#1
Breakfast with Girls , 01-30-02 12:48 PM
DVD Talk Legend
I've gotten the bug to buy about $200 worth of indie (or relatively unknown) CDs again, so I need some good suggestions. Rock, ska, punk, girl bands, lo-fi, live, whatever.
So what are your favorite indie bands that I don't know about?
If you're supercool you could include links to their website where I can download some samples. If not, that's fine, I can use a fileshare, mp3.com, or any of the 90 indie mp3 websites out there.
So what are your favorite indie bands that I don't know about?
If you're supercool you could include links to their website where I can download some samples. If not, that's fine, I can use a fileshare, mp3.com, or any of the 90 indie mp3 websites out there.
#2
I dunno if these were every posted before but:
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
Death Cab for Cuties - any of the cds
Placebo - Black Market Music (i dunno how indie that realy is)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Anniversary - Your Majesty
The Prom
Dashboard Confessional
Further Seems Forever
Arthur (side band featuring singer of MxPx)
are some of my favs
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
Death Cab for Cuties - any of the cds
Placebo - Black Market Music (i dunno how indie that realy is)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
The Anniversary - Your Majesty
The Prom
Dashboard Confessional
Further Seems Forever
Arthur (side band featuring singer of MxPx)
are some of my favs
#3
Penny Lane , 01-30-02 12:58 PM
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
I dunno if they are "indie" or not, but check out Wilco. They used to be more alt-country, but they are now kindof experimental rock. They don't sell too many cds, but they are definitely the rock critic's band. Their website is www.wilcoworld.net
#5
IBTM
Some suggestions off the top of my head:
Ba$$holes - extremely lo-fi rock n roll blues
Gories - garage rock/blues with one of the meanest growls ever (w/ my hero Mick Collins)
Demolition Doll Rods - garage/glam rock, some serious chick attitude
Gaza Strippers - superfast rock w/ Rick Sims (Didjits)
F(*)ckemos - Evil twisted post-punk similar to Butthole Surfers
Big A$$ Truck - Driving jam band with turntables, has some great grooves
The Now Time Delegation - garage soul, very well done w/ Tim Kerr
Dirtbombs - Mick Collins again going all soul
The Screws - Mick Collins with a little more punk
Speedball Baby - loud, raucous country tinged
Candy Snatchers - awesome punk
Tarbox Ramblers - old jug-band/fiddle type revivalists
The Oblivians - soul/punk/garage/rock/blues just fierce, loud, and abrasive
Compulsive Gamblers - Oblivians in another incarnation harking back to the Stones and some country flavor
Holly Golightly - sweet, sweet bluesy voice (does a lot of stuff with Billy Childish)
Zeke - superfast speed/garage/punk
The Deadly Snakes - Big band blasts out great rock, awesome energy
Knoxville Girls - lean, mean country with a New York flavor, great guitar work
Eleni Mandell - another sweet voice and great songwriter can growl and swoon on the same note
Some suggestions off the top of my head:
Ba$$holes - extremely lo-fi rock n roll blues
Gories - garage rock/blues with one of the meanest growls ever (w/ my hero Mick Collins)
Demolition Doll Rods - garage/glam rock, some serious chick attitude
Gaza Strippers - superfast rock w/ Rick Sims (Didjits)
F(*)ckemos - Evil twisted post-punk similar to Butthole Surfers
Big A$$ Truck - Driving jam band with turntables, has some great grooves
The Now Time Delegation - garage soul, very well done w/ Tim Kerr
Dirtbombs - Mick Collins again going all soul
The Screws - Mick Collins with a little more punk
Speedball Baby - loud, raucous country tinged
Candy Snatchers - awesome punk
Tarbox Ramblers - old jug-band/fiddle type revivalists
The Oblivians - soul/punk/garage/rock/blues just fierce, loud, and abrasive
Compulsive Gamblers - Oblivians in another incarnation harking back to the Stones and some country flavor
Holly Golightly - sweet, sweet bluesy voice (does a lot of stuff with Billy Childish)
Zeke - superfast speed/garage/punk
The Deadly Snakes - Big band blasts out great rock, awesome energy
Knoxville Girls - lean, mean country with a New York flavor, great guitar work
Eleni Mandell - another sweet voice and great songwriter can growl and swoon on the same note
#6
DodgingCars , 01-30-02 01:11 PM
DVD Talk Legend
Ok, I'll list some bands too.
