Good Indie Bands

[blinkytheblinkman]

I would like to know what Indie bands people here like.

Please include the genre (or perceive genre) and website if they have one.

Two bands in the Atlanta area I like:

RedLetterAgent -- Brit Rock
http://www.redletteragent.com
Pageant -- Not quite sure how to describe them (Trippy?) Brit Rock?
http://www.pageantmusic.com

[thedirtyd]

death cab for cutie -- slow piano-y kind of stuff
the postal service -- basically death cab with a hint of techno
longwave -- some slow songs, some fast songs
phantom planet -- indie rock
idlewild -- indie rock

sorry i don't have the time to write the websites down. my sis needs the phone (still on 56k. blah.)

[SUprEMeBeiNg]

sry dirty but phantom planet couldnt get any more pop

for indie id suggest

the format
DCFC
pretty girls make graves
and texas is the reason


:D

[Broccoli]

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040404151411193077&sql=C2687

[bookmansour]

Nice site veggie-medley...
Another is:
http://www.openingbands.com/

Also if your in the Champaign-Urbana area of Illinois (up through Chicago)
Check out Adam Wolfe or Sick-Day
http://www.sick-day.com/

[blinkytheblinkman]

Hey, bookmansour Sick-Day is pretty good. Nice heavy sound and decent vocals.

[bookmansour]

Wait a minute Blinky...
You know Sick-Day...
Your in Atlanta...
Are you my cousin?

[wingnut2600]

I am diggin' Pinback right now...

[shawners]

all the indie bands i know resigned bigger contracts with other recording companies.. Blue oktober to be of one. I dont listen to indie bands as much since they all sound so angry.. garagebands.com is a good website though.

[blinkytheblinkman]

No, just listened to their stuff on the website.

I just listened to a couple of Pinbacks stuff. They are good, I really like the
songs they have posted on their sites. Thanks Wingnut.

[Broccoli]

Allmusic is decent with shoving bands into genres. pitchforkmedia.com is a good place to check out too.

[thedirtyd]

i like the song Prog by Pinback (i think that's what it's called). and yeah phantom planet is a little poppy. some songs aren't though.

[timdickinson]

Franz Ferdinand are pretty big from here in Glasgow
also - The Walkmen
Von Bondies
D4
The Hives
The Datsuns
Kasabian
The Killers

[thedirtyd]

D4...Dillinger Four? they're awesome. they started in minneapolis (2 hours away from my house 8))

[Broccoli]

D4...Dillinger Four? they're awesome. they started in minneapolis (2 hours away from my house 8))

I need to get more into the local stuff, we've got some pretty kickass bands in Minneapolis and the surrounding area. Ever heard of Sue Generis? I know they've been up there (Duluth). They're from around here, I guess they used to play at the environmental school before they changed their name and stuff. The bass player comes into my work from time to time and usually gives me a sampler. They've got a classically trained pianist. Piano makes me happy. They're slowly getting bigger... just about every time I go to Perkins at night when there are kids around, I hear someone talking about them. Strange but true.

(I'm from Minnesota too)

[thedirtyd]

oh cool. yeah i haven't heard of them but i'll check 'em out

[YLZ]

welbilt is a good northern virginian (basically d.c.) band

http://www.welbiltmusic.com/

[Sockfulloflove]

The indie bands I currently listen to are:

Death Cab for Cutie
The Postal Service
Belle and Sebastian
Desaparecidos
Modest Mouse

There's a lot of other good one's like Ben Kweller, Shins, etc.

But those 5 are the one's I am listening to the most at this time.

[timdickinson]

The d4 I was meaning are actually from new zealand.

But hey, that lot from mineapolis sound pretty good too.

[DampCold]

I heard a band called Derby live a few weeks ago and I thought they were pretty good. I don't know if they have any albums or mp3s available so I don't know what they sound like in a studio release.