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PoofBird

15-09-2003, 03:36 PM

the discussion on indie music was just getting started,
I repost my own definition of the genre, for all to disagree with.

How to classify something as indie?

hard question: Indie comes from Independent.

It was used for bands who made their records for small companies, that were 'independent' of the major companies (RIAA style)
There are nowadays indie acts that are with big companies.

You could say Indie is the pop-brother of alternative rock, and with that I don't mean the Busted or Avril style of alternative pop, but pop in the meaning of a bit more softer and delicate.

Most indie music can be described as emotional guitar music, melodic and melancholic. But of course there are also very happy bands, very electronic techno-like songs and lots more.

Indie started in the eighties. It was highly influenced by punk, and still has the distinct "do it yourself" attitude that was re-introduced into music by the punks of the late seventies.
Indie top-act The Pixies (from the 80s, and said to get back together again) were the main influence for acts like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead.
Grunge started out as a noisy variant of indie, and quickly grew to become a new genre.

todays Emo was mainly created by punk and hardcore getting mixed with indie (which itself was based on punk long ago)

Now there are even indie hiphop acts, and indie techno acts. we have indie pop and indie rock.

to go short: it's alternative music that doesn't cut your parents' ears.

my current favourite bands include: Athlete (spiffing!), Snow Patrol and Pernice Brothers.

check them out.

please...

Ked

15-09-2003, 04:31 PM

The indie bands that I have listened to quite a bit, and that are good, are:

The Flaming Lips
Radiohead
The Coral

(Going to Flaming Lips concert in October, I'm sure I've told some of you.)

Dingo

15-09-2003, 04:46 PM

Do the Shins count as indie??? or New Pornographers??

I like this thread. Musical goodies for me to look for! Whee

PoofBird

15-09-2003, 06:47 PM

new pornographers are indie, but I'm not a big fan

the shins, however...

their latest album "Chutes too narrow" is a gem! beautifull music by a beautifull band

Dingo

15-09-2003, 07:18 PM

Dingo's Current MP3 Player Selection:
*runs off to find mp3 player*
The Faint, Elefant, Murder City Devils, Placebo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mars Volta, Zwan, White Stripes, The Stranglers, Dandy Warhols, Interpol, Coldplay

I don't know how many of those you consider Indie... but the Indie station on the radio plays a lot of them.... *shrug*

And I just found out that Smashing Pumpkins was disbanded... and Billy Corgan founded Zwan. That's why Zwan is on there. *shrug* I was sad.

Amanita

15-09-2003, 09:30 PM

If indie music is anything like indie films then it's definately worth looking into, but I'm a true dolt when it comes to up and coming music, so if the music savy bunch here could help point me in the right direction that'd be great. I'm allready downloading selections from every band here aforementioned in this thread, but at this point in time I have relatively no knowledge on indie music.

Is Radiohead indie? I saw their name listed and I like them, but they seemed a lil too main stream to be indie. Also are Guster or Dredg indie? Because I like both of them, but not a single person that I know has even heard of them.

PoofBird

15-09-2003, 10:57 PM

Amanita,

to get started, download the following songs:

Belle & Sebastian - Dirty dream #2
Postal Service - The district sleeps alone tonight
Bright Eyes - From a balance beam
Death cab for cutie - Transatlanticism

some of the best tracks around...

some slightly different ones:

Mogwai - Kids will be skeletons
Kashmir - Rocket Brothers
Fountains of Wayne - Mexican Wine

I'd consider Radiohead to be indie, certainly their earlier albums. They've made it big, but never sold out, so can still be considered to be indie.

foxy

15-09-2003, 11:04 PM

The Stars,

I love them they are really quite fabulous

Everyone should buy their old cd and then get their new one,

now.

Wahoo

15-09-2003, 11:40 PM

i got death cab for cutie but on my bonzo dog cd if any of you know who they are, they do funny songs and are quite old, great fun.

I don't think the white strips would count as indie, if they do, they suck.

Amanita

16-09-2003, 02:28 AM

Many thanks poofbird, those songs are great! Now if I could find a bunch more like them that'd be wonderful. Needless to say I'm going on a d/l rampage of all of those bands. (I wuv M3|-| digital cable).

PoofBird

16-09-2003, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by Wahoo
i got death cab for cutie but on my bonzo dog cd if any of you know who they are, they do funny songs and are quite old, great fun.

I don't think the white strips would count as indie, if they do, they suck.

Death Cab For Cutie is a very nice band. They've been around for a while.
They have a brand new album called Transatlanticism, which is superb.
The singer of the band, who also writes all the songs, is also behind the stunning project Postal Service.
He and electro-techno-person Dntel decided to make music together, using the mail. They mailed tapes and cd's to eachother with ideas for songs, which in the end resulted in the Postal Service.
A totally electronic album with a distinct indie feel, beautifull songs and divine melodies.