Swingin' Utters -- their old stuff is like '77 punk, The Clash/Stiff Little Fingers. Their new stuff has a folk/country mixed in which I really like.
Filthy Thievin' Bastards - Swingin' Utter singer's side project. All folky -- a lot like the Pogues. (check out the Pogues too)
Flogging Molly - Awesome Celtic/Punk band. Great live.
Thrice - Melodic punk with some nice screaming choruses.
One Man Army - '77 style punk.
New Amsterdams - similar to Dashboard Confessional (recommended above)
Dingees - They're a Christian band, but not preachy. Punk/Reggae/Ska
Calibretto 13 - christian band, very preachy, but good stuff. Sort of Violent Femmes on speed.
Rezillos - old school 70's punk
If you like Lagwagon, check out the singer's side project:
Bad Astronaut
or Billy Joe of Green Day's side project:
Pinhead Gunpowder.
Swingin' Utters -- their old stuff is like '77 punk, The Clash/Stiff Little Fingers. Their new stuff has a folk/country mixed in which I really like.
Filthy Thievin' Bastards - Swingin' Utter singer's side project. All folky -- a lot like the Pogues. (check out the Pogues too)
Flogging Molly - Awesome Celtic/Punk band. Great live.
Thrice - Melodic punk with some nice screaming choruses.
One Man Army - '77 style punk.
New Amsterdams - similar to Dashboard Confessional (recommended above)
Dingees - They're a Christian band, but not preachy. Punk/Reggae/Ska
Calibretto 13 - christian band, very preachy, but good stuff. Sort of Violent Femmes on speed.
Rezillos - old school 70's punk
If you like Lagwagon, check out the singer's side project:
Bad Astronaut
or Billy Joe of Green Day's side project:
Pinhead Gunpowder.
#7
Some good indie chick bands and albums
Lewinsky - Stained
Bush Girls - Illegal Prescription
ChelseaC - Carrotop USA
Lewinsky - Stained
Bush Girls - Illegal Prescription
ChelseaC - Carrotop USA
#8
Breakfast with Girls , 01-30-02 01:54 PM
DVD Talk Legend
Anyone else?
This is my project for the day, so I'm going through and listening to all of them (and I'm making a list of the results, oh boy!).
This is my project for the day, so I'm going through and listening to all of them (and I'm making a list of the results, oh boy!).
#9
Thought of some more:
Rocking horse winner
VAST
Snake River Conspiracy (dunno if it fits in but i really like it, like harder old Garbage)
and that's all I can think of
Rocking horse winner
VAST
Snake River Conspiracy (dunno if it fits in but i really like it, like harder old Garbage)
and that's all I can think of
#10
Actually Penny Lane, Wilco sells an average of about 150,000 copies of each album, which is pretty good considering their limited commercial appeal.
And Breakfast, here's my list of favorite albums from this past year, should you feel inclined:
And Breakfast, here's my list of favorite albums from this past year, should you feel inclined:
Quote:
Unwound, Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill Rock Stars): Unwound took a huge risk by making this behemoth. Their first album since 1998, Leaves incorporates the band's penchant for the atonal with a layering of guitars worthy of My Bloody Valentine.
Cannibal Ox, In Cold Vein (Def Jux): If Brian Eno decided to produce a hip-hop disc it would sound like this. Free-flowing in the truest sense of the word — no choruses, no hooks, just intricate wordplay and atmosphere.
White Stripes, White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry): The infamous aside overheard in modern-art galleries ("My kid could do that") applies to the White Stripes' third long-player, which is part of its charm.
Low, Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky): Melancholy and restrained, this album still has a feeling of optimism in each song, even if it's just that the depressing can be so beautiful.
Beachwood Sparks, Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop): California boys pretend they're Gram Parsons. Oscar worthy.
Calla, Scavengers (Young God Records): A great mix of pastoral guitar work (à la Ennio Morricone) and Terry Riley-inspired found sounds signals a collapse of rural and urban America, while Aurelio Valle's voice effortlessly glides over the top.
