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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: aveksx on 04 Jan 2008, 01:22

Title: Indie Bands.
Post by: aveksx on 04 Jan 2008, 01:22

I really don't know anything about the indie genre or subculture and I'm looking for some good music.


I picked up some Broken Social Scene cds after a friend recommended them to me, and I liked them a lot, but I dunno where to look to find anything else.


I listen to a huge variety of genres so really don't hold any suggestions back.

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Caspian on 04 Jan 2008, 02:26

I'd recommend you check out Merzbow, top quality stuff, like BSS but a bit more distorted, really nice stuff though. Really relaxing. Check out 'Merzbear', it's basically exactly like BSS's self titled album.

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Patrick on 04 Jan 2008, 02:29

MODEST MOUSE LOL

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Tom on 04 Jan 2008, 02:32

don't be a dick  :-D

lurk around aveksx and you'll find a lot of "indie" bands.

like Tommy said, check out amg. in addition to that go have a look at last fm and/or pandora

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Kai on 04 Jan 2008, 04:42

The Guess Who were pretty indie I think

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: mfpole on 04 Jan 2008, 05:06

drive like jehu drive like jehu drive like jehu

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: valley_parade on 04 Jan 2008, 07:20

Mandatory Ted Leo and Jets to Brazil suggestions.


Ted Leo.
Jets to Brazil.

Go listen now.

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Patrick on 04 Jan 2008, 07:25

Silver Jews Silver Jews Silver Jews

Also Pavement, and I dunno if they count but Dismemberment Plan are really fucking good

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: amok on 04 Jan 2008, 13:39

well someone stole my obligatory ted leo answer so just listen to The Most Serene Republic's album from this year ok

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Jackie Blue on 04 Jan 2008, 13:46

Why is there not a big flashing neon thread at the top of the forum that says "AN EXPLANATION OF INDIE ROCK AND SOME BANDS YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO".  Even though it would undoubtedly be incomplete and limited, at least it would keep these threads from happening so often.

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: Patrick on 04 Jan 2008, 13:55

I've got something almost as good:

GO READ THE FUCKING SENDSPACE THREAD, GUYS

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: amok on 04 Jan 2008, 14:20

To be fair there's a lot of pages of the Sendspace thread which are fairly specialist genres and so on as opposed to an Indie Rock/Pop 101 course.

Said it before but it really, really couldn't hurt to have a stickied Recommendation thread as on something awful whereby people can make individual posts consisting of 'hey I like (bands) what other (bands) would I like' as opposed to new topics all over the shop. That's just me though.

Title: Re: Indie Bands.
Post by: tommydski on 04 Jan 2008, 14:53

Quote from: zerodrone on 04 Jan 2008, 13:46

Why is there not a big flashing neon thread at the top of the forum that says "AN EXPLANATION OF INDIE ROCK AND SOME BANDS YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO".  Even though it would undoubtedly be incomplete and limited, at least it would keep these threads from happening so often.

We did have one. We lost it in the move to SMF.