The_Cyclops

16-09-2003, 11:13 AM

The new Turin Brakes album is worth checking out as is the new Cooper Temple Clause. Tracks worth a quick listen too from both albums are :

Pain Killer - Turin Brakes
Long Distance - Turin Brakes

Promises Promises - Cooper Temple Clause
A.I.M. - Cooper Temple Clause

Enjoy!

PoofBird

16-09-2003, 11:30 AM

i don't have the new cooper temple clause yet,

but Turin Brakes are a favourite of mine! I saw them live a couple of months ago, and that was just magical.

I'll have a listen to the new CTC and report back here.

Dingo

16-09-2003, 07:01 PM

I like Mogwai. And the Microphones are pretty good.

The_Wombat

16-09-2003, 08:21 PM

wow, i know and luv most of these bands and i ddint even know they were indie, i just hear most of em on this radiostation im my town, it like the only non corprate one left in the us

PoofBird

16-09-2003, 08:24 PM

the only non corporate?

some would called that an independent station...

independent --> indie

this is, of course, not a rule that aplies to all indie, but it was a hint ;)

foxy

17-09-2003, 06:59 AM

mmm went to a concert at the U tonight,

mainly because it was free

mmm The Salads, how very good

saladilicious

salady goodness website (http://www.thesalads.com)

dizzy

17-09-2003, 03:38 PM

OH MY GOD! AN INDIE THREAD!!!!!!

anyway... i love indie to bits. Fave bands include:
BLUR!
Radiohead!
Supergrass
Super Furry Animals
the White Stripes

indie's taken a bit of a scary turn, in my opinion. i dunno, i'd always considered indie to be arm-in-arm with Britpop (which is, of course, dead), but nowadays the closest i can get to hearing old indie is "waah my girlfriend dumped me" emo. Emo's not bad, but if you've heard The Bends (by Radiohead) you'd be a bit disappointed by some of the new bands considered indie.
Or maybe i'm just Ms behind the times.
at any rate, i just prefer the backtobasics bluesy type of rawk the White Stripes do to the melodic Jimmy Eat World. JEW are a bit too... sappy.

PoofBird

17-09-2003, 03:39 PM

just watch this thread closely, dizzy,

you might pick up some names that are just as good as your (very good) favourites.

Dingo

17-09-2003, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by The_Wombat
wow, i know and luv most of these bands and i ddint even know they were indie, i just hear most of em on this radiostation im my town, it like the only non corprate one left in the us

LIAR. Unless it is KEXP in seattle (90.3) in which case you may be correct. If you're not in seattle, then you can eat my shorts, cause KEXP is non corporate.

dizzy

18-09-2003, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by PoofBird
just watch this thread closely, dizzy,

you might pick up some names that are just as good as your (very good) favourites.

yeah i know, Cooper Temple Clause, athlete, snow patrol, pfuhuhpfhuh. they're good, i've heard a few songs from them, maybe i'll have a listen to some of the songs listed. Have the Libertines been mentioned yet? i saw them on top of the pops the other day (i know, i know, SHAME ON ME, save it, i was waiting for Radiohead to come on) and i cursed myself for what i've been missing. And you will too! Especially since one's gone to jail, i think.

DINGO YOUR SIG IS FANTASTIC.

p.s. Doves are good too. check out There Goes the Fear and M62 Song.

p.p.s. Electric Soft Parade are pretty decent. Sleep Alone and a cover of kylie's Can't Get you outta my Head are what i've heard. now that. was funny.

Jeff The Jiff

18-09-2003, 09:53 AM

indie, hmm. its always hard to classify artists as 'indie'. i wouldnt refer to radiohead or blur as indie. they're too... mainstream and signed to EMI-esque companies.

PoofBird

18-09-2003, 09:55 AM

Electric Soft Parade are pretty decent

are kidding? they made my favourite album of 2002! I need to have that kylie cover!

Doves rule, and the Libertines are pretty cool too.

dizzy

18-09-2003, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by Jeff The Jiff
indie, hmm. its always hard to classify artists as 'indie'. i wouldnt refer to radiohead or blur as indie. they're too... mainstream and signed to EMI-esque companies.

Blur's Leisure is indie city, mate. as is a lot of Radiohead's earlier stuff. Though now obviously both bands have progressed quite a bit. I personally don't think being signed to big companies automatically takes you out of the genre anyway, but that's just my opinion.

dizzy

18-09-2003, 10:03 AM

Originally posted by PoofBird
are kidding? they made my favourite album of 2002! I need to have that kylie cover!

i'd happily send it to you, but i have absolutely no idea of how to go about that at the moment. Any ideas?

