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TheSilverWolf

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« on: 02 Aug 2006, 15:21 »
I'm trying to listen to more Indie music so that I knowwhat my girlfriend is talking about. I've tried the Yahoo Radio indie rock station, but I don't know. Any CD recomendations for a metal head trying something new?
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« Reply #1 on: 02 Aug 2006, 15:36 »
Mogwai, Deerhoof, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Sonic Youth are the bands i (metalhead) like from the genre.

You can also try Flaming Lips, which a lot of metalheads seem to like when trying indie, but i really cant stand (be prepared for a huge dose of whiny male vocals).
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TheSilverWolf

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« Reply #2 on: 02 Aug 2006, 15:40 »
I can't stamd Flaming Lips. Way too whiny. Spoon is okay, and I'll try the others.
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« Reply #3 on: 02 Aug 2006, 15:45 »
"The Decemberists" and "Modest Mouse" are the first indie bands I listened to, and I consider them to be among my favourite bands.
The Decemberists are sort of folk rock, if you want to check them out, personally I'd recommend their album "Picaresque", or if you're feeling ambitious, "The Tain" EP is good, though it's rather lengthy so I wouldn't recommend it until you've heard Picaresque.
Modest Mouse are hard to describe, they're sort of punky music and vocals, but the lyrics are more poetic than the average punk band. Their most recent album "Good News for People Who Like Bad News" is widely considered to be their most accessible, but personally I think that "The Lonesome Crowded West" is a better album.
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« Reply #4 on: 02 Aug 2006, 15:48 »
There are a few metal/indie "crossover" bands... like Pelican and Isis who are heavy but have sort of an atmospheric "post-rock" sound. There is also a pretty awesome band called Mouth of the Architect, you should try to find their album 'Time and Withering' if you can, they play long heavy songs with tons of delay pedal. Also, everyone knows about Lightning Bolt, they are heavy and fast as hell without being a metal band--I know lots of people that are into metal and indie that really dig their stuff.  There's also this Japanese band called Boris that just came out with a new album, they are on Southern Lord records and have a lot of aspects of metal but they really play all over the spectrum.  I'm sure there's tons of crossover-type bands I'm forgetting, too.
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« Reply #5 on: 02 Aug 2006, 16:26 »
Modest Mouse, The Pixies, Modey Lemon

thats all i got. i dont even know what "indie" means anymore. i thought it meant you were on an independent record label but i'm not sure how true that is anymore.
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TheSilverWolf

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« Reply #6 on: 02 Aug 2006, 16:36 »
All I know is that I need both new music, and to know what my GF is talking about. It sounds like I wont have to buy any new CDs either, because she has most of the CDs from the bands you've mentioned.
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« Reply #7 on: 02 Aug 2006, 16:42 »
When I was starting out, I just went down Jeph's recommended listening list and decided what I liked and what I didn't.

My personal recommendations:  Mogwai, Broken Social Scene, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Wolf Parade
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« Reply #8 on: 02 Aug 2006, 16:53 »
Chisel, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, and anything else involving Ted Leo.

and i don't know if Fugazi would count as indie, but listen to them anyway.
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« Reply #9 on: 02 Aug 2006, 18:05 »
As far as the bands mentioned so far in this thread, I can say as a metalhead that I cannot stand Sufjan Stevens or Wolf Parade. Isis is pretty great though.
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« Reply #10 on: 02 Aug 2006, 18:09 »
Simple steps to becoming indie:

Step 1) Go to your local record store, and look for the most pretensious looking employee.  He should be wearing a Blazer, perhaps a scarf.

Step 2) Ask him where you may find the Suf JaN (mak that "n" really hard) or Sigger Roz

Step 3) As he freaks, he'll begin to throw post rock, such as Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, Dinosaur Jr. maybesome Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (not post rock I know) albums at you.  Buy these ones.

Step 4) Wash Rinse and Repeat.  Mispronouncing different bands.  Always look confused, and wear a fiddy cent T.
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TheSilverWolf

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« Reply #11 on: 02 Aug 2006, 18:51 »
That sounds a little mean......


I listened to Arcade Fire, and they're pretty good. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are okay.

On a side note, why does good charlette (Spelling? Who cares, they suck.) suck so much ass? I'm not calling them indie, I'm just asking.
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« Reply #12 on: 02 Aug 2006, 21:27 »
Contrary to what most people think, there are two constants in the universe:

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