INDIE ROCK, HERE! (or anyother cool bands that perk your ears)

[lepster]

I absolutely love music, especcially indie rock, but I'm open to anything. I just wanna hear your guyses favs and mebbe i'll take ur advice and listen to them! yay! :D i'm really into British bands right now too. oh, and (sorry to those who hate it) reggae. it makes me happy! ok, i probably sound like I had too much pocky so i'll shut up. heheheh...:D

[ParaKiss]

Franz Ferdinand

[Mabu-chan]

Hot Hot Heat.

:3

They rawk.

[lepster]

yeah, i love Franz ferdinand too and i've heard of Hot Hot Heat but actually haven't gotten to listen to them yet. I will tho!

[Riotfug]

It's soooo hard to just generalise indie or define what indie is I think. It's so broad

[sensei-]

Well Interpol is indie and they freaking rock

[Satsukiyami]

Franz Ferdinand

YES! Such good songs and brilliant albums (thou i did like the first album a little bit more), i REALLLLLYY want to see them live!
Hmmm who else, I like some of Kaiser Chiefs songs, LOVE James Blunt his whole album was excellant.
I like the song by The Modern called "industry". Theres many others that i like as well, i just can't remember them right now!:p

[lepster]

Ok, ok ok...when I say Indie rock i just mean any rock band that isn't incredibly punk and popy. just cool bands that aren't totally mainstream yet y'know?

[crispy]

Neutral Milk Hotel wins the award for best indie band ever, in my mind.

[PunkR0ckPrinc322]

Lets see:

Block Party...I knew about them before they became mainstream...but I still think they are great.

I saw Sons & Daughters with Franz Ferdinand about three years ago.

-Sparrow
-Thunder Birds are Now

If you want great music you can listen to www.radio1190.org
They play all sorts of music anything from Japanese Pop to metal and local Colorado bands even a poetry hour.

[Murasakivie]

Sondre Lerche isn't rock, but he's definently indie and pretty damn amazing! And his third CD comes out today! Yeah!

[Kaidan]

Needs More Animal Collective And Wolf Parade.

[revolution]

neutral milk hotel, bright eyes, hot hot heat, eisley ( i think they're indie? ), peachcake, franz ferdinand, cute is what we aim for, gym class heroes...

[Emmyabhorsen]

hmm lets see... arctic monkeys, franz ferdinand, the young knives, flaming lips, the yeah yeah yeahs, kaiser chiefs, nerf herder, maximo park, lots of things.

[AnimeNut]

I dont no if these guys would be classified as Indie but L'Arc en Ciel are an awsome band! and they have lots of songs and theme tracks to lots of animes like Naruto and FMA. Also british bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Keane and Coldplay would be considered quite indie! And I think Arctic Monkeys are British *shrugs* ah well they are classified as Indie anyway!

[Jack]

Architecture in Helsinki
Broken Social Scene
Fiery Furnaces

Nice thread... i'm picking up some decent names here!

[sonicxbreed]

There is this awsome local band from Atlanta called Second Shift they are probably the best Indie band I have ever heard of in my life. I was just wondering bands that used to be called Garage Rock are being called Indie like The Strokes and The White Stripes...Anyway here is some links they are better than most of the mainstream bs you here anyway...my opinon.
www.myspace.com/secondshift
www.purevolume.com/secondshift
www.secondshiftmusic.com

[GlazedDonuts]

Neutral Milk Hotel wins the award for best indie band ever, in my mind.
I JUST got into this band, literally days ago, and now I find out that everyone knows about them.

Anyhow, this is my list of bands that I consider Indie at the moment:
[(b) beside bands that I know are British]
Interpol (verging on mainstream I think)
Libertines (b)
Babyshambles (b)
Arctic Monkeys (b)
Hard-Fi (b) (if you like Arctic Monkeys, you should deffinetly check this band out)
The Arcade Fire
The Killers
Franz Ferdinand (b)
The Editors (b)
She Wants Revenge
We Are Scientists
Metric
Death From Above 1979
The Kills
Kaiser Cheifs (b)
The Subways
Wolf Parade
Shocking Blue
The Swedes
Stellastar
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Animal Colective
Wolfmother
The Shins
Iron and Wine
Neutral Milk Hotel
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
The Long Blondes (b)
The Constantines
The Secret Machines
Bloc Party (b)
The Cribs

I also like Coldplay, but I really don't think theyre all that Independent anymore.

