New/Favorite Indie bands

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:53 am

The Postal Service.

Just stumbled across this band. Well worth the listen; especially for later radiohead fans mehbee...

Recommended Tracks:

"Theres never enough time."

"such great heights."

--meh new fav.

Looking for more good unpopular bands,.....any help?

Post by **werldhed** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:55 am

What sort of genre? Just anything unpopular?

Post by **feedback** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:57 am

werldhed wrote:What sort of genre? Just anything unpopular?

Yeah, anything that's not good.

Post by **eepberries** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:57 am

Melt Banana. Check 'em out.

Post by **werldhed** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:58 am

I usually find that the bad songs are the popular ones.

Anyway, since they happen to be what I'm into at the moment (and I just got some new CDs):
-dredg
-Mark Mallman

Two completely different bands, but good stuff IMO.

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:18 am

werldhed wrote:What sort of genre? Just anything unpopular?

Im kinda looking for good bands that arnt pop. ( popular) yet.
That one band you know that no one else you know has heard of.

For me few years ago, It was the white stripes, Now its the Postal Service.
That band thats "so good that you cant belive no one has heard of them yet."

Post by **dnoyc** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:36 am

you're kidding right?

postal service has been all over the radio for a couple of years, especially that piece of crap song "such great heights"

Post by **Grandpa Stu** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:38 am

yeah i've been listening to the postal service a couple of years now and i cant wait for them to come out with new material.

you might wanna check out the decemberists if you havn't heard them yet. they're pretty effin good.

oh, and download this set i mixed a while ago. its got a postal service song at the very end, remixed.

http://oregonstate.edu/~ahrendju/sets/D ... Images.mp3

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:55 am

dnoyc wrote:you're kidding right?

postal service has been all over the radio for a couple of years, especially that piece of crap song "such great heights"

this is true. wildly popular now. sorry 7sx,z a;arark7.

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:36 am

Ok oK OK.... sORRY, I forgot to mention Im in Hamilton,Ontario Canada...and no one has heard Postal Service much around these parts... Im the Only one I know who has a Louis XIV cd. Let alone heard of them.
I'm a boon-dock, Goonie.

Post by **glossy** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:39 am

indie is so in right now

Post by **mjrpes** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:42 am

okkervil river

iron & wine

nedelle

spoon

the decemberists

pinetop seven

the one am radio

great lake swimmers

antony and the johnsons

-- weird shit

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:42 am

Dont make me delete this thread

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:45 am

mjrpes wrote:okkervil river

iron & wine

nedelle

spoon

the decemberists

pinetop seven

the one am radio

great lake swimmers

antony and the johnsons -- weird shit

cheers man.
copy/ paste/ downloading. :icon14:

Post by **mjrpes** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:52 am

7zark7 wrote:
cheers man.
copy/ paste/ downloading. :icon14:

be forewarned that a lot of this is more mellow and acoustic... "sunday morning music" i guess is what they call it, even though i listen to it everyday of the week.

Post by **mjrpes** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:56 am

glossy wrote:indie is so in right now

indie is the majority of the music out there, if we define it to be all music by artists that aren't tethered by a major record label (yet). if indie is so in, then well i consider that a good thing. indie for the sake of indie, though, is a bad thing, because there are lots of artists out there who aren't 'indie' but are still good. not good to limit your music collection by a philosophy of economics.

Post by **7zark7** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:59 am

mjrpes wrote:
7zark7 wrote:
cheers man.
copy/ paste/ downloading. :icon14:
be forewarned that a lot of this is more mellow and acoustic... "sunday morning music" i guess is what they call it, even though i listen to it everyday of the week.

No worries...

Post by **glossy** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:36 am

mjrpes wrote:
glossy wrote:indie is so in right now
indie is the majority of the music out there, if we define it to be all music by artists that aren't tethered by a major record label (yet). if indie is so in, then well i consider that a good thing. indie for the sake of indie, though, is a bad thing, because there are lots of artists out there who aren't 'indie' but are still good. not good to limit your music collection by a philosophy of economics.