Jeff The Jiff

18-09-2003, 10:06 AM

Originally posted by dizzy
Blur's Leisure is indie city, mate. as is a lot of Radiohead's earlier stuff. Though now obviously both bands have progressed quite a bit. I personally don't think being signed to big companies automatically takes you out of the genre anyway, but that's just my opinion.

true. as i've said before, i hate classifying artists into genres. pointless, stupid and arguable.

PoofBird

01-10-2003, 10:33 PM

I consider this my little thread on music... :)

so i'll post here what new music I'm listening to. Maybe it'll inspire you, and maybe you can give me some other names to check out

The Twilight Singers - Black is the colour of my true love's hair (cds)
Turin Brakes - 5 Mile (cds)
The Strokes - Room on fire (cd)
The Dismemberment Plan - A people's history on the dismemberment plan (cd)
Supergrass - Rush Hour Soul (cds)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Pretty Girls Make Graves (ep)
Lowgold - Welcome to Winners (cd)
Isobel Campbell - Amorino (cd)
Frank Black & the Catholics - Show me your tears (cd)
Boards of Canada - Peel Session
Blur - The observer music monthly exclusive
Azure Ray - Hold on love (cd)
Aqualung - Brighter than love (cds)
Andrew WK - The Wolf (cd)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth step (cd)
A Minor Revival - Sodastream (cd)
The Wannadies - Before and after (cd)
the Black Eyed Snakes - Rise up! (cd)
David Byrne - Lead us not into temptation (cd)
John Rouse - 1972 (cd)
Pete Yorn - day I forgot (cd)
Scout Niblett - I am (cd)
Serafin - Push Collide (cd)
Swell - Whenever you're ready (cd)
Big Star - Sister Lovers (cd)
Travis - 12 Memories (12)
the Weakerthans - reconstruction site (cd)

bliss!

dizzy

13-10-2003, 01:47 PM

Ani DiFranco - Untouchable Face

perfect for the mood i'm in right now.

Ooer the banana's got a badger face...

Dødens Knekt

13-10-2003, 08:54 PM

I bought Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips and I love it...

especially Brainville

have to listen to it at least once per day...

what's the next flaming lips album I should buy?

PoofBird

13-10-2003, 09:00 PM

everybody should have Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

and if you have that already, I suggest :

The Soft Bulletin
Transmissions from the satellite heart

GorillaBearBear

13-10-2003, 09:01 PM

Woo and Yay For Turin Brakes! They were the first gig I ever went to.....Good times.

I'll always think of R.E.M as the definitive indie band, no matter what you people say. Twas them who kickstarted my love of indie. I also love cooper temple clause and Radiohead. Of Course, one of my new favourites, I Am Kloot, are well worth a listen. Check out "twist", "3 feet tall" and "Mermaids" (and the instrumental to that song, "The Mermen" Which I like a lot more.)

PoofBird

31-10-2003, 01:18 PM

I have some new music, and thought I'd post it here, as some of you might enjoy hearing their names.

Please add new music you have discovered, as I'd like to hear it.

Most of it is indie, some isn't:

The Electric Soft Parade - The American Adventure (cd)
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts (cd)
The Consantines - Shine a light (cd)
The Dirtbombs - Dangerous Magical noise (cd)
The Distillers - Coral Fang (cd)
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn, Country Hymn, Secret Hymn (cd) (nice postrock, GYBE! ish)
Europa 51 - Abstractions
The Fiery Furnaces - The Fiery Furnaces (cd)
Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter (cd) yay i waited for this album a long time :)
Shack - Here's Tom with the Weather (cd) beautiful!
Jet - Get Born (cd)
Kill Bill soundtrack
Lady & Bird - Lady & Bird (cd) very small and sweet
Lemonator - Grandpop (cd)
Palace Brothers - Days in the wake (cd) old one, but pretty
Sharko - Meeuws 2 (cd) very weird Belgian music
Laika - sounds of the satilites (cd) old one, very good
The Flaming Sideburns - Sky Pilots (cd)
The Keys - The Keys (cd)
The Teenage Idols - The Teenage Idols (cd)
Yo La Tengo - Today is the day (ep)

I am a happy bird once again.

BFCA

31-10-2003, 10:33 PM

Coin-op - Friendly Fire (ep)

kessninjapirate

02-11-2003, 01:20 AM

We're talking indie, and JAMES hasn't been mentioned? Don't tell me you've forgotten them, they're the best indie band, like, ever (in my very-not-important opinion anyway).

A reminder - "Oh sit down, oh sit down, sit down next to me"

So - are there any James fans amongst us?

k.t.n.p. x

PoofBird

02-11-2003, 11:12 AM

yes, I know Sit Down, lovely song, but never really heard anything else by them.

