Any hard-core indie music lovers?

[girlhappy]

i feel in love in indie music long time ago. So, there are many bands i like: the Killers, Keane, Snow patrol, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs. My question would be:is there more?Anyone like something new and good i didnt hear yet? I heard about Yea, Yea, Yeahs, but i listened just one song(Gold Lion). And how about Vines? I heard one song called "I feel it" and i dont know the name of the band, but it is brilliant(i thought it was Killers song Smile like you mean it, but it wasnt).
And my final, really hard question is: anyone knows song called Dress you up in the morning and name of the band?It is song about 10 years old. I never forget it. Thanks in advance

 

[Popmartijn]

Define hardcore and define indie, please?

I never really understood this term, indie. Yes, I know it came originally from those mid-Eighties British bands that were not signed to a major record company. But does that matter if such a band becomes hugely successful? I mean, were The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Primal Scream really indie? Was U2 indie (since Island Records was not a major)?

I think that many will disagree with your statement that The Killers, Keane, Snow Patrol, The Editors, The Kaiser Chiefs and The Vines are indie. But then, what is?

 

[1stepcloser]

The Kings Of Leon and The Rakes are both superb bands. Check them out

 

[LJT]

^^Indie is very ambiguous.....uhh but as you say the bands that have been listed such as The Killers are far from being indie these days...The Smiths are definitely though, most indie kid types I hang about all treat mozza like their indie-God....

Hardcore indie I guess would be you loving bands that you are the only person who sings along with them at a gig because you are the only person who has ever heard of them, it is also a preference that the band themselves have never heard of their own band, in fact they should be barely aware of the fact that they are in a band

Basically if you can name 10 or so bands that no one else has heard of and act like if anyone else finds out about them it will be the end of your world because you love being the only person who has heard of them at their gigs then your hardcore indie Well in my limited understanding of the term, it is a stupid one anyway!

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Dressed in a white shirt
With my hair combed straight
Here in my black shoes
And me without a date

 

[Total U2 Nut]

Define hardcore and define indie, please?

Indie means an artist or band signed to an independant record label, but that would make people like Eminem indie....
... I don't really get what defines "indie" anymore.

The Libertines are alright and so are Carl Barat's new band Dirty Pretty Things.

 

[angelordevil]

The beautiful thing about being "Indie' is how the music can get around organically, without being force-fed to the public by huge corporations. The Arcade Fire, for example, didn't have the luxury of a mass media push, initially. It's great that something organic and original can still surface and change our preconceptions of how a successful artist should look or sound.

And, yes, there is that window of time when you can boast about uncovering a band few have noticed...there's a charm in that. It's probably like sharing mind-blowing drugs, without the side effects.

 

[TheQuiet1]

The beautiful thing about being "Indie' is how the music can get around organically, without being force-fed to the public by huge corporations.

So The Arctic Monkeys would've been one of the best examples of being Indie then...

And in answer to your original question Girlhappy, I'd say that I like most of the bands you named in your original post And I've never heard of the song, sorry!

 

[got_edge]

I'm hardcore!

 

[HelloAngel]

ithe Killers, Keane, Snow patrol, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs.

These are all more mainstream "indie" bands, though. Props on dropping the Editors though, as they haven't quite broken thru.

Try checking out groups like Neutral Milk Hotel (now defunct, obvs.), Fiery Furnaces, Decemberists, The Duke Spirit, CYHSY, etc...shit you have to read in-the-know music blogs and decent music mags to hear about, if you really want hardcore "indie" that the hipsters cream themselves to, and not just bands that end up on the soundtrack for The OC.

 

[lmjhitman]

mr. brau's gonna have a field day with this one...

 

[IWasBored]

why would there be music fans here? isn't this a site about cooking?

 

[Hallucination]

There is no indie anymore. Sure if you're on an indie lable you're indie but media has warped indie into a sound and has taken all the meaning out of it. The Killers, Snow Patrol, Keane... Indie bands? maybe but not really.