Spoon, Girls Can Tell (Merge): Britt Daniel wants to be Elvis Costello badly, but with Girls Can Tell he has moved past the My Aim Is True-esque anger that fueled 1998's overlooked masterpiece Series of Sneaks. Still, Daniel's pure pop songs can be extraordinary, especially "Me and the Bean" and "Chicago at Night."
Lift to Experience, Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union): Could there be a more timely release than a concept album about the apocalypse? Melodies are reminiscent of Jeff Buckley, but the accompanying music is guitar-based noise.
The Rapture, Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks EP (Sub Pop): The best Gang of Four imitation in a long time. The hi-hat snaps open at the right moments, the guitars chink and chime, and Luke Jenner's screams accent each discordant note perfectly.
Various Artists, Troubleman Mix-Tape (Troubleman Unlimited): The selection on this double-disc contains a fantastic hodgepodge of noise rock, punk, avant-garde and two truly bizarre vocal clips from Barry White and Miles Davis.
And if these lists were longer than ten...
Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bravery, Repetition & Noise (Bomp)
Death Cab for Cutie, The Photo Album (Barsuk)
Dismemberment Plan, Change (De Soto)
Bob Dylan, Love and Theft (Columbia)
Fugazi, The Argument (Dischord)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout)
Love as Laughter, Sea to Shining Sea (Sub Pop)
Shins, Oh Inverted World (Sub Pop)
Tortoise, Standards (Thrill Jockey)
Unwound, Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill Rock Stars): Unwound took a huge risk by making this behemoth. Their first album since 1998, Leaves incorporates the band's penchant for the atonal with a layering of guitars worthy of My Bloody Valentine.
Cannibal Ox, In Cold Vein (Def Jux): If Brian Eno decided to produce a hip-hop disc it would sound like this. Free-flowing in the truest sense of the word — no choruses, no hooks, just intricate wordplay and atmosphere.
White Stripes, White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry): The infamous aside overheard in modern-art galleries ("My kid could do that") applies to the White Stripes' third long-player, which is part of its charm.
Low, Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky): Melancholy and restrained, this album still has a feeling of optimism in each song, even if it's just that the depressing can be so beautiful.
Beachwood Sparks, Once We Were Trees (Sub Pop): California boys pretend they're Gram Parsons. Oscar worthy.
Calla, Scavengers (Young God Records): A great mix of pastoral guitar work (à la Ennio Morricone) and Terry Riley-inspired found sounds signals a collapse of rural and urban America, while Aurelio Valle's voice effortlessly glides over the top.
Spoon, Girls Can Tell (Merge): Britt Daniel wants to be Elvis Costello badly, but with Girls Can Tell he has moved past the My Aim Is True-esque anger that fueled 1998's overlooked masterpiece Series of Sneaks. Still, Daniel's pure pop songs can be extraordinary, especially "Me and the Bean" and "Chicago at Night."
Lift to Experience, Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Bella Union): Could there be a more timely release than a concept album about the apocalypse? Melodies are reminiscent of Jeff Buckley, but the accompanying music is guitar-based noise.
The Rapture, Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks EP (Sub Pop): The best Gang of Four imitation in a long time. The hi-hat snaps open at the right moments, the guitars chink and chime, and Luke Jenner's screams accent each discordant note perfectly.
Various Artists, Troubleman Mix-Tape (Troubleman Unlimited): The selection on this double-disc contains a fantastic hodgepodge of noise rock, punk, avant-garde and two truly bizarre vocal clips from Barry White and Miles Davis.
And if these lists were longer than ten...
Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bravery, Repetition & Noise (Bomp)
Death Cab for Cutie, The Photo Album (Barsuk)
Dismemberment Plan, Change (De Soto)
Bob Dylan, Love and Theft (Columbia)
Fugazi, The Argument (Dischord)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout)
Love as Laughter, Sea to Shining Sea (Sub Pop)
Shins, Oh Inverted World (Sub Pop)
Tortoise, Standards (Thrill Jockey)
#13
Penny Lane , 01-30-02 04:25 PM
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Quote:
Originally posted by Yancey
Actually Penny Lane, Wilco sells an average of about 150,000 copies of each album, which is pretty good considering their limited commercial appeal.