Good thing you reminded me. I'll have to check them out.

kessninjapirate

02-11-2003, 11:18 AM

If you're checking out James, it's well hard to find stuff online cuz they're not particularly popular with KaZaA users (I use that and WinMX and they were practically non-existent on WinMX), but you might pick up a few of the more popular songs if you're lucky. And searching for just "James" never works because there's James Brown, Jesse James, etc. who are more likely to turn up. Look for "Sit Down", "Laid", "She's A Star", "Come Home", basically any of the Best Of setlist. If you want to buy anything, which I doubt, the best ones to get are The Best Of (obviously), Millionaires or Getting Away With It... Live. Enjoy!

k.t.n.p. x

Magpie

02-11-2003, 12:14 PM

there's a song that i think was by a band called james the chorus was something like "do you fear for the grave" with guitar backing.

is this the same group you're talking about?

kessninjapirate

02-11-2003, 12:17 PM

"Are you aching for the blame
That's OK
We're insured
Are you aching for the grave
That's OK
We're insured
We're getting away with it all messed up
Getting away with it all messed up
That's the living"

Are those the words you mean? Because if so, that is their most recent single, "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)".

k.t.n.p. x

dizzy

02-11-2003, 02:34 PM

i've got James' Best Of and i quite like it. especially Hymn From A Village.

Magpie

03-11-2003, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by kessninjapirate
"Are you aching for the blame
That's OK
We're insured
Are you aching for the grave
That's OK
We're insured
We're getting away with it all messed up
Getting away with it all messed up
That's the living"

Are those the words you mean? Because if so, that is their most recent single, "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)".

k.t.n.p. x

yeah.

thank you muchly, milady

fat bear

08-11-2003, 06:29 PM

my three favorite indie bands would have to be

1. Ikara Colt
2. The International Noise Conspiracy
3. The Ninja Republic (local band)

PoofBird

31-12-2003, 04:52 PM

some new music i got:

thought some of you might enjoy reading it *looks at GorillaCarebear*

Air - Talkie Walkie (same old same old, so good)
Aqualung - Still Life (i'm a big fan)
Beautiful South - Gaze (dubious, according to some, but i like them)
Keren Ann - La biographie de Luka Philipsen (great singer!)
Keren Ann - Not going anywhere (recently i listened to her combo Lady & Bird, which was very Belle & Sebastian-esque)
Longview - Mercury (the next in a long row of Coldplay-like bands who are better than Coldplay)
Mark Lanegan - Here comes that weird chill (good, think Tom Waits)
Myracle Brah - Treblemaker (+++ for the bandname)
Nu - Alphabravoshockpopdisco (the titel says it all, party!)
Ronald Isley sings Burt Bacharach (soul legend soulifies Bacharach's classic, with Burt's orchestrations)
Ryan Adams - Rock 'n' Roll
Ryan Adams - Love is hell pt 1
Ryan Adams - Love is hell pt 2
Ryan Adams - Love is hell New York Sessions
Ryan Adams - Exile on Franklin Street
Sioen - See you naked (great new belgian band)
Something Corporate - Leaving through the window
Spokane - Measurement (socalled 'slowcore', like Low)
Superchunk - Here's where the strings come in (big indie act from the nineties i somehow missed. album from 1995)
Superchunk - Here's to shutting up (2001)
Syd Matters - a whisper and a sigh (good!!!!!!! french singersongwriter, switching to english)
the fall - the real new fall lp - formerly country on the click (legendary 80's band with a very good new album)
The Stills - Logic will break your heart (very very good band)

PoofBird

09-02-2004, 10:58 AM

Because I´ve been away so long, I´ll resurrect one of my own threads...

There should be some old forum friends interested in what i am about to list:

This week, I´ve been mostly listening to:

