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Best indy artists and or songs

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B.Snow
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Im getting more into indy and alternative stuff so hit me up with some good songs or artists. 
thanks,
Nov 15 2007 7:45PM
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Nihiriju
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Tapes n' tapes
Silversun pickups
Yeasayer
Of Montreal
Pheonix
Elizabeth
The incredible moses leroy
Elecrelane
Kings of Convenience


Thats all no the more chill alternative side, there is a bunch of harder shit, and more electro indie mixxy stuff. 
Nov 15 2007 9:20PM
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B.Snow
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wow thanks man 
Nov 15 2007 9:59PM
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Crackaghan
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agreed!

haha heres a few more
Chin Up Chin Up
Broken Social Scene
White Rabbits
Animal Collective
The Unicorns
Starlight Mints
Snowden
Q and Not U
Antelope
Oh no! Oh my!
New Young Pony Club
The Most Serene Republic
Midlake
The Microphones
MenoMena
The Maccabees
Islands
Film School


haha i know a LOT more too
Nov 15 2007 10:52PM
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BobTreeBark
Posts: 155 - Karma: 20

Built to Spill

Archers

Nov 15 2007 11:08PM
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BobTreeBark
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i meant archers of Loaf
Nov 15 2007 11:08PM
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2+2=5
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ive recently been listening to Sebastien Grainger, he's really indy, hes not even signed yet but he's so good. hes the vocalists/drums of death from above 1979.


www.myspace.com/sebastiengrainger
Nov 15 2007 11:49PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
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the shins
brand new
the go! team
the presets
ratatat
lcd soundsystem
queens of the stone age
the searchbar sisters
Nov 16 2007 4:07PM
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1990
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Death Cab For Cutie.
Radiohead
The Postal Service

Nov 16 2007 4:56PM
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Nihiriju
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vERy sexy times. I'm all over snowden right now......i doubt they have any relation to snow, i have no idea, but i love it.  You should check out this mix i made....its all more electro sorta stuff...but yeah fits the ticket enough.         http://www.zshare.net/audio/4740524976ea1d/    the album art has the track list. 32 min run time 44mb. mp3
Nov 16 2007 7:38PM
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2+2=5
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what program did u use?
Nov 16 2007 7:51PM
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AwR
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broken social scene
Nov 16 2007 8:42PM
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B.Snow
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^^ yep im really into them right now
Nov 16 2007 10:35PM
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Crackaghan
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Got some more haha

Seabear
Russian futurists
Shout Out Louds
Wolf Parade
Smoosh
Psapp
Razorlight
Portugal The Man
Piebald
The Octopus Project
Nov 17 2007 2:23AM
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Crackaghan
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Oh ya and that Remix is Dope
i really liked it

and ya what software did you use becuase im using fruityloops producer edition 6 right now
Nov 17 2007 2:26AM
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fukeneh
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i think you mean indie.
Nov 17 2007 3:43AM
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Shorton
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the go team
modest mouse?
citizen cope
pinback
the shins
ratatat
timid tiger
blue states
clap your hand say yeah
death cab
dinosaur junior
Dj Shadow
the faint
fischerspooner
goons of doom
the helio sequence
the klaxons
ladytron
LCD soundsystem
Louis XIV
Shiny toy guns
the smashing pumkins

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Nov 17 2007 5:59AM
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Tapes
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some i listen to:

John Frusciante
Hot Chip
Klaxons
Death From Above 1979
Maximo Park
Arctic Monkeys
The Go! Team
Arcade Fire
Bloc Party
Justice
Tokyo Police Club
CSS
The Strokes
Metric
Ladytron
Nov 17 2007 8:07AM
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hauntedsandwich
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jon brion (did the score for i heart huckbees and eternal sunshine, sooo good)
jake shimabukuro (craaaaazy on the uke)
yovee
wolf parade
sigur ros
ugly casanova
explosions in the sky

yeah and broken social scene and ratatat are so good.






Nov 18 2007 7:50PM
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Mr_Bojangles
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This is one of the most amazing threads of bands I've ever seen on NS.

The Sunshine Underground
Dirty Pretty Things
The Rakes
Expatriate
The Hold Steady
The Futureheads
Deerhoof
Six Organs to Admittance
The Thermals
The Hush Sound
The Grates
Deerhunter
Gyroscope
The Decemberists
Architecture in Helsinki
Cursive
Blonde Redhead
Cold War Kids
The Coral
Denali

And many, many more...

Nov 18 2007 10:30PM
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cofreeskier
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The Honorary Title
Bright Eyes
Okkervil River
Cursive
Single File
Wilco (kind of indie...not really though)
Houston Calls
E for Explosion
Silversun Pickups
Tickle Me Pink
Broken Social Scene
Brand New
Modest Mouse
Bloc Party
JamisonParker
Jeff Klein
Criteria
Faulter
Socratic
Speechwriters LLC
Senses Fail (kind of)

anyway those are pretty much my favorite indie-ish bands...