:icon26: I was more referring to 'indie' started off as a term to define bands that weren't tied to a record label (independant), but now it's changed to lesser-known bands, usually with a certain style -- it's become a genre in itself, with its own supporting labels and major bands with the roadies and whatnot. It's interesting how "not well known" becomes a popular genre within itself.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:14 am

Well, the singer for The Postal Service started out (and is still in) Death Cab for Cutie. I've been listening to them since about 2000, but their most recent album (Atlanticism) is the only one played on the radio. I think they're coming out with a new album soon. You might check them out.

Post by **iambowelfish** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:47 am

I've never really watched it but I believe the OC is largely responsible for the recent popularisation of indie bands like Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service.

Not that that's a bad thing. In fact it kindof makes a mockery of indie for the sake of indie.

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:10 am

The Weakerthans
Sparta
The Essex Green
The Magic Numbers
Built to Spill
Lowgold
The Get Up Kids

Post by **Foo** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:43 am

Psyche911 wrote:Well, the singer for The Postal Service started out (and is still in) Death Cab for Cutie. I've been listening to them since about 2000, but their most recent album (Atlanticism) is the only one played on the radio. I think they're coming out with a new album soon. You might check them out.

Transatlanticism.

Some other recommendations:
The Guild League
Lowgold (see Grudge mentioned them)
The Helio Sequence
Innocence Mission
Belle & Sebastian (could you even refer to them as indie anymore? probably not, but they're still essential).

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:16 pm

Dntel and Figurine are very much related to the Postal Service. The former is 'the other guy' of the PS and the latter is his home band. Hmm, that sentence does not really compute...

Post by **bork[e]** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:59 pm

werldhed wrote: -dredg

Picked up some of their stuff this morning before work, and I love the feel they have in their music. Very nice stuff.

Post by **iambowelfish** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:27 pm

Foo wrote: Belle & Sebastian (could you even refer to them as indie anymore? probably not, but they're still essential).

I dunno, I think bands with a certain style still get referred to as indie even after they become popular.

Eg. Interpol, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Bloc Party

Also, even though these bands are internet famous there's still plenty people in the real world who haven't heard of them.

MC Frontalot wrote:I'm so indie that my shirt don't fit
you wonder out loud 'frontalot yo why you come so ill-equipped?'
because being all prepared to get on the mic is selling out
and I ain't even about to relinquish indie clout
I look confused, like I just got out of bed,
my rhyme style reflects this
use my overdeveloped sense of irony to deflect dis-
missiles, exploding all around me
unpromoted, don't know how you found me
soundly situated in obscurityland
famous in inverse proportion to how cool I am
and should I ever garner triple-digit fans
you can tell me then there's someone I ain't indier than

(he's so indie) indie I be
ain't an obscurer rapper out there who be indier than me
(he's so indie) indie, and how!
come not near to me; for I be indier than thou
(he's so indie) indie indeed
if I were on an indie label you could call me mainstream
(he's so indie) indie I am
all the better for the frontalot to leverage his brand

"I am sought of them that asked not for me;
I am found of them that sought me not...
These are a smoke in my nose."

delving deep into my letterbox when I discovered
fanmail for MC FRONT, it kinda hovered
before my vision, I made a decision to open it up
it said "yo frontalot, you suck!"
oh whew, I was worried for a second that I'd started to earn love
seeing all my indie points burned up
next you know I'm meeting pop stars in stretched cars
doing the soundtrack for the wendy's tie-in with jar jar
paying rent on time, owning things,
suing napster with my best friend sting
it's like a nightmare (yep) cause that ain't nerdcore (nope)
yes I'm indier than thou within my nerdcore flow
and if you're slow on the uptake, I'll lay it out
hipsterism is a religion to which you gotta be devout
must be seen as in between unpopular and hated
or else get excommunicated
MC Frontalot - Indier Than Thou