[Kernmac]

Three from down under.
[size=12pt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOoJp1Pk3I [/size]
 
 
 
 
 
 [size=12pt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fj4jVI6NuM&feature=related [/size]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 [size=12pt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTvbcNhEgc [/size]

 

[shalingang]

Thanks for the recommendation. while I really like angus and the julia stone, I am trying to get into the other two.

 

[jbluzb86]

I like "THE VIRGINS" album

 

[shalingang]

welcome for more inputs. I actually found that a lot "indie" bands are now considered "alternative" by the Itune store. 

 

[c61746961]

May I bother you with the task to list the bands you've liked so far?, this could give us a better idea as to how to proceed with the recommendations

 

[50an6xy06r6n]

Vampire Weekend, Death Cab for Cutie, the White Stripes (not sure if they're quite indie), and Freelance Whales

 

[olor1n]

These are always in the mix but I have a fixation with The National at the moment:
 
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Beach House - Teen Dream
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
The Postal Service - Give Up
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
The National - Alligator
The National - Boxer
The National - High Violet
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
The xx - XX

 

[c61746961]

That's a fine list. And there's no fixation, they're just that good.

 

[shalingang]

Quote:

May I bother you with the task to list the bands you've liked so far?, this could give us a better idea as to how to proceed with the recommendations

Here are some of the bands that come to my mind immediately when asked:
 
Broken social scene
modest mouse
xiuxiu
electric president
JJ
deastro
delorean
explosions in the sky
flaming lips
glasser

 

[shalingang]

Quote:

These are always in the mix but I have a fixation with The National at the moment:
 
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Beach House - Teen Dream
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
The Postal Service - Give Up
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
The National - Alligator
The National - Boxer
The National - High Violet
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Contra
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
The xx - XX

thanks these are fantastic music. 

 

[eucariote]

Quote:

... I have a fixation with The National at the moment:
 

 
Join the club.  

 

[Oggranak]

You're not seriously asking for an "indie recommendation"...

People devote entire lives to trying to find the good indie out there. Plus, it's such a large umbrella of a genre, it contains a lot of stuff I personally guarantee you won't like.

In any case, welcome to your new favourite website.
http://pitchfork.com/
Look at their decade and year album lists. Start tackling it one cursory album listen at a time until you get more of an idea of what you like, then you'll figure out where to go from there.

 

[Zida]

I want to rebump a couple recommendations that might have been skipped over-

Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary would be pretty regularly regarded as a relatively quintessential indie pop/rock album, particularly of the Montreal explosion era, with a huge following (If you at all like it... or if not because you feel it's not "smart" enough you then need to move on to Sunset Rubdown)

The New Pornographers are one of the poppiest pop bands you'll ever pop into your CD player. I agree with the previous recommend for Mass Romantic as a jumping off point, but there's really no going wrong with any of their first three albums

Metric is sort of Toronto's "it" band, and has been for years. My favorite of theirs, Old World Underground, gets huge bonus points for what I'd consider a very audiophile friendly production.
 
Then I feel I should just re-mention Andrew Bird (virtuostic violin, but keeps it light and smart), throw in some Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest (Probably the biggest indie album of it's year, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIrY4Kh-CU4) and some Yeasayer to round things back out a little bit (http://www.rockpeaks.com/video/y/Yeasayer/Late-Night-With-Conan-OBrien-2008/2018)

I'll leave you with that, I hope you enjoy all or most of it!

 

[shoegazer]

 


The National
Beach House
Elbow
Doves
Panda Bear
Animal Collective

 

[olor1n]

Quote:

/img/forum/go_quote.gif

The New Pornographers are one of the poppiest pop bands you'll ever pop into your CD player. I agree with the previous recommend for Mass Romantic as a jumping off point, but there's really no going wrong with any of their first three albums
 

 
Fake Headlines is the catchiest indie pop anthem ever written. I wish I wasn't so burned out by it to still enjoy the song.
 
An album that I'm really digging at the moment is The Golden Year by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. It's more synth pop than indie but some of you may enjoy it, considering the great taste in music on display here.