Nov 18 2007 10:46PM
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Crackaghan
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nice nice

i love six organs to admittance, deerhoof, deerhunter, and the futurheads

its also surprising to see so many people listening to indie rock, at my school like everyone i know just listens to stuff on mtv or underground rap
Nov 19 2007 12:13AM
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skisebski
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BAND OF HORSES! sooooo sick.
Nov 19 2007 12:39AM
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TechnoPotamus
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zero 7
imogen heap
deathcab for cutie
frou frou
the shins
postal service
Nov 19 2007 1:46AM
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DRPSET
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here are three Indie necessities

Neutral Milk Hotel "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea"

Grizzly Bear "Yellow House"

Sunset Rubdown (Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade) "Shut Up I'm Dreaming"
Nov 19 2007 10:30AM
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Nihiriju
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i use ableton live 5.....i don't know how to hack 6 or 7.....Its got lots of features and stuff, but noone has shown or tuaght me anything so i just kinda fuck around and try to figure it out. i'm sure there is tonnnes of dope stuff you can do.      You can download ableton 5 on torrent sites cracked. 
Nov 19 2007 1:42PM
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brenker
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white rabbits- the plot

Nov 19 2007 3:22PM
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Me_Gusta_Esquiar
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nobody has mentioned arcade fire?
Nov 19 2007 4:44PM
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cofreeskier
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wow...shit i completely forgot about them. They are a really sick band.
Nov 19 2007 6:26PM
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Mr_Bojangles
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Only necessity as far as I'm concerned. The Elephant Six Collective is essential to any indie collection.
Nov 19 2007 7:39PM
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Me_Gusta_Esquiar
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we all forgot spoon, too
Nov 20 2007 3:19PM
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Intergalactic
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Nuetral Milk hotel are neat-0. Hold steady are amazing, such a darn good live show. Why did someone say dinosaur Jr?
Nov 20 2007 6:58PM
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720skiguy
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tv on the radio
Nov 20 2007 7:03PM
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2+2=5
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i got ableton 6 cracked
Nov 20 2007 8:15PM
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drwclrk
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Dispatch
Nov 20 2007 9:37PM
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Crackaghan
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ha i figured that people would of already assumed spoon because of their amazingness
Nov 21 2007 4:09PM
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ineedarealname
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the stars
miracle fortress
cocorosie
ben kweller

thatsas manyof my secret gems that im willing to part with.




Nov 22 2007 10:35PM
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Me_Gusta_Esquiar
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forgiven, they're getting kind of big now and a lot more people know who they are, like the shins and the decemberists
Nov 22 2007 11:11PM
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theres_ghosts
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and then there was you

mewithoutyou

Nov 23 2007 2:29AM
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KenzieMorris
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OK Ikmui
HollAnd
Lusine
sixtoo
Matthew Dear
These may be hard to find but all these bands just came out with new releases and are fresh. Enjoi
Nov 23 2007 3:02AM
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adanac_360
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tv on the radio
hard-fi
kings of leon
we are scientists
lous xiv
Nov 23 2007 5:59PM
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jibsworth
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Apostle of Hustle


check out goodweatherforairstrikes.com, sick blog, its where I find all my indie and indie sounding music.
Nov 26 2007 8:37AM
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Tapes
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great site, thanks!


i really don't know what to choose. i love most indie music, but i like pretty much every other genre too, so i dont know what to have on my ipod (4G). :(
Nov 30 2007 1:14PM
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Delphi
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settlefish
braid
appleseed cast
bear vs shark
chinupchinup
Nov 30 2007 2:40PM
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EH_DUBS
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wow i tried making a thread like this once
and it failed horribly...

theres some sick bands in here though
Nov 30 2007 5:44PM
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nickmcnutt
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download all 4 broken social scene albums and erase all your other music
Dec 2 2007 2:20AM
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ElliottP
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get a last fm. spend time looking fr yourself if you really care. dont listen to other peoples opinions. find stuff for yourself. and indie isnt a genre.
Dec 2 2007 3:03AM
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rail
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Interpol
A.C. Newman
New Pornographers
Arcade Fire
Beck
Hot Chip
Built to Spill
Decemberists
Belle & Sebastian
Justice
M.I.A.
Ladytron
Flaming Lips
Beach House
El Boy Die
Band of Horses
Goldfrapp
Metric
Calexico
Arctic Monkeys
Air
The Dears
The Go! Team
Black Kids
Alex Gopher
The Shins
Cold War Kids
The Strokes
Apples in Stereo
Beirut
Junior Boys
Grizzly Bear
Of Montreal
Panda Bear
Spoon
!!!
Destroyer
Erlend Oye
Royksopp
Whitest Boy Alive
Lamb
Massive Attack
The Thermals
Tap Tap
The Avalanches
Cat Power
The Cribs
Deerhoof
Deerhunter
Matthew Dear
Red House Painters
Turin Brakes
Annuals
Aqueduct
Arthur & Yu
Robbers on High Street
Shout Out Louds
Shiny Toy Guns
Thom Yorke
Radiohead
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Blow
Cansei de Ser Sexy
LCD Soundsystem
Pinback
Jose Gonzalez
Kaiser Chiefs
The Concretes
Menomena
Sufjan Stevens
TV on the Radio

And many many more!
Dec 2 2007 5:01PM
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Silence
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shit nice list..

I dont know if i'd call Justice indy though?
Dec 2 2007 5:11PM
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mattytru
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Peter Adams
and yeah dispatch is sick
Dec 2 2007 6:07PM
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Eric_D
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datarock is sick.
Dec 2 2007 6:18PM
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