Dude. I thought you said AMERICAN Indie was made of mush in sound and lyrics.
But Coldplay, Muse, Snow Patrol and the 'head are Alt not Indie so
right back atcha
j/k And Thom Yorke is a lyrical genius even if it is pretentious. (And
weird post-OKC, but still good.)
I know a lot of people hate Coldplay for being overproduced and overplayed but their first album is simple and beautiful, they went downhill when they went out of their way to write anthems.
Snow Patrol are great, the old guitary stuff is great, the new dark stuff is even better, Gary Lightbody is cool as fuck and a real sweetie, and they're great live as well.
Muse just kick fucking ASS even if the lyrics are a bit shit sometimes and they can't find a good video director. Best live band I've ever come across and their two second albums are pure genius.
So SLAG THEM NOT. *menacing*
Ahem.
Oh yeah, Arctic Monkeys, brilliant brilliant brilliant.