[otakuloco]

Forward Russia is a good british indie band, there so indie anybody i ask hasn't heard about them, i know alot others but they were alrady mentioned.

i have some pals in london and they always tell about some good indie bands, so i'll make sure to mention them here

[sonicxbreed]

Silversun Pickups are my favorite new indie band now I mean "Lazy Eye" and "Well Thought Out Twinkles" are amazing songs... Their whole album Carnavas is amazing... I love them!

[clee918]

NICE THREAD!!!
I like:
Clap your hands say yeah
Modest Mouse
Arcade Fire
Final Fantasy(not the game, the violenist for arcade fire, solo effort)
The Hidden Cameras
Architecture in helsinki
Tokyo Police Club
The Pixies(If You never heard of this band, you faile as a Indie Rocker!!)
Apples In Stereo
Tv on the radio
Badly Drawn Boy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Head wound city
and many more, those are the ones that just stand out at the moment.

[AdiOpERsOcoM]

I dont no if these guys would be classified as Indie but L'Arc en Ciel are an awsome band! and they have lots of songs and theme tracks to lots of animes like Naruto and FMA. Also british bands like Kaiser Chiefs, Keane and Coldplay would be considered quite indie! And I think Arctic Monkeys are British *shrugs* ah well they are classified as Indie anyway!
Oh my, no way in hell will L'Arc en Ciel ever be considered indie. It is too Visual Kei to fall even 992837482 feet away from the genre. >_<

I'm into a load of indie music, both American and Japanese. I'll name two, and if you listen to either of 'em you win a cheesecake: Belle & Sebastian, and hare-brained unity. They are awesome possum.

[clee918]

Oh my, no way in hell will L'Arc en Ciel ever be considered indie. It is too Visual Kei to fall even 992837482 feet away from the genre. >_<

I'm into a load of indie music, both American and Japanese. I'll name two, and if you listen to either of 'em you win a cheesecake: Belle & Sebastian, and hare-brained unity. They are awesome possum.

i DEMAND MY Cheesecake!! lol

[spicedpeaches]

I'm not sure if they are indie or not, I think they are, but try out Finch. It's an awesome band!!

[RyokoC]

Lately I've been loving Silversun Pickups. Also, speaking of UK bands, The Kooks are really catchy. Some of my all-time favs are Death Cab and Rilo Kiley. I listen to everything, but I think indie music has the best lyrics :)

[WhistleBlower]

Lots of good bands are listed here so i'm not going to give you a list, just a few.
I say "Small Sins",
"Les Savy Fav"(They are not together anymore though),
And "The Streets" if you are looking for somethin British. I don't listen to them anymore so I don't know if they are broken up or not.
I might post some other things that I like later.

[sandytaty]

I love the band Strokes, You should listen the song Automatic Stop.YOu will love it, and wont regret it. ALso the song BEtween Hate and love.

[NinjaPanda2k]

I like music. And when it comes to indie, I'm a big fan of old indie type bands like Joy Division, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen. The UK indie scene is very good indeed at the moment also, but its hard to define indie bands as indie bands, although i do love Arctic Monkeys, Guillemots, The Subways, Bloc Party. And you americans and canadians have got some pretty safe indie rolling around at the moment, Arade Fire, The Shins, Death Cab, Tokyo Police Club, Bright Eyes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I think the list could go on but i don't wanna bore you. It's good.

[shadowmose]

I like music. And when it comes to indie, I'm a big fan of old indie type bands like Joy Division, The Smiths, Echo and the Bunnymen. The UK indie scene is very good indeed at the moment also, but its hard to define indie bands as indie bands, although i do love Arctic Monkeys, Guillemots, The Subways, Bloc Party. And you americans and canadians have got some pretty safe indie rolling around at the moment, Arade Fire, The Shins, Death Cab, Tokyo Police Club, Bright Eyes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I think the list could go on but i don't wanna bore you. It's good.

You should hear Novellue vogue's cover's of the old stuff because their "love will tear us apart" is awesome.