1 Speed bike - Limp Penis
A Minor Forest - In dependence
Air - Talkie Walkie
Alamo Race TRack - Birds At HOme
Animal Collective - Here comes the indian
Aqualung - Still Live
Auf der Maur - Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins / Hole Bass Player)
Benny Sings - Champagne People
Various - A tribute to the Cure
Blackstrap - Ghost Children
Boo - Pineapple flavour
Cassette Boy - A festive Christmas
Damian Rice - O
De Kift - Vier voor vier
Death Cab For Cutie - Forbidden Love
Decemberists - Her Majesty
Doves - Lost Sides
Ed Harcourt - Maplewood
Eels - Oh what a beautiful morning (live)
Electrelane - Rock it to the moon
Elevator to Hell - Eerie Consillation
Explosions in the sky - Those who tell the truth
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
Girls in Hawaii - From here to there
Girls in Hawaii - Demo
The Horrorpops - Hell Yeah
Jack Johnson - on and on
Josh Rouse - Under could blue stars
June of 44 - Tropics & Meridians
Keane - Demo
Koufax - Social Life
Liars - Fins to make us more fishlike (ep)
Liars - We no longer knew who we were (ep)
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful rainbow
Longview - Mercury
Low - murderer ep
Low - songs for a dead pilot
Mark Eitzel - Ugly American
Modest Mouse - The moon and antarctica
The Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard
Motorpsycho + Jaga Jazzist - in the fishtank
Mountain Goats - We shall all be healed
Múm - Summer make good
Neon Hunk - Smarmymob
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Orquestra del Desierto - DOS
Pedro The Lion - The only reason i feel secure
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
Preston School of Industry - Monsoon
Rumplestitchkin - Small-Time Hero
Salamander - Birds of appetite
Scissor Sisters - Laura
Silo - Instar
Simple Kid - Simple Kid 1
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Sophia - People Are Like Seasons
Spoon - A series of sneaks
Superdrag - last call for vitriol
The Angels of Light - How i loved you
The books - the lemon of pink
The books - Thought for food
The Coral - Nightfreak and the sons of becker
The Cure - Join the Dots
the Doves - the last broadcast
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
The Frames - The Roads Outgrown
The vines - Ride (promo cds)
Tim Christensen - HoneyBurst
Tom Barman - Live in Dranouter
Soundtrack - Anyway the wind blows (Tom Barman)
Various - Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova - One Jug of Wine Two Vessels
The Veils - The runaway Found
Whip - Atheist lovesongs to god
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia
Zoppo - Belgian Style Pop
Air - Electronic Performers (Talkie Walkie bonus tracks)
Daryll Ann Live at Slapeloze Nacht
Elbow - Indie Store
Eskobar - Love Strikes
Log - Logs second album
Mellow - Perfect colors
Mew - A triumph for man
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet
Spinvis - Nieuwegein aan zee
Suede - Singles
The 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Mister Mental
The Divine Comedy - Absent Friends
The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show
The Legends - Up against the Legends
The Minus 5 - I don´t know who i am
The Perishers - Let there be morning
The Robocop Kraus - Fake Boys
Tom Barman & Guy van Nueten - Live
Soundtrack Lost In Translation

djnrrd

09-02-2004, 01:04 PM

Originally posted by PoofBird
some new music i got:
Longview - Mercury (the next in a long row of Coldplay-like bands who are better than Coldplay)

\o/ I love Longview. I saw them live in Wrexham with my sister and we went and bought the album as soon as it came out.

Recently I have been mostly getting into Songdog. I only have one song, Days of Armageddon but its lush and I should be getting the album soon :)

Oh and My Morning Jacket, Death is The Easy Way is a lush song to.

plattbridger

09-02-2004, 10:16 PM

Ahhhh my kinda thread!

Trespassers William! They get their name from Winnie the Pooh so well worth a look. They're kinda like Mazzy Star and I have to say Vapour Trail is one of the most hauntingly beautiful tracks I've ever heard.

And I could not agree with PoofBird more about Athlete. Their album was the first I got and loved every single track on it.

And the Flaming Lips too! It was nigh on impossible to find the Chemical Brothers influence in the track they collaborated on (Golden Path) :D

Anyone here remember Frente?

Other newbies I think y'all should watch out for are

Simian - La Breeze is just brilliant and I had it in my head for weeks!

Simple Kid - Truck On which is coming out again is also a masterpiece along with the rest of his work

And lest we forget Goldfrapp, Campervan Beethoven and Mull Historical Society!

Anyone know what happened to the Kings Of Convenience?

Indie music is tres spiffy

PoofBird

09-02-2004, 10:27 PM

I thoroughly enjoy Simple Kid. Reminds me of early Beck. Not so much in the sound, but the sympathetic way he combines guitars and other instruments with beats and samples... all in a slight lofi fashion

Mull Historical Society is great, and a treat to see live!

Kings of Convenience... have you heard their remix album? it´s their old songs remixed by some of their electro/techno friends... very nice.

KoC´s Erlend Øye made a solo record full of electro songs, which was quite good as well

I do not know Frente, or camper van beethoven, I should dig in to that...

Simian are very good. I concur

I just bought tickets to see the following:
Mando Diao (great Swedish garage rockers... much better than 2nd strokes album, MUCH better than Jet, which are good but a tad overrated)
Franz Ferdinand (what can i say? NME wants their babies, so now their the number one Hype of the moment)
and Death Cab for Cutie (one of my absolute favourite bands. Their singer was behind the great Postal Service project)

and of course, end of march: Belle & Sebastian

i listen to:

previous: The Stills - Allisson Krausse
current: Guided by Voices - Everywhere with Helicopter
next: Sophia - Fool

plattbridger

09-02-2004, 11:04 PM

Originally posted by PoofBird
Kings of Convenience... have you heard their remix album? it´s their old songs remixed by some of their electro/techno friends... very nice.

KoC´s Erlend Øye made a solo record full of electro songs, which was quite good as well

I do not know Frente, or camper van beethoven, I should dig in to that...