And Breakfast, here's my list of favorite albums from this past year, should you feel inclined:
Okay, Yancey. Sorry; I sometimes forget that you know EVERYTHING about them. Originally posted by Yancey
Actually Penny Lane, Wilco sells an average of about 150,000 copies of each album, which is pretty good considering their limited commercial appeal.
And Breakfast, here's my list of favorite albums from this past year, should you feel inclined:
Comparitively, those are NOT high sales for an album. They may be high for a band with "limited commerical appeal," but they are NOT mainstream and there are many people who have not heard of them.
#14
Quote:
Originally posted by Penny Lane
Comparitively, those are NOT high sales for an album. They may be high for a band with "limited commerical appeal," but they are NOT mainstream and there are many people who have not heard of them.
Wilco's last album came out on Warner Bros, and their next one is on Nonesuch.Originally posted by Penny Lane
Comparitively, those are NOT high sales for an album. They may be high for a band with "limited commerical appeal," but they are NOT mainstream and there are many people who have not heard of them.
This makes them, in my mind, a major label recording act.
Indie music is music by independent artists. It is not (again, to me) music that has a limited appeal or even a certain kind of sound.
#15
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (Matador Records) - Perhaps the most "rock & roll" band recording today.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Epitaph Records) - Like the Blues Explosion, only socialist.
Elgin Park (Enjoy Records) - Witty and humorous pop rock, as catchy as the Beach Boys.
The Gourds (Sugar Hill Records) - The best American roots music played by anyone right now.
moe. (Fat Boy Records) - A jam band with great hooks taboot.
String Cheese Incident (SCI Fidelity Records) - Another jam band and a mixture of folk, bluegrass, funk, jazz and rock/pop.
Pavement/Stephen Malkmus (Matador Records) - Critics' darling for years now and deservedly so.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Epitaph Records) - Like the Blues Explosion, only socialist.
Elgin Park (Enjoy Records) - Witty and humorous pop rock, as catchy as the Beach Boys.
The Gourds (Sugar Hill Records) - The best American roots music played by anyone right now.
moe. (Fat Boy Records) - A jam band with great hooks taboot.
String Cheese Incident (SCI Fidelity Records) - Another jam band and a mixture of folk, bluegrass, funk, jazz and rock/pop.
Pavement/Stephen Malkmus (Matador Records) - Critics' darling for years now and deservedly so.
#16
Quote:
Originally posted by stevevt
Wilco's last album came out on Warner Bros, and their next one is on Nonesuch.
This makes them, in my mind, a major label recording act.
Indie music is music by independent artists. It is not (again, to me) music that has a limited appeal or even a certain kind of sound.
I would definitely agree with this. Wilco are not an indie band.Originally posted by stevevt
Wilco's last album came out on Warner Bros, and their next one is on Nonesuch.
This makes them, in my mind, a major label recording act.
Indie music is music by independent artists. It is not (again, to me) music that has a limited appeal or even a certain kind of sound.
As far as the album sales thing -- I wasn't trying to be a jerk Penny Lane, I just saw those numbers a few months ago and they surprised me, so I thought I'd mention them.
And I don't know how marginalized any band is that gets at least a dozen feature stories in the major magazines whenever a new album of theirs comes out, not to mention having two documentaries made about them.
#17
Here are some of my faves. I tried my best not to include anyone currently on a major label, which I'm sure you'll all do your best to check.
3Ds
Acetone
Air
Aislers Set
Apples in Stereo
Beachwood Sparks
Beat Happening
Bedhead
Belle & Sebastian
Bettie Serveert
Beulah
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Boxhead Ensemble
Franklin Bruno
Buck
Bunnygrunt
Calexico
Calla
Cat Power
The Cat's Miaow
Chappaquiddick Skyline
Circulatory System
The Court and Spark
The Crabs
Cub
Damon & Naomi
Death Cab for Cutie
The Delgados
The Dismemberment Plan
Sarah Dougher
Dressy Bessy
Early Day Miners
Elf Power
Elysian Fields
The Essex Green
Edith Frost
Future Bible Heroes
The Gentle Waves
The Go-Luckys
Go Sailer
Godspeed You Black Emporer
The Halo Benders
The Handsome Family
Heavenly
Helium
Holiday
Ida
Idaho
K.
