[phenom-achine]

i havent been listening to indie much.
not after a whole bunch of bands that i liked went mainstream no thanks to the oc and that show's brainwashed viewers who would do anything just to be like the cast >_>.
but i like the plain white t's, postal service, rogue wave, forever young, bloc party, electric president and etc.

[vicodin]

Oh, I love slowdive!!!!! I especially like listening to them when I'm drawing, it's pretty serene

i feel you, dude.. i feel you!
a lot of people say slowdive = my bloody valentine wannabe but hell if i care.. MBV is too monotonous for me.. slowdive is sooo much better!

ps : im adding you on myspace

[jcraze]

i havent been listening to indie much.
not after a whole bunch of bands that i liked went mainstream no thanks to the oc and that show's brainwashed viewers who would do anything just to be like the cast >_>.
but i like the plain white t's, postal service, rogue wave, forever young, bloc party, electric president and etc.

I don't see why you'd stop listening to bands you liked just because they went mainstream ... if they changed their sounds, then i can understand if you'd stop listening. But if a band keeps their sounds who cares of OCboppers listens to them.

[love.is.red]

haha i wasn't going to reply in this thread because i know it would eventually lead to some clash of pretentious kids vs. kids who don't know crap...and we all know that can be annoying. more name-dropping...yay.

right now, i ♥ the following bands/singers :

*metric
*bella lea
*jenny lewis [and the watson twins]
*city and colour aka dallas green [ from alexisonfire ]
*pinback
*cassino [ singer of northstar ]
*the phoenix and the turtle [ amazing live band!! ]
*the decemberists
*autolux
*dredg
*the dear hunter
*the receiving end of sirens

[phenom-achine]

I don't see why you'd stop listening to bands you liked just because they went mainstream ... if they changed their sounds, then i can understand if you'd stop listening. But if a band keeps their sounds who cares of OCboppers listens to them.

some of them,just because they have all of a sudden got 'popular', have changed their sound.
i'm not saying all of the ones that i like changed but a great amount that have been featured on that show have.

[jcraze]

Ah, i see.

I wouldn't really know since i don't watch the OC.

[bluecarrot]

i discovered a cool new indie band.. they're soo cool--

ENON
http://www.myspace.com/enonmusic

[wee33]

hot hot heat i guess...? what exactly is indie? i thought i had an idea of what it was but not anymore. i'm clueless. i want to say i like indie rock but i'm not absolutely sure what it is. lol. i like those funky happy beat music. it's great when i'm going to school. walking to the bus stop and sitting in the bus, just wandering around. is modest mouse indie? snow patrol? well i listen to those, but i'm not sure if they fall under indie.

i forgot to add Arctic Monkeys. i have a feel more but all i can remember at this moment.

btw, what genre would Phantom Planet fall under?

[petit_charat]

indie is music released on an independant label, hence the word "indie" being the short term for independant...
its confusing when you list indie music because you can be getting mixed up with alternative music (which i what i do most of the time ._. )

hurrah for arctic monkeys!

[EMA]

Yes!! Imogene Heap...her vocals on Hide & Seek is soooo chilling!

Anyone into Sigur Ros? An icelandic band with really hypnotic sounds? Hoppipola and Glosoli are so haunting

i agree re imogen heap x]

and i just found sigur ros 2 days ago ! antony (of antony and the johnsons) guest programmed rage and he stuck about 4 of their videos on in a row . i was totally amazed , to be honest . their music is gorgeous - hypnotic is definitely the right word . and their videos ! their videos are some of the best i've ever seen . especially the one for vidrar vel til loftarasa (though itunes called it viorar etc . hrm ?) . god , that video is amazing .

anyways lately i've been listening to these people .. but i don't know if they're indie . i'm really lame like that . so you know , do tell me if i'm being a wannabe indie child when in actual fact am mainstream as is humanly possible

antony and the johnsons
IAMX
robots in disguise
coco rosie
the like (?)
the kills
kings of leon (?)
athlete
bloc party
arctic monkeys

i have very narrow , repetative musical tastes . i just kind of listen to the same people all the time o_o diversity ? never !

[wee33]

indie is music released on an independant label, hence the word "indie" being the short term for independant...
its confusing when you list indie music because you can be getting mixed up with alternative music (which i what i do most of the time ._. )

hurrah for arctic monkeys!

ohhhhhh! thanks for the little music education lol. indie... independant. there we go. yepppp arctic monkeys are really good.

is Hot Hot Heat still indie?

[petit_charat]

i'm not sure.... hot hot heat are from NZ aren't they? or i could be wrong...

[EMA]

http://myspace.com/hothotheat

is that them ?

they're signed to warner , so they're .. NOT indie ? even though their genre description says indie .

am i getting the hang of this now ? *tears*

[jcraze]

It's all so confusing eh. i think hot hot heat are canadian?? although im not sure about that.

[EMA]

^ yeah , that's what their myspace says .

[petit_charat]

yep, thats them. i dunno where i got NZ from...?!?!!?!
i first heard them when they shows the 'goodnight goodnight' video on Rage...

[bluecarrot]

indie= independent

i figured this out too.. (on my own..seriously..it just came to me while i was sitting in the bus)

anywho... i think indie's bands aren't what the genre is..i think it classifies them by status ..like how far up the fame scale are they--right?

btw---hot hot heat's music is cool-- i like the 'IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE' song..its totally stuck in my head--- the accent just tops it off--

[crazylush]

Regardless of what everyone argues to be Indie (pretty subjective imo, especially from a girl who grew up in the pacific NW)..

I will always love Bright Eyes & and anything with Jenny Lewis (w/Watson twins> Rilo Kiley)...regardless of their label.

The Perishers rock my boat too.
I wouldn't put the Faint in this category but they're awesome as well.

Death Cab lost their appeal for me after Transatlanticism...nothing after that has caught my eye. My 17 y/o brother whose ipod is saturated with only indie music, seems to one way define a band's level of "sell-outness" based on the venue they play at when they come into town. If its at a stadium concert with thousands of screaming people in seats...yea. He prefers to see bands that have small, intimate settings, standing room only, and so close I can see and feel Conor Oberst's sweat. hehe

Incidently, Death Cab just played with Franz Ferdinand in my city. Heard the concert was ok from a friend that went (most were there for FF rather than DC?) but from her pictures I see they have elaborate props/scenery on stage..wtf?

[sky.xo]

DLD, death cab, nada surf, bright eyes & the postal service.

[EMA]

new find : pagoda . i'm sure people know of them , but i never did

http://myspace.com/pagodamusic

haha michael pitt and ryan donowho are in it , which is why i started listening , but they're actually a pretty good band .