The New Pornographers The Shins Tapes `N Tapes Belle and Sebastian Built to spill Tokyo Police Club' Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin Sufjan Stevens Architecture In Helsinki Death from Above 1979
If your into british. Stuff like Arctic Monkeys Kaiser Chiefs The Kooks Maximo Park Babyshambles
If your into mainstream stuff The Killers RazorLight Weezer
Sad that you dont like Elliott Smith Among my favorit artists along with Jeff Buckley
On May 11 2008 21:37 Oystein wrote: The New Pornographers The Shins Tapes `N Tapes Belle and Sebastian Built to spill Tokyo Police Club' Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin Sufjan Stevens Architecture In Helsinki Death from Above 1979
If your into british. Stuff like Arctic Monkeys Kaiser Chiefs The Kooks Maximo Park Babyshambles
If your into mainstream stuff The Killers RazorLight Weezer
Sad that you dont like Elliott Smith Among my favorit artists along with Jeff Buckley
TPC and DFA1979 <3 I like most of the others too, but those two are definately awesome.
On May 11 2008 21:37 Oystein wrote: The New Pornographers The Shins Tapes `N Tapes Belle and Sebastian Built to spill Tokyo Police Club' Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin Sufjan Stevens Architecture In Helsinki Death from Above 1979
If your into british. Stuff like Arctic Monkeys Kaiser Chiefs The Kooks Maximo Park Babyshambles
If your into mainstream stuff The Killers RazorLight Weezer
Sad that you dont like Elliott Smith Among my favorit artists along with Jeff Buckley
TPC and DFA1979 <3 I like most of the others too, but those two are definately awesome.
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
On May 11 2008 18:17 xDark.Carnivalx wrote: i'll just make a list of music that's actually under the genre of 'indie' in my music pile, though i have more:
The Academy Is Bright Eyes (definetly look them up) The Decemberists Hard-Fi Hot Chip (afaik this is more electronic than indie) Imogen Heap (again not really all that indie imo) Keane The Killers Ladytron (again more of an electronic band) Meg and Dia The Rapture House The Red Jumpsuit Apparratus Robots in Disguise (another eletronic sounding band) Silversun Pickups Snow Patrol Spoon Taking Back Sunday The Strokes
anyway, that's just music actually listed under 'indie', i'm too lazy to actually go through my music and find a list of indie music. out of that list of music i'd recommend most; Bright Eyes, The Strokes, The Killers, Snow Patrol and Silversun Pickups.
You need to relabel your music, because a lot of that is not indie.
The New Pornographers The Shins Tapes `N Tapes Belle and Sebastian Built to spill Tokyo Police Club' Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin Sufjan Stevens Architecture In Helsinki Death from Above 1979
If your into british. Stuff like Arctic Monkeys Kaiser Chiefs The Kooks Maximo Park Babyshambles
If your into mainstream stuff The Killers RazorLight Weezer
Sad that you dont like Elliott Smith Among my favorit artists along with Jeff Buckley
Now there's an indie list. You can put in some Stars also.
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
It's Led Zeppelin.
Don't bother responding, I'd prefer to hear from people who judge music on merit and not some bizarre arbitrary moral standard of musicianship. (IE some people I've never met nor will never meet have somehow offended my delicate musical sensibilities by making money off of an album that doesn't significantly deviate from any previous albums nor pander to any mainstream ideal of music, but rather intangibly annoys me to the point where I must express righteous indignation to anyone who'll listen to my baseless complaints).
selling out = making a really good debut album then gaining widespread recognition so that they're afraid to deviate from the original formula but don't have the same inspiration as before thus the 2nd album turns into a desperate copy of the first even adding songs that were released previously but remixed slightly = arcade fire
i judge music by how good it is son, dont accuse me of that indie moral musicianship shit
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
It's Led Zeppelin.
Don't bother responding, I'd prefer to hear from people who judge music on merit and not some bizarre arbitrary moral standard of musicianship. (IE some people I've never met nor will never meet have somehow offended my delicate musical sensibilities by making money off of an album that doesn't significantly deviate from any previous albums nor pander to any mainstream ideal of music, but rather intangibly annoys me to the point where I must express righteous indignation to anyone who'll listen to my baseless complaints).
selling out = making a really good debut album then gaining widespread recognition so that they're afraid to deviate from the original formula but don't have the same inspiration as before thus the 2nd album turns into a desperate copy of the first even adding songs that were released previously but remixed slightly = arcade fire
i judge music by how good it is son, dont accuse me of that indie moral musicianship shit
Well, the term 'selling out' also swings the other way. The artist gets successful and successive albums are worse because they sound different, presumably because they're motivated to make more money in less time rather than actually putting out artistic content. A lot of fans want to hear the same sound over and over again, and they call it selling out when the group changes or grows ie. Green Day.