 

[Jack In The Box]

this thread is hilarious

 

[kakvox]

Some 'indie' stuff I listen to:

Arcade Fire
Broken Social Scene
Stars
Wolf Parade
Sufjan Stevens
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Brendan Benson
Eels
Feist
Rilo Kiley
Pinback
Spoon

 

[Miricale_Drug]

I like stuff like keane/kaisers/embrace dont get me wrong but there is no such genre as 'indie' - indie can take on any stylistic form of music, that is not on a wellknown label

 

[Total U2 Nut]

why would there be music fans here? isn't this a site about cooking?

 

[dudeman]

mr. brau's gonna have a field day with this one...

there's literally blood dripping down his chin he's been biting his tongue so hard...

 

[girlhappy]

i never thought this is gonna turn into discussion about indie music in general. i know its hard to define it sometimes. i just thought like...you cant say Killers are not more indie than Britney,or even some rock mainstream bands. I really like to discover new bands. Like i really discovered band called Lorraine and their first GREAT single I feel it. Ckeck it out!

 

[XHendrix24]

On a somewhat related note, am I the only one that thinks The Killers' "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" is the lamest song since "The Final Countdown"?

Not to bash the band since I'll admit to liking the CD, but damn.

Anyway, here are some good bands that could possibly be considered "indie" in one form or another:

The New Pornographers
Arcade Fire
Interpol
Modest Mouse
Broken Social Scene
Brand New
The Format
Wolf Parade
Sufjan Stevens
Elliott Smith
Secret Machines
The Pixies

 

[meegannie]

Meh, I don't really care whether something's regarded as "indie" or not. Labels are so fluid anyway. The only misuse that bothers me is "Britpop." I want to scream everytime someone refers to a band as "Britpop" just because they're British

Anyway , I can send you some mp3s if you'd like. Post your email address or email me at meegannie@yahoo.com .

 

[Axver]

i feel in love in indie music long time ago. So, there are many bands i like: the Killers, Keane, Snow patrol, Editors, Kaiser Chiefs.

If this is indie, what the hell is mainstream?

 

[girlhappy]

Re: Re: Any hard-core indie music lovers?

If this is indie, what the hell is mainstream?

Awwww, i wouldnt know.Try Coldplay, Beyonce etc.....

 

[beau2ifulday]

The only misuse that bothers me is "Britpop." I want to scream everytime someone refers to a band as "Britpop" just because they're British

YES.

Britpop isn't necessarily my genre of choice, but it annoys me more than it should when I hear people throwing around that tag for the current wave of (clone) bands - especially since I seem to encounter alot of pretentious so-called music elitists using it.

 

[Miricale_Drug]

Britpop:

I've always understood this to be a band often in 5 piece that uses a guitar, accoustic guitar, drums bass and piano, or at least 4 of these.

 

[Mr. MIKEphisto]

As Indie isn't really "Independent" artist anymore, there is still an indie sound, or idea that certain bands seem to follow.

It's more of a genre now than anything.

Most good music comes from "Indie" bands, but they would never get played on the radio because they aren't radio friendly. That's the way i like it, I hate the radio.

I like the indie sound, more and more everyday.

good Indie rock = Arcade Fire, Interpol, New Pornos, Smiths, Pixies, Broken Social Scene, Metric, etc....

 

[IWasBored]

so where do i go if i want to trade cake recipes?

 

[girlhappy]

I am always excited when i discover some new band like that one i mentioned Lorraine. I like that. And love to watch tv shows with that kind of music. I like Smiths and Morrissey the best and all of the old school like Jesus and Mary Chain , Pixies, Mission,
etc(Cabaret Voltaire, Bauhais, Cure)

 

[TheQuiet1]

To me Britpop should be used more as a description of an era of music (the 90s when British guitar bands were all the rage) rather than as a description of the bands themselves.

EDIT: Because as soon as you start using Britpop to describe the bands themselves you end up with bands like Pulp and Radiohead being called 'Britpop' when their sounds are actually completely different. Thus making it a meaningless label.

 

[meegannie]

To me Britpop should be used more as a description of an era of music (the 90s when British guitar bands were all the rage) rather than as a description of the bands themselves.