Karate
Kings of Convenience
Kiss Offs
Kleenex Girl Wonder
Komeda
The Lilys
Liquorice
Lois
The Lookers
Low
The Lucksmiths
Magnetic Fields
Barbara Manning
Marbles
Marine Research
Mascott
Mates of State
The Mendoza Line
Microphones
The Minders
Mirah
Mojave 3
The Mountain Goats
Movietone
Neutral Milk Hotel
The New Pornographers
The New Year
Nothing Painted Blue
Will Oldham
The Olivia Tremor Control
Palace
Papas Fritas
Parcels
Pastels
Pedro the Lion
Pernice Brothers
Joe Pernice
Pharmacists/Ted Leo
Rainer Maria
Red House Painters
The San Francisco Seals
Sarge
The Scud Mountain Boys
The Secret Stars
Shins
Sigur Ros
Sloan
Smog
The Softies
Songs: Ohia
The Spinanes
Starlight Mints
Stars
Swearing at Motorists
Toomey, Jenny
Tsunami
Tullycraft
Tuscadero
The Verna Cannon
Virginia Dare
White Stripes
Wolfie
Yo La Tengo
3Ds
Acetone
Air
Aislers Set
Apples in Stereo
Beachwood Sparks
Beat Happening
Bedhead
Belle & Sebastian
Bettie Serveert
Beulah
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Boxhead Ensemble
Franklin Bruno
Buck
Bunnygrunt
Calexico
Calla
Cat Power
The Cat's Miaow
Chappaquiddick Skyline
Circulatory System
The Court and Spark
The Crabs
Cub
Damon & Naomi
Death Cab for Cutie
The Delgados
The Dismemberment Plan
Sarah Dougher
Dressy Bessy
Early Day Miners
Elf Power
Elysian Fields
The Essex Green
Edith Frost
Future Bible Heroes
The Gentle Waves
The Go-Luckys
Go Sailer
Godspeed You Black Emporer
The Halo Benders
The Handsome Family
Heavenly
Helium
Holiday
Ida
Idaho
K.
Karate
Kings of Convenience
Kiss Offs
Kleenex Girl Wonder
Komeda
The Lilys
Liquorice
Lois
The Lookers
Low
The Lucksmiths
Magnetic Fields
Barbara Manning
Marbles
Marine Research
Mascott
Mates of State
The Mendoza Line
Microphones
The Minders
Mirah
Mojave 3
The Mountain Goats
Movietone
Neutral Milk Hotel
The New Pornographers
The New Year
Nothing Painted Blue
Will Oldham
The Olivia Tremor Control
Palace
Papas Fritas
Parcels
Pastels
Pedro the Lion
Pernice Brothers
Joe Pernice
Pharmacists/Ted Leo
Rainer Maria
Red House Painters
The San Francisco Seals
Sarge
The Scud Mountain Boys
The Secret Stars
Shins
Sigur Ros
Sloan
Smog
The Softies
Songs: Ohia
The Spinanes
Starlight Mints
Stars
Swearing at Motorists
Toomey, Jenny
Tsunami
Tullycraft
Tuscadero
The Verna Cannon
Virginia Dare
White Stripes
Wolfie
Yo La Tengo
#18
Quote:
Originally posted by stevevt
Here are some of my faves. I tried my best not to include anyone currently on a major label, which I'm sure you'll all do your best to check.
3Ds [eh]
Acetone [yes]
Air [no]
Aislers Set [yes]
Apples in Stereo [eh]
Beachwood Sparks [yes]
Beat Happening [no]
Bedhead [yes]
Belle & Sebastian [no]
Bettie Serveert [eh]
Beulah [eh]
Bonnie Prince Billy [yes]
The Boxhead Ensemble [yes]
Franklin Bruno [?]
Buck [?]
Bunnygrunt [?]
Calexico [yes]
Calla [yes yes yes]
Cat Power [no]
The Cat's Miaow [?]
Chappaquiddick Skyline [eh]
Circulatory System [yes yes]
The Court and Spark [eh]
The Crabs [?]