Kudos to those of you who've recommended Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, Postal Service, and Sufjan Stevens. I second those nominations, Sufjan especially. Fuck, I LOVE Sufjan. If you download nothing else I recommend, get some Sufjan. Sample:
Some stuff others didn't pick up: Iron & Wine The National Wilco (is this indie? who cares) Damien Rice (I only like 10% of his stuff, but the 10% i like a lot) kimya dawson belle and sebastian andrew bird Okkervil River (definitely try these guys. my 2nd favorite band)
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
It's Led Zeppelin.
Don't bother responding, I'd prefer to hear from people who judge music on merit and not some bizarre arbitrary moral standard of musicianship. (IE some people I've never met nor will never meet have somehow offended my delicate musical sensibilities by making money off of an album that doesn't significantly deviate from any previous albums nor pander to any mainstream ideal of music, but rather intangibly annoys me to the point where I must express righteous indignation to anyone who'll listen to my baseless complaints).
selling out = making a really good debut album then gaining widespread recognition so that they're afraid to deviate from the original formula but don't have the same inspiration as before thus the 2nd album turns into a desperate copy of the first even adding songs that were released previously but remixed slightly = arcade fire
i judge music by how good it is son, dont accuse me of that indie moral musicianship shit
Neon Bible may not be as good as Funeral, but it's certainly not some "desperate copy", and I made this blog to find new music, not to have someone come in a pontificate about how shitty stuff I already like is.
If you want to sit in your little ivory tower and bend the definition of 'selling out' to whatever band you're currently railing against, do it in your own blog.
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
It's Led Zeppelin.
Don't bother responding, I'd prefer to hear from people who judge music on merit and not some bizarre arbitrary moral standard of musicianship. (IE some people I've never met nor will never meet have somehow offended my delicate musical sensibilities by making money off of an album that doesn't significantly deviate from any previous albums nor pander to any mainstream ideal of music, but rather intangibly annoys me to the point where I must express righteous indignation to anyone who'll listen to my baseless complaints).
selling out = making a really good debut album then gaining widespread recognition so that they're afraid to deviate from the original formula but don't have the same inspiration as before thus the 2nd album turns into a desperate copy of the first even adding songs that were released previously but remixed slightly = arcade fire
i judge music by how good it is son, dont accuse me of that indie moral musicianship shit
Well, the term 'selling out' also swings the other way. The artist gets successful and successive albums are worse because they sound different, presumably because they're motivated to make more money in less time rather than actually putting out artistic content. A lot of fans want to hear the same sound over and over again, and they call it selling out when the group changes or grows ie. Green Day.
eh, I think people only consider Green Day as sellouts in an attempt to disassociate themselves from a lot of the fans they've been bringing in lately.
Excluding stuff that's already been mentioned (I think):
Apples in Stereo Art of Fighting Badly Drawn Boy The Black Heart Procession (if you're into the darker stuff) Blur Bonnie 'Prince' Billy British Sea Power Golden Shoulders Goldspot Guided by Voices The Helio Sequence I Am Kloot The Long Winters Luke Temple The Magnetic Fields Red House Painters (and Mark Kozelek's solo stuff, too) Midlake The Mountain Goats The Notwist Now It's Overhead Pavement Portastatic Yo La Tengo
On May 11 2008 20:13 zulu_nation8 wrote: death cab is for pussies, arcade fire sold out, nmh is the led zepplin of singer songwriter indie, placing nmh among your list is an insult to me and I take it personally. dashboard is music thats sold out but was made for and by pussies to begin with.
It's Led Zeppelin.
Don't bother responding, I'd prefer to hear from people who judge music on merit and not some bizarre arbitrary moral standard of musicianship. (IE some people I've never met nor will never meet have somehow offended my delicate musical sensibilities by making money off of an album that doesn't significantly deviate from any previous albums nor pander to any mainstream ideal of music, but rather intangibly annoys me to the point where I must express righteous indignation to anyone who'll listen to my baseless complaints).
selling out = making a really good debut album then gaining widespread recognition so that they're afraid to deviate from the original formula but don't have the same inspiration as before thus the 2nd album turns into a desperate copy of the first even adding songs that were released previously but remixed slightly = arcade fire
i judge music by how good it is son, dont accuse me of that indie moral musicianship shit
Well, the term 'selling out' also swings the other way. The artist gets successful and successive albums are worse because they sound different, presumably because they're motivated to make more money in less time rather than actually putting out artistic content. A lot of fans want to hear the same sound over and over again, and they call it selling out when the group changes or grows ie. Green Day.
eh, I think people only consider Green Day as sellouts in an attempt to disassociate themselves from a lot of the fans they've been bringing in lately.
Nah, Green Day were being labeled sell outs as soon as they moved away from the CA punk scene. That was pretty early on. Not that the people were right, but I do remember San Diego punk bitches getting their panties in a twist.
Here are some great bands and a few of their best songs:
Ballboy (listen to "Donald in the bushes with a bag of glue") The Monochrome Set (Jacob's ladder, The mating game) Aztec Camera (Just like gold, Oblivious) The Magnetic Fields Television Personalities The Feelies (The boy with the perpetual nervousness, Fa ce-la) Primal Scream (early singles and the first album)