Simian are very good. I concur
and of course, end of march: Belle & Sebastian

i listen to:

previous: The Stills - Allisson Krausse
current: Guided by Voices - Everywhere with Helicopter
next: Sophia - Fool

:eek: I didn't know they had a remix album out! I feel inadequate :( God they 'Hit the scene' years ago now thinking about it! 2001 wasn't it?

Camper Van Beethoven did a cover of the Manic’s Take The Skin heads Bowling, you cannot beat lyrics like these:

Some people say that bowling alleys got big lanes,
Got big lanes! Got big lanes!
Some people say that bowling alleys all look the same,
Look the same! Look the same!
There's not a rhyme that goes with anything
Anything! Anything!
Had a dream last night but I forget what it was
What it was! What is was!

Lyrical genius :D

Ahhh Belle & Sebastian I have to admit I only really noticed them when Radio 1 started playing Step Into My Office Baby which just made me smile Everytime :D

Frente are going back a good few years from Australia, I remember the lead singer was Angie Heart and I think she may have had some connection to Hope Sandoval. They did a brilliant cover of New Orders Bizarre Love Triangle. Lol I only liked them because I seemed to be the only person to have come across them even then I don’t know much about them. And they too are better than Jet (IMHO) who again I have only just come across through Radio 1.

And I’m sure a mate went/is going to see Death Cab for Cutie. Ah good ol’google yea he will have gone to see them tonight I’ll try and get a review :p

And can I point out to anyone living in a hole (or Yorkshire) that The Divine Comedy has a new album out on the 29th of March- Absent Friends. And there is a single from it due out the week before forget the name.

I hope someone has mentioned Suede and early Supergrass; like the Strange Ones?

fishingfrog

09-02-2004, 11:17 PM

Cool.

Some stuff that I like, some isn't necesarily indie but you be the judge.

alexisonfire
An Albatross
..And you will know us by the Trail of the Dead
Antioch Arrow
At the Drive-In (R.I.P :( )
Bad Cops
Cap'n Jazz
Circle takes the Square
Explosions in the Sky
Fear Before the March of Flames
Godspeed YOU! Black Emperor!
KNIFE, BIG
m83
Melt Banana
Modest Mouse
mogwai
Murder by Death
Radiohead
Sparta
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Blood Brothers
The Locust
The Mars Volta
Time in Malta

among others...

good to see someone else likes mogwai :)

PoofBird

09-02-2004, 11:22 PM

Divine Comedy´s latest is the first i´ve heard of this band... and i like it lots :)

Belle & Sebastian have been a personal favourite for some years now.
Together with Death Cab they were the bands i was most looking forward to seeing. And now i see them both, within a month!

One of my other alltime favourites are Belgian: dEUS... sadly never picked up in England or America... but absolute world class.

edit:

FishingFrog: who knows what´s really indie and what´s not.. you seem to have a liking for emo and postrock, which are both very close related to indie.
A band like Modest Mouse or Sunny Day Real Estate, in my opinion, nicely fills the gap between real emocore and indie.

plattbridger

09-02-2004, 11:27 PM

You must have heard Something For The Weekend? Please tell me you have!!!

I think by it's very definition indie is hard to... define.

I’ve gone David Grey crazy today coming across some old tracks, Sail Away and Dead In The Water still sound really good.

Lol and I suppose you could class The Shirehorses as indie and I’ve always liked their work :D

Dødens Knekt

09-02-2004, 11:38 PM

Mercury Rev anyone?

I bought one of their albums recently...

"All Is Dream"

eeeeexcellent music...

/me starts "little rhymes"

PoofBird

09-02-2004, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by plattbridger
You must have heard Something For The Weekend? Please tell me you have!!!

no, i haven´t yet...

and yes: Mercury Rev... how sweet, how dreamy, how totally romantic, gotta love it

Funny you should mention The Shirehorses, I just downloaded that today

djnrrd

09-02-2004, 11:48 PM

Originally posted by plattbridger

Camper Van Beethoven did a cover of the Manic’s Take The Skin heads Bowling, you cannot beat lyrics like these:

Umm, Camper Van Beethoven did it originally. The Manics covered it.

Looks like I have to be the forums resident MSP expert then. :D

plattbridger

09-02-2004, 11:50 PM

Lol gawd, I appologise :D

I'm certainly not a Manic's fan but being the more established I thought it would be the other way round!

Well more woo and yay to Camper Van Beethoven for coming up with those lyrics then!

And I seriously suggest you listen to Something For The Weekend, it's one of those songs with lyrics that mean something.

fishingfrog

10-02-2004, 02:34 AM

Originally posted by PoofBird FishingFrog: who knows what´s really indie and what´s not.. you seem to have a liking for emo and postrock, which are both very close related to indie.
A band like Modest Mouse or Sunny Day Real Estate, in my opinion, nicely fills the gap between real emocore and indie. [/B]

Thats why I said judge for yourself.. I'm not one to force my opinions on anyone else much less argue them.

