands such as metric, mgmt, death cab, modest mouse, vampire weekend and LCD soundsystem just to name a few, all have hits that are played over and over on the radio. Now it seems like there are two types of music stars, the indie star, and mainstream star. It makes no sense.
The term "indie", now has this negative connotation associated with it because it could imply your band is mainstream and it implies that your band has this certain type of sound that nobody can really agree on. I don't think many bands actually want to be labeled as indie, but rather with a descriptor of the type of music they play. Indie is not a genre and definitely does not describe any kind of specific sound. Indie was a fad. A term that meant a band was signed to an independent label and their music sounded original. Then its meaning morphed out of control and has since lost any meaning whatsoever and now it's just lame.-
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Why is that 'blah blah blah' ?
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Thank you crpitt
What I was trying to say is two things,
1. We need to get rid of the term indie
2. There are two many elitists when it comes to music. There are many "mainstream" songs that you might enjoy if you could just get over yourself.
BTW the new grizzly bear album is great. Ready, Able is a sonic delight! -
I thought it meant sense and he was being bloody rude, maybe it was one paragraph too much for him.
I also love the new Grizzy Bear album, Alligator is my favourite track. -
Amen Larry. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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This is a pretty cool list of the best of 2009
www.loveshackbaby.net/2009/11/18/festive-fifty-shortlist-pick-10-get-in-the... -
Ok, I apologize for saying blah blah blah but I just cannot agree with you although I can see your point and you do have a valid one about music being termed indie, but indie does not have a negative connotation to me, in fact, I love it.
Yes it was one paragraph to much for me...
Yeah new Grizzly Bear album is awesome!
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