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Frosty:

--- Quote from: Bunnyman ---A self-styled "pop whore" would probably get a kick out of The Notwist's Neon Golden, and perhaps Dntel's "Life is Full of Possibilities."
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Absolutely on Notwist. Dntel is a little more atmospheric though, except for Evan & Chan.

I add more love for the New Pornographers, and also suggest Sufjan Stevens' Illinois and The Decemberists' Picaresque, both with some excellent "pop" kind of melodies, although with a lot more depth.

Doves, too; Last Broadcast has a lot of great songs.

Oh, and for reviews, I find myself agreeing with Popmatters a lot.

thermodynamics:
well, as far as good music goes, i have fast music and slow music that i like... you cant really group them together because some people like slower songs and some people need fast songs. here's what i suggest

fast-ish:
metric
no knife
bloc party
q and not u
dismemberment plan
cursive
engine down

not as fast:
stephen malkmus and the jicks (pig lib)
pedro the lion
sigur ros
american analog set
neutral milk hotel
pinback

good grief, if you check out a fourth of the bands that everyone has listed, you will have a great taste of what's out there.

lastclearchance:
I thought Good News was okay but not worth owning for months before I changed my mind. Arcade Fire I heard samples of, and wasn't thrilled about, until a few weeks later when I couldn't get the sample for "Neighborhood #1" out of my head. As to the rest of  Modest Mouse, I now want to get Moon and Antarctica but it's almost a year later. So I guess my experience sort of backs you up here (the only difference being my preference for Arcade Fire over Modest Mouse in general).

zmeiat_joro:

--- Quote from: Spinless ---True, I find most modest mouse kinda weird. But I found Good News for People Who Like Bad News instantly accessible, as did all the people I played it to. People I played the Arcade Fire to tended not to like it until I'd forced them to listen to it repeatedly.
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I've played Arcade Fire to people who haven't listened to similar stuff and everyone instantly liked it. It's among my most successful bands in that respect.

Shinguuji:
seems like 'indie' type of music is more of relaxing and laid back, with more emphasis on the music rather than words, the words give a trance-like effect to the music, its more of a sit back and talk music, i find it rather relaxing, although sometimes it gets too melachonic sounding for my tastes, considering i'm not too happy....oh, and its also rather surreal....

i kinda like it, i don't really see myself as an exclusive indie listener, but i'll have a folder called 'indie' right along side with 'pop' 'rock' and 'chinese' on my MP3 player.....

i thought that these type of music was found only in those surreal opera plays, yeah, i know its a weird comparison, but i've been trying to look for these type of music for a long time.....the only thing i can think of is the song 'deep spirit' which is more trance/dance than anything...so it doesn't really count...thanks for helping me find it....

seems the indie genre has a wide range of music....maybe i haven't listened to all of them yet, it would be a blast if you could list the 'signature song' for each genre, ie. 'november rain' is the signature song for rock ballards, 'behind these hazel eyes' is the theme song for the ever popular heartbroken teen girl pop songs...

suggestions pls~! thx...

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