Your favorite indie bands

[pseudonym28]

what are your favorite indie bands?

[circusfolk]

Barzin, Family of the Year, and Songs: Ohia.

[distortthecode]

Tubelord, talons, tiger please, Los campesinos, hot club de Paris, futureheads, metric, two door cinema club, foals, tall ships, tangled hair and stagecoach.

[Psychme132]

London Blackmarket, Tigers That Talk, The Rosie Taylor Project.

[_thisisme*]

Maybe someone will like this:http://www.myspace.com/kensingtonband Kinda Indie-ish. Really nice hard working guys and great music!

Their new record will be out in July. If you sign up for their newsletter (here:http://www.kensingtonband.com/) you can download a free new song.

[TwentyOneChairs]

The Brobecks hands down :-)
... this has been since before Dallon played bass for P!ATD

[Indoor Living]

What does indie even mean?

[mymusicismylife]

Indie is so broad. Screw it, I'll throw these out there

Modest Mouse
Interpol
Spoon
Pavement
Broken Bells
Elliott Smith
TV on the Radio
Arcade Fire
Fang Island
The Microphones
The Shins
New Pornographers
Titus Andronicus

And so on. Are all those indie? I don't fucking know! What is indie, really?

[OhHorseFeathers]

I feel as if this could encompass quite a spectrum.

My favorite at the moment, if you, the reader, consider it indie, would be Sleeping at Last.

Been spinning Storyboards the past few days. 'Nuff said.

[HometownHero]

Menomena. Set for life

[bigcircle]

Bernays Propaganda

[Cooper D]

THE STROKES!!!! The Kings of Indie music of the 2000s.

[Jamesaston]

Bombay bicycle club.

[Colorblind!]

THE STROKES!!!! The Kings of Indie music of the 2000s.

That title belongs to The National.

Anyways, I think The Dangerous Summer is probably the best indie band.

[paige.frazier]

Indie is super broad, but some of my faves that I consider indie/underground/alt.:

Arctic Monkeys
Bloc Party
The Duke Spirit
Broken Bells
The Shins
Manchester Orchestra
Frightened Rabbit
The Antlers
The Strokes
The Kooks
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's
Thom Yorke
Noah and the Whale
..so many more that I love. I could list forever.

On a side note, Lollapalooza is a great festival for Indie/Folk/Underground/Alt. Music. If you like that genre you should check out the lineup, or just go. I'll be there this year :D

[xHoodieWeather]

The Strokes/Bright Eyes/Manchester Orchestra/Some of Brand New's albums have an indie vibe.

[cubine]

Manchester Orchestra is the only indie I've ever really been able to get into.

I would also say Death Cab but I'm not sure if they fall under "indie" anymore.

[Cooper D]

That title belongs to The National.

Anyways, I think The Dangerous Summer is probably the best indie band.

The National is cool dude, but the Strokes were one of the main bands to transition music goers from music of the 90s to the 2000s

[Basara]

Dust Jacket
Sleep Well
Frightened Rabbit
Normandy
The Felix Culpa
The Republic Of Wolves
Balance And Composure
Tigers Jaw
Commerce

Definately check out Tigers That Talked, like someone else said. They're pretty mind blowing.

[ChrisYA]

The Killers: www.myspace.com/thekillers (their debut album "Hot Fuss" is legendary)
The National: www.myspace.com/thenational
The Strokes: www.myspace.com/thestrokes (obviously)
The Drums: www.myspace.com/thedrumsforever
Vampire Weekend: www.myspace.com/vampireweekend (only their debut album)
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart
Yeasayer: www.myspace.com/yeasayer (last album)

I don't know if it's real indie, it's more like post-punk, but check out these bands as well:
Deerhunter
Wavves (new album is amazing)
Jay Reatard (RIP)
Die! Die! Die!
The Horrors

[lew_1987]

I am really into Fly Upright Kite at the moment. Weightless is such a great EP.

[karadotcollett]

Manchester Orchestra, Titus Andronicus, This Town Needs Guns, Victor! Fix The Sun... some local stuff... uhh im too lazy to list out all the underground-ish stuff i like...

[Indoor Living]

90% of the bands covered on this site. Indie is not a genre.

[karadotcollett]

90% of the bands covered on this site. Indie is not a genre.
thank God! finally somebody knows that. it irks me to no end when people don't realise and i have to slowly teach them "yes, even post-hardcore can be indie... good dog"

[lew_1987]

90% of the bands covered on this site. Indie is not a genre.

Calm down.

[Indoor Living]

Calm down.
Because I used a lot of caps, and unnecessary punctuation, right?

[lew_1987]

Because I used a lot of caps, and unnecessary punctuation, right?

You made your point well enough in your first post. No need to re-iterate.

[Indoor Living]

You made your point well enough in your first post. No need to re-iterate.
Whoops. That was like almost two months ago. Completely unaware I had posted in here before. My bad.

[lew_1987]

Whoops. That was like almost two months ago. Completely unaware I had posted in here before. My bad.

Hahaha, OK. I didn't check the dates either.

[Breathoffire]

90% of the bands covered on this site. Indie is not a genre.

OH SORRY I MEANT 'EMO'.

[girlattheshow]

They've Shot Flanigan is worth a listen.

[warpspeedscotty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7TxYkL47U

[diiiiilooooch]

WEEZER!

(They're indie now, right?)

[beccasaysXRAWRX]

Dangerous Summer Manchester Orchestra Wolf Parade The Shins

[DoubtGin]

if we are talking about bands associated with the genre:

Arcade Fire
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixies
Pavement
Interpol
Modest Mouse (basically The Moon & Antarctica for me)
The National
Unwound


I dont actually mind/care if a band I listen to is signed or not