What genre is this collection of music?

Bands:
"Broken Social Scene"
"Of Montreal"
"Imogen Heap"
"Mazarin"
"Nada Surf"
"Sigur Ros"
"Mobius Band"
"Rogue Wave"
"The Go! Team"
"The New Pornographers"
"Hockey Night"
"But Copy"

Indie rock.

Experimental rock. Almost defies categorization. Like Tago Mago, but enjoyable to listen to.

Indie pop or pop.

I like to think of indie not as "independent label" but as "independent (not dependent) on the general trends and sounds of most other current music".

I hate 'labels', but I call it all 'good music' - especially The New Pornographers, who have consistently put out some of the most lyrically rich pop songs I've heard in a long while.

But I suppose it would all fall under the big heavy wool blanket of indie alternative.

Thank you. I dont want to paste a label on everything, just trying to describe it to someone.

hipster

oh crap. I dont want to get into that scene. I threw out all my ironic clothes.

I'd just throw 'em in the alternative camp since some of those bands don't really sound like the others.

some are mine and some are favorites of this girl Im getting friendly with.

If shes looking for the hipster in me things could get ugly.

That's funny Save Ferris. I wouldn't worry too much. A few of those bands aren't "hipster" at all.

Sigur Rós is "hipster"?



What else is "hipster"? Sting? Vivaldi? Pink Floyd? Public Enemy?

I was mostly referring to Broken Social Scene (and I just like using the word).

You made me nervous

I dont want to read too much into a mixed CD

I love Sigur Ros,

Usually, I don't know how a store will categorize what I'm looking for, so I check out Electronic, Indie, Punk, Gothic, World, etc to find things like Sigur Ros, Nitin Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Telepopmusik, The Notwist, Mogwai, Juno Reactor. They seem to fall into different areas, dependin on where you go. I just call them innovative.

"Music they won't play on the radio...and Nada Surf".

If you're making a mixed CD out of those bands, the title of the disc should be called:

Great Fuckin' Music: And If You Disagree, You're a Moron.

[I've seen Sigur Ros and Go! Team twice in person. Cut Copy (not But Copy) and Rogue Wave (sadly) once.]

According to Tower Records, all of the artists you have mentioned are located in the "ROCK/POP" section.

Imogen Heap and Nada Surf are quite different, but I'm using "Hide and Seek" and "Popular" as examples from my brain. Hide and Seek is one of my new favorite songs in my 'Chill' folder, I found it on Ministry of Sound's Chillout Sessions.

I've never heard of the rest.

Did you mean Cut Copy? I hate labels on most things, especially music. I'd never put all those bands in one genre anyway, so I guess I'm not help...