Anyways, I think I have a liking for more hardcore than emo.. the only real band I listed that I would consider emo would be Sunny Day. But then again, who am I to assign genre's (which is stupid in the first place.. music is music :))

Most of the music that I listed, actually, is instrumental and very very mellow.

PoofBird

10-02-2004, 09:50 AM

You should try some A Silver Mount Zion, Camping, Múm and We vs. Death

seeing you like GY!BE and Mogwai...

HotPiss

10-02-2004, 10:24 AM

Ahhh a discussion on Indie....nice

Me i'm an aged indie kid, here are some of my dated loves

Carter USM
The Wedding Present
The Pixies
The Throwing Muses
Blur
The Breeders
The Stone Roses
The Dandy Warhols
Suede

I still love all of these and regrettably don't really know a lot of the newer bands.

Best gigs i ever saw were either Carter before they split, or The Dandy Warhols last year. If i could see one band live, it'd be The Pixies. Never did see them when they were still going.

PoofBird

10-02-2004, 10:28 AM

You do know the Pixies are touring again?

The tickets were sold out last week, within minutes...

they play Europe from may 28th till July 10th...

i don´t think i´ll be able to go.

http://4ad.com/artists/catalogue/pixies/

djnrrd

10-02-2004, 01:19 PM

You should all get Half Man Half Biscuit. The ultimate british indie band. So indie they have a song that goes

"4 Skinny Indie Kids,
4 Skinny Indie Kids,
Drinking weak lager in a camden boozer"

The funiest indie-pop ever!!!!

Reccomended listening, "Back in The DHSS/The Trumpton Riots"

fishingfrog

10-02-2004, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by PoofBird
You should try some A Silver Mount Zion, Camping, Múm and We vs. Death

seeing you like GY!BE and Mogwai...

I have, and you should try some Explosions in the Sky if you haven't already.

PoofBird

19-04-2004, 12:01 AM

as i use this thread to tell you about the new music i´m listening to, i dig up this corpse

Adem - Homesongs
All Night Radio - Spirit stereo frequency
Audiotransparent - Audiotransparent
Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome
Ben Kweller - On my way
Black Sun Empire - Driving Insane
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a butterfly
Bonnie prince billy - Sings greatest palace music
Burd Early - Leveler
Clearlake - Cedars
Elf Power - Walking with the beggar boys
Flip Kowlier - In de fik
Fuzztones - Salt for zombies
Graham Coxon - Happines in magazines
Haven - For all reason
Johnny Cash - My mother´s hymn book
Josh Ritter - Hello starling
Kitty Wu - Rules
Maximilian Hecker - Infinite love songs
Mirah - you think it´s like this, but really, it´s like this
Nectarine #9 - I love total destruction
NERD - Fly or die
Nicolai Dunger - Here´s my song, you can have it
Pony Club - Home truths
The Ponys - Laced with romance
Seachange - The Lay of the Land
Seafood - When do we start fighting?
Seafood - As the Cry Flows
Seesaw - Ish
Seesaw - Gold and money
Seesaw - Violent elegance
Sharko - 3
Shivaree - Rough Dreams
Sondre Lechre - two way monologue
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Sufjan Stevens - Seven swans
The Broken Family Band - Cold Water Songs
The Elected - Me first
The High Llamas - Beet, maize and corn
The Jesus and Mary Chain - darklands
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Thermals - Fucking a
The Vines - winning days
The zutons - Who killed the zutons?
Timesbold - Eye eye
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Wilco - A ghost is born
VA - a tribute to Jacques brel
VA - Kill Bill 2 soundtrack

i am enjoying myself

Dr_nwa

19-04-2004, 12:17 AM

Hmm.
I haven't seen a mention for the living legend that is Conor Oberst at all in this thread yet.
Everything he has ever done makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside...
I would recommend
Bright Eyes-fevers and Mirrors
Desaparecidos-Read Music/Speak Spanish
And one for the really hardcore Oberst Fans: Commander Venus-The uneventful Vacation, which i am currently listening to...

PoofBird

19-04-2004, 12:31 AM

perhaps not mentioned because we take him for granted :)

i saw bright eyes live twice, love desaparecidos
and recently laid my hands on Commander Venus, that really should be up in that list, but i forgot.

Xtal

19-04-2004, 09:10 AM

I can't be arsed to read this whole thread, but I want to make a noise about The Shins being mentioned on the first page. I love them, I do. 'Though I prefer Oh, Inverted World to Chutes Too Narrow. Caring Is Creepy is one of the best album openers ever.

lizzy_stabby

19-04-2004, 03:32 PM

Hey, My fave indie band is Radiohead . Luv 'em!

