sham 69

best indie band to ever exist

maybe joy division and big boys too.

silversun pickups

hot rod circuit

theres this cool new band i found that sounds pretty cool. theyre called modos eros it kinda sounds like modest mouse haha

they arnt realy "indy" rock, but check out the alt/country band lucero, best live band ever! the new weakerthans album is good and check out husker du's "zen arcade" and the replacements "let it be"

they arnt realy "indy" rock, but check out the alt/country band lucero, best live band ever! the new weakerthans album is good and check out husker du's "zen arcade" and the replacements "let it be"

Tokyo Police Club, Tilly and the Wall, Wolf Parade, Peter Bjorn and John, the Editors, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Architecture in Helinski, The Pixies, Soufjan Stevens, Sonic Youth, Bright Eyes, and The Broken Spindles are some indie bands I like.

stay fresh

conor oberst (spelling) old band, desaparecidos are sick. more aggresive/punk sounding than bright eyes. but similar song structures. elliot smith, criteria, fugazi, samiam, pelican, american football, look mexico, cursive, fake problems, and two gallants are all amazing. check out against me's older stuff like crime and reinventing axle and you'll hear punk in the style of the e street band, replacements, the pogues and the clash. the boss said they have more energy than any bands hes ever heard. and if you see them live you'll understand what hes talking about.

go to mtv.com and search for a band you already know, then on that bands page, there should be a tab to the left that says similar bands to this and it will bring up more bands.

probably sounds stupid coming from mtv, but ive actually found some good bands from there, just an idea.

the color turning

Pit er Pat is a fun "indie" band from chicago! Good old robby d back at it again! Check em out.

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tokyo police club is really good... you should check them out

tokyo police club
de rosa
matt and kim
counterfit
most serene republic
jazz june
years around the sun

Indie isn't a style of music. Indie comes from the word "Independent" meaning independent label. There is Indie music in every known musical genre.

The recording industry is dominated by the Big 5 (i.e. Universal, Sony, BMG, EMI, AOL/Time Warner). The Big 5 own a ton of smaller record label to obscure their affiliation with the artists. Indie musicians might not get all of the success of a pop band, but royalties as a percentage of album sales is usually better because indie labels cutout the corporate pork.

Support the artists. Don't support the Big 5 (RIAA). Double check your album purchases here. www.riaaradar.com

the vision of a dying world - http://www.myspace.com/thevisionofadyingworld
a pack of wolves - http://www.myspace.com/weareapackofwolves
army navy
we are telephone
south
criteria
sufjan stevens
brian jonestown massacre
the unicorns
architecture in helsinki
locksley

also checkout http://www.pandora.com - its an internet radio site that hooks people up with music that is similar to the bands they like - and most of the bands i listed can be found on itunes

well there are way too many indie bands to list all the good ones. try goin to yahoo music and creating a playlist and it will bring up new bands and new music, like a radio, but with your preferences. or if you have itunes you can go to the radio part on the left and find an indie radio

Indie . . do you know what indie music is? Its short for independent, i.e bands that are signed to independent rather than major labels - indie is probably the biggest genre out there, and one of the oldest!British charts are dominated by Indie so check out the NME's web site:

www.nme.com

if you need help finding music from one of the fastest growing genres then you dont need to be listening to it. but since im nice, search indie music blogs on google, lots of fresh stuff.