my mp3 nowadays needs a new wave of indie songs! its full of the same old songs, so i want recommendations of really good indie songs. they can be from the 90s, 2000s, whatever. thanks (:

* please list the artist/song title please! :]

Can you be more genre specific?
Indie is any band/artist that isn't on a major label, so you can be talking about anything from rap, alternative, country, folk, etc. :]

^ oh right. haha. ;;

acoustic & rock genres! <3

Hmm.

I'll give you several artists with different sounds and tracks particularly indicative of their style. These are all pretty well known artists though, so this may be nothing new.

* Neutral Milk Hotel (Lo-fi) - "In an Aeroplane Over the Sea"

* Okkervil River (Folksy rock? Pretty crappy vocals, I must warn.) - "A Stone"

* The Stills (I don't even know if they're indie. I'm just crazy about them right now.) - "Changes Are No Good"

* The Decemberists (No longer "indie" but whatever. Storytellers.) - "On the Bus Mall"

* Broken Social Scene (Hmm, like Arcade Fire but more cracked out and less structured.) - "Lovers' Spit"

* The Twilight Singers / The Afghan Whigs (Probably not indie, but SO GOOD. Perfect rock.) - "Dead to Rights," "66"

* The Appleseed Cast (A bit prog-rockish, a bit emo probably.) - "How Life Can Turn"

If you need any help locating these files, I can help.

i don't think 'amber pacific' is an indie band but i think they've got quite good punk rock songs. something like simple plan.
'boys like girls' is another band that i think is pretty good too. also punk rock/ rock.

Joshua Radin (Acoustic/Folk Rock) - "Winter" or "Closer"
http://www.myspace.com/joshuaradin

Kate Walsh (Acoustic/Folk/Country) - "Your Song"
http://www.myspace.com/katewalsh
Apparently she recorded her LP in her basement and got #1 on iTunes.

The Kooks (Alternative/Indie/Reggae) - "Naive"
http://www.myspace.com/thekooks

Patrick Watson (Alternative/Electro/Ambient) - "Luscious Life"
http://www.myspace.com/patrickwatson
Patrick Watson is amazing! Going to see him open for Emily Haines w00t

The Shins (Indie) - "New Slang"
http://www.myspace.com/theshins
aka 'The song that will change your life' in Garden State

Stars (Indie Pop) - "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead (Final Fantasy Remix)"
http://www.myspace.com/stars

The Weepies (Rock/Pop/Folk) - Take It From Me
The Weepies - Gotta Have You
The Weepies - World Spins Madly On
Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Songs That We Sing
Broken Social Scene - Swimmers
Feist - 1234
Feist - My Moon, My Man
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova) - Falling Slowly
Stars - One More Night
Amy Millan - Skinny Boy (I adore this song!!)
Nouvelle Vague - Teenage Kicks (Great bossa nova inspired song)

Hello Stranger- THE ENTIRE ALBUM. I love their cd.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...riendID=2322693

guillemots- trains to brazil
camera obscura - lloyd i'm ready to be heart broken
young folks - peter bjorn & john
arctic monkeys - i bet you look good on the dance floor
franz ferdinand - take me out
belle and sebastian - funny little frog
hot chip - and i was a boy from school
grizzly bear - knife
the strokes - is this it
band of horses - the funeral
spoon - i turn my camera on
elliott smith - between the bars
the flaming lips - do you realize
radiohead - creep

Don't have any specific songs but almost everything by
Frou Frou
Imogen Heap

are good.

I love them

heart it races & souvenirs by architecture in helsinki
atlas by Battles
country gang by dutch dub
aaron and Maria, punk as john tesh, & know by heart by the american analog set
against all odds by the postal service
the good that wont come out by rilo kiley
pachuca sunrise and el torrente by minus the bear
the purple bottle by the animal collective
maps by yeah yeah yeahs

Peter bjorn and John- young folks
Spoon- way we get by
Hot Hot Heat- Talk to me, Dance with me
Iron & Wine- Naked as we came
The Damnwells- Golden Days
Beirut-Postcards from Italy
Silversun pickups-lazy eye
The Fratellis- flathead
Nada Surf- Always Love
Bloc Party- Banquet, This Modern love
The Strokes- 12:51
Good Shoes- Never meant to hurt you
Kings of leon-california waiting
Modest Mouse- the world at large

not up on the indie-rock scene as of late, but here are some nice ones...............

Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
The Kooks - Naive
Blonde Redhead - 23
Augie March - One Crowded Hour
!!! - Myth Takes
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away
RX Bandits - And the Battle Begun
The Rakes - We Danced Together
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough
Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results
Stars - One More Night
Deerhoof - Believe E.S.P.
The Format - Dog Problems
Arcade Fire - Une Année Sans Lumière

dont know if some of the bands are still indie or not ...

i really like fionn regan.
uh.. daphne loves derby
cinematic sunrise
kate nash
kevin devine?
hahaha the bands/songs that the other people
named are really good.

oh cool! i, too, am on the quest for some new indie songs.

Indie is my favorite "style" of music besides electronica.


Kaiser Chiefs [Ruby is one of my favorite songs]
Wilco - I'm the Man Who Loves You
My American Heart - Tired and Uninspired
Cary Brothers - Ride
The Shins - Caring is Creepy & New Slang
Rilo Kiley - Moneymaker
Tilly and the Wall - Sing Songs Along [favorite band]
Jenny Lewis - Rise Up With Fists
Stars of Track and Field - Movies of Antartica
Hot Hot Heat - You Owe Me An IOU
Jenny Owens Young - Hot In Here
The Velvet Underground - Rock N Roll/Rock and Roll
Bright Eyes - Bowl of Oranges
Muse - Starlight [okay, not indie but its an amazinng song. i love it, never get tired of it]

Basically, a lot of the songs on the Garden State soundtrack will be perfect too.

Young + Restless - www.myspace.com/youngandrestlessau they are insanely radical