Cub [?]
Damon & Naomi [yes]
Death Cab for Cutie [yes for the Photo Album]
The Delgados [eh]
The Dismemberment Plan [yes for Emergency & I]
Sarah Dougher [?]
Dressy Bessy [no]
Early Day Miners [?]
Elf Power [no]
Elysian Fields [?]
The Essex Green [eh]
Edith Frost [eh]
Future Bible Heroes [?]
The Gentle Waves [?]
The Go-Luckys [?]
Go Sailer [?]
Godspeed You Black Emporer [eh]
The Halo Benders [eh]
The Handsome Family [yes]
Heavenly [yes]
Helium [yes]
Holiday [?]
Ida [eh]
Idaho [eh]
K. [?]
Karate [yes]
Kings of Convenience [eh]
Kiss Offs [?]
Kleenex Girl Wonder [?]
Komeda [?]
The Lilys [yes]
Liquorice [?]
Lois [eh]
The Lookers [?]
Low [yes yes yes]
The Lucksmiths [?]
Magnetic Fields [eh]
Barbara Manning [eh]
Marbles [?]
Marine Research [eh]
Mascott [?]
Mates of State [?]
The Mendoza Line [?]
Microphones [yes yes yes]
The Minders [eh]
Mirah [eh]
Mojave 3 [yes]
The Mountain Goats [eh]
Movietone [?]
Neutral Milk Hotel [yes yes yes]
The New Pornographers [yes]
The New Year [yes]
Nothing Painted Blue [?]
Will Oldham [yes]
The Olivia Tremor Control [yes]
Palace [yes]
Papas Fritas [eh]
Parcels [?]
Pastels [?]
Pedro the Lion [no]
Pernice Brothers [yes]
Joe Pernice [yes]
Pharmacists/Ted Leo [yes]
Rainer Maria [no]
Red House Painters [eh]
The San Francisco Seals [?]
Sarge [eh]
The Scud Mountain Boys [yes]
The Secret Stars [eh]
Shins [yes]
Sigur Ros [eh]
Sloan [eh]
Smog [eh]
The Softies [?]
Songs: Ohia [eh]
The Spinanes [eh]
Starlight Mints [?]
Stars [?]
Swearing at Motorists [?]
Toomey, Jenny [eh]
Tsunami [yes]
Tullycraft [?]
Tuscadero [no]
The Verna Cannon [?]
Virginia Dare [?]
White Stripes [yes yes yes]
Wolfie [no]
Yo La Tengo [yes]
That's just sadistic Steve! Are they supposed to listen to every one of them?!? To confuse things even more (and to be a dick to Steve), I put a note next to each saying what I thought. Man that makes me look like an as$hole, which I'm sure many here will find appropriate.Originally posted by stevevt
Here are some of my faves. I tried my best not to include anyone currently on a major label, which I'm sure you'll all do your best to check.
3Ds [eh]
Acetone [yes]
Air [no]
Aislers Set [yes]
Apples in Stereo [eh]
Beachwood Sparks [yes]
Beat Happening [no]
Bedhead [yes]
Belle & Sebastian [no]
Bettie Serveert [eh]
Beulah [eh]
Bonnie Prince Billy [yes]
The Boxhead Ensemble [yes]
Franklin Bruno [?]
Buck [?]
Bunnygrunt [?]
Calexico [yes]
Calla [yes yes yes]
Cat Power [no]
The Cat's Miaow [?]
Chappaquiddick Skyline [eh]
Circulatory System [yes yes]
The Court and Spark [eh]
The Crabs [?]
Cub [?]
Damon & Naomi [yes]
Death Cab for Cutie [yes for the Photo Album]
The Delgados [eh]
The Dismemberment Plan [yes for Emergency & I]
Sarah Dougher [?]
Dressy Bessy [no]
Early Day Miners [?]
Elf Power [no]
Elysian Fields [?]
The Essex Green [eh]
Edith Frost [eh]
Future Bible Heroes [?]
The Gentle Waves [?]
The Go-Luckys [?]
Go Sailer [?]
Godspeed You Black Emporer [eh]
The Halo Benders [eh]
The Handsome Family [yes]
Heavenly [yes]
Helium [yes]
Holiday [?]