I only wish i could go and see them. i will next time they are touring which i'v heard is gna be soon as they are recording a new album now.

If you wanna no anythin about them go here.. its great!
Green Plastic Radiohead (http://www.greenplastic.com)

Is indie music towny or mettla or different catargorie all together??? :confused:

Lots of luv frm Lizzy xox

:weebl: :rawk: < YAY! Uses radiohead music!

GorillaBearBear

19-04-2004, 03:44 PM

I recently got told about a Finnish band called Zen Cafe
I would say they're Indie, and they're really nice. Sound sort of like a cross between Martin Carthy (old traditional folk singer) and Liz Phair. Check out a song called Todella Kaunis. 'tis good

Death

19-04-2004, 10:02 PM

maybe they are indie rock or just rock but I have never been one for genres.

The libertines are my current favourite band. The lead singer has just released a colaboration with wolfman called 'for lovers'. Their debut album is great and they are an amzing live band. I can listen to their music endlessly and never tire the songs just get better. The lead singer recorded the babyshambles sessions 1 and 2 the first you can find here (www.babyshambles.org) which is far more mellow. If you google the bandname you will come across their many forums which are used mostly to announce spontanious gigs at clubs bars or even their Whitechapel flats (pete's anyway). You will also find if you look hard enough some of the download sites which have most of their live gigs on mp3 and video. They are really good and I think every cd collection shouldnt be without 'up the bracket'.1

all aforementioned downloadable material was given the ok by the band

PoofBird

02-06-2004, 03:03 PM

well, back from Edinburgh, and used quite some time to browse through little recordshops to get me some nicely priced cd´s.

I bought:

Turin Brakes - Ether Song
Electric Soft Parade - Holes in the wall
Pixies - Surfer Rosa / Come on pilgrim (two albums for 5 pounds! run to the nearest FOPP!)
Pixies - Doolittle
Ben Christophers - Unmastered Mixes (nice unoffical album, for 1,99)
Uncle Tupelo - 89:93: An anthology (the godfathers of alt.country, formal band of Jeff Tweedy (Wilco))
Tetra Splendour - Splendid animation
Shivaree - Rough dreams (featured on Kill Bill 2 soundtrack. found one of their albums for 1 pound)
Grandaddy - Sumday
The Go-Betweens - The friends of Rachel Worth

and because i can do more than just listening to indie:

Anticon label sampler 1999 - 2004
33 great hiphop tracks featuring: themselves (doseone & jel), why?. alias, odd nosdam and many more!

word

GorillaBearBear

02-06-2004, 03:19 PM

Unfortunately they only had the Remix of my favourite Themselves track on that sampler. And it's mostly edits. Like the first Alias track is 1 verse of 2 (his best song too) and the first Sole track is the last of 3 verses. Good CD though.

</hippety hoppety hijack>

budrick

02-06-2004, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by PoofBird

Clearlake - Cedars

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you!

Clearlake = major win :D

plattbridger

02-06-2004, 06:22 PM

I liked Keane back in their indie hayday. They didn't really get very far but a proper indie band rarely does :D They used to be guitar based and they had some really good songs like Wolf At The Door.

If you like your indie music sign up to one of those promotional groups that send you out brand new up and coming albums and details of gigs. My mate did that and my god does he know his indie music now :D He only likes stuff that less than 100 people have heard of.

Could you class Goldie Lookin' Chain as indie? I think they're border line but either way they are hilarious :D Anyone else heard them?

On a side note now Mark And Lard have left R1 there's not really any champions for indie music left there :(

Magpie

02-06-2004, 07:26 PM

Is all of that long list Indie poof?

its just I always thought of Ritter as more folksy.

robwhite

03-06-2004, 03:38 PM

So everyone, what are your favourite indie bands?
we'd like to know

flamelitface

03-06-2004, 04:20 PM

i quite like kula shaker, and if anyones heard of the shine cd compilations, they usually had some good indie music on it

PoofBird

03-06-2004, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by Magpie
Is all of that long list Indie poof?

its just I always thought of Ritter as more folksy.
as the indie discussion never took off, i use this thread mainly to tell you what new music i listen to... it always interests a few people

singer/songwriters are hardly ever considered indie, but folk / country or the aptly named singer/songwriter-genre.

He´s quite popular in indie circles, though.

Magpie

03-06-2004, 10:18 PM

Have you seen him live?

I did back in March (I think) he was touring with Joan Baez.

odd performer.

between his songs he was very self-concious, kept thanking the audience for being good to him alot, after every song, when he told jokes he'd laugh nervously along with the audience.

But when he played, Complete turn-around.

The questioning tone of voice completely vanished, his voice was really strong and controlled, very good guitarwork, managed to fill a large stage even on his own.

If anyone here has seen him live since, please post as I'm wondering if his confidence between songs has improved with road experience.