Ida [eh]
Idaho [eh]
K. [?]
Karate [yes]
Kings of Convenience [eh]
Kiss Offs [?]
Kleenex Girl Wonder [?]
Komeda [?]
The Lilys [yes]
Liquorice [?]
Lois [eh]
The Lookers [?]
Low [yes yes yes]
The Lucksmiths [?]
Magnetic Fields [eh]
Barbara Manning [eh]
Marbles [?]
Marine Research [eh]
Mascott [?]
Mates of State [?]
The Mendoza Line [?]
Microphones [yes yes yes]
The Minders [eh]
Mirah [eh]
Mojave 3 [yes]
The Mountain Goats [eh]
Movietone [?]
Neutral Milk Hotel [yes yes yes]
The New Pornographers [yes]
The New Year [yes]
Nothing Painted Blue [?]
Will Oldham [yes]
The Olivia Tremor Control [yes]
Palace [yes]
Papas Fritas [eh]
Parcels [?]
Pastels [?]
Pedro the Lion [no]
Pernice Brothers [yes]
Joe Pernice [yes]
Pharmacists/Ted Leo [yes]
Rainer Maria [no]
Red House Painters [eh]
The San Francisco Seals [?]
Sarge [eh]
The Scud Mountain Boys [yes]
The Secret Stars [eh]
Shins [yes]
Sigur Ros [eh]
Sloan [eh]
Smog [eh]
The Softies [?]
Songs: Ohia [eh]
The Spinanes [eh]
Starlight Mints [?]
Stars [?]
Swearing at Motorists [?]
Toomey, Jenny [eh]
Tsunami [yes]
Tullycraft [?]
Tuscadero [no]
The Verna Cannon [?]
Virginia Dare [?]
White Stripes [yes yes yes]
Wolfie [no]
Yo La Tengo [yes]
#19
Check out The Rosenbergs : mission-you
www.therosenbergs.com - even comes with a free t-shirt
and Kenny Howes and the Yeah - self titled www.kennyhowes.com
also check out indie label Royal Fuzz - www.royalfuzz.com
www.therosenbergs.com - even comes with a free t-shirt
and Kenny Howes and the Yeah - self titled www.kennyhowes.com
also check out indie label Royal Fuzz - www.royalfuzz.com
#20
I feel like a broken record on this topic here but here are some of my fave indie bands (some old, some new):
The Hives
Astrid - The Scotish band and the Female solo artist
Pinehurst Kids
Animals the Swim
Actual Tigers
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead
Boo Radleys
Centro-Matic
Curve
Delta Clutch
Kittie in the Tree
Soundtrack of Our Lives
Magoo
Murry the Hump
Clinic
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
International Noise Conspiracy
Imperial Teen
Jawbreaker
Lambchop
Mull Historical Society
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Elbow
Ride
Rival Schools
Super Furry Animals
Movielife
Willard Grant Conspiracy
The Wannadies
Check out www.pitchforkmedia.com
I saw the 3D's open for Guided by Voices a number of years ago, they were really good, jeez talk about really diggin into my CD collection.
The Hives
Astrid - The Scotish band and the Female solo artist
Pinehurst Kids
Animals the Swim
Actual Tigers
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead
Boo Radleys
Centro-Matic
Curve
Delta Clutch
Kittie in the Tree
Soundtrack of Our Lives
Magoo
Murry the Hump
Clinic
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
International Noise Conspiracy
Imperial Teen
Jawbreaker
Lambchop
Mull Historical Society
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Elbow
Ride
Rival Schools
Super Furry Animals
Movielife
Willard Grant Conspiracy
The Wannadies
Check out www.pitchforkmedia.com
I saw the 3D's open for Guided by Voices a number of years ago, they were really good, jeez talk about really diggin into my CD collection.
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Penny Lane , 01-30-02 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by Yancey
I would definitely agree with this. Wilco are not an indie band.
As far as the album sales thing -- I wasn't trying to be a jerk Penny Lane, I just saw those numbers a few months ago and they surprised me, so I thought I'd mention them.
And I don't know how marginalized any band is that gets at least a dozen feature stories in the major magazines whenever a new album of theirs comes out, not to mention having two documentaries made about them.
This goes for stevet (or whatever) as well: I never SAID THEY WERE AN INDIE BAND. I said I didn't know if they were considered an indie band. They ARE featured on indie websites, I know that for a fact. Originally posted by Yancey
I would definitely agree with this. Wilco are not an indie band.
As far as the album sales thing -- I wasn't trying to be a jerk Penny Lane, I just saw those numbers a few months ago and they surprised me, so I thought I'd mention them.
And I don't know how marginalized any band is that gets at least a dozen feature stories in the major magazines whenever a new album of theirs comes out, not to mention having two documentaries made about them.
The first of the documentaries you are talking about was about Woody Guthrie, NOT Wilco. And if you notice on the actual DVD, they get very little air time. That's hardly what I'd call a documentary about them as a band.
In addition to this, they ARE NOT mainstream, especially in the South. They may not be an "indie" band, but they are far from being well known. You can talk to maybe 15 people on the street here in Birmingham, and maybe one of them, if that, knows who they are. That's what I meant, and I simply assumed that Breakfast with Girls might not know who they are and was possibly missing out if he liked that kind of thing.
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#24
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Originally posted by Penny Lane
This goes for stevet (or whatever) as well: I never SAID THEY WERE AN INDIE BAND. I said I didn't know if they were considered an indie band.
Right. And I expressed my opinion of what it means to be an indie band, and that I thought that they weren't.Originally posted by Penny Lane
This goes for stevet (or whatever) as well: I never SAID THEY WERE AN INDIE BAND. I said I didn't know if they were considered an indie band.
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Originally posted by Penny Lane
They ARE featured on indie websites, I know that for a fact.
Well, so is one of my favorite bands: Built to Spill. And BtS sells fewer records than Wilco, are known to fewer people than Wilco, gets less press than Wilco, etc. But they are on Warner Bros, and for this reason alone are not an independent band. They are, like Wilco, an "alt" band (a band that appeals to people who like non-mainstream music), but I don't think that "alt" (or whatever you want to call it) and "indie" are the same thing.Originally posted by Penny Lane
They ARE featured on indie websites, I know that for a fact.
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Originally posted by Penny Lane
In addition to this, they ARE NOT mainstream, especially in the South. They may not be an "indie" band, but they are far from being well known. You can talk to maybe 15 people on the street here in Birmingham, and maybe one of them, if that, knows who they are.
Agreed with everything you said so far (except that my username is stevevt, but a lot of people get that one wrong).Originally posted by Penny Lane
In addition to this, they ARE NOT mainstream, especially in the South. They may not be an "indie" band, but they are far from being well known. You can talk to maybe 15 people on the street here in Birmingham, and maybe one of them, if that, knows who they are.
The thing is, Breakfast with Girls said that he was looking for indie bands.
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Originally posted by Penny Lane
That's what I meant, and I simply assumed that Breakfast with Girls might not know who they are and was possibly missing out if he liked that kind of thing.
Obviously, I can't speak for BwG, but I think it's great that you were helping him, and promoting a band you clearly care a lot about.Originally posted by Penny Lane
That's what I meant, and I simply assumed that Breakfast with Girls might not know who they are and was possibly missing out if he liked that kind of thing.
If anything, I was trying to suggest that independent music is not a genre. There is independent country, rap, pop, rock, etc. That's all I was saying, and I did it because BwG specifically mentioned the phrase "indie bands."
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Penny Lane , 01-30-02 09:51 PM
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Originally posted by stevevt
If anything, I was trying to suggest that independent music is not a genre. There is independent country, rap, pop, rock, etc. That's all I was saying, and I did it because BwG specifically mentioned the phrase "indie bands."
You're really making me look like a dumbass, haus. I know that independent music is not a genre. I didn't mean to suggest that the were, and I'm sorry if you thought that was implied.Originally posted by stevevt
If anything, I was trying to suggest that independent music is not a genre. There is independent country, rap, pop, rock, etc. That's all I was saying, and I did it because BwG specifically mentioned the phrase "indie bands."
For the record, they were an independent band for about 6 months, between Reprise and Nonesuch.